Go versus Java GraalVM fastest performance

How the programs are written matters! Always look at the source code.

If the fastest programs are * hand-written vector instructions, does the host language matter? You might be more interested in the less optimised programs — more seconds, less gz source code.

fannkuch-redux
source	secs	mem	gz	cpu secs
Go #3	8.34	19,808	975	33.31
Java GraalVM #3	34.03	90,752	1264	34.21
Java GraalVM	9.33	91,152	1289	36.72
Java GraalVM #2	38.48	91,636	520	38.63
Java GraalVM #8	42.18	91,368	517	42.35
Go #8	46.13	19,440	500	46.24
Go	12.29	19,808	906	49.04
Go #2	12.35	19,808	903	49.32
n-body
source	secs	mem	gz	cpu secs
Java GraalVM #4	6.22	90,128	1495	6.36
Go #3	6.38	19,808	1207	6.40
Java GraalVM #5	6.47	90,344	1435	6.61
Java GraalVM #3	6.89	89,592	1436	7.03
Go	7.01	19,808	1316	7.03
Java GraalVM #2	6.90	89,600	1430	7.03
Go #2	7.03	19,808	1222	7.05
Java GraalVM #8	7.11	88,832	1322	7.24
Java GraalVM	7.31	89,724	1437	7.44
Go #8	9.60	19,436	1224	9.62
spectral-norm
source	secs	mem	gz	cpu secs
Go #8	5.33	19,416	429	5.34
Go	5.33	19,808	417	5.34
Go #2	1.50	19,808	674	5.68
Go #4	1.45	19,808	555	5.69
Java GraalVM #3	1.64	92,416	762	6.14
Java GraalVM #2	1.80	92,800	956	6.83
Java GraalVM #8	11.19	91,648	453	11.38
mandelbrot
source	secs	mem	gz	cpu secs
Go #4	3.76	35,456	912	14.99
Go #3	3.77	35,456	900	15.00
Java GraalVM #4	4.37	138,740	667	16.04
Java GraalVM #2	4.14	132,372	802	16.30
Java GraalVM #6	4.16	129,024	808	16.36
Go	5.02	33,024	829	20.02
Go #8	26.68	19,440	500	26.74
Java GraalVM	26.60	90,356	671	26.78
Go #2	6.85	33,152	843	27.28
Go #6	6.89	33,024	707	27.44
Java GraalVM #3	7.27	127,788	910	28.79
Java GraalVM #8	29.95	93,304	441	30.20
fasta
source	secs	mem	gz	cpu secs
Java GraalVM #6	1.28	99,840	2549	3.66
Go	3.73	19,808	1055	3.74
Java GraalVM #5	1.27	97,536	2478	3.75
Go #2	1.27	19,808	1405	4.06
Go #3	1.51	19,808	1362	4.09
Java GraalVM #4	3.55	142,080	1528	4.56
Java GraalVM #2	4.63	142,480	1259	5.61
Java GraalVM #8	9.75	181,036	894	10.30
Go #8	11.46	19,820	880	11.55
k-nucleotide
source	secs	mem	gz	cpu secs
Java GraalVM	4.31	475,296	1821	13.63
Java GraalVM #6	7.69	471,456	1614	27.24
Java GraalVM #3	7.79	472,096	1642	27.63
Go #7	7.63	163,072	1613	28.79
Go #3	8.18	145,280	1729	29.88
Go #6	8.21	145,152	1596	30.01
Go #4	9.16	140,032	1552	31.38
Java GraalVM #4	33.45	239,724	1887	34.10
Java GraalVM #5	15.99	248,224	2225	38.12
Go #8	61.96	537,908	752	62.57
Java GraalVM #8	84.59	1,779,424	786	87.39
reverse-complement
source	secs	mem	gz	cpu secs
Go #2	2.19	800,640	614	2.29
Go #3	2.48	800,384	609	2.57
Go #6	1.91	1,244,508	1340	3.40
Java GraalVM #6	3.44	2,080,968	760	4.23
Java GraalVM #5	4.95	1,145,720	1115	5.31
Java GraalVM #4	5.69	1,906,560	656	5.99
Java GraalVM #7	24.65	1,180,012	1654	12.56
Go #5		Bad Output
Go		Failed
Java GraalVM #3		Bad Output
binary-trees
source	secs	mem	gz	cpu secs
Java GraalVM #2	5.11	1,948,200	558	6.99
Java GraalVM #4	5.42	1,815,132	846	7.22
Java GraalVM #6	6.00	1,794,592	535	7.91
Java GraalVM #3	5.95	1,880,164	546	8.60
Java GraalVM #7	2.81	1,850,008	841	8.76
Java GraalVM #8	7.19	1,757,812	596	9.15
Go #6	27.90	404,096	618	29.26
Go #2	14.17	624,780	672	56.29
Go #3	14.91	326,508	806	58.00
Go #5	14.87	425,960	957	58.15
Go	32.01	243,192	488	59.78
Go #7	32.52	248,604	531	61.47
pidigits
source	secs	mem	gz	cpu secs
* Go #4	0.82	19,808	689	0.83
Java GraalVM #3	0.84	87,552	770	0.96
Go	1.18	19,808	715	1.20
* Go #3	1.40	19,808	610	1.44
Java GraalVM #2	1.34	96,384	944	1.53
Go #2	1.84	19,808	740	1.89
Go #6	2.46	19,512	727	2.46
Go #7	4.99	19,808	702	5.61
Java GraalVM	7.08	528,896	807	8.13
regex-redux
source	secs	mem	gz	cpu secs
Java GraalVM #2	1.56	408,236	2201	3.36
Go #5	3.25	321,360	817	5.43
Java GraalVM	7.95	617,884	875	15.48
Java GraalVM #3	4.93	646,312	935	16.03
Java GraalVM #6	5.21	1,281,824	746	16.40
Go #4	14.61	369,008	832	35.91
Go	25.37	319,956	749	61.07
Go #3	25.62	371,204	836	61.79
Go	go version go1.23.1 linux/amd64 GOAMD64=v2
Java GraalVM	openjdk 23 2024-09-17 Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM OpenJDK GraalVM CE (build 23+37-jvmci-b01, mixed mode, sharing)