the perf gains are just as a possible without a unikernel, most high perf net apps at this point are onto userspace net stack to avoid interrupt+switch cost ala intel dpdk, an opensource example would be <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;SnabbCo&#x2F;snabbswitch&#x2F;blob&#x2F;master&#x2F;README.md" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;SnabbCo&#x2F;snabbswitch&#x2F;blob&#x2F;master&#x2F;README.md</a>
but tons of others in commercial spaces.<p>ie. as per what bryan said there&#x27;s plenty of counter examples on perf