longneck@mofa ~ $ cat test.c
#include <stdio.h>
 
int main()
{
    const int max = 50 * 1000 * 1000;
    int i;
    for(i = 0; i < max; i++)
        if(1 == 1) {
            i;
        }
    return 0;
}
longneck@mofa ~ $ time ./test

real    0m0.220s
user    0m0.216s
sys     0m0.000s
longneck@mofa ~ $ time node test.js 
start
end

real    0m0.296s
user    0m0.284s
sys     0m0.020s
longneck@mofa ~ $