Dart versus Node js fastest programs Always look at the source code. These are only the fastest programs. Look at the other programs. They may seem more-like a fair comparison to you. n-body source secs mem gz busy cpu load Dart 8.32 123,536 1409 8.63 99% 3% 1% 1% Node js 8.35 35,628 1268 8.48 1% 100% 0% 0% regex-redux source secs mem gz busy cpu load Dart 4.92 914,036 1041 7.72 21% 25% 91% 20% Node js 4.27 1,064,544 668 5.47 4% 2% 75% 47% binary-trees source secs mem gz busy cpu load Dart 9.12 679,628 1349 31.09 89% 83% 83% 86% Node js 5.83 1,204,544 711 19.61 86% 82% 84% 85% k-nucleotide source secs mem gz busy cpu load Dart 24.01 515,616 1502 64.08 95% 87% 47% 38% Node js 15.06 398,672 1812 41.57 76% 60% 48% 92% pidigits source secs mem gz busy cpu load Dart 3.33 149,040 500 3.60 5% 4% 4% 95% Node js 1.32 36,176 599 1.50 3% 2% 8% 100% fasta source secs mem gz busy cpu load Dart 5.46 157,044 1403 5.65 97% 2% 3% 2% Node js 2.04 67,420 2047 6.33 76% 85% 75% 74% mandelbrot source secs mem gz busy cpu load Dart 12.00 216,820 911 32.34 37% 36% 98% 98% Node js 4.01 86,468 1122 15.74 98% 98% 99% 98% spectral-norm source secs mem gz busy cpu load Dart 5.52 123,280 462 5.65 2% 2% 1% 98% Node js 1.68 62,068 999 6.05 89% 90% 91% 90% fannkuch-redux source secs mem gz busy cpu load Dart 57.47 115,900 495 57.90 1% 0% 100% 0% Node js 12.10 57,164 1313 47.74 98% 98% 99% 99% reverse-complement source secs mem gz busy cpu load Dart 41.04 6,604,280 555 47.64 74% 19% 17% 6% Node js 2.19 1,340,520 1480 4.46 48% 55% 50% 50% Dart Dart VM version: 2.8.4 (stable) (Unknown timestamp) on "linux_x64" Node js v14.4.0 all Dart programs & measurements all Node js programs & measurements