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 |
C (Clang)
|
1.279µs | 1.170µs | 1.534µs |
| 2 |
C (GCC)
|
1.397µs | 1.282µs | 1.530µs |
| 3 |
C++ (Clang++)
|
1.888µs | 1.712µs | 2.454µs |
| 4 |
Go
|
4.680µs | 3.000µs | 19.000µs |
| 5 |
C++ (G++)
|
6.080µs | 5.000µs | 8.000µs |
| 6 |
PHP
|
7.059µs | 5.142µs | 33.960µs |
| 7 |
Ruby
|
12.360µs | 10.000µs | 30.000µs |
| 8 |
Rust
|
13.880µs | 12.000µs | 31.000µs |
| 9 |
Python
|
14.280µs | 9.000µs | 104.000µs |
| 10 |
Kotlin (Native)
|
137.055µs | 98.129µs | 612.611µs |
| 11 |
JavaScript (Deno)
|
288.062µs | 262.713µs | 431.303µs |
| 12 |
Java
|
373.379µs | 242.065µs | 1,802.310µs |
| 13 |
JavaScript (Bun)
|
564.895µs | 169.100µs | 7,548.980µs |
| 14 |
JavaScript (Node)
|
740.004µs | 180.069µs | 13,737.366µs |
| 15 |
Kotlin (JVM)
|
364,564.447µs | 21,734.016µs | 1,458,733.177µs |