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Javascript VS Go benchmarks

Current benchmark data was generated on Mon Apr 14 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 1036ms 29ms 187.6MB 1633ms 273ms bun 1.2.9
go 1.go 1227ms 3.5ms 55.0MB 1207ms 7ms tinygo 0.37.0
javascript 1-m.js 1296ms 2.8ms 272.7MB 2237ms 170ms node 23.11.0
go 1-m.go 2353ms 1.9ms 39.8MB 5253ms 37ms go 1.24.2

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
javascript 1.js 102ms 0.7ms 79.0MB 77ms 30ms bun 1.2.9
go 1.go 113ms 1.4ms 5.6MB 100ms 0ms tinygo 0.37.0
javascript 1.js 130ms 3.3ms 78.4MB 137ms 23ms node 23.11.0
go 1-m.go 209ms 2.4ms 8.1MB 370ms 10ms go 1.24.2

coro-prime-sieve

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1-m.go 621ms 136ms 15.5MB 2377ms 0ms go 1.24.2
go 1.go 719ms 7.5ms 268.8MB 663ms 40ms tinygo 0.37.0
javascript 1.js 1638ms 3.3ms 89.9MB 1727ms 60ms node 23.11.0
javascript 1.js 2497ms 24ms 101.7MB 2517ms 73ms bun 1.2.9

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1-m.go 43ms 2.2ms 7.4MB 143ms 0ms go 1.24.2
go 1.go 68ms 2.1ms 68.5MB 47ms 10ms tinygo 0.37.0
javascript 1.js 160ms 0.1ms 72.0MB 147ms 23ms node 23.11.0
javascript 1.js 201ms 1.0ms 86.8MB 220ms 40ms bun 1.2.9

edigits

Input: 250001

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1.go 117ms 0.9ms 10.4MB 110ms 0ms go 1.24.2
javascript 1.js 282ms 4.5ms 62.6MB 303ms 20ms node 23.11.0
javascript 1.js 537ms 11ms 77.3MB 513ms 23ms bun 1.2.9

Input: 100000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1.go 33ms 0.2ms 8.2MB 27ms 0ms go 1.24.2
javascript 1.js 130ms 1.2ms 61.4MB 150ms 20ms node 23.11.0
javascript 1.js 504ms 0.5ms 67.4MB 480ms 17ms bun 1.2.9

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 1.24.2
javascript 1.js 13ms 0.4ms 33.3MB 0ms 0ms bun 1.2.9
javascript 1.js 33ms 1.0ms 47.8MB 18ms 4ms node 23.11.0

http-server

Input: 3000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1-http2.go 123ms 2.4ms 60.3MB 333ms 77ms go 1.24.2
javascript 1-m.bun.js 354ms 14ms 77.7MB 163ms 447ms bun 1.2.9
go 2-m.go 416ms 8.9ms 174.9MB 703ms 690ms go 1.24.2
go 1-m.go 422ms 20ms 172.9MB 730ms 673ms go 1.24.2
javascript 1.js 3078ms 160ms 183.3MB 3010ms 1423ms node 23.11.0

Input: 500

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1-http2.go 21ms 12ms 27.6MB 50ms 15ms go 1.24.2
go 2-m.go 80ms 14ms 37.9MB 97ms 120ms go 1.24.2
go 1-m.go 81ms 19ms 36.6MB 113ms 117ms go 1.24.2
javascript 1.bun.js 106ms 6.8ms 55.5MB 40ms 100ms bun 1.2.9
javascript 1.js 376ms 5.1ms 79.2MB 353ms 140ms node 23.11.0

json-serde

Input: sample 5000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 2-ffi.go 46ms 2.2ms 41.1MB 40ms 3ms go 1.24.2
javascript 1.js 80ms 6.4ms 68.8MB 53ms 20ms bun 1.2.9
javascript 1.js 125ms 0.8ms 75.8MB 110ms 20ms node 23.11.0
go 1.go 142ms 0.7ms 18.7MB 137ms 0ms go 1.24.2

Input: canada 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 2-ffi.go 251ms 15ms 131.1MB 230ms 53ms go 1.24.2
javascript 1.js 390ms 3.3ms 236.7MB 333ms 103ms bun 1.2.9
javascript 1.js 730ms 6.0ms 204.3MB 810ms 93ms node 23.11.0
go 1.go 751ms 2.0ms 104.9MB 737ms 17ms go 1.24.2

lru

Input: 1000 1000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 3.go 119ms 2.9ms 3.5MB 113ms 0ms go 1.24.2
go 3.go 131ms 2.5ms 0.5MB 123ms 0ms tinygo 0.37.0
javascript 2.js 312ms 0.7ms 62.9MB 300ms 13ms node 23.11.0
javascript 1.js 568ms 2.8ms 60.7MB 553ms 13ms node 23.11.0
javascript 2.js 664ms 4.0ms 122.4MB 723ms 50ms bun 1.2.9
javascript 1.js 830ms 3.2ms 111.2MB 930ms 70ms bun 1.2.9

Input: 1000 3000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 3.go 388ms 3.0ms 0.5MB 380ms 0ms tinygo 0.37.0
go 3.go 391ms 1.6ms 3.5MB 380ms 0ms go 1.24.2
javascript 2.js 860ms 1.2ms 68.7MB 850ms 10ms node 23.11.0
javascript 1.js 1604ms 4.1ms 67.8MB 1583ms 13ms node 23.11.0
javascript 2.js 1861ms 7.8ms 122.4MB 2037ms 77ms bun 1.2.9
javascript 1.js 2403ms 5.2ms 111.5MB 2730ms 157ms bun 1.2.9

Input: 100 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 3.go 52ms 0.6ms 3.5MB 40ms 0ms go 1.24.2
go 3.go 65ms 1.0ms 0.4MB 60ms 0ms tinygo 0.37.0
javascript 1.js 165ms 2.5ms 58.0MB 157ms 10ms node 23.11.0
javascript 2.js 169ms 1.3ms 56.6MB 163ms 7ms node 23.11.0
javascript 1.js 325ms 3.1ms 115.1MB 367ms 77ms bun 1.2.9
javascript 2.js 364ms 2.6ms 126.0MB 383ms 57ms bun 1.2.9

merkletrees

Input: 17

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
javascript 1-m.js 519ms 4.4ms 144.8MB 687ms 143ms bun 1.2.9
javascript 1.js 576ms 13ms 130.3MB 670ms 63ms node 23.11.0
go 1.go 815ms 44ms 63.2MB 797ms 7ms tinygo 0.37.0
go 2.go 1122ms 7.5ms 54.9MB 1103ms 7ms tinygo 0.37.0
go 1-m.go 1448ms 9.5ms 38.9MB 3070ms 33ms go 1.24.2
go 2-m.go 1677ms 13ms 43.0MB 3693ms 33ms go 1.24.2

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
javascript 1.js 120ms 1.1ms 86.9MB 110ms 30ms bun 1.2.9
javascript 1.js 166ms 1.7ms 98.2MB 167ms 40ms node 23.11.0
go 1.go 176ms 3.7ms 9.8MB 163ms 0ms tinygo 0.37.0
go 2.go 207ms 2.5ms 17.1MB 190ms 0ms tinygo 0.37.0
go 1-m.go 331ms 5.3ms 14.0MB 663ms 20ms go 1.24.2
go 2-m.go 373ms 0.8ms 13.9MB 783ms 23ms go 1.24.2

nbody

Input: 5000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1.go 348ms 0.6ms 3.5MB 340ms 0ms go 1.24.2
go 1.go 351ms 5.8ms 0.4MB 343ms 0ms tinygo 0.37.0
javascript 6.js 462ms 6.7ms 56.1MB 447ms 10ms node 23.11.0
javascript 6.js 601ms 3.1ms 45.5MB 593ms 7ms bun 1.2.9

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 0.7ms 3.5MB 30ms 0ms go 1.24.2
javascript 6.js 81ms 0.6ms 45.6MB 73ms 10ms bun 1.2.9
javascript 6.js 81ms 0.3ms 56.1MB 70ms 10ms node 23.11.0

secp256k1

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 0-ffi.go 93ms 0.9ms 7.2MB 90ms 0ms go 1.24.2
javascript 1.js 2621ms 17ms 60.0MB 2633ms 23ms node 23.11.0
javascript 1.js 2878ms 9.0ms 84.4MB 2900ms 57ms bun 1.2.9

Input: 500

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 0-ffi.go 27ms 0.2ms 5.2MB 20ms 0ms go 1.24.2
javascript 1.js 693ms 5.4ms 57.4MB 700ms 13ms node 23.11.0
javascript 1.js 757ms 15ms 83.9MB 757ms 30ms bun 1.2.9

pidigits

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 8.go 1132ms 4.8ms 8.7MB 1117ms 0ms go 1.24.2
javascript 3.js 4871ms 6.7ms 87.6MB 4850ms 30ms node 23.11.0

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 8.go 269ms 4.3ms 8.5MB 257ms 0ms go 1.24.2
javascript 3.js 1057ms 2.7ms 70.6MB 1037ms 20ms node 23.11.0

spectral-norm

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 4-m.go 1911ms 19ms 5.4MB 7407ms 10ms go 1.24.2
javascript 6-m.js 2192ms 18ms 115.7MB 8290ms 60ms node 23.11.0
go 1.go 3650ms 0.9ms 5.6MB 3640ms 3ms go 1.24.2
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 481ms 0.8ms 5.5MB 1843ms 0ms go 1.24.2
javascript 6-m.js 668ms 7.2ms 113.6MB 2350ms 57ms node 23.11.0
go 1.go 921ms 11ms 3.5MB 913ms 0ms go 1.24.2
go 1.go 1397ms 1.5ms 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 126ms 0.6ms 5.5MB 450ms 0ms go 1.24.2
go 1.go 235ms 5.5ms 3.5MB 223ms 0ms go 1.24.2
javascript 6-m.js 277ms 3.0ms 109.7MB 853ms 53ms node 23.11.0
go 1.go 352ms 1.2ms 0.4MB 340ms 0ms tinygo 0.37.0