Deciding between HttpClient and WebClient

Question

Our web app is running in .Net Framework 4.0. The UI calls controller methods through ajax calls.

We need to consume REST service from our vendor. I am evaluating

Answer 1

I have benchmark between HttpClient, WebClient, HttpWebResponse then call Rest Web Api

and result Call Rest Web Api Benchmark

---------------------Stage 1  ---- 10 Request

{00:00:17.2232544} ====>HttpClinet
{00:00:04.3108986} ====>WebRequest
{00:00:04.5436889} ====>WebClient

---------------------Stage 1  ---- 10 Request--Small Size
{00:00:17.2232544}====>HttpClinet
{00:00:04.3108986}====>WebRequest
{00:00:04.5436889}====>WebClient

---------------------Stage 3  ---- 10 sync Request--Small Size
{00:00:15.3047502}====>HttpClinet
{00:00:03.5505249}====>WebRequest
{00:00:04.0761359}====>WebClient

---------------------Stage 4  ---- 100 sync Request--Small Size
{00:03:23.6268086}====>HttpClinet
{00:00:47.1406632}====>WebRequest
{00:01:01.2319499}====>WebClient

---------------------Stage 5  ---- 10 sync Request--Max Size

{00:00:58.1804677}====>HttpClinet    
{00:00:58.0710444}====>WebRequest    
{00:00:38.4170938}====>WebClient
    
---------------------Stage 6  ---- 10 sync Request--Max Size

{00:01:04.9964278}====>HttpClinet    
{00:00:59.1429764}====>WebRequest    
{00:00:32.0584836}====>WebClient

_____ WebClient Is faster ()

var stopWatch = new Stopwatch();
        stopWatch.Start();
        for (var i = 0; i < 10; ++i)
        {
            CallGetHttpClient();
            CallPostHttpClient();
        }

        stopWatch.Stop();

        var httpClientValue = stopWatch.Elapsed;

        stopWatch = new Stopwatch();

        stopWatch.Start();
        for (var i = 0; i < 10; ++i)
        {
            CallGetWebRequest();
            CallPostWebRequest();
        }

        stopWatch.Stop();

        var webRequesttValue = stopWatch.Elapsed;


        stopWatch = new Stopwatch();

        stopWatch.Start();
        for (var i = 0; i < 10; ++i)
        {

            CallGetWebClient();
            CallPostWebClient();

        }

        stopWatch.Stop();

        var webClientValue = stopWatch.Elapsed;

//-------------------------Functions

private void CallPostHttpClient()
    {
        var httpClient = new HttpClient();
        httpClient.BaseAddress = new Uri("https://localhost:44354/api/test/");
        var responseTask = httpClient.PostAsync("PostJson", null);
        responseTask.Wait();

        var result = responseTask.Result;
        var readTask = result.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().Result;

    }
    private void CallGetHttpClient()
    {
        var httpClient = new HttpClient();
        httpClient.BaseAddress = new Uri("https://localhost:44354/api/test/");
        var responseTask = httpClient.GetAsync("getjson");
        responseTask.Wait();

        var result = responseTask.Result;
        var readTask = result.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().Result;

    }
    private string CallGetWebRequest()
    {
        var request = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create("https://localhost:44354/api/test/getjson");

        request.Method = "GET";
        request.AutomaticDecompression = DecompressionMethods.Deflate | DecompressionMethods.GZip;

        var content = string.Empty;

        using (var response = (HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse())
        {
            using (var stream = response.GetResponseStream())
            {
                using (var sr = new StreamReader(stream))
                {
                    content = sr.ReadToEnd();
                }
            }
        }

        return content;
    }
    private string CallPostWebRequest()
    {

        var apiUrl = "https://localhost:44354/api/test/PostJson";


        HttpWebRequest httpRequest = (HttpWebRequest)WebRequest.Create(new Uri(apiUrl));
        httpRequest.ContentType = "application/json";
        httpRequest.Method = "POST";
        httpRequest.ContentLength = 0;

        using (var httpResponse = (HttpWebResponse)httpRequest.GetResponse())
        {
            using (Stream stream = httpResponse.GetResponseStream())
            {
                var json = new StreamReader(stream).ReadToEnd();
                return json;
            }
        }

        return "";
    }

    private string CallGetWebClient()
    {
        string apiUrl = "https://localhost:44354/api/test/getjson";


        var client = new WebClient();

        client.Headers["Content-type"] = "application/json";

        client.Encoding = Encoding.UTF8;

        var json = client.DownloadString(apiUrl);


        return json;
    }

    private string CallPostWebClient()
    {
        string apiUrl = "https://localhost:44354/api/test/PostJson";


        var client = new WebClient();

        client.Headers["Content-type"] = "application/json";

        client.Encoding = Encoding.UTF8;

        var json = client.UploadString(apiUrl, "");


        return json;
    }