 different configurations"></a></div><figcaption>Response times obtained for the different configurations</figcaption></figure><p>Likewise, not much difference in the response times for the 3 first cases, but mutual TLS and the extra proxy adds noticeable latency.</p><h3 id=cpu-utilization>CPU utilization</h3><p>The CPU usage was collected for all Istio components as well as for the sidecars during the runs. For a fair comparison, CPU used by Istio was normalized by the throughput obtained for a given run. 