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Just merged the new experimental `node:bench` module into Node.js main... modeled closely after `node:test`, it adds a basic benchmark runner to core. node --bench benchmark.js

3/9/26, 3:43 pm3 reposts33 likes

James Snell

@jasnell.me

3 Sept

Note that `node:bench` is not a replacement for other more feature rich benchmark tools like @rafaelgss.dev's bench-node www.npmjs.com/package/benc... ... it provides the fundamentals and a set of primitives more capable benchmarks can build on top of

2c, but IMO, it makes similar mistakes to other benchmark tools and includes various statistical functionality which is not particularly robust or informative.

Athan Reines

@areines.bsky.social

4 Sept

This isn't a plug, but we've developed and used github.com/stdlib-js/st... for 8+ years and have never needed anything more than the max rate, despite the fact that numerical/statistical computing is our entire thing.

github.comstdlib/lib/node_modules/@stdlib/bench/harness at develop · stdlib-js/stdlib✨ The fundamental numerical library for JavaScript and TypeScript. ✨ ⭐️ Star to support our work! - stdlib-js/stdlib