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
algorithm
All-Time Rankings
| Rank | Language | Average Time | Best Time | Worst Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Go
|
2.360µs | 2.000µs | 3.000µs |
| 2 |
C++ (Clang++)
|
4.599µs | 4.219µs | 4.949µs |
| 3 |
PHP
|
8.510µs | 5.911µs | 57.028µs |
| 4 |
C (GCC)
|
9.081µs | 8.781µs | 9.882µs |
| 5 |
C++ (G++)
|
9.480µs | 8.000µs | 16.000µs |
| 6 |
Ruby
|
10.240µs | 9.000µs | 11.000µs |
| 7 |
Python
|
15.280µs | 12.000µs | 72.000µs |
| 8 |
Rust
|
16.080µs | 15.000µs | 17.000µs |
| 9 |
C (Clang)
|
18.935µs | 18.390µs | 19.500µs |
| 10 |
Kotlin (Native)
|
79.107µs | 71.664µs | 177.809µs |
| 11 |
JavaScript (Node)
|
207.151µs | 180.052µs | 390.244µs |
| 12 |
JavaScript (Deno)
|
304.299µs | 253.549µs | 897.716µs |
| 13 |
JavaScript (Bun)
|
313.630µs | 168.650µs | 1,895.458µs |
| 14 |
Java
|
561.583µs | 375.083µs | 2,036.760µs |
| 15 |
Kotlin (JVM)
|
468,715.866µs | 20,631.419µs | 1,905,044.494µs |