Benchmark

This repo tests the performance between Dart and Node.js when uploading large binary data to a server.

The motivation is to investigate the poor performance of Dart when processing large binary data via HTTPS.

Tracking issue: dart-lang/sdk#54752

HTTP result

Client	Server	Speed (more is better)	Factor
Dart	Dart	1641 MB/s	1x
Node.js	Dart	1655 MB/s	1x
Dart	Node.js	2270 MB/s	1.38x
Node.js	Node.js	2177 MB/s	1.33x

HTTPS result

Client	Server	Speed (more is better)	Factor
Dart	Dart	170 MB/s	1x
Node.js	Dart	158 MB/s	0.92x
Dart	Node.js	272 MB/s	1.6x
Node.js	Node.js	1228 MB/s	7.22x

How to run

Dart

Server:

cd dart
dart run

Client:

cd dart
dart run benchmark:upload

Node.js

Server:

cd node
node main.js

Client:

cd node
node upload.js