Typescript VS Kotlin 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
kotlin 1.kt 507ms 12ms 574.5MB 603ms 97ms kotlin/jvm 21
typescript 1.ts 1047ms 18ms 416.9MB 1003ms 190ms deno 2.3.5
kotlin 1.kt 3832ms 23ms 145.7MB 4013ms 63ms kotlin/native 2.1.20

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
kotlin 1.kt 124ms 1.0ms 159.2MB 150ms 27ms kotlin/jvm 21
typescript 1.ts 129ms 2.0ms 79.4MB 130ms 27ms deno 2.3.5
kotlin 1.kt 208ms 3.8ms 17.6MB 217ms 0ms 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 1264ms 4.4ms 121.7MB 1250ms 60ms deno 2.3.5
kotlin 2-m.kt 1735ms 114ms 233.9MB 6417ms 103ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 1.kt 2195ms 28ms 218.9MB 3027ms 70ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 2-m.kt 4274ms 24ms 21.4MB 14387ms 537ms kotlin/native 2.1.20
kotlin 1.kt timeout 0.0ms 17.4MB 5507ms 27ms kotlin/native 2.1.20

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
typescript 1.ts 145ms 2.8ms 71.6MB 127ms 20ms deno 2.3.5
kotlin 2-m.kt 249ms 1.7ms 21.5MB 843ms 37ms kotlin/native 2.1.20
kotlin 1.kt 386ms 5.8ms 17.4MB 400ms 0ms kotlin/native 2.1.20
kotlin 1-m.kt 474ms 14ms 73.5MB 1073ms 43ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 2-m.kt 923ms 20ms 101.3MB 3240ms 73ms kotlin/jvm 21

fasta

Input: 2500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
typescript 1.ts 2077ms 9.2ms 58.6MB 1967ms 117ms deno 2.3.5

Input: 250000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
typescript 1.ts 244ms 3.7ms 58.0MB 227ms 23ms deno 2.3.5

helloworld

Input: QwQ

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
kotlin 1.kt 2.2ms 0.1ms 3.1MB 0ms 0ms kotlin/native 2.1.20
typescript 1.ts 26ms 0.7ms 44.7MB 10ms 4ms deno 2.3.5
kotlin 1.kt 62ms 0.6ms 47.7MB 74ms 16ms kotlin/jvm 21

http-server

Input: 3000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
typescript 2-m.ts 636ms 4.3ms 237.5MB 590ms 410ms deno 2.3.5
typescript 1-m.ts 656ms 7.8ms 242.8MB 633ms 397ms deno 2.3.5
typescript 1-http2.ts 776ms 4.9ms 231.1MB 757ms 373ms deno 2.3.5
typescript 2-tls.ts 1377ms 3.6ms 265.1MB 1247ms 493ms deno 2.3.5
kotlin 2-m.kt 4825ms 117ms 434.8MB 15097ms 2490ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 1.kt timeout 0.0ms 434.8MB 16347ms 2720ms kotlin/jvm 21

Input: 500

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
typescript 2.ts 162ms 1.7ms 92.7MB 113ms 93ms deno 2.3.5
typescript 1.ts 165ms 2.2ms 92.3MB 120ms 90ms deno 2.3.5
typescript 1-http2.ts 205ms 1.4ms 94.4MB 157ms 87ms deno 2.3.5
typescript 2-tls.ts 337ms 11ms 99.4MB 280ms 103ms deno 2.3.5
kotlin 2-m.kt 2078ms 157ms 233.3MB 5667ms 590ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 1-m.kt 2112ms 39ms 272.7MB 5717ms 583ms 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 160ms 5.7ms 93.2MB 160ms 30ms deno 2.3.5
kotlin 1-m.kt 732ms 78ms 157.5MB 1977ms 67ms kotlin/jvm 21

Input: canada 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
typescript 1.ts 1186ms 8.4ms 414.0MB 1300ms 147ms deno 2.3.5
kotlin 1-m.kt 1846ms 49ms 711.3MB 4333ms 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 166ms 3.8ms 12.4MB 170ms 0ms kotlin/native 2.1.20
kotlin 1-m.kt 195ms 3.4ms 95.1MB 327ms 27ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 2-m.kt 200ms 3.1ms 102.1MB 437ms 40ms kotlin/jvm 21
typescript 2.ts 288ms 12ms 62.9MB 273ms 17ms deno 2.3.5
kotlin 1.kt 355ms 2.4ms 12.4MB 353ms 3ms kotlin/native 2.1.20
typescript 1.ts 585ms 3.6ms 61.6MB 567ms 13ms deno 2.3.5

Input: 1000 3000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
kotlin 2-m.kt 317ms 3.3ms 213.3MB 553ms 43ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 1.kt 340ms 3.7ms 203.0MB 463ms 37ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 2.kt 474ms 2.5ms 12.4MB 500ms 0ms kotlin/native 2.1.20
typescript 2.ts 736ms 4.6ms 71.3MB 723ms 17ms deno 2.3.5
kotlin 1.kt 1041ms 16ms 12.5MB 1067ms 3ms kotlin/native 2.1.20
typescript 1.ts 1682ms 3.4ms 69.1MB 1660ms 20ms deno 2.3.5

Input: 100 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
kotlin 2.kt 94ms 0.9ms 12.8MB 83ms 0ms kotlin/native 2.1.20
kotlin 1.kt 120ms 0.5ms 12.8MB 110ms 3ms kotlin/native 2.1.20
typescript 2.ts 149ms 3.4ms 59.9MB 140ms 10ms deno 2.3.5
kotlin 1-m.kt 153ms 0.0ms 90.8MB 303ms 23ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 2-m.kt 161ms 4.6ms 96.1MB 343ms 30ms kotlin/jvm 21
typescript 1.ts 168ms 0.4ms 59.2MB 150ms 10ms deno 2.3.5

merkletrees

Input: 17

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
kotlin 1.kt 384ms 3.9ms 680.1MB 450ms 87ms kotlin/jvm 21
typescript 1.ts 552ms 0.2ms 228.4MB 557ms 103ms deno 2.3.5
kotlin 1.kt 1811ms 15ms 89.9MB 1887ms 43ms kotlin/native 2.1.20

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
typescript 1.ts 151ms 1.5ms 98.5MB 147ms 37ms deno 2.3.5
kotlin 1-m.kt 158ms 4.9ms 207.2MB 210ms 43ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 1.kt 255ms 3.0ms 25.3MB 260ms 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 349ms 0.4ms 3.5MB 340ms 0ms kotlin/native 2.1.20
kotlin 1.kt 446ms 2.7ms 49.3MB 490ms 20ms kotlin/jvm 21
typescript 6.ts 467ms 12ms 56.6MB 453ms 10ms deno 2.3.5

Input: 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
kotlin 1n.kt 38ms 0.7ms 3.5MB 30ms 0ms kotlin/native 2.1.20
typescript 6.ts 76ms 0.6ms 56.5MB 63ms 7ms deno 2.3.5
kotlin 1-m.kt 119ms 0.7ms 49.6MB 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 3710ms 30ms 353.2MB 4553ms 117ms kotlin/jvm 21
typescript 3.ts 4877ms 18ms 133.1MB 4760ms 160ms deno 2.3.5
kotlin 1n.kt timeout 0.0ms 26.7MB 3983ms 1510ms kotlin/native 2.1.20
kotlin 2n.kt timeout 0.0ms 30.6MB 5117ms 133ms 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 975ms 38ms 365.7MB 1740ms 93ms kotlin/jvm 21
typescript 3.ts 1118ms 8.9ms 78.1MB 1063ms 73ms deno 2.3.5
kotlin 1n.kt timeout 0.0ms 26.3MB 3980ms 1510ms kotlin/native 2.1.20
kotlin 2n.kt timeout 0.0ms 30.6MB 5123ms 113ms 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 1938ms 6.9ms 59.6MB 1943ms 13ms deno 2.3.5
kotlin 1.kt 3058ms 62ms 231.8MB 4043ms 70ms kotlin/jvm 21

Input: 500

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
typescript 1.ts 528ms 3.9ms 58.9MB 530ms 10ms deno 2.3.5
kotlin 1-m.kt 964ms 26ms 231.0MB 1823ms 60ms kotlin/jvm 21

spectral-norm

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
typescript 7.ts 4058ms 21ms 56.3MB 4047ms 7ms deno 2.3.5

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
typescript 7.ts 1035ms 5.1ms 56.5MB 1023ms 10ms deno 2.3.5

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
typescript 7.ts 285ms 2.4ms 54.4MB 270ms 10ms deno 2.3.5