 function of said factors.</p><h3 id=cpu-and-memory>CPU and memory</h3><p>Since the sidecar proxy performs additional work on the data path, it consumes CPU
and memory. In Istio 1.16.2, a proxy consumes about 0.5 vCPU per 1000
requests per second.</p><p>The memory consumption of the proxy depends on the total configuration state the proxy holds.
A large number of listeners, clusters, and routes can increase memory usage.
In a large namespace with <a href=/v1.16/docs/reference/config/networking/sidecar/>name