node.js vs golang

Benchmark simple http server

System resources


Processor	2,2 GHz Intel Core i7
Memory	16 ГБ 2400 MHz DDR4

Load testing

ab

$ ab -n 10000 -kc 100 http://localhost:3000/ > node.txt
$ ab -n 10000 -kc 100 http://localhost:9000/ > go.txt

Language	Requests per second
golang	2586.09
node.js	2513.90

Jmeter

100 users

Language	Samples	Throughput
node.js with uWS	32726	894
node.js	32737	895.8
golang	28663	1026.2

Alternative load testing

ab

$ ab -n 100000 -kc 100 http://localhost:3000/

Language	Data size	RPS
node.js	big	6197
go stdlib	big	6181
go fasthttp	big	7183
node.js	small	13124
go stdlib	small	24377
go fasthttp	small	84639

wrk

$ wrk -c 100 -d 10 -t 2 http://localhost:3000/

Language	Data size	RPS
node.js	big	9642
go stdlib	big	11520
go fasthttp	big	14071
node.js	small	24677
go stdlib	small	46439
go fasthttp	small	95183