Dart VS Javascript benchmarks

Current benchmark data was generated on Thu May 01 2025, full log can be found HERE

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[x86_64][4 cores] AMD EPYC 7763 64-Core Processor (Model 1)

* -m in a file name stands for multi-threading or multi-processing

* -i in a file name stands for direct intrinsics usage. (Usage of simd intrinsics via libraries is not counted)

* -ffi in a file name stands for non-stdlib FFI usage

* (You may find time < time(user) + time(sys) for some non-parallelized programs, the overhead is from GC or JIT compiler, which are allowed to take advantage of multi-cores as that's more close to real-world scenarios.)

binarytrees

Input: 18

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
dart 1.dart 697ms 3.5ms 80.8MB 670ms 33ms dart/exe 3.7.3
javascript 1-m.js 961ms 19ms 189.3MB 1440ms 253ms bun 1.2.11
javascript 1-m.js 1237ms 36ms 250.6MB 2120ms 157ms node 23.11.0

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
dart 1.dart 74ms 0.8ms 42.8MB 47ms 17ms dart/exe 3.7.3
javascript 1.js 101ms 3.1ms 79.5MB 77ms 30ms bun 1.2.11
javascript 1.js 125ms 2.3ms 78.7MB 127ms 27ms node 23.11.0

coro-prime-sieve

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
javascript 1.js 1592ms 8.1ms 90.4MB 1680ms 50ms node 23.11.0
javascript 1.js 2477ms 15ms 101.1MB 2510ms 60ms bun 1.2.11
dart 1.dart 4867ms 13ms 19.1MB 5343ms 73ms dart/exe 3.7.3

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
javascript 1.js 157ms 3.2ms 71.9MB 143ms 20ms node 23.11.0
javascript 1.js 198ms 3.1ms 86.6MB 223ms 30ms bun 1.2.11
dart 1.dart 342ms 2.2ms 10.4MB 343ms 13ms dart/exe 3.7.3

edigits

Input: 250001

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
javascript 1.js 271ms 3.9ms 63.7MB 287ms 23ms node 23.11.0
javascript 1.js 522ms 4.8ms 77.6MB 497ms 20ms bun 1.2.11
dart 1.dart 3681ms 2.9ms 18.0MB 3650ms 27ms dart/exe 3.7.3

Input: 100000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
javascript 1.js 124ms 0.7ms 61.4MB 143ms 17ms node 23.11.0
javascript 1.js 500ms 3.0ms 67.6MB 477ms 20ms bun 1.2.11
dart 1.dart 608ms 14ms 10.0MB 587ms 13ms dart/exe 3.7.3

fannkuch-redux

Input: 11

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
dart 2.dart 2709ms 2.1ms 6.1MB 2697ms 0ms dart/exe 3.7.3

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
dart 2.dart 221ms 0.6ms 6.1MB 210ms 0ms dart/exe 3.7.3

fasta

Input: 2500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
dart 1.dart 360ms 2.6ms 8.8MB 350ms 0ms dart/exe 3.7.3

Input: 250000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
dart 1.dart 41ms 0.6ms 8.8MB 30ms 0ms dart/exe 3.7.3

helloworld

Input: QwQ

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
dart 1.dart 3.8ms 0.3ms 5.4MB 0ms 0ms dart/exe 3.7.3
javascript 1.js 13ms 0.3ms 33.4MB 0ms 10ms bun 1.2.11
javascript 1.js 30ms 0.8ms 47.7MB 18ms 2ms node 23.11.0

http-server

Input: 3000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
javascript 1-m.bun.js 333ms 15ms 76.1MB 143ms 430ms bun 1.2.11
dart 2-m.dart 1440ms 36ms 95.8MB 1327ms 1607ms dart/exe 3.7.3
javascript 1.js 3165ms 250ms 189.3MB 3020ms 1490ms node 23.11.0
dart 1.dart 4464ms 132ms 99.8MB 1503ms 1840ms dart/exe 3.7.3

Input: 500

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
javascript 1.bun.js 118ms 5.0ms 55.9MB 33ms 90ms bun 1.2.11
dart 2-m.dart 266ms 17ms 50.3MB 183ms 293ms dart/exe 3.7.3
javascript 1.js 355ms 3.4ms 80.2MB 323ms 133ms node 23.11.0
dart 1.dart 1974ms 614ms 50.6MB 163ms 273ms dart/exe 3.7.3

json-serde

Input: sample 5000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
javascript 1.js 76ms 7.9ms 68.5MB 47ms 23ms bun 1.2.11
javascript 1.js 111ms 1.2ms 75.3MB 100ms 20ms node 23.11.0
dart 1.dart 164ms 3.5ms 54.2MB 137ms 17ms dart/exe 3.7.3

Input: canada 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
javascript 1.js 392ms 3.5ms 236.5MB 337ms 97ms bun 1.2.11
javascript 1.js 688ms 0.9ms 202.5MB 797ms 87ms node 23.11.0
dart 1.dart 1478ms 13ms 206.4MB 1713ms 113ms dart/exe 3.7.3

knucleotide

Input: 2500000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
dart 3-m.dart 1121ms 16ms 275.8MB 3323ms 120ms dart/exe 3.7.3

Input: 250000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
dart 3-m.dart 214ms 8.4ms 185.8MB 517ms 73ms dart/exe 3.7.3

lru

Input: 1000 1000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
dart 2.dart 167ms 3.0ms 9.1MB 157ms 0ms dart/exe 3.7.3
javascript 2.js 307ms 2.3ms 62.8MB 297ms 13ms node 23.11.0
dart 1.dart 491ms 4.6ms 9.0MB 483ms 0ms dart/exe 3.7.3
javascript 1.js 555ms 1.1ms 60.6MB 540ms 10ms node 23.11.0
javascript 2.js 654ms 7.6ms 121.9MB 707ms 60ms bun 1.2.11
javascript 1.js 824ms 5.1ms 111.6MB 920ms 73ms bun 1.2.11

Input: 1000 3000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
dart 2.dart 484ms 4.8ms 9.1MB 470ms 0ms dart/exe 3.7.3
javascript 2.js 840ms 2.4ms 68.5MB 830ms 17ms node 23.11.0
dart 1.dart 1460ms 5.6ms 9.1MB 1447ms 3ms dart/exe 3.7.3
javascript 1.js 1579ms 1.6ms 68.0MB 1563ms 13ms node 23.11.0
javascript 2.js 1820ms 2.5ms 122.2MB 1987ms 77ms bun 1.2.11
javascript 1.js 2446ms 103ms 112.9MB 2770ms 150ms bun 1.2.11

Input: 100 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
dart 2.dart 76ms 1.4ms 8.9MB 67ms 0ms dart/exe 3.7.3
dart 1.dart 111ms 3.0ms 9.3MB 103ms 0ms dart/exe 3.7.3
javascript 1.js 161ms 1.1ms 58.0MB 150ms 7ms node 23.11.0
javascript 2.js 163ms 0.7ms 56.5MB 160ms 7ms node 23.11.0
javascript 1.js 317ms 2.2ms 115.6MB 353ms 77ms bun 1.2.11
javascript 2.js 354ms 4.5ms 125.5MB 377ms 50ms bun 1.2.11

merkletrees

Input: 17

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
dart 1.dart 306ms 4.3ms 63.8MB 277ms 33ms dart/exe 3.7.3
javascript 1-m.js 487ms 5.6ms 135.7MB 657ms 133ms bun 1.2.11
javascript 1.js 533ms 5.3ms 130.5MB 620ms 57ms node 23.11.0

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
dart 1.dart 83ms 1.1ms 43.6MB 60ms 17ms dart/exe 3.7.3
javascript 1.js 115ms 2.7ms 87.3MB 100ms 30ms bun 1.2.11
javascript 1.js 158ms 1.6ms 98.3MB 160ms 33ms node 23.11.0

nbody

Input: 5000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
dart 3.dart 408ms 3.0ms 6.3MB 400ms 0ms dart/exe 3.7.3
javascript 6.js 457ms 5.8ms 56.0MB 443ms 10ms node 23.11.0
javascript 6.js 609ms 19ms 45.5MB 600ms 3ms bun 1.2.11

Input: 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
dart 3.dart 45ms 0.2ms 6.4MB 40ms 0ms dart/exe 3.7.3
javascript 6.js 76ms 0.8ms 55.8MB 67ms 3ms node 23.11.0
javascript 6.js 80ms 2.5ms 45.6MB 73ms 3ms bun 1.2.11

pidigits

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
dart 2.dart 1346ms 10ms 14.8MB 1320ms 27ms dart/exe 3.7.3
javascript 3.js 4795ms 24ms 88.0MB 4770ms 27ms node 23.11.0

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
dart 2.dart 329ms 3.6ms 14.8MB 313ms 13ms dart/exe 3.7.3
javascript 3.js 1040ms 4.3ms 70.7MB 1020ms 13ms node 23.11.0

regex-redux

Input: 2500000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
dart 1.dart timeout 0.0ms 188.2MB 4970ms 60ms dart/exe 3.7.3

Input: 250000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
dart 1.dart 571ms 9.2ms 43.3MB 543ms 20ms dart/exe 3.7.3

spectral-norm

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
javascript 6-m.js 2187ms 17ms 115.2MB 8297ms 57ms node 23.11.0
dart 1.dart 3773ms 11ms 6.4MB 3760ms 0ms dart/exe 3.7.3
dart 2.dart 4350ms 7.7ms 6.4MB 4340ms 0ms dart/exe 3.7.3

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
javascript 6-m.js 649ms 2.4ms 112.8MB 2323ms 50ms node 23.11.0
dart 1.dart 944ms 0.8ms 6.3MB 933ms 0ms dart/exe 3.7.3
dart 2.dart 1092ms 3.1ms 6.1MB 1083ms 0ms dart/exe 3.7.3

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
dart 1.dart 241ms 1.0ms 6.4MB 230ms 0ms dart/exe 3.7.3
javascript 6-m.js 270ms 4.4ms 109.9MB 840ms 50ms node 23.11.0
dart 2.dart 279ms 3.2ms 6.3MB 270ms 0ms dart/exe 3.7.3