Go VS Javascript benchmarks

Current benchmark data was generated on Sat Mar 29 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
javascript 1-m.js 952ms 9.6ms 197.4MB 1437ms 220ms bun 1.2.7
go 1.go 1256ms 11ms 55.0MB 1230ms 10ms tinygo 0.37.0
javascript 1-m.js 1321ms 107ms 289.4MB 2197ms 167ms node 23.10.0
go 1-m.go 2402ms 27ms 39.8MB 5327ms 37ms go 1.24.1

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
javascript 1.js 102ms 1.5ms 79.8MB 73ms 30ms bun 1.2.7
go 1.go 114ms 0.9ms 5.6MB 103ms 0ms tinygo 0.37.0
javascript 1.js 126ms 1.1ms 78.6MB 127ms 27ms node 23.10.0
go 1-m.go 211ms 0.7ms 8.0MB 377ms 10ms go 1.24.1

coro-prime-sieve

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1-m.go 580ms 121ms 15.6MB 2267ms 0ms go 1.24.1
go 1.go 765ms 10ms 268.6MB 710ms 40ms tinygo 0.37.0
javascript 1.js 1657ms 78ms 90.1MB 1733ms 57ms node 23.10.0
javascript 1.js 2569ms 29ms 101.5MB 2587ms 67ms bun 1.2.7

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1-m.go 48ms 11ms 7.5MB 157ms 0ms go 1.24.1
go 1.go 72ms 2.9ms 68.6MB 50ms 10ms tinygo 0.37.0
javascript 1.js 190ms 9.3ms 72.5MB 173ms 23ms node 23.10.0
javascript 1.js 203ms 1.1ms 87.2MB 223ms 30ms bun 1.2.7

edigits

Input: 250001

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1.go 118ms 1.1ms 8.4MB 110ms 0ms go 1.24.1
javascript 1.js 274ms 4.8ms 63.4MB 287ms 27ms node 23.10.0
javascript 1.js 529ms 3.6ms 78.0MB 500ms 27ms bun 1.2.7

Input: 100000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1.go 34ms 1.0ms 8.2MB 27ms 0ms go 1.24.1
javascript 1.js 128ms 1.1ms 62.0MB 153ms 17ms node 23.10.0
javascript 1.js 499ms 3.3ms 67.9MB 473ms 20ms bun 1.2.7

fannkuch-redux

Input: 11

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 3-m.go 674ms 1.8ms 3.5MB 2597ms 0ms go 1.24.1
go 3.go 2019ms 0.7ms 48.6MB 2000ms 7ms tinygo 0.37.0

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 3-m.go 74ms 0.8ms 3.5MB 200ms 0ms go 1.24.1
go 3.go 194ms 2.2ms 48.4MB 180ms 0ms tinygo 0.37.0

fasta

Input: 2500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 3-m.go 126ms 0.7ms 5.5MB 380ms 0ms go 1.24.1

Input: 250000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 3-m.go 18ms 1.2ms 7.5MB 30ms 0ms go 1.24.1

helloworld

Input: QwQ

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1.go 0.9ms 0.0ms 0.4MB 0ms 0ms tinygo 0.37.0
go 1.go 1.5ms 0.1ms 3.4MB 0ms 0ms go 1.24.1
javascript 1.js 13ms 0.4ms 33.1MB 0ms 10ms bun 1.2.7
javascript 1.js 31ms 0.6ms 48.0MB 18ms 4ms node 23.10.0

http-server

Input: 3000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1-http2.go 123ms 2.3ms 54.1MB 327ms 87ms go 1.24.1
javascript 1-m.bun.js 343ms 16ms 77.8MB 147ms 433ms bun 1.2.7
go 1-m.go 422ms 7.0ms 166.6MB 747ms 670ms go 1.24.1
go 2-m.go 430ms 6.7ms 176.9MB 673ms 740ms go 1.24.1
javascript 1.js 3165ms 343ms 189.8MB 3050ms 1443ms node 23.10.0

Input: 500

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1-http2.go 24ms 13ms 25.5MB 65ms 15ms go 1.24.1
go 2-m.go 72ms 9.5ms 36.3MB 90ms 110ms go 1.24.1
go 1-m.go 81ms 10ms 38.7MB 103ms 120ms go 1.24.1
javascript 1.bun.js 117ms 3.9ms 55.3MB 40ms 107ms bun 1.2.7
javascript 1.js 364ms 0.9ms 79.9MB 330ms 137ms node 23.10.0

json-serde

Input: sample 5000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 2-ffi.go 46ms 1.2ms 41.1MB 37ms 7ms go 1.24.1
javascript 1.js 76ms 1.2ms 71.4MB 50ms 17ms bun 1.2.7
javascript 1.js 110ms 2.0ms 75.9MB 97ms 23ms node 23.10.0
go 1.go 143ms 0.8ms 18.7MB 137ms 0ms go 1.24.1

Input: canada 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 2-ffi.go 252ms 7.1ms 151.4MB 243ms 40ms go 1.24.1
javascript 1.js 410ms 2.1ms 268.4MB 337ms 113ms bun 1.2.7
javascript 1.js 689ms 4.0ms 200.8MB 807ms 77ms node 23.10.0
go 1.go 744ms 2.4ms 104.9MB 737ms 7ms go 1.24.1

knucleotide

Input: 2500000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 7-m.go 692ms 18ms 39.6MB 2383ms 30ms go 1.24.1

Input: 250000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 7-m.go 132ms 5.1ms 23.6MB 347ms 23ms go 1.24.1

lru

Input: 1000 1000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 3.go 120ms 1.0ms 3.5MB 110ms 0ms go 1.24.1
go 3.go 135ms 1.8ms 0.5MB 127ms 0ms tinygo 0.37.0
javascript 2.js 308ms 1.4ms 62.7MB 297ms 13ms node 23.10.0
javascript 1.js 557ms 2.0ms 60.6MB 543ms 13ms node 23.10.0
javascript 2.js 656ms 6.7ms 122.7MB 707ms 63ms bun 1.2.7
javascript 1.js 826ms 4.9ms 107.5MB 920ms 73ms bun 1.2.7

Input: 1000 3000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 3.go 386ms 3.0ms 0.5MB 377ms 0ms tinygo 0.37.0
go 3.go 389ms 10ms 3.5MB 380ms 0ms go 1.24.1
javascript 2.js 849ms 6.1ms 68.1MB 837ms 20ms node 23.10.0
javascript 1.js 1587ms 4.1ms 67.7MB 1573ms 17ms node 23.10.0
javascript 2.js 1841ms 8.1ms 122.5MB 2017ms 77ms bun 1.2.7
javascript 1.js 2382ms 22ms 111.6MB 2693ms 157ms bun 1.2.7

Input: 100 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 3.go 50ms 2.0ms 3.5MB 40ms 0ms go 1.24.1
go 3.go 66ms 3.8ms 0.4MB 60ms 0ms tinygo 0.37.0
javascript 1.js 163ms 0.7ms 57.9MB 150ms 10ms node 23.10.0
javascript 2.js 166ms 0.8ms 56.7MB 157ms 7ms node 23.10.0
javascript 1.js 323ms 2.8ms 115.8MB 357ms 83ms bun 1.2.7
javascript 2.js 360ms 4.2ms 126.4MB 380ms 50ms bun 1.2.7

mandelbrot

Input: 5000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1.go 3235ms 5.1ms 7.7MB 3227ms 0ms go 1.24.1
go 1.go 4074ms 3.0ms 3.4MB 4067ms 0ms tinygo 0.37.0

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1.go 139ms 2.7ms 3.6MB 130ms 0ms go 1.24.1
go 1.go 174ms 4.6ms 0.5MB 167ms 0ms tinygo 0.37.0

merkletrees

Input: 17

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
javascript 1-m.js 484ms 16ms 141.9MB 637ms 120ms bun 1.2.7
javascript 1.js 530ms 4.5ms 130.3MB 607ms 67ms node 23.10.0
go 1.go 824ms 47ms 63.1MB 803ms 7ms tinygo 0.37.0
go 2.go 1128ms 4.9ms 54.9MB 1107ms 10ms tinygo 0.37.0
go 1-m.go 1480ms 7.2ms 38.8MB 3130ms 43ms go 1.24.1
go 2-m.go 1701ms 23ms 43.0MB 3723ms 43ms go 1.24.1

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
javascript 1.js 116ms 2.7ms 86.8MB 100ms 33ms bun 1.2.7
javascript 1.js 159ms 1.1ms 98.3MB 160ms 37ms node 23.10.0
go 1.go 178ms 1.1ms 9.8MB 167ms 0ms tinygo 0.37.0
go 2.go 206ms 4.8ms 17.2MB 190ms 0ms tinygo 0.37.0
go 1-m.go 334ms 3.1ms 13.9MB 680ms 20ms go 1.24.1
go 2-m.go 375ms 1.8ms 14.0MB 800ms 17ms go 1.24.1

nbody

Input: 5000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1.go 348ms 0.1ms 3.5MB 340ms 0ms go 1.24.1
go 1.go 350ms 4.0ms 0.4MB 343ms 0ms tinygo 0.37.0
javascript 6.js 462ms 3.1ms 56.1MB 453ms 0ms node 23.10.0
javascript 6.js 782ms 14ms 46.1MB 777ms 3ms bun 1.2.7

Input: 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1.go 37ms 0.7ms 0.4MB 30ms 0ms tinygo 0.37.0
go 1.go 39ms 1.2ms 3.5MB 30ms 0ms go 1.24.1
javascript 6.js 78ms 0.6ms 56.1MB 67ms 7ms node 23.10.0
javascript 6.js 99ms 1.4ms 46.1MB 93ms 7ms bun 1.2.7

nsieve

Input: 12

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1.go 295ms 16ms 39.8MB 277ms 0ms tinygo 0.37.0
go 1.go 300ms 7.4ms 71.7MB 287ms 3ms go 1.24.1
go 2.go 432ms 4.6ms 21.6MB 420ms 0ms tinygo 0.37.0
go 2.go 747ms 4.4ms 21.7MB 733ms 13ms go 1.24.1

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1.go 52ms 1.3ms 10.2MB 40ms 0ms tinygo 0.37.0
go 1.go 60ms 4.5ms 21.6MB 50ms 0ms go 1.24.1
go 2.go 106ms 1.4ms 4.9MB 100ms 0ms tinygo 0.37.0
go 2.go 180ms 1.3ms 5.8MB 170ms 0ms go 1.24.1

pidigits

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 8.go 1197ms 8.0ms 8.5MB 1183ms 7ms go 1.24.1
javascript 3.js timeout 0.0ms 88.4MB 4983ms 23ms node 23.10.0

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 8.go 282ms 4.3ms 8.6MB 273ms 0ms go 1.24.1
javascript 3.js 1104ms 5.3ms 70.7MB 1080ms 20ms node 23.10.0

regex-redux

Input: 2500000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 3.go timeout 0.0ms 122.4MB 4980ms 47ms go 1.24.1
go 3.go timeout 0.0ms 122.8MB 4973ms 10ms tinygo 0.37.0

Input: 250000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 3.go 1764ms 3.2ms 19.8MB 1753ms 20ms go 1.24.1
go 3.go 2281ms 13ms 26.6MB 2263ms 0ms tinygo 0.37.0

secp256k1

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 0-ffi.go 92ms 0.4ms 5.2MB 83ms 0ms go 1.24.1
javascript 1.js 2575ms 11ms 60.0MB 2583ms 23ms node 23.10.0
javascript 1.js 2796ms 8.4ms 84.8MB 2807ms 60ms bun 1.2.7

Input: 500

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 0-ffi.go 27ms 1.3ms 5.2MB 20ms 0ms go 1.24.1
javascript 1.js 677ms 1.5ms 57.1MB 683ms 13ms node 23.10.0
javascript 1.js 740ms 6.0ms 84.4MB 740ms 33ms bun 1.2.7

spectral-norm

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 4-m.go 1901ms 1.6ms 5.5MB 7417ms 3ms go 1.24.1
javascript 6-m.js 2201ms 33ms 115.5MB 8230ms 60ms node 23.10.0
go 1.go 3665ms 8.1ms 5.6MB 3660ms 0ms go 1.24.1
go 1.go timeout 0.0ms 0.5MB 4990ms 0ms tinygo 0.37.0

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 4-m.go 482ms 2.2ms 5.6MB 1837ms 3ms go 1.24.1
javascript 6-m.js 653ms 1.5ms 112.8MB 2323ms 57ms node 23.10.0
go 1.go 918ms 5.1ms 3.5MB 907ms 0ms go 1.24.1
go 1.go 1397ms 0.3ms 0.5MB 1390ms 0ms tinygo 0.37.0

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 4-m.go 125ms 0.6ms 5.5MB 453ms 0ms go 1.24.1
go 1.go 234ms 0.8ms 3.5MB 227ms 0ms go 1.24.1
javascript 6-m.js 269ms 3.8ms 110.6MB 830ms 53ms node 23.10.0
go 1.go 351ms 0.2ms 0.4MB 340ms 0ms tinygo 0.37.0