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Go VS Kotlin benchmarks

Current benchmark data was generated on Tue Jul 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
kotlin 1.kt 488ms 8.7ms 575.8MB 583ms 93ms kotlin/jvm 21
go 1.go 1928ms 4.1ms 51.9MB 1907ms 7ms tinygo 0.38.0
go 1-m.go 2394ms 16ms 46.3MB 5317ms 47ms go 1.24.4
kotlin 1.kt 3941ms 160ms 145.0MB 4120ms 63ms kotlin/native 2.1.20

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
kotlin 1.kt 121ms 2.9ms 159.3MB 143ms 33ms kotlin/jvm 21
go 1.go 150ms 1.6ms 5.0MB 140ms 0ms tinygo 0.38.0
go 1-m.go 209ms 0.3ms 8.0MB 367ms 13ms go 1.24.4
kotlin 1.kt 210ms 3.5ms 17.7MB 217ms 7ms kotlin/native 2.1.20

coro-prime-sieve

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1-m.go 515ms 53ms 15.5MB 2007ms 0ms go 1.24.4
kotlin 2-m.kt 2049ms 224ms 241.0MB 7630ms 117ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 1.kt 2241ms 54ms 220.1MB 3060ms 77ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 2-m.kt 4233ms 52ms 21.4MB 14190ms 543ms kotlin/native 2.1.20
go 1.go timeout 0.0ms 13.1MB 2563ms 16923ms tinygo 0.38.0
kotlin 1.kt timeout 0.0ms 17.4MB 5510ms 20ms kotlin/native 2.1.20

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1-m.go 60ms 20ms 7.5MB 217ms 0ms go 1.24.4
kotlin 2-m.kt 248ms 6.0ms 21.0MB 830ms 43ms kotlin/native 2.1.20
kotlin 1.kt 388ms 5.4ms 17.4MB 397ms 7ms kotlin/native 2.1.20
kotlin 1-m.kt 485ms 16ms 75.0MB 1087ms 43ms kotlin/jvm 21
go 1-m.go 660ms 66ms 4.3MB 317ms 2160ms tinygo 0.38.0
kotlin 2-m.kt 854ms 53ms 101.2MB 2957ms 77ms kotlin/jvm 21

edigits

Input: 250001

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1.go 118ms 0.0ms 8.6MB 110ms 0ms go 1.24.4

Input: 100000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1.go 34ms 0.5ms 8.2MB 30ms 0ms go 1.24.4

fannkuch-redux

Input: 11

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 3-m.go 672ms 0.8ms 5.5MB 2597ms 0ms go 1.24.4
go 3-m.go 728ms 4.2ms 2.9MB 2663ms 40ms tinygo 0.38.0

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 3-m.go 74ms 0.2ms 3.5MB 200ms 0ms go 1.24.4
go 3-m.go 104ms 2.9ms 3.0MB 193ms 33ms tinygo 0.38.0

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 377ms 0ms go 1.24.4

Input: 250000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 3-m.go 17ms 0.4ms 7.5MB 30ms 0ms go 1.24.4

helloworld

Input: QwQ

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1.go 0.7ms 0.0ms 0.3MB 0ms 0ms tinygo 0.38.0
go 1.go 1.5ms 0.0ms 3.4MB 0ms 0ms go 1.24.4
kotlin 1.kt 2.2ms 0.1ms 3.0MB 0ms 0ms kotlin/native 2.1.20
kotlin 1.kt 65ms 2.5ms 47.7MB 76ms 16ms kotlin/jvm 21

http-server

Input: 3000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1-http2.go 123ms 1.9ms 56.3MB 350ms 80ms go 1.24.4
go 2-m.go 381ms 35ms 167.6MB 670ms 623ms go 1.24.4
go 1-m.go 397ms 21ms 166.2MB 737ms 610ms go 1.24.4
kotlin 2-m.kt 3271ms 1443ms 346.3MB 5647ms 970ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 1.kt timeout 0.0ms 402.2MB 16220ms 2767ms kotlin/jvm 21

Input: 500

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1-http2.go 31ms 1.3ms 26.0MB 60ms 20ms go 1.24.4
go 1-m.go 73ms 5.1ms 38.9MB 103ms 93ms go 1.24.4
go 2-m.go 78ms 5.4ms 34.7MB 113ms 110ms go 1.24.4
kotlin 1-m.kt 2119ms 180ms 229.3MB 6180ms 533ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 2-m.kt 2206ms 240ms 241.3MB 4083ms 443ms kotlin/jvm 21

json-serde

Input: sample 5000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 2-ffi.go 47ms 0.6ms 41.2MB 40ms 10ms go 1.24.4
go 1.go 140ms 1.7ms 18.6MB 133ms 0ms go 1.24.4
kotlin 1-m.kt 848ms 12ms 174.2MB 2307ms 73ms kotlin/jvm 21

Input: canada 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 2-ffi.go 246ms 7.1ms 145.2MB 240ms 37ms go 1.24.4
go 1.go 742ms 5.5ms 104.8MB 733ms 10ms go 1.24.4
kotlin 1-m.kt 1778ms 57ms 662.5MB 4197ms 157ms kotlin/jvm 21

knucleotide

Input: 2500000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 7-m.go 695ms 16ms 39.7MB 2387ms 30ms go 1.24.4

Input: 250000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 7-m.go 131ms 3.9ms 22.8MB 350ms 17ms go 1.24.4

lru

Input: 1000 1000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 3.go 121ms 2.4ms 3.5MB 113ms 0ms go 1.24.4
go 3.go 134ms 1.8ms 0.4MB 127ms 0ms tinygo 0.38.0
kotlin 2.kt 173ms 14ms 12.4MB 180ms 0ms kotlin/native 2.1.20
kotlin 1-m.kt 193ms 3.9ms 94.9MB 320ms 27ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 2-m.kt 207ms 8.3ms 101.0MB 433ms 37ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 1.kt 359ms 8.0ms 12.5MB 360ms 0ms kotlin/native 2.1.20

Input: 1000 3000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
kotlin 2-m.kt 318ms 3.4ms 212.1MB 533ms 57ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 1.kt 341ms 3.1ms 202.9MB 460ms 37ms kotlin/jvm 21
go 3.go 388ms 5.6ms 0.4MB 380ms 0ms tinygo 0.38.0
go 3.go 395ms 2.9ms 3.5MB 387ms 0ms go 1.24.4
kotlin 2.kt 475ms 5.0ms 12.4MB 503ms 0ms kotlin/native 2.1.20
kotlin 1.kt 1030ms 1.3ms 12.4MB 1057ms 7ms kotlin/native 2.1.20

Input: 100 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 3.go 50ms 1.2ms 3.5MB 43ms 0ms go 1.24.4
go 3.go 66ms 1.7ms 0.3MB 60ms 0ms tinygo 0.38.0
kotlin 2.kt 95ms 0.7ms 12.8MB 90ms 0ms kotlin/native 2.1.20
kotlin 1.kt 121ms 0.6ms 12.8MB 117ms 0ms kotlin/native 2.1.20
kotlin 1-m.kt 153ms 1.1ms 90.5MB 293ms 23ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 2-m.kt 170ms 13ms 96.5MB 367ms 33ms kotlin/jvm 21

mandelbrot

Input: 5000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1.go 3224ms 8.6ms 7.7MB 3213ms 3ms go 1.24.4
go 1.go 3581ms 19ms 3.3MB 3573ms 0ms tinygo 0.38.0

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1.go 137ms 0.8ms 3.6MB 130ms 0ms go 1.24.4
go 1.go 149ms 1.9ms 0.4MB 140ms 0ms tinygo 0.38.0

merkletrees

Input: 17

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
kotlin 1.kt 389ms 8.7ms 680.7MB 447ms 90ms kotlin/jvm 21
go 1.go 1100ms 7.0ms 35.5MB 1080ms 7ms tinygo 0.38.0
go 2.go 1430ms 21ms 51.9MB 1407ms 7ms tinygo 0.38.0
go 1-m.go 1489ms 1.4ms 49.0MB 3160ms 40ms go 1.24.4
go 2-m.go 1716ms 9.3ms 43.0MB 3753ms 40ms go 1.24.4
kotlin 1.kt 1857ms 13ms 89.9MB 1940ms 43ms kotlin/native 2.1.20

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
kotlin 1-m.kt 159ms 6.4ms 207.2MB 217ms 37ms kotlin/jvm 21
go 1.go 220ms 9.6ms 11.6MB 207ms 0ms tinygo 0.38.0
kotlin 1.kt 258ms 3.7ms 25.7MB 263ms 10ms kotlin/native 2.1.20
go 2.go 293ms 9.9ms 15.4MB 280ms 0ms tinygo 0.38.0
go 1-m.go 335ms 1.4ms 12.1MB 673ms 23ms go 1.24.4
go 2-m.go 376ms 1.7ms 13.9MB 793ms 20ms go 1.24.4

nbody

Input: 5000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
kotlin 1n.kt 351ms 1.9ms 3.5MB 340ms 0ms kotlin/native 2.1.20
go 1.go 352ms 3.6ms 3.5MB 343ms 0ms go 1.24.4
go 1.go 352ms 7.5ms 0.3MB 343ms 0ms tinygo 0.38.0
kotlin 1.kt 443ms 2.0ms 49.2MB 487ms 17ms kotlin/jvm 21

Input: 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1.go 38ms 1.4ms 3.5MB 30ms 0ms go 1.24.4
kotlin 1n.kt 38ms 0.7ms 3.6MB 30ms 0ms kotlin/native 2.1.20
go 1.go 39ms 1.1ms 0.3MB 30ms 0ms tinygo 0.38.0
kotlin 1-m.kt 118ms 1.1ms 49.4MB 167ms 13ms kotlin/jvm 21

nsieve

Input: 12

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1.go 339ms 8.4ms 71.7MB 323ms 3ms go 1.24.4
go 1.go 359ms 47ms 39.4MB 343ms 0ms tinygo 0.38.0
go 2.go 470ms 2.5ms 20.0MB 457ms 0ms tinygo 0.38.0
go 2.go 750ms 9.1ms 21.6MB 737ms 7ms go 1.24.4

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1.go 58ms 2.1ms 21.6MB 50ms 0ms go 1.24.4
go 1.go 68ms 2.4ms 10.1MB 60ms 0ms tinygo 0.38.0
go 2.go 119ms 5.6ms 4.1MB 107ms 0ms tinygo 0.38.0
go 2.go 185ms 0.8ms 6.3MB 173ms 0ms go 1.24.4

pidigits

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 8.go 1207ms 7.6ms 8.6MB 1193ms 0ms go 1.24.4
kotlin 1.kt 3717ms 19ms 358.9MB 4580ms 100ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 1n.kt timeout 0.0ms 26.9MB 3970ms 1520ms kotlin/native 2.1.20
kotlin 2n.kt timeout 0.0ms 30.9MB 5110ms 127ms kotlin/native 2.1.20

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 8.go 283ms 3.4ms 8.6MB 270ms 0ms go 1.24.4
kotlin 1-m.kt 983ms 36ms 353.7MB 1773ms 90ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 1n.kt timeout 0.0ms 27.0MB 4003ms 1517ms kotlin/native 2.1.20
kotlin 2n.kt timeout 0.0ms 30.4MB 5110ms 123ms kotlin/native 2.1.20

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 126.4MB 4987ms 40ms go 1.24.4
go 3.go timeout 0.0ms 84.8MB 4967ms 13ms tinygo 0.38.0
kotlin 1.kt timeout 0.0ms 173.4MB 5410ms 47ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 1n.kt timeout 0.0ms 226.8MB 5063ms 120ms kotlin/native 2.1.20

Input: 250000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
kotlin 1-m.kt 841ms 4.2ms 134.6MB 1283ms 37ms kotlin/jvm 21
go 3.go 1793ms 82ms 19.9MB 1777ms 27ms go 1.24.4
go 3.go 2297ms 19ms 23.0MB 2280ms 3ms tinygo 0.38.0
kotlin 1n.kt 3213ms 39ms 51.1MB 3283ms 77ms kotlin/native 2.1.20

secp256k1

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 0-ffi.go 91ms 0.9ms 5.2MB 83ms 0ms go 1.24.4
kotlin 1.kt 3074ms 30ms 231.8MB 4047ms 73ms kotlin/jvm 21

Input: 500

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 0-ffi.go 25ms 0.9ms 5.2MB 20ms 0ms go 1.24.4
kotlin 1-m.kt 987ms 13ms 231.9MB 1760ms 47ms kotlin/jvm 21

spectral-norm

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 4-m.go 1900ms 1.2ms 5.5MB 7423ms 7ms go 1.24.4
go 1.go 3659ms 14ms 5.5MB 3650ms 3ms go 1.24.4
go 1.go timeout 0.0ms 0.5MB 4990ms 0ms tinygo 0.38.0

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 4-m.go 480ms 0.2ms 5.6MB 1843ms 0ms go 1.24.4
go 1.go 921ms 7.0ms 3.5MB 913ms 0ms go 1.24.4
go 1.go 1398ms 2.9ms 0.4MB 1390ms 0ms tinygo 0.38.0

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 4-m.go 125ms 1.2ms 5.5MB 450ms 0ms go 1.24.4
go 1.go 232ms 0.1ms 3.5MB 220ms 0ms go 1.24.4
go 1.go 351ms 0.6ms 0.4MB 340ms 0ms tinygo 0.38.0