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
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All-Time Rankings
| Rank | Language | Average Time | Best Time | Worst Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Go
|
0.000µs | 0.000µs | 0.000µs |
| 2 |
C (GCC)
|
1.544µs | 1.400µs | 1.800µs |
| 3 |
C (Clang)
|
1.984µs | 1.800µs | 2.800µs |
| 4 |
C++ (Clang++)
|
2.868µs | 2.500µs | 3.400µs |
| 5 |
C++ (G++)
|
4.288µs | 3.100µs | 6.000µs |
| 6 |
PHP
|
8.460µs | 4.500µs | 70.000µs |
| 7 |
Rust
|
16.032µs | 14.700µs | 17.900µs |
| 8 |
Ruby
|
18.384µs | 13.700µs | 47.900µs |
| 9 |
JavaScript (Node)
|
288.120µs | 219.700µs | 329.800µs |
| 10 |
JavaScript (Bun)
|
389.328µs | 216.600µs | 2,213.300µs |
| 11 |
Java
|
467.700µs | 317.800µs | 1,656.800µs |
| 12 |
JavaScript (Deno)
|
1,113.476µs | 308.300µs | 15,631.100µs |
| 13 |
Python
|
1,210.944µs | 12.600µs | 29,836.900µs |
| 14 |
Kotlin (Native)
|
2,128.716µs | 879.600µs | 13,233.500µs |
| 15 |
Kotlin (JVM)
|
101,217.320µs | 43,940.900µs | 330,490.900µs |