Switch to Event MPM
a2dismod mpm_prefork
a2enmod mpm_event
a2enmod proxy_fcgi setenvif
systemctl restart apache2
💡 Apache with Event MPM + PHP-FPM matches Nginx performance. Prefork is the main reason Apache is slow.
a2dismod mpm_prefork
a2enmod mpm_event
a2enmod proxy_fcgi setenvif
systemctl restart apache2