Benchmark: Powers of Two
Programs that iterate through powers of two up to 2^30, through repeated multiplication.
number
math
exponentiation
All-Time Rankings
| Rank | Language | Average Time | Best Time | Worst Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
C (Clang)
|
113.400ns | 100.000ns | 128.000ns |
| 2 |
C++ (G++)
|
120.000ns | 0.000ns | 1,000.000ns |
| 3 |
C (GCC)
|
125.560ns | 111.000ns | 137.000ns |
| 4 |
C++ (Clang++)
|
150.320ns | 128.000ns | 195.000ns |
| 5 |
Kotlin (Native)
|
330.480ns | 302.000ns | 372.000ns |
| 6 |
Rust
|
360.000ns | 0.000ns | 1,000.000ns |
| 7 |
Go
|
440.000ns | 0.000ns | 1,000.000ns |
| 8 |
Java
|
1,120.600ns | 1,019.000ns | 1,622.000ns |
| 9 |
JavaScript (Node)
|
3,310.800ns | 3,013.000ns | 3,824.000ns |
| 10 |
JavaScript (Bun)
|
4,005.920ns | 3,618.000ns | 5,091.000ns |
| 11 |
Python
|
7,560.000ns | 5,000.000ns | 41,000.000ns |
| 12 |
PHP
|
13,421.720ns | 11,546.000ns | 27,918.000ns |
| 13 |
Ruby
|
20,960.000ns | 9,000.000ns | 283,000.000ns |
| 14 |
JavaScript (Deno)
|
628,880.320ns | 25,092.000ns | 15,012,535.000ns |
| 15 |
Kotlin (JVM)
|
1,072,004.000ns | 381,288.000ns | 7,170,944.000ns |