Go vs. Java: A Detailed Performance Analysis in Concurrent Programming

Go, a programming language developed by Google, is relatively new but offers modern and powerful features, including similarities to Java and an emphasis on rapid development and concurrency. This paper examines Go's performance compared to Java, focusing on compile time and concurrency. As applications increasingly require concurrent data transmission, there is a strong demand for languages optimized for such tasks. Although many studies compare programming languages, few specifically investigate Go, and some of these evaluations are based on its experimental release. In this paper, we analyze the concurrency features of Go and Java through a comprehensive performance analysis, considering their runtime, memory usage, and unique concurrency capabilities.To analyze concurrency features, we implemented CRUD operations on a single MySQL table using both Go and Java programs. Go utilizes its built-in lightweight thread, Goroutine, while Java uses Java Thread. We conducted our experiments by running the programs a thousand times and analyzed the resulting data using various statistical parameters and graphs.