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MCP vs API cover: the same service called as GET /api/projects/42 and as an MCP tools/call, with p50 latency 76 µs vs 424 µs and tool token counts

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MCP vs API: When You Need Which, With Real Benchmarks

I built the same service as a REST API and as a stateless MCP server, then measured latency, throughput, bytes and the tokens a model reads. Here is when you need MCP, when a plain API wins, and how to wrap one with the other.

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