Typescript VS Java benchmarks

Current benchmark data was generated on Sun Jul 13 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 1.0ms 575.9MB 557ms 83ms openjdk 21
java 2-m.java 469ms 4.8ms 641.2MB 673ms 113ms graal/jvm 17.0.8
java 2.java 473ms 8.9ms 642.1MB 573ms 103ms openjdk 23
typescript 1.ts 1033ms 8.1ms 393.7MB 990ms 190ms deno 2.4.1
java 2.java 1191ms 22ms 1054.4MB 577ms 773ms openjdk/zgc 21

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
java 2-m.java 125ms 0.6ms 167.1MB 157ms 33ms openjdk 21
typescript 1.ts 129ms 0.9ms 81.2MB 130ms 27ms deno 2.4.1
java 2.java 129ms 5.0ms 96.0MB 167ms 27ms openjdk 23
java 2-m.java 151ms 3.3ms 227.2MB 220ms 63ms graal/jvm 17.0.8
java 2.java 305ms 2.0ms 241.5MB 157ms 197ms openjdk/zgc 21

coro-prime-sieve

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
typescript 1.ts 1236ms 5.2ms 122.7MB 1227ms 60ms deno 2.4.1
java 1-m.java 2305ms 190ms 264.5MB 8783ms 140ms openjdk 21
java 1-m.java 2419ms 254ms 243.1MB 9207ms 137ms openjdk 23
java 1-m.java 2938ms 109ms 1226.1MB 9570ms 1070ms openjdk/zgc 21

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
typescript 1.ts 146ms 2.5ms 73.0MB 123ms 23ms deno 2.4.1
java 1-m.java 464ms 5.9ms 96.8MB 1527ms 67ms openjdk 23
java 1-m.java 473ms 16ms 121.6MB 1597ms 57ms openjdk 21
java 1-m.java 654ms 16ms 213.4MB 1803ms 237ms openjdk/zgc 21

fasta

Input: 2500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
java 4.java 448ms 4.7ms 101.5MB 633ms 37ms graal/jvm 17.0.8
java 4.java 458ms 6.9ms 47.4MB 543ms 17ms openjdk 21
java 4.java 464ms 8.8ms 49.1MB 557ms 20ms openjdk 23
java 4.java 566ms 2.0ms 45.1MB 530ms 140ms openjdk/zgc 21
typescript 1.ts 2107ms 27ms 59.5MB 1987ms 123ms deno 2.4.1

Input: 250000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
java 4.java 120ms 2.9ms 46.6MB 163ms 13ms openjdk 21
java 4.java 127ms 4.2ms 48.0MB 173ms 17ms openjdk 23
java 4-m.java 131ms 4.7ms 94.1MB 183ms 37ms graal/jvm 17.0.8
java 4.java 242ms 2.2ms 43.9MB 163ms 137ms openjdk/zgc 21
typescript 1.ts 245ms 2.7ms 59.5MB 223ms 23ms deno 2.4.1

helloworld

Input: QwQ

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
typescript 1.ts 27ms 0.5ms 45.9MB 10ms 4ms deno 2.4.1
java 1.java 62ms 2.2ms 52.9MB 66ms 18ms graal/jvm 17.0.8
java 1.java 67ms 7.0ms 43.8MB 74ms 18ms openjdk 21
java 1.java 71ms 5.3ms 44.7MB 74ms 16ms openjdk 23
java 1.java 193ms 7.2ms 42.8MB 82ms 136ms openjdk/zgc 21

http-server

Input: 3000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
typescript 1-m.ts 660ms 3.1ms 240.3MB 617ms 410ms deno 2.4.1
typescript 2-m.ts 696ms 11ms 241.4MB 633ms 427ms deno 2.4.1
typescript 1-http2.ts 785ms 13ms 233.0MB 753ms 380ms deno 2.4.1
typescript 2-tls.ts 1355ms 20ms 260.2MB 1230ms 493ms deno 2.4.1

Input: 500

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
typescript 1.ts 169ms 0.6ms 92.8MB 123ms 90ms deno 2.4.1
typescript 2.ts 172ms 3.5ms 92.4MB 130ms 90ms deno 2.4.1
typescript 1-http2.ts 200ms 3.0ms 95.8MB 153ms 80ms deno 2.4.1
typescript 2-tls.ts 346ms 6.9ms 100.4MB 273ms 120ms deno 2.4.1

json-serde

Input: sample 5000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
typescript 1.ts 165ms 2.4ms 93.5MB 163ms 33ms deno 2.4.1

Input: canada 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
typescript 1.ts 1198ms 4.0ms 416.1MB 1317ms 147ms deno 2.4.1

lru

Input: 1000 1000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
typescript 2.ts 281ms 0.5ms 65.2MB 270ms 17ms deno 2.4.1
typescript 1.ts 590ms 2.8ms 63.3MB 570ms 17ms deno 2.4.1

Input: 1000 3000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
typescript 2.ts 747ms 3.0ms 72.7MB 733ms 20ms deno 2.4.1
typescript 1.ts 1695ms 6.1ms 70.2MB 1673ms 17ms deno 2.4.1

Input: 100 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
typescript 2.ts 142ms 0.8ms 59.1MB 127ms 13ms deno 2.4.1
typescript 1.ts 172ms 2.3ms 60.6MB 157ms 10ms deno 2.4.1

merkletrees

Input: 17

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
java 1.java 401ms 5.9ms 544.3MB 500ms 87ms openjdk 23
java 1.java 403ms 2.1ms 680.0MB 480ms 87ms openjdk 21
java 1-m.java 444ms 62ms 669.4MB 667ms 113ms graal/jvm 17.0.8
typescript 1.ts 561ms 3.8ms 229.4MB 570ms 113ms deno 2.4.1
java 1.java 1021ms 2.8ms 934.5MB 470ms 697ms openjdk/zgc 21

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
typescript 1.ts 158ms 4.4ms 100.2MB 153ms 40ms deno 2.4.1
java 1-m.java 164ms 3.1ms 158.5MB 237ms 43ms openjdk 23
java 1-m.java 170ms 10ms 206.6MB 237ms 47ms openjdk 21
java 1-m.java 221ms 7.1ms 253.9MB 363ms 63ms graal/jvm 17.0.8
java 1.java 411ms 7.8ms 341.9MB 223ms 267ms openjdk/zgc 21

nbody

Input: 5000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
java 1.java 442ms 1.0ms 45.1MB 480ms 17ms openjdk 21
java 1.java 444ms 3.9ms 48.3MB 480ms 23ms openjdk 23
java 1.java 454ms 0.5ms 81.1MB 490ms 30ms graal/jvm 17.0.8
typescript 6.ts 464ms 2.3ms 58.0MB 450ms 10ms deno 2.4.1
java 1.java 563ms 6.0ms 44.7MB 483ms 133ms openjdk/zgc 21
java 2.java 1235ms 3.8ms 571.4MB 1363ms 87ms openjdk 21
java 2.java 1310ms 91ms 794.4MB 1433ms 93ms openjdk 23
java 2.java 3270ms 60ms 2461.0MB 1670ms 1817ms openjdk/zgc 21

Input: 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
typescript 6.ts 78ms 1.2ms 58.1MB 63ms 10ms deno 2.4.1
java 1.java 116ms 4.0ms 45.4MB 143ms 23ms openjdk 21
java 1.java 119ms 2.3ms 81.5MB 150ms 27ms graal/jvm 17.0.8
java 1.java 120ms 2.0ms 47.9MB 157ms 13ms openjdk 23
java 1.java 240ms 5.7ms 44.7MB 153ms 140ms openjdk/zgc 21
java 2-m.java 294ms 9.4ms 366.4MB 437ms 50ms openjdk 21
java 2-m.java 317ms 4.3ms 397.4MB 450ms 67ms openjdk 23
java 2.java 674ms 5.7ms 533.2MB 460ms 400ms openjdk/zgc 21

pidigits

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
java 1.java 3212ms 15ms 444.6MB 3627ms 110ms graal/jvm 17.0.8
java 1.java 3669ms 54ms 426.1MB 4610ms 110ms openjdk 21
java 1.java 3752ms 19ms 501.5MB 4603ms 120ms openjdk 23
java 1.java timeout 0.0ms 1758.6MB 4670ms 1183ms openjdk/zgc 21
typescript 3.ts timeout 0.0ms 134.7MB 4923ms 113ms deno 2.4.1

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
java 1.java 896ms 13ms 444.3MB 1243ms 87ms graal/jvm 17.0.8
java 1-m.java 1001ms 28ms 353.6MB 1797ms 90ms openjdk 21
java 1-m.java 1015ms 31ms 423.3MB 1787ms 93ms openjdk 23
typescript 3.ts 1170ms 26ms 78.6MB 1113ms 73ms deno 2.4.1
java 1.java 2003ms 34ms 1358.4MB 1703ms 1060ms openjdk/zgc 21

secp256k1

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
typescript 1.ts 1937ms 13ms 61.1MB 1940ms 17ms deno 2.4.1

Input: 500

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
typescript 1.ts 525ms 5.7ms 60.2MB 533ms 13ms deno 2.4.1

spectral-norm

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
java 2-m.java 1988ms 6.6ms 47.8MB 7613ms 23ms openjdk 21
java 2-m.java 1996ms 1.7ms 48.5MB 7643ms 30ms openjdk 23
java 2-m.java 2127ms 4.4ms 45.5MB 7673ms 153ms openjdk/zgc 21
java 2-m.java 2508ms 27ms 94.1MB 9400ms 37ms graal/jvm 17.0.8
typescript 7.ts 4048ms 25ms 58.0MB 4033ms 7ms deno 2.4.1

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
java 2-m.java 602ms 2.3ms 47.5MB 2150ms 17ms openjdk 21
java 2-m.java 612ms 9.6ms 48.6MB 2137ms 20ms openjdk 23
java 2-m.java 737ms 8.8ms 45.3MB 2157ms 143ms openjdk/zgc 21
java 2-m.java 761ms 18ms 94.5MB 2673ms 37ms graal/jvm 17.0.8
typescript 7.ts 1037ms 3.5ms 57.6MB 1023ms 10ms deno 2.4.1

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
java 2-m.java 253ms 12ms 47.6MB 770ms 17ms openjdk 21
java 2-m.java 255ms 4.3ms 48.5MB 763ms 20ms openjdk 23
typescript 7.ts 283ms 4.6ms 56.5MB 267ms 10ms deno 2.4.1
java 2-m.java 328ms 5.5ms 93.3MB 1020ms 40ms graal/jvm 17.0.8
java 2-m.java 381ms 12ms 45.7MB 770ms 147ms openjdk/zgc 21