Dart versus Dart exe 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. regex-redux source secs mem gz busy cpu load Dart 8.79 924,316 1041 14.33 23% 29% 41% 71% Dart exe 121.56 821,116 1041 145.36 40% 11% 10% 58% fannkuch-redux source secs mem gz busy cpu load Dart 97.00 122,260 495 102.90 81% 3% 2% 20% Dart exe 126.90 9,184 495 138.88 33% 4% 43% 29% n-body source secs mem gz busy cpu load Dart 28.76 122,636 1409 30.80 95% 3% 9% 0% Dart exe 37.54 14,340 1264 41.07 9% 3% 4% 94% pidigits source secs mem gz busy cpu load Dart 11.28 193,884 500 12.43 97% 4% 7% 2% Dart exe 11.38 75,776 500 12.60 0% 4% 7% 100% spectral-norm source secs mem gz busy cpu load Dart 16.12 134,968 489 17.72 8% 98% 1% 3% Dart exe 15.84 10,240 489 17.15 4% 4% 100% 0% mandelbrot source secs mem gz busy cpu load Dart 21.09 183,592 911 58.37 44% 94% 41% 98% Dart exe 20.47 78,188 911 58.31 63% 43% 99% 80% binary-trees source secs mem gz busy cpu load Dart 16.62 694,400 1349 45.44 79% 65% 76% 54% Dart exe 15.51 620,620 1349 44.43 81% 75% 66% 64% fasta source secs mem gz busy cpu load Dart 9.52 161,376 1403 10.18 97% 6% 3% 1% Dart exe 8.74 14,412 1403 9.74 6% 100% 2% 4% reverse-complement source secs mem gz busy cpu load Dart 255.89 1,159,448 885 293.58 13% 50% 22% 30% Dart exe 218.42 1,019,952 885 249.27 34% 36% 24% 20% k-nucleotide source secs mem gz busy cpu load Dart 35.87 570,028 1502 94.57 53% 71% 72% 68% Dart exe 27.55 313,660 1502 81.60 76% 72% 97% 52% Dart Dart VM version: 2.8.1 (stable) (Unknown timestamp) on "linux_x64" Dart exe Dart VM version: 2.8.1 (stable) (Thu Apr 30 09:25:21 2020 +0200) on "linux_x64" all Dart programs & measurements all Dart exe programs & measurements