| NO | Performance Testing | Load Testing | Stress Testing |
| 1 | It is testing to determine how the system perform in given particular situation | It is testing to determine the behavior of the system under a specific expected load | It is testing to determine the behavior of the system after increasing upper limit within system |
| 2 | The Main goal of the Performance testing to find out the accuracy and close monitoring of the performance and result | The main goal of the Load testing to find the defect in application like memory leak, buffer overflow etc. | The main goal of the stress testing in to analyze the post crash reports to define behavior of the application after specific failure |
| 3 | - | Load Testing also called as Volume testing and Endurance Testing | Stress testing is also Known as Fatigue testing |
| 4 | Performance testing check that how fast the Application is? | Load testing check that how much volume can be application process? | Stress testing is check how Application recover gracefully after crashes/Stress? |