STATE OF NODE.JS PERFORMANCE 2024

Summary from the TLDR Web Dev newsletter

Node.js versions 20 to 22 have various performance differences in key modules like assert, buffers, fs, and streams. This report presents benchmarks using dedicated hardware for accurate comparisons. The results were evaluated through statistical analysis. The report highlights big gains, such as faster buffer operations and improvements to WebStreams, alongside some regressions, like slower text decoding for certain encodings.