Node.js programs versus C++ g++ by benchmark task performance regex-redux source secs mem gz cpu cpu load Node.js 4.22 596,420 432 4.24 100% 0% 0% 1% C++ g++ 1.61 203,572 1315 4.18 100% 52% 57% 54% n-body source secs mem gz cpu cpu load Node.js 26.61 33,152 1297 26.61 100% 0% 0% 1% C++ g++ 8.23 1,856 1763 8.23 100% 1% 1% 0% reverse-complement source secs mem gz cpu cpu load Node.js 16.66 706,256 1103 17.71 71% 51% 40% 48% C++ g++ 3.08 980,604 2280 4.66 62% 25% 12% 54% fasta source secs mem gz cpu cpu load Node.js 9.80 34,804 1785 9.82 100% 1% 0% 0% C++ g++ 1.35 1,952 2711 4.18 79% 78% 78% 79% spectral-norm source secs mem gz cpu cpu load Node.js 15.79 31,900 381 15.79 100% 1% 0% 0% C++ g++ 2.02 1,332 1044 7.91 99% 99% 99% 99% k-nucleotide source secs mem gz cpu cpu load Node.js 61.24 1,739,992 935 137.09 80% 75% 95% 71% C++ g++ 7.75 165,180 1276 26.02 80% 96% 82% 79% fannkuch-redux source secs mem gz cpu cpu load Node.js 89.63 30,960 473 89.61 0% 100% 0% 1% C++ g++ 10.61 2,044 980 41.90 100% 96% 100% 100% mandelbrot source secs mem gz cpu cpu load Node.js 17.72 613,608 748 63.70 85% 94% 99% 83% C++ g++ 1.51 25,704 1791 5.99 99% 100% 100% 100% binary-trees source secs mem gz cpu cpu load Node.js 45.39 658,324 440 81.91 37% 39% 59% 46% C++ g++ 2.55 135,568 809 7.99 85% 96% 69% 66% pidigits source secs mem gz cpu cpu load Node.js Bad Output C++ g++ 0.07 ? 513 0.07 0% 0% 86% 13% Node.js v9.4.0 C++ g++ g++ (Ubuntu 7.2.0-8ubuntu3) 7.2.0 vs C++ vs Java vs Python vs Ruby