Sure. There are exceptions to every rule. Web application performance will have its exceptional cases. But in general, I find Java web application when modes

Sure. There are exceptions to every rule. Web application performance will have its exceptional cases. But in general, I find Java web application when modestly-well architected, will respond in low tens of milliseconds--and in many cases single-digits--to the vast majority of their routes. A PHP developer would need to be nearly superhuman to accomplish the same level of performance.