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Curious downvote for a factually accurate post... source: http://benchmarksgame.alioth.debian.org/u32q/benchmark.php?test=all&lang=go&lang2=java http://benchm

Curious downvote for a factually accurate post... source: http://benchmarksgame.alioth.debian.org/u32q/benchmark.php?test=all&lang=go&lang2=java http://benchmarksgame.alioth.debian.org/u32q/benchmark.php?t...

Intermernet 14y ago
Probably downvoted for not providing a link to the benchmarks that show Java and Scala out-performing Go 1.0? I know of Collin VanDyck's web service showdown (http://boundary.com/blog/2012/09/17/comparing-go-and-java-part-2-performance/ http://boundary.com/blog/2012/09/17/comparing-go-and-java-pa...) which showed that Java had lower latency and higher throughput for highly concurrent tasks based on a very simple code base, but net/http performance in Go 1.0 wasn't a high priority. It seems that it has since been bumped up the priority list and a lot of work has been going on (https://groups.google.com/d/topic/golang-nuts/zeLMYnjO_JA/discussion https://groups.google.com/d/topic/golang-nuts/zeLMYnjO_JA/di...). The thing is, Go isn't just for writing web apps. If you have a look at some of the real world use cases for Go (there's a list in another comment here somewhere) you'll notice that these aren't just web apps. Every bit of Go code I've written (web app, mp3 database generator, encryption library) has been blisteringly fast, and it seems Go 1.1 will bring substantial performance improvements again. Oh, and I didn't down-vote you, I don't yet have that privilege.
- trailfox 14y ago
  Thanks, I've added the link now.
voidlogic 14y ago
This one is more applicable for most people (it is 64 bit) and Go does a little better: http://benchmarksgame.alioth.debian.org/u64q/benchmark.php?test=all&lang=go&lang2=java http://benchmarksgame.alioth.debian.org/u64q/benchmark.php?t... Also, don't forget at the time of this posting that page is showing Go 1.0.3 not 1.1 beta.
- igouy 14y ago
  fwiw binarytrees#3 18.576s (go1.1beta1 17.298) binarytrees#1 114.303s (go1.1beta1 121.446s) binarytrees#5 123.890s (go1.1beta1 138.230s) chameneosredux#5 4.984s (go1.1beta1 4.482s) fannkuchredux#1 98.413s (go1.1beta1 73.698s) fasta#1 10.620s (go1.1beta1 6.937s) fastaredux#2 2.164s (go1.1beta1 1.964s) knucleotide#1 308.240s (go1.1beta1 213.563s) knucleotide#5 75.117s (go1.1beta1 77.791s) mandelbrot#6 75.166s (go1.1beta1 46.689s) meteor#1 0.159s (go1.1beta1 0.136s) nbody#1 32.135s (go1.1beta1 22.867s) pidigits#4 4.016s (go1.1beta1 3.329s) regexdna#1 161.505s (go1.1beta1 157.733s) revcomp#3 1.573s (go1.1beta1 1.455s) revcomp#1 1.188s (go1.1beta1 0.997s) revcomp#2 1.495s (go1.1beta1 1.311s) spectralnorm#3 22.727s (go1.1beta1 15.706s) threadring#5 9.893s (go1.1beta1 12.919s) http://benchmarksgame.alioth.debian.org/u64/go.php#about http://benchmarksgame.alioth.debian.org/u64/go.php#about
  - voidlogic 14y ago
    Awesome! Thanks.

Intermernet 14y ago

Probably downvoted for not providing a link to the benchmarks that show Java and Scala out-performing Go 1.0? I know of Collin VanDyck's web service showdown (http://boundary.com/blog/2012/09/17/comparing-go-and-java-part-2-performance/ http://boundary.com/blog/2012/09/17/comparing-go-and-java-pa...) which showed that Java had lower latency and higher throughput for highly concurrent tasks based on a very simple code base, but net/http performance in Go 1.0 wasn't a high priority. It seems that it has since been bumped up the priority list and a lot of work has been going on (https://groups.google.com/d/topic/golang-nuts/zeLMYnjO_JA/discussion https://groups.google.com/d/topic/golang-nuts/zeLMYnjO_JA/di...). The thing is, Go isn't just for writing web apps. If you have a look at some of the real world use cases for Go (there's a list in another comment here somewhere) you'll notice that these aren't just web apps. Every bit of Go code I've written (web app, mp3 database generator, encryption library) has been blisteringly fast, and it seems Go 1.1 will bring substantial performance improvements again. Oh, and I didn't down-vote you, I don't yet have that privilege.

trailfox 14y ago
Thanks, I've added the link now.

voidlogic 14y ago

This one is more applicable for most people (it is 64 bit) and Go does a little better: http://benchmarksgame.alioth.debian.org/u64q/benchmark.php?test=all&lang=go&lang2=java http://benchmarksgame.alioth.debian.org/u64q/benchmark.php?t... Also, don't forget at the time of this posting that page is showing Go 1.0.3 not 1.1 beta.

igouy 14y ago
fwiw binarytrees#3 18.576s (go1.1beta1 17.298) binarytrees#1 114.303s (go1.1beta1 121.446s) binarytrees#5 123.890s (go1.1beta1 138.230s) chameneosredux#5 4.984s (go1.1beta1 4.482s) fannkuchredux#1 98.413s (go1.1beta1 73.698s) fasta#1 10.620s (go1.1beta1 6.937s) fastaredux#2 2.164s (go1.1beta1 1.964s) knucleotide#1 308.240s (go1.1beta1 213.563s) knucleotide#5 75.117s (go1.1beta1 77.791s) mandelbrot#6 75.166s (go1.1beta1 46.689s) meteor#1 0.159s (go1.1beta1 0.136s) nbody#1 32.135s (go1.1beta1 22.867s) pidigits#4 4.016s (go1.1beta1 3.329s) regexdna#1 161.505s (go1.1beta1 157.733s) revcomp#3 1.573s (go1.1beta1 1.455s) revcomp#1 1.188s (go1.1beta1 0.997s) revcomp#2 1.495s (go1.1beta1 1.311s) spectralnorm#3 22.727s (go1.1beta1 15.706s) threadring#5 9.893s (go1.1beta1 12.919s) http://benchmarksgame.alioth.debian.org/u64/go.php#about http://benchmarksgame.alioth.debian.org/u64/go.php#about
- voidlogic 14y ago
  Awesome! Thanks.