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PHP programs versus Node js

all other PHP programs & measurements

by benchmark task performance
regex-redux
sourcesecsmemgzcpucpu load
PHP2.63270,0488162.4638% 39% 85% 38%
Node js4.22596,4204324.24100% 0% 0% 1%
k-nucleotide
sourcesecsmemgzcpucpu load
PHP41.39242,0441079133.2783% 76% 73% 91%
Node js61.241,739,992935137.0980% 75% 95% 71%
reverse-complement
sourcesecsmemgzcpucpu load
PHP12.08516,9044387.573% 59% 29% 59%
Node js16.66706,256110317.7171% 51% 40% 48%
binary-trees
sourcesecsmemgzcpucpu load
PHP65.20736,468868235.5793% 94% 92% 98%
Node js45.39658,32444081.9137% 39% 59% 46%
spectral-norm
sourcesecsmemgzcpucpu load
PHP37.0920,2081152147.78100% 100% 100% 100%
Node js15.7931,90038115.79100% 1% 0% 0%
fannkuch-redux
sourcesecsmemgzcpucpu load
PHP233.5734,7481160929.49100% 99% 100% 99%
Node js89.6330,96047389.610% 100% 0% 1%
fasta
sourcesecsmemgzcpucpu load
PHP59.129,412106259.1140% 0% 1% 60%
Node js9.8034,80417859.82100% 1% 0% 0%
mandelbrot
sourcesecsmemgzcpucpu load
PHP118.07137,452875471.57100% 100% 100% 100%
Node js17.72613,60874863.7085% 94% 99% 83%
n-body
sourcesecsmemgzcpucpu load
PHP353.849,2201082353.770% 100% 1% 0%
Node js26.6133,152129726.61100% 0% 0% 1%
pidigits
sourcesecsmemgzcpucpu load
PHP0.12?3990.100% 55% 100% 0%
Node js Bad Output
PHP

PHP 7.2.0 (cli) (built: Nov 30 2017 10:13:12) ( NTS )
Copyright (c) 1997-2017 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v3.2.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2017 Zend Technologies

Node js

v9.4.0

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