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Javascript VS Java benchmarks

Current benchmark data was generated on Sun Jun 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
java 2.java 455ms 6.3ms 576.1MB 557ms 80ms openjdk 21
java 2-m.java 462ms 6.4ms 643.1MB 673ms 90ms graal/jvm 17.0.8
java 2.java 470ms 9.4ms 639.7MB 570ms 97ms openjdk 23
javascript 1-m.js 907ms 13ms 181.8MB 1350ms 187ms bun 1.2.15
javascript 1.js 1049ms 5.1ms 469.9MB 970ms 217ms node 24.1.0
java 2.java 1207ms 20ms 1063.7MB 580ms 793ms openjdk/zgc 21

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
javascript 1.js 100ms 1.6ms 77.6MB 80ms 27ms bun 1.2.15
javascript 1.js 123ms 1.2ms 80.3MB 127ms 20ms node 24.1.0
java 2.java 124ms 1.6ms 167.0MB 157ms 27ms openjdk 21
java 2.java 129ms 5.5ms 98.0MB 163ms 23ms openjdk 23
java 2-m.java 143ms 3.2ms 224.5MB 217ms 53ms graal/jvm 17.0.8
java 2.java 299ms 4.1ms 241.7MB 157ms 197ms openjdk/zgc 21

coro-prime-sieve

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
javascript 1.js 1597ms 7.0ms 189.2MB 1570ms 100ms node 24.1.0
java 1-m.java 2098ms 184ms 258.2MB 7953ms 127ms openjdk 21
javascript 1.js 2458ms 46ms 104.4MB 2503ms 70ms bun 1.2.15
java 1-m.java 2459ms 233ms 242.9MB 9360ms 137ms openjdk 23
java 1-m.java 2764ms 212ms 1176.7MB 8893ms 1110ms openjdk/zgc 21

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
javascript 1.js 158ms 0.8ms 74.8MB 143ms 27ms node 24.1.0
javascript 1.js 199ms 1.7ms 87.9MB 237ms 37ms bun 1.2.15
java 1-m.java 443ms 2.6ms 92.2MB 1470ms 60ms openjdk 23
java 1-m.java 479ms 10ms 129.7MB 1607ms 73ms openjdk 21
java 1-m.java 684ms 24ms 228.2MB 1873ms 250ms openjdk/zgc 21

edigits

Input: 250001

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
javascript 1.js 278ms 1.0ms 66.7MB 293ms 23ms node 24.1.0
javascript 1.js 517ms 2.3ms 76.2MB 493ms 17ms bun 1.2.15
java 1-m.java 585ms 85ms 265.5MB 1613ms 70ms openjdk 21
java 1-m.java 604ms 11ms 359.6MB 1167ms 110ms graal/jvm 17.0.8
java 1-m.java 636ms 55ms 237.0MB 1717ms 70ms openjdk 23
java 1-m.java 970ms 31ms 534.8MB 1663ms 407ms openjdk/zgc 21

Input: 100000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
javascript 1.js 120ms 1.1ms 62.8MB 110ms 13ms node 24.1.0
java 1-m.java 301ms 6.0ms 225.7MB 600ms 63ms graal/jvm 17.0.8
java 1-m.java 360ms 33ms 177.9MB 983ms 50ms openjdk 21
java 1-m.java 367ms 17ms 111.4MB 1000ms 50ms openjdk 23
javascript 1.js 508ms 1.3ms 65.6MB 487ms 20ms bun 1.2.15
java 1-m.java 537ms 14ms 215.4MB 1073ms 227ms openjdk/zgc 21

helloworld

Input: QwQ

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
javascript 1.js 12ms 0.4ms 31.5MB 0ms 0ms bun 1.2.15
javascript 1.js 30ms 0.6ms 49.8MB 18ms 6ms node 24.1.0
java 1.java 62ms 2.4ms 52.7MB 68ms 18ms graal/jvm 17.0.8
java 1.java 69ms 6.7ms 43.8MB 78ms 12ms openjdk 21
java 1.java 73ms 1.7ms 44.5MB 74ms 16ms openjdk 23
java 1.java 184ms 2.0ms 42.9MB 80ms 132ms openjdk/zgc 21

http-server

Input: 3000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
javascript 1-m.bun.js 251ms 4.8ms 79.9MB 130ms 317ms bun 1.2.15
javascript 1.js 2719ms 485ms 296.0MB 2637ms 1240ms node 24.1.0

Input: 500

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
javascript 1.bun.js 87ms 3.8ms 55.5MB 37ms 67ms bun 1.2.15
javascript 1.js 342ms 4.1ms 84.0MB 330ms 123ms node 24.1.0

json-serde

Input: sample 5000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
javascript 1.js 71ms 1.1ms 67.8MB 40ms 20ms bun 1.2.15
javascript 1.js 102ms 0.9ms 74.9MB 80ms 20ms node 24.1.0

Input: canada 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
javascript 1.js 386ms 2.1ms 235.8MB 333ms 97ms bun 1.2.15
javascript 1.js 575ms 1.9ms 203.2MB 583ms 123ms node 24.1.0

lru

Input: 1000 1000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
javascript 2.js 304ms 2.7ms 64.1MB 293ms 13ms node 24.1.0
javascript 1.js 566ms 6.6ms 62.7MB 553ms 7ms node 24.1.0
javascript 2.js 634ms 5.2ms 123.1MB 710ms 43ms bun 1.2.15
javascript 1.js 830ms 15ms 106.3MB 903ms 87ms bun 1.2.15

Input: 1000 3000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
javascript 2.js 833ms 3.9ms 71.4MB 820ms 17ms node 24.1.0
javascript 1.js 1610ms 3.9ms 69.4MB 1593ms 10ms node 24.1.0
javascript 2.js 1783ms 10.0ms 124.1MB 1957ms 77ms bun 1.2.15
javascript 1.js 2362ms 4.9ms 106.4MB 2650ms 160ms bun 1.2.15

Input: 100 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
javascript 2.js 164ms 1.8ms 58.7MB 153ms 10ms node 24.1.0
javascript 1.js 167ms 0.2ms 59.9MB 160ms 3ms node 24.1.0
javascript 1.js 318ms 5.1ms 130.3MB 357ms 77ms bun 1.2.15
javascript 2.js 347ms 3.8ms 125.4MB 380ms 47ms bun 1.2.15

merkletrees

Input: 17

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
java 1.java 398ms 1.9ms 544.5MB 497ms 87ms openjdk 23
java 1.java 399ms 2.7ms 679.6MB 473ms 90ms openjdk 21
java 1-m.java 404ms 8.2ms 633.5MB 610ms 97ms graal/jvm 17.0.8
javascript 1-m.js 463ms 1.1ms 136.5MB 613ms 113ms bun 1.2.15
javascript 1.js 558ms 2.7ms 230.3MB 553ms 113ms node 24.1.0
java 1.java 1023ms 11ms 974.0MB 463ms 707ms openjdk/zgc 21

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
javascript 1.js 114ms 2.2ms 85.0MB 100ms 30ms bun 1.2.15
javascript 1.js 156ms 1.2ms 100.3MB 150ms 33ms node 24.1.0
java 1-m.java 166ms 3.4ms 158.5MB 247ms 40ms openjdk 23
java 1-m.java 170ms 12ms 206.5MB 243ms 43ms openjdk 21
java 1-m.java 213ms 7.0ms 253.5MB 357ms 53ms graal/jvm 17.0.8
java 1.java 412ms 7.1ms 341.9MB 213ms 277ms openjdk/zgc 21

nbody

Input: 5000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
java 1.java 441ms 1.8ms 45.4MB 480ms 13ms openjdk 21
java 1.java 444ms 1.2ms 48.2MB 480ms 20ms openjdk 23
java 1.java 447ms 3.2ms 81.7MB 483ms 23ms graal/jvm 17.0.8
javascript 6.js 456ms 3.2ms 57.9MB 447ms 7ms node 24.1.0
java 1.java 567ms 1.6ms 45.0MB 490ms 140ms openjdk/zgc 21
javascript 6.js 597ms 2.9ms 45.0MB 600ms 0ms bun 1.2.15
java 2.java 1230ms 1.5ms 567.4MB 1367ms 73ms openjdk 21
java 2.java 1245ms 7.7ms 792.1MB 1367ms 93ms openjdk 23
java 2.java 3242ms 30ms 2411.5MB 1663ms 1800ms openjdk/zgc 21

Input: 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
javascript 6.js 78ms 2.2ms 58.2MB 67ms 7ms node 24.1.0
javascript 6.js 80ms 0.6ms 45.0MB 90ms 3ms bun 1.2.15
java 1.java 115ms 2.7ms 81.5MB 143ms 27ms graal/jvm 17.0.8
java 1-m.java 117ms 1.5ms 45.3MB 157ms 20ms openjdk 21
java 1.java 118ms 3.8ms 48.1MB 157ms 17ms openjdk 23
java 1.java 241ms 4.9ms 44.6MB 157ms 140ms openjdk/zgc 21
java 2-m.java 289ms 5.6ms 371.1MB 420ms 57ms openjdk 21
java 2-m.java 305ms 7.2ms 418.7MB 450ms 57ms openjdk 23
java 2.java 680ms 10ms 526.8MB 463ms 403ms openjdk/zgc 21

secp256k1

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
javascript 1.js 2575ms 7.6ms 62.2MB 2580ms 13ms node 24.1.0
javascript 1.js 2822ms 6.0ms 82.3MB 2837ms 43ms bun 1.2.15

Input: 500

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
javascript 1.js 686ms 6.9ms 58.8MB 690ms 10ms node 24.1.0
javascript 1.js 736ms 1.2ms 82.1MB 730ms 33ms bun 1.2.15

pidigits

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
java 1.java 3185ms 10ms 444.0MB 3607ms 107ms graal/jvm 17.0.8
java 1.java 3705ms 65ms 448.5MB 4597ms 110ms openjdk 23
java 1.java 3709ms 72ms 366.5MB 4553ms 107ms openjdk 21
javascript 3.js 4837ms 44ms 121.8MB 4787ms 47ms node 24.1.0
java 1.java timeout 0.0ms 1957.4MB 4627ms 1233ms openjdk/zgc 21

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
java 1.java 880ms 4.2ms 369.9MB 1217ms 93ms graal/jvm 17.0.8
java 1-m.java 1000ms 42ms 386.8MB 1787ms 87ms openjdk 21
java 1-m.java 1014ms 24ms 412.8MB 1770ms 97ms openjdk 23
javascript 3.js 1043ms 5.1ms 73.1MB 1020ms 17ms node 24.1.0
java 1.java 1993ms 39ms 1355.3MB 1723ms 1037ms openjdk/zgc 21

spectral-norm

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
java 2-m.java 1986ms 9.7ms 47.8MB 7600ms 27ms openjdk 21
java 2-m.java 1987ms 18ms 48.7MB 7617ms 30ms openjdk 23
java 2-m.java 2117ms 11ms 45.8MB 7620ms 153ms openjdk/zgc 21
javascript 6-m.js 2185ms 14ms 119.3MB 8240ms 53ms node 24.1.0
java 2-m.java 2514ms 6.9ms 94.5MB 9423ms 43ms graal/jvm 17.0.8

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
java 2-m.java 599ms 0.5ms 47.8MB 2133ms 23ms openjdk 21
java 2-m.java 614ms 4.8ms 49.0MB 2180ms 20ms openjdk 23
javascript 6-m.js 653ms 1.5ms 117.6MB 2320ms 57ms node 24.1.0
java 2-m.java 737ms 1.7ms 45.5MB 2183ms 140ms openjdk/zgc 21
java 2-m.java 761ms 25ms 95.2MB 2687ms 37ms graal/jvm 17.0.8

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
java 2-m.java 249ms 6.5ms 47.4MB 737ms 17ms openjdk 21
java 2-m.java 257ms 2.4ms 48.6MB 783ms 20ms openjdk 23
javascript 6-m.js 270ms 2.9ms 117.4MB 843ms 47ms node 24.1.0
java 2-m.java 310ms 29ms 95.0MB 947ms 40ms graal/jvm 17.0.8
java 2-m.java 377ms 11ms 45.3MB 767ms 143ms openjdk/zgc 21