Typescript VS Kotlin 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
kotlin 1.kt 513ms 4.4ms 577.8MB 603ms 107ms kotlin/jvm 21
typescript 1.ts 1061ms 15ms 470.5MB 1007ms 203ms deno 2.2.9
kotlin 1.kt 4515ms 38ms 146.1MB 4703ms 67ms kotlin/native 2.1.20

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
kotlin 1.kt 126ms 1.8ms 161.2MB 150ms 37ms kotlin/jvm 21
typescript 1.ts 131ms 3.6ms 78.5MB 133ms 27ms deno 2.2.9
kotlin 1.kt 318ms 32ms 17.9MB 327ms 7ms kotlin/native 2.1.20

coro-prime-sieve

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
typescript 1.ts 1155ms 1.4ms 118.5MB 1147ms 53ms deno 2.2.9
kotlin 2-m.kt 2184ms 180ms 244.6MB 8133ms 130ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 1.kt 2217ms 57ms 220.3MB 3067ms 70ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 2-m.kt 4498ms 30ms 21.5MB 14707ms 610ms kotlin/native 2.1.20
kotlin 1.kt timeout 0.0ms 17.4MB 5523ms 30ms kotlin/native 2.1.20

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
typescript 1.ts 147ms 0.7ms 68.8MB 127ms 20ms deno 2.2.9
kotlin 2-m.kt 253ms 6.4ms 21.3MB 847ms 40ms kotlin/native 2.1.20
kotlin 1.kt 409ms 11ms 17.4MB 420ms 10ms kotlin/native 2.1.20
kotlin 1-m.kt 492ms 12ms 77.2MB 1140ms 43ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 2-m.kt 969ms 186ms 109.2MB 3360ms 83ms kotlin/jvm 21

fasta

Input: 2500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
typescript 1.ts 2070ms 3.3ms 57.5MB 1927ms 150ms deno 2.2.9

Input: 250000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
typescript 1.ts 243ms 2.5ms 57.9MB 227ms 20ms deno 2.2.9

helloworld

Input: QwQ

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
kotlin 1.kt 2.1ms 0.1ms 3.1MB 0ms 0ms kotlin/native 2.1.20
typescript 1.ts 26ms 0.7ms 44.0MB 10ms 6ms deno 2.2.9
kotlin 1.kt 67ms 2.3ms 47.7MB 82ms 16ms kotlin/jvm 21

http-server

Input: 3000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
typescript 1-m.ts 659ms 2.9ms 239.1MB 617ms 423ms deno 2.2.9
typescript 2-m.ts 672ms 13ms 238.7MB 610ms 443ms deno 2.2.9
typescript 1-http2.ts 827ms 6.8ms 232.1MB 750ms 430ms deno 2.2.9
typescript 2-tls.ts 1394ms 16ms 262.4MB 1250ms 517ms deno 2.2.9
kotlin 1.kt timeout 0.0ms 405.5MB 16143ms 2733ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 2.kt timeout 0.0ms 458.9MB 15747ms 2687ms kotlin/jvm 21

Input: 500

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
typescript 2.ts 166ms 3.4ms 91.4MB 127ms 87ms deno 2.2.9
typescript 1.ts 167ms 1.5ms 91.0MB 123ms 93ms deno 2.2.9
typescript 1-http2.ts 210ms 1.4ms 93.6MB 157ms 97ms deno 2.2.9
typescript 2-tls.ts 349ms 2.2ms 98.3MB 280ms 120ms deno 2.2.9
kotlin 1-m.kt 2223ms 205ms 254.3MB 6403ms 687ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 2-m.kt 2233ms 250ms 249.5MB 6100ms 650ms kotlin/jvm 21

json-serde

Input: sample 5000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
typescript 1.ts 168ms 0.7ms 91.2MB 163ms 33ms deno 2.2.9
kotlin 1-m.kt 773ms 88ms 172.2MB 2063ms 87ms kotlin/jvm 21

Input: canada 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
typescript 1.ts 1221ms 24ms 416.6MB 1347ms 153ms deno 2.2.9
kotlin 1-m.kt 1862ms 58ms 671.6MB 4417ms 173ms kotlin/jvm 21

lru

Input: 1000 1000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
kotlin 2.kt 171ms 2.7ms 12.4MB 173ms 0ms kotlin/native 2.1.20
kotlin 1-m.kt 200ms 3.0ms 96.7MB 333ms 27ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 2-m.kt 212ms 8.2ms 105.3MB 453ms 40ms kotlin/jvm 21
typescript 2.ts 277ms 1.9ms 62.1MB 267ms 17ms deno 2.2.9
kotlin 1.kt 357ms 2.2ms 12.5MB 363ms 3ms kotlin/native 2.1.20
typescript 1.ts 580ms 4.5ms 61.1MB 560ms 13ms deno 2.2.9

Input: 1000 3000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
kotlin 2-m.kt 325ms 2.7ms 215.9MB 557ms 50ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 1.kt 344ms 2.7ms 204.8MB 463ms 40ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 2.kt 476ms 6.0ms 12.6MB 507ms 3ms kotlin/native 2.1.20
typescript 2.ts 748ms 4.0ms 70.2MB 733ms 20ms deno 2.2.9
kotlin 1.kt 1043ms 15ms 12.6MB 1080ms 3ms kotlin/native 2.1.20
typescript 1.ts 1664ms 5.6ms 67.6MB 1640ms 13ms deno 2.2.9

Input: 100 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
kotlin 2.kt 94ms 0.7ms 12.8MB 87ms 3ms kotlin/native 2.1.20
kotlin 1.kt 122ms 2.7ms 12.9MB 117ms 0ms kotlin/native 2.1.20
typescript 2.ts 143ms 2.0ms 58.4MB 133ms 10ms deno 2.2.9
kotlin 1-m.kt 159ms 1.4ms 92.7MB 320ms 20ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 2-m.kt 167ms 2.2ms 98.3MB 350ms 37ms kotlin/jvm 21
typescript 1.ts 175ms 2.4ms 56.8MB 163ms 10ms deno 2.2.9

merkletrees

Input: 17

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
kotlin 1.kt 391ms 4.1ms 682.5MB 453ms 93ms kotlin/jvm 21
typescript 1.ts 562ms 8.3ms 227.8MB 570ms 110ms deno 2.2.9
kotlin 1.kt 2170ms 19ms 88.8MB 2273ms 40ms kotlin/native 2.1.20

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
typescript 1.ts 157ms 1.0ms 97.6MB 157ms 33ms deno 2.2.9
kotlin 1-m.kt 163ms 0.8ms 209.4MB 213ms 50ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 1.kt 426ms 7.1ms 25.7MB 437ms 10ms kotlin/native 2.1.20

nbody

Input: 5000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
kotlin 1n.kt 352ms 1.7ms 3.5MB 340ms 0ms kotlin/native 2.1.20
kotlin 1.kt 448ms 1.3ms 49.3MB 493ms 17ms kotlin/jvm 21
typescript 6.ts 470ms 5.7ms 54.0MB 457ms 7ms deno 2.2.9

Input: 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
kotlin 1n.kt 39ms 0.9ms 3.5MB 30ms 0ms kotlin/native 2.1.20
typescript 6.ts 77ms 1.0ms 54.5MB 63ms 10ms deno 2.2.9
kotlin 1-m.kt 126ms 3.5ms 49.4MB 173ms 20ms kotlin/jvm 21

pidigits

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
kotlin 1.kt 3792ms 49ms 385.9MB 4713ms 107ms kotlin/jvm 21
typescript 3.ts 4928ms 16ms 133.1MB 4820ms 150ms deno 2.2.9
kotlin 1n.kt timeout 0.0ms 27.0MB 4077ms 1520ms kotlin/native 2.1.20
kotlin 2n.kt timeout 0.0ms 30.4MB 5163ms 130ms kotlin/native 2.1.20

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
kotlin 1-m.kt 992ms 27ms 355.5MB 1823ms 100ms kotlin/jvm 21
typescript 3.ts 1131ms 3.5ms 77.1MB 1083ms 67ms deno 2.2.9
kotlin 1n.kt timeout 0.0ms 26.6MB 4110ms 1483ms kotlin/native 2.1.20
kotlin 2n.kt timeout 0.0ms 30.9MB 5130ms 163ms kotlin/native 2.1.20

secp256k1

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
typescript 1.ts 1902ms 8.2ms 56.8MB 1910ms 13ms deno 2.2.9
kotlin 1.kt 3093ms 47ms 230.3MB 3913ms 63ms kotlin/jvm 21

Input: 500

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
typescript 1.ts 510ms 2.7ms 55.5MB 513ms 10ms deno 2.2.9
kotlin 1-m.kt 1029ms 38ms 233.4MB 1937ms 63ms kotlin/jvm 21

spectral-norm

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
typescript 7.ts 4033ms 4.4ms 54.0MB 4017ms 10ms deno 2.2.9

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
typescript 7.ts 1037ms 4.4ms 54.7MB 1020ms 7ms deno 2.2.9

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
typescript 7.ts 284ms 2.0ms 54.4MB 270ms 10ms deno 2.2.9