Go 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. k-nucleotide source secs mem gz busy cpu load Go 12.67 150,584 1722 47.44 95% 90% 93% 96% Node js 26.32 397,472 1812 77.28 74% 71% 62% 87% fasta source secs mem gz busy cpu load Go 2.11 4,228 1358 5.66 69% 65% 64% 70% Node js 3.62 67,488 2047 10.61 72% 75% 72% 74% regex-redux source secs mem gz busy cpu load Go 7.21 326,552 810 10.19 22% 18% 87% 14% Node js 9.53 756,856 668 12.74 71% 24% 13% 26% fannkuch-redux source secs mem gz busy cpu load Go 14.93 3,484 969 59.67 100% 100% 100% 100% Node js 19.48 58,152 1313 77.05 99% 99% 99% 99% pidigits source secs mem gz busy cpu load Go 2.04 8,724 603 2.36 20% 32% 33% 31% Node js 2.58 36,368 599 2.97 100% 6% 7% 2% n-body source secs mem gz busy cpu load Go 21.26 1,888 1310 22.28 3% 0% 100% 2% Node js 26.28 35,412 1268 28.03 2% 0% 4% 100% mandelbrot source secs mem gz busy cpu load Go 5.55 30,300 894 22.11 99% 99% 99% 100% Node js 6.84 88,016 1122 26.99 98% 98% 99% 98% reverse-complement source secs mem gz busy cpu load Go 3.73 826,488 611 4.10 88% 6% 2% 14% Node js 4.10 1,340,368 1480 8.58 52% 56% 73% 28% spectral-norm source secs mem gz busy cpu load Go 4.12 2,704 548 15.93 96% 98% 97% 96% Node js 4.40 61,768 999 16.63 93% 97% 95% 93% binary-trees source secs mem gz busy cpu load Go 25.19 397,116 1007 86.01 88% 86% 84% 83% Node js 19.22 1,000,628 711 61.94 80% 82% 82% 79% Go go version go1.14 linux/amd64 Node js v14.2.0 all Go programs & measurements all Node js programs & measurements