Benchmark: Base64 Decode (x3)
Base64 is an encoding scheme used to encode binary data in an ASCII format. This benchmark measures the time taken to decode three strings from Base64: “Hello, World!”, “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog”, and “AaBbCcDdEeFf123456_!@#&*^()$=+-“.
string
compression
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All-Time Rankings
| Rank | Language | Average Time | Best Time | Worst Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Go
|
2.336µs | 1.903µs | 2.926µs |
| 2 |
PHP
|
5.250µs | 4.409µs | 7.464µs |
| 3 |
Ruby
|
7.878µs | 5.441µs | 10.069µs |
| 4 |
Python
|
12.588µs | 10.048µs | 18.024µs |
| 5 |
C (GCC)
|
26.884µs | 24.536µs | 43.242µs |
| 6 |
C (Clang)
|
50.646µs | 45.966µs | 65.212µs |
| 7 |
C++ (Clang++)
|
148.160µs | 12.333µs | 3,350.281µs |
| 8 |
JavaScript (Bun)
|
201.100µs | 172.043µs | 380.364µs |
| 9 |
Rust
|
1,022.733µs | 8.877µs | 25,281.067µs |
| 10 |
JavaScript (Deno)
|
3,579.643µs | 237.807µs | 49,521.881µs |
| 11 |
C++ (G++)
|
3,742.555µs | 10.850µs | 78,050.539µs |
| 12 |
Kotlin (Native)
|
4,514.744µs | 811.292µs | 43,038.031µs |
| 13 |
JavaScript (Node)
|
8,864.427µs | 173.947µs | 61,265.776µs |
| 14 |
Java
|
9,116.407µs | 396.385µs | 48,609.942µs |
| 15 |
Kotlin (JVM)
|
601,285.205µs | 428,317.851µs | 937,289.188µs |