Newly formed Node.js Performance team has renewed focus on performance since the last Major release. Node.js 20 includes many improvements to the fundamental parts of the runtime like fetch() and EventTarget. If you have a passion for performance and Node.js we are actively looking for contributors for our performance team
Includes new version of V8 engine (v11.3 part of Chromium 113) bringing improved performance and new language features like Resizable ArrayBuffer
Node.js v20 Release Announcement