Rendering 50000 templates:

doT
  Escaped   : 952ms
  Unescaped : 21ms
  Total     : 973ms

Jade
  Escaped   : 1649ms
  Unescaped : 745ms
  Total     : 2394ms

Jade without `with`
  Escaped   : 999ms
  Unescaped : 196ms
  Total     : 1195ms

Swig
  Escaped   : 1376ms
  Unescaped : 104ms
  Total     : 1480ms

Nunjucks
  Escaped   : 1025ms
  Unescaped : 14562ms
  Total     : 15587ms

Performance report for 50000 templates (darwin):

doT                  (  973ms) - fastest
Jade without `with`  ( 1195ms) - 23% slower
Swig                 ( 1480ms) - 52% slower
Jade                 ( 2394ms) - 146% slower
Nunjucks             (15587ms) - 1502% slower

git clone git://github.com/th0r/template-benchmark.git
cd template-benchmark
npm install
node ./benchmark.js