Racket 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. binary-trees source secs mem gz busy cpu load Racket 16.20 980,880 853 45.85 57% 75% 75% 76% Node js 19.22 1,000,628 711 61.94 80% 82% 82% 79% pidigits source secs mem gz busy cpu load Racket 2.27 36,624 1136 2.30 100% 0% 1% 0% Node js 2.58 36,368 599 2.97 100% 6% 7% 2% spectral-norm source secs mem gz busy cpu load Racket 6.25 38,976 627 23.69 94% 94% 97% 94% Node js 4.40 61,768 999 16.63 93% 97% 95% 93% n-body source secs mem gz busy cpu load Racket 53.89 36,784 1689 56.81 35% 1% 5% 65% Node js 26.28 35,412 1268 28.03 2% 0% 4% 100% regex-redux source secs mem gz busy cpu load Racket 26.20 1,242,924 729 57.35 65% 51% 17% 86% Node js 9.53 756,856 668 12.74 71% 24% 13% 26% mandelbrot source secs mem gz busy cpu load Racket 19.92 128,228 801 75.95 95% 96% 95% 96% Node js 6.84 88,016 1122 26.99 98% 98% 99% 98% k-nucleotide source secs mem gz busy cpu load Racket 100.10 417,588 885 105.50 3% 1% 4% 97% Node js 26.32 397,472 1812 77.28 74% 71% 62% 87% reverse-complement source secs mem gz busy cpu load Racket 17.41 568,032 1030 22.12 15% 3% 100% 9% Node js 4.10 1,340,368 1480 8.58 52% 56% 73% 28% fannkuch-redux source secs mem gz busy cpu load Racket 83.41 35,220 1101 326.64 100% 99% 94% 99% Node js 19.48 58,152 1313 77.05 99% 99% 99% 99% fasta source secs mem gz busy cpu load Racket 19.46 36,716 1280 21.43 93% 7% 2% 8% Node js 3.62 67,488 2047 10.61 72% 75% 72% 74% Racket Welcome to Racket v7.7. Node js v14.2.0 all Racket programs & measurements all Node js programs & measurements