It is almost the same with those languages. Malloc and free can be expensive if used wrong, same with allocations in a GC language. In some sense, I would even

It is almost the same with those languages. Malloc and free can be expensive if used wrong, same with allocations in a GC language. In some sense, I would even say that with a good GC is easier to improve the performance, as collection can be deferred out of the critical path.