Programming Language and compiler
Benchmarks

Go Versus Java benchmarks

Current benchmark data was generated on Sat Nov 27 2021, full log can be found HERE

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binarytrees

Input: 18

lang	code	time	stddev	peak-mem mem	time(user)	time(kernel)	compiler compiler/runtime
java	2.java	668ms	11ms	492.7MB	613ms	133ms	openjdk/parallelgc 17.0.1
java	2.java	670ms	2.4ms	407.3MB	650ms	103ms	openjdk 18
java	2.java	736ms	8.5ms	406.3MB	677ms	153ms	openjdk 17.0.1
java	2.java	1054ms	14ms	679.6MB	763ms	197ms	graal/jvm 17.0.1
java	2.java	1315ms	39ms	1106.5MB	847ms	677ms	openjdk/zgc 17.0.1
java	2.java	1406ms	3.7ms	298.2MB	1273ms	120ms	graal/native 21.3.0
go	2.go	2288ms	38ms	70.9MB	4367ms	70ms	go 1.17.3
go	1.go	3013ms	7.1ms	43.0MB	4423ms	47ms	go 1.17.3
go	1.go	4494ms	15ms	39.3MB	4477ms	3ms	tinygo 0.21.0
go	2.go	4730ms	9.0ms	39.6MB	4703ms	13ms	tinygo 0.21.0

Input: 14

lang	code	time	stddev	peak-mem mem	time(user)	time(kernel)	compiler compiler/runtime
go	2.go	76ms	8.3ms	8.2MB	127ms	0ms	go 1.17.3
java	2.java	104ms	2.7ms	69.2MB	103ms	20ms	openjdk/parallelgc 17.0.1
java	2.java	108ms	14ms	129.2MB	40ms	47ms	graal/native 21.3.0
java	2.java	109ms	3.2ms	89.7MB	93ms	20ms	openjdk 17.0.1
go	1.go	114ms	2.7ms	8.3MB	123ms	0ms	go 1.17.3
java	2.java	139ms	52ms	88.1MB	100ms	20ms	openjdk 18
go	1.go	176ms	1.2ms	3.1MB	167ms	0ms	tinygo 0.21.0
java	2.java	211ms	27ms	138.5MB	113ms	100ms	openjdk/zgc 17.0.1
go	2.go	217ms	0.8ms	3.6MB	207ms	0ms	tinygo 0.21.0
java	2.java	477ms	28ms	142.7MB	153ms	53ms	graal/jvm 17.0.1

coro-prime-sieve

Input: 4000

lang	code	time	stddev	peak-mem mem	time(user)	time(kernel)	compiler compiler/runtime
go	1.go	1122ms	88ms	15.3MB	1770ms	23ms	go 1.17.3
go	1.go	1773ms	1.5ms	253.6MB	1657ms	90ms	tinygo 0.21.0

Input: 1000

lang	code	time	stddev	peak-mem mem	time(user)	time(kernel)	compiler compiler/runtime
go	1.go	128ms	46ms	5.3MB	160ms	3ms	go 1.17.3
go	1.go	291ms	10ms	65.9MB	257ms	10ms	tinygo 0.21.0
java	1.java	965ms	161ms	111.0MB	1447ms	50ms	loom 18

edigits

Input: 250001

lang	code	time	stddev	peak-mem mem	time(user)	time(kernel)	compiler compiler/runtime
go	1.go	237ms	37ms	10.0MB	163ms	43ms	go 1.17.3
java	1.java	906ms	46ms	182.8MB	1297ms	143ms	openjdk 18
java	1.java	991ms	188ms	290.3MB	1470ms	150ms	openjdk/parallelgc 17.0.1
java	1.java	1101ms	8.6ms	447.4MB	1303ms	267ms	graal/jvm 17.0.1
java	1.java	1114ms	119ms	178.0MB	1637ms	127ms	openjdk 17.0.1
java	1.java	1146ms	7.9ms	265.7MB	983ms	147ms	graal/native 21.3.0
java	1.java	1212ms	82ms	450.9MB	1653ms	380ms	openjdk/zgc 17.0.1

Input: 100000

lang	code	time	stddev	peak-mem mem	time(user)	time(kernel)	compiler compiler/runtime
go	1.go	93ms	4.2ms	9.9MB	43ms	20ms	go 1.17.3
java	1.java	362ms	12ms	168.2MB	267ms	77ms	graal/native 21.3.0
java	1.java	503ms	48ms	121.7MB	723ms	63ms	openjdk 17.0.1
java	1.java	505ms	39ms	110.5MB	670ms	60ms	openjdk 18
java	1.java	547ms	44ms	108.5MB	757ms	77ms	openjdk/parallelgc 17.0.1
java	1.java	641ms	15ms	212.9MB	800ms	187ms	openjdk/zgc 17.0.1
java	1.java	844ms	23ms	252.9MB	680ms	120ms	graal/jvm 17.0.1

fannkuch-redux

Input: 11

lang	code	time	stddev	peak-mem mem	time(user)	time(kernel)	compiler compiler/runtime
go	3.go	1210ms	2.3ms	2.8MB	2330ms	0ms	go 1.17.3
java	1.java	1458ms	9.4ms	37.7MB	2780ms	7ms	openjdk 17.0.1
java	1.java	1488ms	2.8ms	38.3MB	2840ms	13ms	openjdk/parallelgc 17.0.1
java	1.java	1565ms	77ms	37.7MB	3000ms	17ms	openjdk 18
java	1.java	1573ms	19ms	37.8MB	2917ms	57ms	openjdk/zgc 17.0.1
java	1.java	1599ms	51ms	107.8MB	3023ms	27ms	graal/jvm 17.0.1
java	1.java	1926ms	0.7ms	9.8MB	3787ms	0ms	graal/native 21.3.0
go	3.go	3170ms	4.5ms	49.1MB	3143ms	13ms	tinygo 0.21.0

Input: 10

lang	code	time	stddev	peak-mem mem	time(user)	time(kernel)	compiler compiler/runtime
go	3.go	125ms	2.7ms	4.8MB	183ms	0ms	go 1.17.3
java	1.java	182ms	18ms	9.6MB	320ms	3ms	graal/native 21.3.0
java	1.java	213ms	2.8ms	38.0MB	333ms	7ms	openjdk 17.0.1
java	1.java	214ms	8.0ms	39.2MB	327ms	13ms	openjdk/parallelgc 17.0.1
java	1.java	232ms	2.7ms	36.9MB	360ms	10ms	openjdk 18
java	1.java	271ms	8.6ms	38.2MB	350ms	57ms	openjdk/zgc 17.0.1
go	3.go	348ms	0.9ms	48.6MB	323ms	10ms	tinygo 0.21.0
java	1.java	580ms	36ms	90.3MB	427ms	27ms	graal/jvm 17.0.1

fasta

Input: 2500000

lang	code	time	stddev	peak-mem mem	time(user)	time(kernel)	compiler compiler/runtime
java	4.java	475ms	16ms	5.8MB	397ms	13ms	graal/native 21.3.0
java	4.java	492ms	12ms	38.3MB	450ms	20ms	openjdk 17.0.1
go	3.go	509ms	29ms	2.8MB	400ms	23ms	go 1.17.3
java	4.java	522ms	6.6ms	38.5MB	473ms	7ms	openjdk/parallelgc 17.0.1
java	4.java	535ms	38ms	36.6MB	463ms	23ms	openjdk 18
java	4.java	570ms	3.1ms	37.1MB	477ms	70ms	openjdk/zgc 17.0.1
java	4.java	990ms	45ms	168.2MB	780ms	77ms	graal/jvm 17.0.1

Input: 250000

lang	code	time	stddev	peak-mem mem	time(user)	time(kernel)	compiler compiler/runtime
go	3.go	51ms	4.2ms	3.3MB	40ms	0ms	go 1.17.3
java	4.java	54ms	14ms	5.8MB	33ms	0ms	graal/native 21.3.0
java	4.java	118ms	9.4ms	36.6MB	113ms	13ms	openjdk 18
java	4.java	120ms	9.3ms	37.4MB	100ms	17ms	openjdk 17.0.1
java	4.java	122ms	2.2ms	36.9MB	120ms	13ms	openjdk/parallelgc 17.0.1
java	4.java	166ms	1.8ms	36.1MB	123ms	57ms	openjdk/zgc 17.0.1
java	4.java	480ms	8.0ms	88.1MB	200ms	33ms	graal/jvm 17.0.1

helloworld

Input: QwQ

lang	code	time	stddev	peak-mem mem	time(user)	time(kernel)	compiler compiler/runtime
go	1.go	1.4ms	0.3ms	0.2MB	0ms	0ms	tinygo 0.21.0
go	1.go	3.3ms	2.1ms	2.7MB	0ms	0ms	go 1.17.3
java	1.java	8.0ms	11ms	6.1MB	0ms	0ms	graal/native 21.3.0
java	1.java	48ms	1.9ms	34.6MB	28ms	8ms	openjdk 17.0.1
java	1.java	50ms	1.5ms	36.4MB	30ms	10ms	loom 18
java	1.java	52ms	3.5ms	33.2MB	26ms	14ms	openjdk 18
java	1.java	55ms	1.5ms	35.1MB	42ms	10ms	openjdk/parallelgc 17.0.1
java	1.java	73ms	3.4ms	52.6MB	70ms	10ms	graal/jvm 17.0.1
java	1.java	104ms	1.7ms	36.2MB	40ms	60ms	openjdk/zgc 17.0.1

http-server

Input: 3000

lang	code	time	stddev	peak-mem mem	time(user)	time(kernel)	compiler compiler/runtime
go	1.go	746ms	84ms	167.5MB	797ms	437ms	go 1.17.3

Input: 500

lang	code	time	stddev	peak-mem mem	time(user)	time(kernel)	compiler compiler/runtime
go	1.go	153ms	7.6ms	40.5MB	93ms	77ms	go 1.17.3

json-serde

Input: sample 5000

lang	code	time	stddev	peak-mem mem	time(user)	time(kernel)	compiler compiler/runtime
go	1.go	181ms	8.8ms	18.6MB	163ms	3ms	go 1.17.3

Input: canada 15

lang	code	time	stddev	peak-mem mem	time(user)	time(kernel)	compiler compiler/runtime
go	1.go	1041ms	4.3ms	116.7MB	1013ms	50ms	go 1.17.3

mandelbrot

Input: 8000

lang	code	time	stddev	peak-mem mem	time(user)	time(kernel)	compiler compiler/runtime
java	4.java	2058ms	8.0ms	50.3MB	3927ms	23ms	openjdk 17.0.1
java	4.java	2062ms	8.5ms	50.7MB	3950ms	7ms	openjdk 18
java	4.java	2070ms	12ms	50.0MB	3960ms	17ms	openjdk/parallelgc 17.0.1
java	4.java	2116ms	4.9ms	16.1MB	4097ms	0ms	graal/native 21.3.0
java	4.java	2140ms	6.3ms	50.1MB	3977ms	67ms	openjdk/zgc 17.0.1
go	1.go	2213ms	3.9ms	11.8MB	4333ms	0ms	go 1.17.3
java	4.java	2248ms	16ms	129.0MB	4270ms	43ms	graal/jvm 17.0.1

Input: 1000

lang	code	time	stddev	peak-mem mem	time(user)	time(kernel)	compiler compiler/runtime
go	1.go	43ms	2.4ms	3.5MB	70ms	0ms	go 1.17.3
java	4.java	53ms	26ms	11.0MB	60ms	0ms	graal/native 21.3.0
java	4.java	157ms	11ms	41.6MB	213ms	3ms	openjdk 18
java	4.java	160ms	6.0ms	42.5MB	200ms	13ms	openjdk/parallelgc 17.0.1
java	4.java	161ms	7.8ms	42.0MB	213ms	10ms	openjdk 17.0.1
java	4.java	208ms	5.4ms	40.3MB	223ms	60ms	openjdk/zgc 17.0.1
java	4.java	522ms	14ms	96.5MB	280ms	43ms	graal/jvm 17.0.1

nbody

Input: 5000000

lang	code	time	stddev	peak-mem mem	time(user)	time(kernel)	compiler compiler/runtime
go	1.go	509ms	0.9ms	0.0MB	500ms	0ms	tinygo 0.21.0
go	1.go	528ms	1.6ms	2.8MB	517ms	0ms	go 1.17.3
java	1.java	586ms	1.1ms	9.4MB	577ms	0ms	graal/native 21.3.0
java	1.java	648ms	1.5ms	37.2MB	647ms	13ms	openjdk/parallelgc 17.0.1
java	1.java	652ms	2.3ms	39.0MB	647ms	10ms	openjdk 18
java	1.java	654ms	1.8ms	38.4MB	643ms	17ms	openjdk 17.0.1
java	1.java	732ms	7.0ms	38.0MB	690ms	57ms	openjdk/zgc 17.0.1
java	1.java	977ms	11ms	84.0MB	697ms	33ms	graal/jvm 17.0.1

Input: 500000

lang	code	time	stddev	peak-mem mem	time(user)	time(kernel)	compiler compiler/runtime
go	1.go	52ms	0.8ms	0.0MB	43ms	0ms	tinygo 0.21.0
go	1.go	57ms	0.7ms	2.8MB	50ms	0ms	go 1.17.3
java	1.java	62ms	0.3ms	9.4MB	50ms	0ms	graal/native 21.3.0
java	1.java	124ms	1.1ms	38.7MB	120ms	10ms	openjdk 17.0.1
java	1.java	126ms	1.4ms	37.4MB	113ms	17ms	openjdk 18
java	1.java	134ms	0.7ms	37.1MB	130ms	13ms	openjdk/parallelgc 17.0.1
java	1.java	190ms	8.2ms	38.0MB	143ms	60ms	openjdk/zgc 17.0.1
java	1.java	468ms	0.4ms	85.3MB	203ms	23ms	graal/jvm 17.0.1

Input: 100000

lang	code	time	stddev	peak-mem mem	time(user)	time(kernel)	compiler compiler/runtime
go	1.go	12ms	1.0ms	2.0MB	0ms	0ms	tinygo 0.21.0
go	1.go	14ms	2.6ms	2.8MB	10ms	0ms	go 1.17.3
java	1.java	26ms	19ms	9.4MB	10ms	0ms	graal/native 21.3.0
java	1.java	78ms	3.5ms	38.8MB	70ms	13ms	openjdk 17.0.1
java	1.java	81ms	3.7ms	37.4MB	70ms	13ms	openjdk 18
java	1.java	88ms	1.3ms	37.2MB	83ms	13ms	openjdk/parallelgc 17.0.1
java	1.java	137ms	3.3ms	39.9MB	93ms	53ms	openjdk/zgc 17.0.1
java	1.java	421ms	6.4ms	69.5MB	120ms	23ms	graal/jvm 17.0.1

nsieve

Input: 12

lang	code	time	stddev	peak-mem mem	time(user)	time(kernel)	compiler compiler/runtime
go	2.go	675ms	3.8ms	17.6MB	660ms	0ms	tinygo 0.21.0
go	1.go	844ms	9.5ms	73.4MB	813ms	20ms	go 1.17.3
go	1.go	881ms	14ms	43.1MB	857ms	7ms	tinygo 0.21.0
go	2.go	971ms	0.4ms	22.3MB	963ms	3ms	go 1.17.3
java	2.java	3623ms	4.9ms	48.9MB	3630ms	17ms	openjdk 17.0.1
java	2.java	3703ms	37ms	45.7MB	3720ms	13ms	openjdk/parallelgc 17.0.1
java	2.java	3776ms	4.6ms	47.8MB	3797ms	10ms	openjdk 18
java	2.java	4081ms	120ms	44.9MB	4047ms	60ms	openjdk/zgc 17.0.1

Input: 10

lang	code	time	stddev	peak-mem mem	time(user)	time(kernel)	compiler compiler/runtime
go	1.go	117ms	1.5ms	21.7MB	100ms	3ms	go 1.17.3
go	1.go	133ms	0.7ms	13.6MB	120ms	0ms	tinygo 0.21.0
go	2.go	157ms	0.6ms	5.6MB	150ms	0ms	tinygo 0.21.0
go	2.go	231ms	5.4ms	7.6MB	217ms	0ms	go 1.17.3
java	1.java	665ms	5.3ms	58.0MB	670ms	10ms	openjdk 17.0.1
java	1.java	706ms	18ms	55.7MB	703ms	20ms	openjdk/parallelgc 17.0.1
java	2.java	790ms	1.1ms	42.7MB	803ms	13ms	openjdk 17.0.1
java	2.java	794ms	4.4ms	39.7MB	817ms	7ms	openjdk/parallelgc 17.0.1
java	1.java	822ms	3.4ms	56.8MB	767ms	77ms	openjdk/zgc 17.0.1
java	2.java	830ms	4.1ms	41.8MB	833ms	20ms	openjdk 18
java	2.java	885ms	1.6ms	42.2MB	857ms	57ms	openjdk/zgc 17.0.1
java	1.java	998ms	2.2ms	56.0MB	1000ms	23ms	openjdk 18
java	1.java	1058ms	18ms	23.2MB	1037ms	0ms	graal/native 21.3.0
java	1.java	1093ms	4.6ms	240.4MB	1497ms	97ms	graal/jvm 17.0.1
java	2.java	1390ms	15ms	8.9MB	1367ms	3ms	graal/native 21.3.0
java	2.java	1554ms	49ms	327.9MB	2717ms	150ms	graal/jvm 17.0.1

pidigits

Input: 8000

lang	code	time	stddev	peak-mem mem	time(user)	time(kernel)	compiler compiler/runtime
go	8.go	1254ms	0.8ms	8.5MB	1243ms	0ms	go 1.17.3

Input: 4000

lang	code	time	stddev	peak-mem mem	time(user)	time(kernel)	compiler compiler/runtime
go	8.go	297ms	0.4ms	8.5MB	290ms	0ms	go 1.17.3
java	1.java	1619ms	86ms	209.4MB	1733ms	93ms	openjdk 18
java	1.java	1633ms	57ms	628.4MB	1580ms	177ms	openjdk/parallelgc 17.0.1
java	1.java	1684ms	44ms	172.0MB	1700ms	97ms	openjdk 17.0.1
java	1.java	1763ms	42ms	434.4MB	1813ms	183ms	graal/jvm 17.0.1
java	1.java	2002ms	26ms	263.0MB	1823ms	140ms	graal/native 21.3.0
java	1.java	2237ms	31ms	1074.3MB	1753ms	667ms	openjdk/zgc 17.0.1

Input: 1000

lang	code	time	stddev	peak-mem mem	time(user)	time(kernel)	compiler compiler/runtime
go	8.go	26ms	3.8ms	8.3MB	13ms	0ms	go 1.17.3
java	1.java	210ms	7.9ms	157.0MB	93ms	73ms	graal/native 21.3.0
java	1.java	291ms	55ms	106.0MB	297ms	43ms	openjdk 18
java	1.java	318ms	30ms	99.7MB	350ms	33ms	openjdk/parallelgc 17.0.1
java	1.java	394ms	20ms	190.4MB	327ms	153ms	openjdk/zgc 17.0.1
java	1.java	406ms	48ms	109.3MB	410ms	40ms	openjdk 17.0.1
java	1.java	710ms	3.4ms	218.8MB	390ms	77ms	graal/jvm 17.0.1

spectral-norm

Input: 8000

lang	code	time	stddev	peak-mem mem	time(user)	time(kernel)	compiler compiler/runtime
go	4.go	2237ms	3.5ms	4.8MB	4297ms	3ms	go 1.17.3
java	2.java	3254ms	24ms	39.7MB	6273ms	20ms	openjdk/parallelgc 17.0.1
java	2.java	4349ms	9.1ms	107.1MB	8373ms	57ms	graal/jvm 17.0.1

Input: 4000

lang	code	time	stddev	peak-mem mem	time(user)	time(kernel)	compiler compiler/runtime
go	4.go	583ms	7.2ms	4.8MB	1070ms	0ms	go 1.17.3
java	2.java	906ms	4.3ms	42.0MB	1677ms	20ms	openjdk/parallelgc 17.0.1
java	2.java	1262ms	17ms	104.2MB	2297ms	37ms	graal/jvm 17.0.1
java	2.java	1411ms	19ms	40.2MB	2570ms	70ms	openjdk/zgc 17.0.1
java	2.java	1468ms	26ms	38.4MB	2777ms	13ms	openjdk 17.0.1
java	2.java	2038ms	129ms	37.4MB	3900ms	10ms	openjdk 18
java	2.java	2917ms	116ms	10.0MB	5577ms	0ms	graal/native 21.3.0

Input: 1000

lang	code	time	stddev	peak-mem mem	time(user)	time(kernel)	compiler compiler/runtime
go	4.go	52ms	4.9ms	4.8MB	63ms	0ms	go 1.17.3
java	2.java	163ms	12ms	39.5MB	220ms	17ms	openjdk/parallelgc 17.0.1
java	2.java	198ms	15ms	9.7MB	340ms	0ms	graal/native 21.3.0
java	2.java	200ms	6.8ms	38.8MB	283ms	13ms	openjdk 17.0.1
java	2.java	229ms	4.2ms	37.1MB	350ms	7ms	openjdk 18
java	2.java	255ms	18ms	38.4MB	300ms	60ms	openjdk/zgc 17.0.1
go	4.go	420ms	3.4ms	0.3MB	410ms	0ms	tinygo 0.21.0
java	2.java	518ms	19ms	90.2MB	280ms	37ms	graal/jvm 17.0.1