C++ g++ versus Node js fastest programs by faster benchmark performance k-nucleotide source secs mem gz cpu cpu load C++ g++ 3.73 156,080 1624 11.60 75% 70% 72% 96% Node js 64.78 1,822,300 935 137.52 95% 70% 78% 69% mandelbrot source secs mem gz cpu cpu load C++ g++ 1.81 29,072 1002 7.10 98% 98% 98% 100% Node js 18.18 632,008 748 65.32 88% 94% 95% 83% spectral-norm source secs mem gz cpu cpu load C++ g++ 1.98 1,164 1044 7.87 99% 99% 99% 100% Node js 15.81 31,788 381 15.80 0% 1% 100% 0% fannkuch-redux source secs mem gz cpu cpu load C++ g++ 10.12 1,852 980 39.95 100% 100% 96% 100% Node js 80.72 30,912 473 80.70 49% 0% 1% 51% pidigits source secs mem gz cpu cpu load C++ g++ 1.89 4,272 513 1.89 1% 3% 100% 2% Node js 14.27 63,108 530 14.34 65% 1% 1% 36% fasta source secs mem gz cpu cpu load C++ g++ 1.33 1,740 2711 4.29 81% 81% 81% 82% Node js 9.24 36,192 1785 9.28 0% 0% 1% 100% regex-redux source secs mem gz cpu cpu load C++ g++ 1.83 203,520 1315 4.41 50% 45% 100% 49% Node js 11.98 849,192 408 12.82 17% 37% 3% 52% binary-trees source secs mem gz cpu cpu load C++ g++ 3.68 119,052 809 11.93 98% 76% 77% 78% Node js 23.78 346,456 431 39.43 46% 35% 28% 58% reverse-complement source secs mem gz cpu cpu load C++ g++ 2.93 980,716 2280 4.52 51% 23% 33% 51% Node js 16.41 709,792 1103 17.86 34% 8% 38% 29% n-body source secs mem gz cpu cpu load C++ g++ 9.42 1,704 1763 9.41 2% 100% 1% 0% Node js 26.28 33,292 1297 26.28 0% 0% 100% 0% C++ g++ g++ (Ubuntu 8.2.0-7ubuntu1) 8.2.0 Node js v11.3.0 all other C++ g++ programs & measurements