64-bit benchmarks are more fair, since Go's 32-bit x86 target hasn't received much attention (it's irrelevant to most users). http://shootout.alioth.debian.org

64-bit benchmarks are more fair, since Go's 32-bit x86 target hasn't received much attention (it's irrelevant to most users). http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/u64q/benchmark.php?test=all&lang=go&lang2=java http://shootout.alioth.debian.org/u64q/benchmark.php?test=al... Most of the performance difference is because Go's GC isn't very good, which is something that they're working on.