Benchmark: Base64 Encode (x3)
Base64 is an encoding scheme used to encode binary data in an ASCII format. This benchmark measures the time taken to encode three strings to Base64: “Hello, World!”, “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog”, and “AaBbCcDdEeFf123456_!@#&*^()$=+-“.
string
compression
algorithm
All-Time Rankings
| Rank | Language | Average Time | Best Time | Worst Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Go
|
4.556µs | 3.106µs | 5.811µs |
| 2 |
PHP
|
4.670µs | 4.227µs | 5.230µs |
| 3 |
Rust
|
7.722µs | 5.080µs | 11.702µs |
| 4 |
Python
|
9.090µs | 6.863µs | 10.901µs |
| 5 |
C++ (G++)
|
9.357µs | 6.924µs | 13.776µs |
| 6 |
C++ (Clang++)
|
11.989µs | 9.978µs | 14.768µs |
| 7 |
C (GCC)
|
15.304µs | 13.425µs | 19.126µs |
| 8 |
C (Clang)
|
20.991µs | 17.342µs | 45.545µs |
| 9 |
Ruby
|
71.994µs | 9.368µs | 1,492.272µs |
| 10 |
JavaScript (Bun)
|
593.846µs | 169.108µs | 5,199.493µs |
| 11 |
JavaScript (Node)
|
3,108.880µs | 184.336µs | 49,268.528µs |
| 12 |
JavaScript (Deno)
|
4,315.237µs | 242.936µs | 53,467.903µs |
| 13 |
Java
|
6,396.092µs | 272.481µs | 48,126.837µs |
| 14 |
Kotlin (Native)
|
12,629.972µs | 1,214.891µs | 63,280.441µs |
| 15 |
Kotlin (JVM)
|
626,344.012µs | 419,323.501µs | 985,742.335µs |