io will perform at scale compared to Cilium.</p><p>While many comparisons have been made about tenancy models, security protocols and basic performance of the two projects, there has not yet been a full evaluation published at enterprise scale. Rather than emphasizing theoretical performance, we put Istio&rsquo;s ambient mode and Cilium through their paces, focusing on key metrics like latency, throughput, and resource consumption. We cranked up the pressure with realistic load scenarios, simulating a bustl