SELECT 
  vi_product_feature_variants.variant_id, 
  vi_product_feature_variants.position, 
  vi_product_feature_variants.color, 
  vi_product_feature_variant_descriptions.variant 
FROM 
  vi_product_feature_variants 
  LEFT JOIN vi_product_feature_variant_descriptions ON vi_product_feature_variants.variant_id = vi_product_feature_variant_descriptions.variant_id 
  AND vi_product_feature_variant_descriptions.lang_code = 'en' 
WHERE 
  vi_product_feature_variants.variant_id IN (96, 90, 105, 116, 107, 113) 
ORDER BY 
  vi_product_feature_variants.position ASC, 
  vi_product_feature_variant_descriptions.variant ASC

Query time 0.00042

JSON explain

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    "filesort": {
      "sort_key": "vi_product_feature_variants.position, vi_product_feature_variant_descriptions.variant",
      "temporary_table": {
        "nested_loop": [
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            "table": {
              "table_name": "vi_product_feature_variants",
              "access_type": "range",
              "possible_keys": ["PRIMARY"],
              "key": "PRIMARY",
              "key_length": "3",
              "used_key_parts": ["variant_id"],
              "rows": 6,
              "filtered": 100,
              "index_condition": "vi_product_feature_variants.variant_id in (96,90,105,116,107,113)"
            }
          },
          {
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              "access_type": "eq_ref",
              "possible_keys": ["PRIMARY"],
              "key": "PRIMARY",
              "key_length": "9",
              "used_key_parts": ["variant_id", "lang_code"],
              "ref": [
                "devvipiriscom.vi_product_feature_variants.variant_id",
                "const"
              ],
              "rows": 1,
              "filtered": 100,
              "attached_condition": "trigcond(vi_product_feature_variant_descriptions.lang_code = 'en')"
            }
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  }
}