Which is faster Socket.io or WebSocket?

Question

Socket.io

Which is faster Socket.io or WebSocket ?
What is better to use to create a network web - game ?

Answer 1

websocket - protocol.
socket.io - protocol implementation with fallback to other technologies.
purely technically, a bare websocket is faster because the socketio adds its own payload.
only not the fact that your implementation of this protocol will be faster.