Windows 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_!@#&*^()$=+-“.
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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)
|
1.600µs | 1.400µs | 2.100µs |
| 3 |
C++ (Clang++)
|
2.924µs | 2.700µs | 3.300µs |
| 4 |
C++ (G++)
|
4.580µs | 4.000µs | 5.400µs |
| 5 |
PHP
|
6.044µs | 5.000µs | 7.500µs |
| 6 |
C (Clang)
|
6.612µs | 5.300µs | 28.000µs |
| 7 |
Rust
|
13.992µs | 11.100µs | 49.400µs |
| 8 |
GraalVM
|
16.924µs | 13.400µs | 45.500µs |
| 9 |
Ruby
|
17.392µs | 14.800µs | 21.500µs |
| 10 |
Python
|
64.836µs | 12.900µs | 1,255.200µs |
| 11 |
JavaScript (Node)
|
74.296µs | 51.000µs | 112.600µs |
| 12 |
Zig
|
160.964µs | 127.900µs | 217.200µs |
| 13 |
JavaScript (Deno)
|
403.164µs | 293.400µs | 1,225.700µs |
| 14 |
JavaScript (Bun)
|
455.436µs | 255.500µs | 1,608.800µs |
| 15 |
Java
|
566.904µs | 349.700µs | 1,538.400µs |
| 16 |
Kotlin (Native)
|
1,757.580µs | 754.100µs | 7,567.600µs |
| 17 |
Kotlin (JVM)
|
174,690.376µs | 66,236.200µs | 457,996.600µs |