C++ g++ versus Node js fastest performance 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 C++ g++ #6 3.25 19,788 1535 12.89 C++ g++ #7 13.93 19,660 1156 13.93 C++ g++ #5 7.97 19,788 987 31.14 C++ g++ #3 36.80 19,660 600 36.80 C++ g++ #4 9.47 19,660 1445 37.11 C++ g++ #2 9.82 19,656 1446 38.58 C++ g++ 10.59 19,660 1065 41.61 Node js #5 11.57 86,784 1320 45.93 n-body source secs mem gz cpu secs C++ g++ #0 2.14 19,676 1933 2.14 C++ g++ #7 3.97 19,804 1815 3.97 C++ g++ #2 4.20 19,676 1884 4.19 C++ g++ #3 5.30 19,804 1402 5.30 C++ g++ #9 5.43 19,676 1536 5.43 C++ g++ #4 5.44 19,804 1434 5.44 C++ g++ #5 6.01 19,676 1544 6.00 C++ g++ 6.49 19,676 1666 6.49 C++ g++ #8 6.57 19,676 1524 6.57 C++ g++ #6 6.89 19,676 1674 6.89 Node js #6 8.35 46,728 1274 8.36 spectral-norm source secs mem gz cpu secs C++ g++ #6 0.72 19,812 1050 2.84 C++ g++ #5 1.32 19,684 1050 5.25 C++ g++ 5.36 19,684 459 5.36 Node js #7 5.36 45,888 420 5.36 Node js 5.37 47,360 326 5.39 Node js #6 1.55 94,080 1002 5.92 C++ g++ #8 1.52 19,684 1284 6.04 mandelbrot source secs mem gz cpu secs C++ g++ 0.89 34,944 1797 3.46 C++ g++ #4 0.89 35,200 3554 3.47 C++ g++ #6 0.98 35,072 1014 3.89 C++ g++ #0 2.35 35,328 2752 9.28 C++ g++ #8 4.79 35,072 749 13.12 C++ g++ #5 13.33 34,688 596 13.33 C++ g++ #9 3.50 35,200 732 13.49 C++ g++ #7 3.49 35,072 1023 13.90 Node js #3 4.05 125,696 1128 15.99 C++ g++ #2 16.90 34,560 700 16.90 C++ g++ #3 27.26 19,804 421 27.25 Node js #2 28.35 53,784 422 28.38 Node js 136.10 48,576 380 136.11 pidigits source secs mem gz cpu secs C++ g++ #5 0.86 19,804 804 0.86 C++ g++ #4 0.88 19,804 521 0.88 Node js #4 1.24 50,540 487 1.26 Node js #2 14.18 77,952 405 14.19 Node js #3 14.19 78,028 431 14.20 regex-redux source secs mem gz cpu secs C++ g++ #6 1.15 276,276 2856 2.18 C++ g++ #2 2.84 212,776 706 3.60 C++ g++ 3.62 212,180 662 3.62 C++ g++ #5 3.86 215,556 859 4.54 Node js #3 4.34 790,368 675 5.44 Node js #4 5.48 975,456 471 5.65 C++ g++ #3 12.41 217,580 859 17.91 C++ g++ #4 Make Error fasta source secs mem gz cpu secs C++ g++ #8 0.76 19,792 2758 1.51 C++ g++ #2 1.81 19,668 1129 1.81 C++ g++ 1.90 19,664 1064 1.90 C++ g++ #3 2.62 19,664 1311 2.62 C++ g++ #4 3.32 19,664 1291 3.32 C++ g++ #6 1.05 19,668 2326 3.85 C++ g++ #5 1.05 19,668 2345 3.88 Node js #5 2.21 100,552 2050 6.20 Node js 40.47 50,244 815 40.80 C++ g++ #7 Make Error k-nucleotide source secs mem gz cpu secs C++ g++ #2 1.97 156,504 1634 5.87 C++ g++ #3 4.19 165,592 1280 13.77 C++ g++ 6.90 757,080 1452 14.68 Node js #3 15.38 422,240 1817 41.85 Node js #2 37.49 479,968 941 112.46 Node js 39.64 335,272 1011 115.24 reverse-complement source secs mem gz cpu secs C++ g++ #2 0.70 499,840 2099 0.70 C++ g++ #6 3.20 1,517,660 1827 4.22 C++ g++ 6.56 980,060 599 6.56 Node js #2 15.89 717,660 1228 16.53 C++ g++ #5 35.10 771,556 704 35.10 Node js #7 Bad Output C++ g++ #3 Bad Output binary-trees source secs mem gz cpu secs C++ g++ #7 0.95 201,400 896 3.30 C++ g++ #5 1.14 200,660 891 3.98 C++ g++ #9 1.72 135,936 815 4.46 C++ g++ #6 1.88 266,112 851 4.47 C++ g++ #3 1.88 265,600 951 4.72 C++ g++ #8 2.18 265,984 826 5.11 C++ g++ 2.65 2,040,792 760 9.07 C++ g++ #2 21.51 265,856 514 21.51 Node js #7 18.49 1,291,392 458 30.94 Node js #6 9.59 1,275,572 752 32.36 Node js 9.68 1,230,804 717 35.09 C++ g++ #4 Make Error C++ g++ Ubuntu 13.2.0-4ubuntu3 Node js v21.7.3 all C++ g++ programs & measurements all Node js programs & measurements