Typescript VS Kotlin benchmarks

Current benchmark data was generated on Mon Mar 31 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 474ms 2.2ms 577.6MB 567ms 83ms kotlin/jvm 21
typescript 1.ts 1084ms 17ms 459.7MB 1020ms 223ms deno 2.2.6
kotlin 1-m.kt 3074ms 28ms 246.4MB 5113ms 703ms kotlin/native 1.8.21

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
kotlin 1.kt 100ms 0.6ms 160.2MB 110ms 27ms kotlin/jvm 21
typescript 1.ts 130ms 2.0ms 77.5MB 130ms 27ms deno 2.2.6
kotlin 1-m.kt 267ms 2.6ms 28.5MB 427ms 57ms kotlin/native 1.8.21

coro-prime-sieve

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
typescript 1.ts 1183ms 19ms 121.1MB 1180ms 53ms deno 2.2.6
kotlin 2-m.kt 1924ms 65ms 240.6MB 7167ms 113ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 1.kt 2164ms 23ms 222.7MB 2980ms 73ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 1.kt timeout 0.0ms 12.7MB 6027ms 467ms kotlin/native 1.8.21
kotlin 2-m.kt timeout 0.0ms 53.1MB 19010ms 150ms kotlin/native 1.8.21

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
typescript 1.ts 147ms 1.1ms 70.8MB 127ms 20ms deno 2.2.6
kotlin 2-m.kt 433ms 6.8ms 12.8MB 1593ms 23ms kotlin/native 1.8.21
kotlin 1-m.kt 480ms 14ms 77.5MB 1110ms 53ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 1.kt 685ms 0.7ms 8.8MB 813ms 63ms kotlin/native 1.8.21
kotlin 2-m.kt 926ms 49ms 105.6MB 3263ms 83ms kotlin/jvm 21

fasta

Input: 2500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
typescript 1.ts 2073ms 8.5ms 56.1MB 1933ms 150ms deno 2.2.6

Input: 250000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
typescript 1.ts 242ms 1.2ms 57.5MB 223ms 23ms deno 2.2.6

helloworld

Input: QwQ

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
kotlin 1.kt 2.0ms 0.2ms 2.5MB 0ms 0ms kotlin/native 1.8.21
typescript 1.ts 27ms 0.4ms 44.2MB 10ms 8ms deno 2.2.6
kotlin 1.kt 56ms 5.4ms 47.2MB 50ms 20ms kotlin/jvm 21

http-server

Input: 3000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
typescript 2-m.ts 645ms 6.3ms 232.7MB 607ms 413ms deno 2.2.6
typescript 1-m.ts 659ms 14ms 234.8MB 607ms 437ms deno 2.2.6
typescript 1-http2.ts 812ms 7.3ms 241.8MB 740ms 430ms deno 2.2.6
typescript 2-tls.ts 1461ms 69ms 256.8MB 1293ms 543ms deno 2.2.6
kotlin 2-m.kt 3184ms 1331ms 354.5MB 5353ms 940ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 1.kt timeout 0.0ms 407.6MB 15893ms 3003ms kotlin/jvm 21

Input: 500

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
typescript 2.ts 164ms 3.7ms 89.9MB 123ms 93ms deno 2.2.6
typescript 1.ts 168ms 4.3ms 91.3MB 120ms 100ms deno 2.2.6
typescript 1-http2.ts 209ms 1.1ms 92.9MB 160ms 93ms deno 2.2.6
typescript 2-tls.ts 340ms 4.3ms 98.5MB 267ms 123ms deno 2.2.6
kotlin 1-m.kt 2024ms 205ms 231.8MB 6097ms 673ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 2-m.kt 2068ms 276ms 242.2MB 5587ms 597ms kotlin/jvm 21

json-serde

Input: sample 5000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
typescript 1.ts 165ms 5.5ms 92.0MB 160ms 33ms deno 2.2.6
kotlin 1-m.kt 806ms 107ms 204.8MB 2167ms 87ms kotlin/jvm 21

Input: canada 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
typescript 1.ts 1213ms 14ms 414.7MB 1327ms 153ms deno 2.2.6
kotlin 1-m.kt 2329ms 35ms 828.1MB 5040ms 157ms kotlin/jvm 21

lru

Input: 1000 1000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
kotlin 1-m.kt 181ms 3.8ms 96.7MB 300ms 30ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 2-m.kt 197ms 1.3ms 103.5MB 420ms 40ms kotlin/jvm 21
typescript 2.ts 274ms 1.3ms 61.1MB 267ms 10ms deno 2.2.6
kotlin 2.kt 299ms 2.1ms 5.8MB 420ms 10ms kotlin/native 1.8.21
kotlin 1.kt 515ms 4.2ms 5.9MB 613ms 10ms kotlin/native 1.8.21
typescript 1.ts 584ms 12ms 59.9MB 567ms 13ms deno 2.2.6

Input: 1000 3000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
kotlin 2-m.kt 311ms 8.5ms 212.5MB 533ms 47ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 1.kt 343ms 9.7ms 204.4MB 443ms 43ms kotlin/jvm 21
typescript 2.ts 739ms 3.9ms 68.6MB 723ms 20ms deno 2.2.6
kotlin 2.kt 893ms 4.3ms 5.8MB 1280ms 50ms kotlin/native 1.8.21
kotlin 1.kt 1545ms 11ms 5.8MB 1860ms 23ms kotlin/native 1.8.21
typescript 1.ts 1675ms 4.5ms 66.6MB 1650ms 20ms deno 2.2.6

Input: 100 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
kotlin 1-m.kt 138ms 2.2ms 92.7MB 273ms 23ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 2.kt 140ms 1.1ms 3.6MB 193ms 0ms kotlin/native 1.8.21
typescript 2.ts 140ms 1.3ms 58.8MB 130ms 10ms deno 2.2.6
kotlin 2-m.kt 166ms 21ms 95.2MB 347ms 23ms kotlin/jvm 21
typescript 1.ts 171ms 2.9ms 57.2MB 157ms 10ms deno 2.2.6
kotlin 1.kt 171ms 1.1ms 3.8MB 210ms 3ms kotlin/native 1.8.21

merkletrees

Input: 17

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
kotlin 1.kt 351ms 4.3ms 679.4MB 377ms 93ms kotlin/jvm 21
typescript 1.ts 568ms 5.3ms 226.2MB 573ms 110ms deno 2.2.6
kotlin 1-m.kt 1499ms 16ms 134.5MB 2310ms 327ms kotlin/native 1.8.21

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
kotlin 1.kt 129ms 2.5ms 208.5MB 153ms 40ms kotlin/jvm 21
typescript 1.ts 157ms 1.4ms 98.1MB 157ms 40ms deno 2.2.6
kotlin 1-m.kt 310ms 3.8ms 38.6MB 453ms 67ms kotlin/native 1.8.21

nbody

Input: 5000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
kotlin 1n.kt 406ms 0.5ms 2.5MB 397ms 0ms kotlin/native 1.8.21
kotlin 1.kt 445ms 1.6ms 49.5MB 487ms 20ms kotlin/jvm 21
typescript 6.ts 465ms 4.3ms 54.3MB 453ms 10ms deno 2.2.6

Input: 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
kotlin 1n.kt 47ms 1.9ms 2.5MB 40ms 0ms kotlin/native 1.8.21
typescript 6.ts 78ms 1.6ms 56.2MB 63ms 10ms deno 2.2.6
kotlin 1-m.kt 119ms 0.0ms 49.6MB 163ms 17ms kotlin/jvm 21

pidigits

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
kotlin 1.kt 3686ms 7.3ms 354.4MB 4587ms 103ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 1n.kt timeout 0.0ms 5.5MB 6277ms 270ms kotlin/native 1.8.21
kotlin 2n.kt timeout 0.0ms 6.2MB 5017ms 143ms kotlin/native 1.8.21
typescript 3.ts timeout 0.0ms 130.4MB 4970ms 57ms deno 2.2.6

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
kotlin 1-m.kt 1008ms 11ms 355.1MB 1733ms 90ms kotlin/jvm 21
typescript 3.ts 1253ms 12ms 77.9MB 1200ms 73ms deno 2.2.6
kotlin 1n.kt timeout 0.0ms 5.4MB 6273ms 273ms kotlin/native 1.8.21
kotlin 2n.kt timeout 0.0ms 6.3MB 5003ms 160ms kotlin/native 1.8.21

secp256k1

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
typescript 1.ts 1927ms 33ms 57.7MB 1930ms 10ms deno 2.2.6
kotlin 1.kt 3092ms 51ms 235.3MB 4100ms 73ms kotlin/jvm 21

Input: 500

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
typescript 1.ts 526ms 2.3ms 57.8MB 530ms 13ms deno 2.2.6
kotlin 1-m.kt 978ms 29ms 233.2MB 1787ms 60ms kotlin/jvm 21

spectral-norm

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
typescript 7.ts 4035ms 5.6ms 54.7MB 4020ms 7ms deno 2.2.6

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
typescript 7.ts 1036ms 1.0ms 56.0MB 1023ms 7ms deno 2.2.6

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
typescript 7.ts 286ms 1.5ms 54.5MB 270ms 7ms deno 2.2.6