Go programs versus PHP by benchmark task performance fasta secs KB gz cpu cpu load Go 2.42 3,716 1344 6.32 78% 51% 69% 64% PHP 61.40 7,840 1030 61.38 0% 100% 0% 1% fasta-redux secs KB gz cpu cpu load Go 1.91 1,860 1236 1.90 1% 1% 100% 1% PHP 45.59 7,808 1110 45.57 0% 0% 100% 0% mandelbrot secs KB gz cpu cpu load Go 6.44 32,044 894 25.58 99% 100% 100% 100% PHP 141.60 131,984 863 563.41 100% 100% 100% 100% n-body secs KB gz cpu cpu load Go 22.00 1,948 1310 22.01 0% 1% 0% 100% PHP 413.16 7,776 1082 413.04 49% 5% 42% 6% fannkuch-redux secs KB gz cpu cpu load Go 16.41 1,884 900 65.25 99% 100% 99% 100% PHP 300.80 29,196 1150 1,198.95 100% 100% 100% 100% spectral-norm secs KB gz cpu cpu load Go 3.95 2,724 536 15.70 99% 99% 99% 100% PHP 44.45 21,584 1135 177.28 100% 100% 100% 100% reverse-complement secs KB gz cpu cpu load Go 0.53 88,368 1278 0.94 28% 47% 77% 31% PHP 4.23 368,916 297 4.22 100% 1% 0% 0% binary-trees secs KB gz cpu cpu load Go 47.71 322,256 694 185.02 98% 97% 97% 97% PHP 168.15 1,549,916 483 168.01 38% 30% 1% 34% k-nucleotide secs KB gz cpu cpu load Go 8.16 259,760 1399 30.33 93% 91% 98% 91% PHP 21.76 230,448 1036 24.34 4% 91% 3% 15% pidigits secs KB gz cpu cpu load Go 2.85 11,140 685 2.88 1% 35% 35% 32% PHP 2.18 8,780 394 2.18 0% 3% 100% 0% regex-dna secs KB gz cpu cpu load Go 16.85 660,712 789 48.83 99% 64% 63% 64% PHP 2.22 107,036 832 5.10 47% 33% 100% 53% Go go version go1.6 linux/amd64 PHP PHP 7.0.0 (cli) (built: Dec 3 2015 12:50:26) ( NTS ) Copyright (c) 1997-2015 The PHP Group Zend Engine v3.0.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2015 Zend Technologies vs C vs C++ vs Java vs Rust