Kotlin VS Javascript benchmarks

Current benchmark data was generated on Sun Dec 01 2024, 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 480ms 16ms 575.9MB 567ms 87ms kotlin/jvm 21
javascript 1-m.js 934ms 12ms 179.4MB 1463ms 247ms bun 1.1.38
javascript 1-m.js 1245ms 11ms 292.8MB 2167ms 173ms node 23.3.0
kotlin 1-m.kt 3116ms 32ms 248.5MB 5177ms 713ms kotlin/native 1.8.21

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
javascript 1.js 95ms 0.9ms 78.8MB 67ms 30ms bun 1.1.38
kotlin 1.kt 102ms 1.9ms 158.0MB 110ms 27ms kotlin/jvm 21
javascript 1.js 124ms 1.3ms 82.1MB 123ms 20ms node 23.3.0
kotlin 1-m.kt 299ms 30ms 32.5MB 463ms 60ms kotlin/native 1.8.21

coro-prime-sieve

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
javascript 1.js 1579ms 4.5ms 93.9MB 1667ms 47ms node 23.3.0
kotlin 2-m.kt 1604ms 72ms 235.4MB 5907ms 97ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 1.kt 2135ms 35ms 220.1MB 2943ms 63ms kotlin/jvm 21
javascript 1.js 2164ms 25ms 99.8MB 2190ms 60ms bun 1.1.38
kotlin 1.kt timeout 0.0ms 14.9MB 6260ms 513ms kotlin/native 1.8.21
kotlin 2-m.kt timeout 0.0ms 85.0MB 19090ms 157ms kotlin/native 1.8.21

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
javascript 1.js 155ms 1.6ms 76.4MB 140ms 23ms node 23.3.0
javascript 1.js 180ms 1.0ms 85.4MB 213ms 17ms bun 1.1.38
kotlin 2-m.kt 419ms 4.7ms 54.7MB 1533ms 27ms kotlin/native 1.8.21
kotlin 1-m.kt 483ms 3.9ms 74.0MB 1130ms 37ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 1.kt 678ms 2.7ms 10.8MB 817ms 63ms kotlin/native 1.8.21
kotlin 2-m.kt 790ms 26ms 99.0MB 2727ms 67ms kotlin/jvm 21

helloworld

Input: QwQ

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
kotlin 1.kt 2.4ms 0.2ms 4.7MB 0ms 0ms kotlin/native 1.8.21
javascript 1.js 12ms 0.4ms 31.8MB 0ms 10ms bun 1.1.38
javascript 1.js 31ms 0.3ms 51.9MB 16ms 4ms node 23.3.0
kotlin 1.kt 58ms 4.7ms 47.4MB 56ms 16ms kotlin/jvm 21

http-server

Input: 3000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
javascript 1-m.bun.js 352ms 14ms 69.3MB 150ms 410ms bun 1.1.38
javascript 1.js 3204ms 115ms 184.7MB 3040ms 1450ms node 23.3.0
kotlin 1.kt timeout 0.0ms 394.9MB 16237ms 2760ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 2.kt timeout 0.0ms 429.2MB 15370ms 2387ms kotlin/jvm 21

Input: 500

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
javascript 1.bun.js 130ms 10ms 54.0MB 43ms 80ms bun 1.1.38
javascript 1.js 397ms 6.2ms 85.4MB 330ms 133ms node 23.3.0
kotlin 2-m.kt 2027ms 55ms 244.2MB 5847ms 583ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 1-m.kt 2574ms 75ms 211.5MB 7400ms 730ms kotlin/jvm 21

json-serde

Input: sample 5000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
javascript 1.js 83ms 0.8ms 65.6MB 53ms 20ms bun 1.1.38
javascript 1.js 131ms 12ms 78.8MB 113ms 20ms node 23.3.0
kotlin 1-m.kt 892ms 33ms 202.2MB 2373ms 113ms kotlin/jvm 21

Input: canada 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
javascript 1.js 381ms 3.3ms 206.8MB 340ms 87ms bun 1.1.38
javascript 1.js 750ms 34ms 209.9MB 837ms 80ms node 23.3.0
kotlin 1-m.kt 2318ms 69ms 758.1MB 5017ms 187ms 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 185ms 5.2ms 96.3MB 300ms 30ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 2-m.kt 198ms 2.7ms 103.3MB 427ms 33ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 2.kt 303ms 3.4ms 7.6MB 423ms 17ms kotlin/native 1.8.21
javascript 2.js 307ms 1.5ms 66.6MB 293ms 17ms node 23.3.0
kotlin 1.kt 505ms 3.2ms 7.8MB 597ms 7ms kotlin/native 1.8.21
javascript 1.js 556ms 4.1ms 64.6MB 543ms 7ms node 23.3.0
javascript 2.js 654ms 2.5ms 122.6MB 690ms 73ms bun 1.1.38
javascript 1.js 879ms 2.7ms 110.8MB 957ms 87ms bun 1.1.38

Input: 1000 3000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
kotlin 2-m.kt 310ms 1.0ms 213.2MB 547ms 50ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 1.kt 329ms 4.8ms 204.6MB 437ms 40ms kotlin/jvm 21
javascript 2.js 850ms 3.9ms 71.8MB 830ms 23ms node 23.3.0
kotlin 2.kt 910ms 4.1ms 7.8MB 1313ms 40ms kotlin/native 1.8.21
kotlin 1.kt 1549ms 11ms 7.8MB 1893ms 20ms kotlin/native 1.8.21
javascript 1.js 1581ms 2.8ms 71.0MB 1560ms 17ms node 23.3.0
javascript 2.js 1821ms 23ms 122.0MB 1977ms 60ms bun 1.1.38
javascript 1.js 2555ms 37ms 110.8MB 2857ms 143ms bun 1.1.38

Input: 100 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
kotlin 2.kt 137ms 0.1ms 5.7MB 190ms 0ms kotlin/native 1.8.21
kotlin 1-m.kt 142ms 1.1ms 90.9MB 277ms 27ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 2-m.kt 158ms 11ms 93.7MB 300ms 37ms kotlin/jvm 21
javascript 2.js 166ms 2.5ms 60.1MB 163ms 3ms node 23.3.0
kotlin 1.kt 166ms 2.7ms 5.8MB 203ms 0ms kotlin/native 1.8.21
javascript 1.js 172ms 16ms 61.8MB 157ms 10ms node 23.3.0
javascript 1.js 323ms 4.0ms 119.0MB 360ms 73ms bun 1.1.38
javascript 2.js 352ms 4.1ms 125.4MB 380ms 47ms bun 1.1.38

merkletrees

Input: 17

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
kotlin 1.kt 353ms 4.0ms 679.4MB 377ms 90ms kotlin/jvm 21
javascript 1-m.js 510ms 1.8ms 138.7MB 657ms 147ms bun 1.1.38
javascript 1.js 538ms 0.3ms 134.0MB 627ms 60ms node 23.3.0
kotlin 1-m.kt 1537ms 54ms 136.5MB 2363ms 343ms kotlin/native 1.8.21

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
javascript 1.js 124ms 3.0ms 86.3MB 103ms 37ms bun 1.1.38
kotlin 1-m.kt 131ms 0.9ms 206.5MB 157ms 40ms kotlin/jvm 21
javascript 1.js 162ms 1.2ms 101.8MB 160ms 37ms node 23.3.0
kotlin 1-m.kt 319ms 4.8ms 40.5MB 470ms 77ms 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 407ms 3.6ms 4.7MB 400ms 0ms kotlin/native 1.8.21
kotlin 1.kt 446ms 1.4ms 49.5MB 480ms 23ms kotlin/jvm 21
javascript 6.js 460ms 5.9ms 59.6MB 447ms 7ms node 23.3.0
javascript 6.js 672ms 15ms 44.9MB 667ms 3ms bun 1.1.38

Input: 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
kotlin 1n.kt 46ms 0.7ms 4.7MB 40ms 0ms kotlin/native 1.8.21
javascript 6.js 77ms 1.7ms 59.5MB 67ms 3ms node 23.3.0
javascript 6.js 87ms 1.8ms 44.9MB 80ms 10ms bun 1.1.38
kotlin 1.kt 123ms 1.1ms 49.4MB 163ms 20ms kotlin/jvm 21

pidigits

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
kotlin 1.kt 3707ms 69ms 352.5MB 4577ms 93ms kotlin/jvm 21
javascript 3.js 4746ms 11ms 91.6MB 4717ms 33ms node 23.3.0
kotlin 1n.kt timeout 0.0ms 20.9MB 6393ms 267ms kotlin/native 1.8.21
kotlin 2n.kt timeout 0.0ms 8.2MB 4993ms 160ms kotlin/native 1.8.21

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
kotlin 1-m.kt 1004ms 32ms 354.5MB 1770ms 80ms kotlin/jvm 21
javascript 3.js 1029ms 1.4ms 74.0MB 1013ms 17ms node 23.3.0
kotlin 1n.kt timeout 0.0ms 7.4MB 6367ms 263ms kotlin/native 1.8.21
kotlin 2n.kt timeout 0.0ms 8.3MB 5000ms 160ms kotlin/native 1.8.21

regex-redux

Input: 2500000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
kotlin 1.kt timeout 0.0ms 171.4MB 5410ms 40ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 1n.kt timeout 0.0ms 279.1MB 4977ms 917ms kotlin/native 1.8.21

Input: 250000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
kotlin 1-m.kt 814ms 12ms 134.0MB 1243ms 23ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 1n.kt 3217ms 72ms 65.1MB 4043ms 10ms kotlin/native 1.8.21

secp256k1

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
javascript 1.js 2575ms 12ms 63.5MB 2577ms 20ms node 23.3.0
javascript 1.js 2795ms 11ms 84.3MB 2807ms 53ms bun 1.1.38
kotlin 1.kt 3074ms 58ms 231.7MB 3977ms 60ms kotlin/jvm 21

Input: 500

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
javascript 1.js 681ms 4.2ms 61.0MB 683ms 13ms node 23.3.0
javascript 1.js 738ms 1.4ms 83.5MB 747ms 23ms bun 1.1.38
kotlin 1-m.kt 1039ms 9.3ms 232.3MB 1953ms 67ms kotlin/jvm 21