ASP.NET Core 8 is 10x faster than Node.js. In .NET 9, it's faster. Here's why:
𝗝𝗜𝗧: The Just-In-Time (JIT) compiler in .NET 9 enhances code generation for faster performance.
𝗣𝗚𝗢: Dynamic Profile Guided Optimization (PGO) optimizes casts and tracks common input types for better efficiency.
𝗧𝗶𝗲𝗿 𝟬: Tier 0 optimizations reduce startup overhead by avoiding unnecessary boxing and improving async/await.
𝗟𝗼𝗼𝗽𝘀: Loop optimizations include strength reduction and downward counting for more efficient execution.
𝗕𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝘀 𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸𝘀: Enhanced bounds check elimination ensures memory safety with minimal performance impact.
𝗔𝗿𝗺𝟲𝟰: Significant Arm64 improvements include better code generation and optimizations for common patterns.
𝗔𝗥𝗠 𝗦𝗩𝗘: Scalable Vector Extension (SVE) support improves vectorized operations on ARM architectures.
𝗔𝗩𝗫𝟭𝟬.𝟭: AVX10.1 instructions boost performance for computationally intensive tasks on compatible hardware.
𝗔𝗩𝗫𝟱𝟭𝟮: AVX512 support enhances performance for data-parallel operations and numerical computations.
𝗩𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: Better vectorization leads to efficient execution of parallelizable operations.
𝗕𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴: Improved branch prediction reduces penalties from mispredicted branches.
𝗪𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗿𝘀: Optimized write barriers minimize garbage collection overhead for better memory management.
𝗢𝗯𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗔𝗹𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: Reduces heap allocations for short-lived objects, improving performance.
𝗜𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴: Enhanced inlining reduces function call overhead for more efficient execution.
𝗚𝗖: Garbage Collection improvements lower pause times and enhance responsiveness.
𝗩𝗠: Virtual Machine enhancements improve resource utilization and managed application performance.
𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗼: Mono runtime improvements lead to faster execution on platforms that use Mono.
𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗔𝗢𝗧: Native Ahead-of-Time (AOT) compilation offers significant performance gains by pre-compiling to native binaries.
𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴: Threading optimizations improve multi-threaded application efficiency and throughput.
𝗥𝗲𝗳𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: Improved reflection reduces the overhead of dynamic type inspection and invocation.
𝗡𝘂𝗺𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗰𝘀: Numerical computation enhancements make mathematical operations faster and more accurate.
𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗧𝘆𝗽𝗲𝘀: Optimizations for primitive types improve performance for basic data operations.
And several other improvements across 350+ performance-related PRs went into .NET 9.
For more details, check out Stephen Toub's massive post in the .NET blog titled 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗶𝗻 .𝗡𝗘𝗧 9.