Dart versus Java 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% Java 10.27 635,500 740 29.42 74% 81% 55% 76% n-body source secs mem gz busy cpu load Dart 28.76 122,636 1409 30.80 95% 3% 9% 0% Java 21.85 34,112 1489 22.16 1% 0% 0% 100% binary-trees source secs mem gz busy cpu load Dart 16.62 694,400 1349 45.44 79% 65% 76% 54% Java 8.28 948,040 835 28.20 80% 84% 87% 90% mandelbrot source secs mem gz busy cpu load Dart 21.09 183,592 911 58.37 44% 94% 41% 98% Java 6.84 76,008 796 26.90 99% 98% 98% 98% spectral-norm source secs mem gz busy cpu load Dart 16.12 134,968 489 17.72 8% 98% 1% 3% Java 4.15 36,428 950 16.26 98% 100% 98% 97% k-nucleotide source secs mem gz busy cpu load Dart 35.87 570,028 1502 94.57 53% 71% 72% 68% Java 9.14 403,576 1812 29.10 87% 72% 74% 86% fasta source secs mem gz busy cpu load Dart 9.52 161,376 1403 10.18 97% 6% 3% 1% Java 2.22 43,096 2473 6.10 67% 83% 45% 80% fannkuch-redux source secs mem gz busy cpu load Dart 97.00 122,260 495 102.90 81% 3% 2% 20% Java 16.12 33,168 1282 63.71 100% 98% 99% 98% pidigits source secs mem gz busy cpu load Dart 11.28 193,884 500 12.43 97% 4% 7% 2% Java 1.83 34,848 764 1.95 99% 1% 4% 2% reverse-complement source secs mem gz busy cpu load Dart 255.89 1,159,448 885 293.58 13% 50% 22% 30% Java 3.27 714,144 2183 7.54 47% 60% 66% 58% Dart Dart VM version: 2.8.1 (stable) (Unknown timestamp) on "linux_x64" Java openjdk 14 2020-03-17 OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 14+36-1461) OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 14+36-1461, mixed mode, sharing) all Dart programs & measurements all Java programs & measurements