Which Language Wins the Bubble Sort Speed Test? Surprising Results Revealed
A simple benchmark using Bubble Sort on a 10,000‑element random array compares several popular programming languages, revealing that Python performs the worst while Go (Golang) delivers a striking performance advantage even over Node.js.
Every so often there is debate about which programming language is best. Since the answer depends on many factors, this article simplifies the question by benchmarking languages using the Bubble Sort algorithm on a 10,000‑element random array.
The test runs on a machine with 16 GB RAM, an Intel Core i7 5‑core 2.6 GHz CPU and a 250 GB SSD. The results are shown in the table and chart below.
Table 1: Execution time (ms) for each language
Figure 2: Execution time (ms) for each language
The chart shows that Python performs the worst, while Go (Golang) achieves a huge performance advantage, even over Node.js.
The benchmark code and Docker setup are available on GitHub at https://github.com/abame/bubble-sort-benchmark . Results may vary because the data array is randomly generated.
Hopefully this simple benchmark can help you choose the right language for future projects.
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