This repository contains performance benchmarks comparing the Nature programming language with other mainstream languages.
| Item | Configuration |
|---|---|
| Device | Mac mini M4 (VM) |
| CPU | Apple M4, 10 cores |
| Memory | 7.80 GB |
| System | Linux ubuntu 6.17.8-orbstack (aarch64) |
HTTP server performance using ApacheBench (ab -n 100000 -c 1000).
| Language | Version | QPS (req/sec) | Mean Response Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nature | v0.7.2 | ~104,000 | 9.60 ms |
| Go | 1.25.5 | ~90,000 | 11.02 ms |
| Node.js | v25.2.0 | ~66,000 | 14.99 ms |
Calculate fib(45), testing recursion performance and function call overhead.
| Language | Version | Mean Time |
|---|---|---|
| Rust | 1.92.0 | ~1.758 s |
| Nature | v0.7.2 | ~2.453 s |
| Go | 1.25.5 | ~2.421 s |
| Node.js | v25.2.0 | ~6.198 s |
Calculate π using Leibniz series, testing floating-point arithmetic performance.
| Language | Version | Mean Time |
|---|---|---|
| Nature | v0.7.2 | ~512.9 ms |
| Go | 1.25.5 | ~512.3 ms |
| Rust | 1.92.0 | ~552.6 ms |
| Node.js | v25.2.0 | ~850.8 ms |
Call C library function sqrt() 100 million times, testing FFI call overhead.
| Language | Version | Mean Time |
|---|---|---|
| Nature | v0.7.2 | ~73.9 ms |
| Go | 1.25.5 | ~2178 ms |
Create 1 million coroutines for concurrent execution, testing coroutine creation efficiency and memory usage.
| Language | Version | Creation Time | Completion Time | Peak Memory |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nature | v0.7.2 | ~559 ms | ~589 ms | ~969 MB |
| Go | 1.25.5 | ~1035 ms | ~1047 ms | ~2580 MB |
Each test directory contains source code for each language and detailed test results:
http_server/- HTTP server testfib/- Fibonacci recursion testpi/- Pi calculation testffi/- FFI call testcoroutine/- Coroutine test
