dynamicguy / counting-performance

counting performance in c++, go, python, php, java and NodeJS

Counting performance

This repo holds the code for comparing the performance of counting to 10 million for C++, Go, Python, Java, NodeJS and PHP.

How to compile and run in C++

g++ main.cpp
time ./a.out

How to compile and run in Go

go build main.go
time ./main

How to compile and run in Java

javac Counter.java
time java Counter

How to run in Python

time python main.py

How to run in PHP

time php main.php

How to run in NodeJS

time node main.js

Results

• C++: 1.66s user 0.22s system 37% cpu 5.025 total
• go: 2.40s user 4.04s system 66% cpu 9.734 total
• python: 2.31s user 0.25s system 39% cpu 6.405 total
• PHP: 2.01s user 3.93s system 60% cpu 9.783 total
• Java: 5.73s user 3.93s system 81% cpu 11.873 total
• NodeJS: 1.79s user 0.46s system 24% cpu 9.182 total