Go versus Java naot

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
	elapsed				Mean or 95% CI
source	secs	mem	gz	make	cpu secs
Go #3	8.36	3,846	975	5.31	33.35
Java naot #3	35.64	11,809	1264	93.87	35.64
Java naot	9.07	12,694	1289	94.68	35.94
Java naot #2	44.40	10,772	520	96.06	44.41—44.45
Go #8	46.15	3,207	500	5.43	46.26—46.33
Go	12.27	4,903	906	5.41	49.09
Go #2	12.36	16,966	903	5.43	49.40
Java naot #8	51.31	11,039	517	94.87	51.30
n-body
	elapsed				Mean or 95% CI
source	secs	mem	gz	make	cpu secs
Java naot #4	6.01	15,213	1495	143.53	6.01
Go #3	6.39	3,191	1207	5.43	6.41
Java naot #3	6.74	15,479	1436	145.21	6.74
Java naot #2	6.75	15,483	1430	142.57	6.74
Go	7.02	3,228	1316	5.36	7.09—7.27
Go #2	7.04	3,203	1222	5.35	7.06
Java naot	7.14	17,842	1437	143.68	7.14
Java naot #8	7.18	15,483	1322	144.80	7.18
Java naot #5	7.21	15,282	1435	144.21	7.22
Go #8	9.60	3,191	1224	5.47	9.64
spectral-norm
	elapsed				Mean or 95% CI
source	secs	mem	gz	make	cpu secs
Java naot	5.35	18,485	521	145.31	5.34
Java naot #8	5.34	16,253	453	143.46	5.34
Go #8	5.34	3,838	429	5.35	5.36
Go	5.34	4,059	417	5.35	5.36
Go #4	1.43	4,174	555	5.45	5.69
Go #2	1.51	4,317	674	5.56	5.70
Java naot #2	1.45	19,415	956	143.96	5.70
Java naot #3	1.46	21,246	762	147.49	5.71
mandelbrot
	elapsed				Mean or 95% CI
source	secs	mem	gz	make	cpu secs
Go #4	3.77	37,970	912	5.49	15.02
Go #3	3.78	38,101	900	5.82	15.03
Java naot #6	3.94	45,265	808	95.80	15.63
Java naot #4	4.25	76,661	667	97.10	15.75
Java naot #2	3.99	45,236	802	95.53	15.81
Go	5.04	35,787	829	5.40	20.05
Go #8	26.70	3,199	500	5.39	26.77
Go #2	6.87	35,549	843	5.69	27.32
Go #6	6.91	35,119	707	5.69	27.48
Java naot #8	28.53	11,252	441	95.29	28.54
Java naot	30.53	15,221	671	146.09	30.53
Java naot #3	7.78	49,762	910	147.17	30.95
fasta
	elapsed				Mean or 95% CI
source	secs	mem	gz	make	cpu secs
Java naot #6	1.10	17,334	2549	97.72	3.13
Java naot #4	3.64	11,084	1528	97.22	3.64
Go	3.74	3,207	1055	5.36	3.76
Java naot #5	1.12	17,580	2478	94.92	3.80
Go #2	1.27	12,644	1405	5.51	4.08
Go #3	1.52	5,095	1362	5.29	4.10
Java naot #2	5.69	11,006	1259	98.09	5.69
Java naot #8	10.78	62,452	894	97.74	10.80—10.94
Go #8	11.22	9,052	880	5.55	11.54—11.80
k-nucleotide
	elapsed				Mean or 95% CI
source	secs	mem	gz	make	cpu secs
Java naot #6	8.32	325,120	1614	144.00	28.41—28.47
Java naot #3	8.35	324,473	1642	146.37	28.48—28.52
Go #7	7.58	168,186	1613	5.42	28.83—29.08
Java naot #4	29.05	161,108	1887	146.45	29.20—29.56
Go #3	8.20	150,413	1729	5.63	29.98—30.69
Go #6	8.30	150,442	1596	5.79	30.22—30.75
Go #4	9.27	144,650	1552	5.11	32.00—35.21
Java naot #5	14.43	172,257	2225	143.84	36.09—37.17
Go #8	61.38	558,379	752	5.20	62.37—62.83
Java naot #8	108.95	594,534	786	146.34	109.16—109.81
Java naot		Empty
reverse-complement
	elapsed				Mean or 95% CI
source	secs	mem	gz	make	cpu secs
Go #2	2.22	822,211	614	4.79	2.34—2.39
Go #3	2.50	821,985	609	4.88	2.62—2.66
Go #6	1.93	1,277,608	1340	4.77	3.46—3.52
Java naot #6	3.87	2,049,520	760	96.54	4.59
Java naot #5	5.78	781,451	1115	95.90	5.78
Java naot #4	6.37	1,554,502	656	96.72	6.38
Java naot #3		Bad Output
Java naot #7		Bad Output
Go #5		Bad Output
Go		Empty
binary-trees
	elapsed				Mean or 95% CI
source	secs	mem	gz	make	cpu secs
Java naot #3	4.84	296,223	546	95.62	4.86—4.94
Java naot #6	5.05	294,187	535	96.50	5.09—5.17
Java naot #2	5.12	286,675	558	96.82	5.16—5.26
Java naot #4	5.55	305,353	846	95.40	5.54—5.72
Java naot #7	3.94	337,699	841	101.24	7.30—7.49
Java naot #8	7.75	291,021	596	100.20	7.77—7.81
Go #6	27.93	416,195	618	5.43	29.32—29.66
Go #2	14.21	635,613	672	5.41	56.45—56.55
Go #3	14.90	329,499	806	5.29	57.97—58.17
Go #5	14.68	386,056	957	5.41	57.76—58.07
Go	32.05	243,114	488	5.21	59.81—60.00
Go #7	32.57	241,345	531	5.30	61.40—61.53
pidigits
	elapsed				Mean or 95% CI
source	secs	mem	gz	make	cpu secs
* Go #4	0.82	6,402	689	8.17	0.84
Go	1.15	7,533	715	11.71	1.22—1.31
* Go #3	1.17	6,885	610	8.50	1.35—1.49
Go #2	1.76	7,823	740	7.70	1.90—2.03
Go #6	2.47	10,703	727	5.59	2.48
Go #7	5.00	10,527	702	6.17	5.65
Java naot	8.42	62,415	807	96.29	8.45
Java naot #2		Empty
Java naot #3		Empty
regex-redux
	elapsed				Mean or 95% CI
source	secs	mem	gz	make	cpu secs
Go #5	3.23	297,800	817	8.13	5.40—5.44
Java naot	11.28	271,626	875	105.78	20.64—20.75
Java naot #6	7.56	456,479	746	102.10	20.98—21.02
Java naot #3	7.47	368,591	935	101.59	21.06—21.12
Go #4	14.49	349,008	832	8.44	35.20—35.71
Go #3	25.15	336,585	836	5.60	61.72—63.46
Go	25.79	301,662	749	5.85	61.91—62.99
Java naot #2		Empty
Go	go version go1.23.1 linux/amd64 GOAMD64=v2
Java naot	native-image 23.0.2 2025-01-21 GraalVM Runtime Environment Oracle GraalVM 23.0.2+7.1