Conceptual distinction – HW & Protocols

HTTP/1.0 vs. HTTP/1.1 vs. HTTP/2 vs. HTTP/3

Protocol HTTP/1.0 HTTP/1.1 HTTP/2 HTTP/3
Keep-alive? 1 No Yes Yes Yes
Multiplex? 2 No No Yes Yes
QUIC? 3 No No No Yes

1 One connection can be used for multiple requests/responses.
2 One connection can be used for parallel requests/responses.
3 Supports QUIC (based on UDP, faster than TCP/TLS on setup).