Crystal VS Dart benchmarks

Current benchmark data was generated on Mon Apr 14 2025, full log can be found HERE

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[x86_64][4 cores] AMD EPYC 7763 64-Core Processor (Model 1)

* -m in a file name stands for multi-threading or multi-processing

* -i in a file name stands for direct intrinsics usage. (Usage of simd intrinsics via libraries is not counted)

* -ffi in a file name stands for non-stdlib FFI usage

* (You may find time < time(user) + time(sys) for some non-parallelized programs, the overhead is from GC or JIT compiler, which are allowed to take advantage of multi-cores as that's more close to real-world scenarios.)

binarytrees

Input: 18

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
dart 1.dart 726ms 7.5ms 80.8MB 697ms 40ms dart/exe 3.7.2
crystal 1.cr 1247ms 8.3ms 64.0MB 1223ms 13ms crystal 1.16.0

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
dart 1.dart 76ms 1.2ms 42.9MB 50ms 13ms dart/exe 3.7.2
crystal 1.cr 107ms 2.4ms 10.9MB 97ms 0ms crystal 1.16.0

coro-prime-sieve

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
crystal 1.cr 1555ms 17ms 19.8MB 1483ms 60ms crystal 1.16.0
dart 1.dart 4874ms 23ms 19.4MB 5347ms 77ms dart/exe 3.7.2

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
crystal 1.cr 86ms 2.7ms 7.0MB 67ms 10ms crystal 1.16.0
dart 1.dart 338ms 3.7ms 10.3MB 340ms 13ms dart/exe 3.7.2

edigits

Input: 250001

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
crystal 1.cr 59ms 0.2ms 6.4MB 40ms 3ms crystal 1.16.0
dart 1.dart 3672ms 17ms 18.0MB 3643ms 27ms dart/exe 3.7.2

Input: 100000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
crystal 1.cr 23ms 1.2ms 5.1MB 10ms 0ms crystal 1.16.0
dart 1.dart 602ms 2.4ms 10.4MB 577ms 17ms dart/exe 3.7.2

fannkuch-redux

Input: 11

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
crystal 1.cr 2465ms 3.2ms 2.8MB 2457ms 0ms crystal 1.16.0
dart 2.dart 2725ms 4.7ms 6.3MB 2717ms 0ms dart/exe 3.7.2

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
crystal 1.cr 204ms 1.4ms 2.8MB 190ms 0ms crystal 1.16.0
dart 2.dart 223ms 3.1ms 6.3MB 210ms 0ms dart/exe 3.7.2

fasta

Input: 2500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
dart 1.dart 362ms 1.9ms 8.6MB 350ms 0ms dart/exe 3.7.2
crystal 2.cr 553ms 1.2ms 3.5MB 453ms 87ms crystal 1.16.0
crystal 1.cr 691ms 0.8ms 14.4MB 573ms 107ms crystal 1.16.0

Input: 250000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
dart 1.dart 43ms 0.6ms 8.9MB 30ms 0ms dart/exe 3.7.2
crystal 2.cr 61ms 0.9ms 3.5MB 40ms 10ms crystal 1.16.0
crystal 1.cr 74ms 1.6ms 4.8MB 50ms 10ms crystal 1.16.0

helloworld

Input: QwQ

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
crystal 1.cr 1.9ms 0.1ms 2.8MB 0ms 0ms crystal 1.16.0
dart 1.dart 3.4ms 0.2ms 5.1MB 0ms 0ms dart/exe 3.7.2

http-server

Input: 3000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
dart 2-m.dart 1430ms 30ms 94.6MB 1343ms 1570ms dart/exe 3.7.2
crystal 1.cr 2319ms 124ms 255.6MB 313ms 490ms crystal 1.16.0
dart 1.dart 4570ms 155ms 103.6MB 1527ms 1790ms dart/exe 3.7.2

Input: 500

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
dart 2-m.dart 264ms 3.6ms 50.1MB 190ms 297ms dart/exe 3.7.2
crystal 1.cr 1250ms 107ms 59.0MB 37ms 80ms crystal 1.16.0
dart 1.dart 2030ms 503ms 50.5MB 167ms 273ms dart/exe 3.7.2

lru

Input: 1000 1000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
crystal 0-unsafe.cr 37ms 1.4ms 2.9MB 30ms 0ms crystal 1.16.0
crystal 1.cr 64ms 0.9ms 2.9MB 53ms 0ms crystal 1.16.0
dart 2.dart 163ms 5.4ms 9.4MB 153ms 0ms dart/exe 3.7.2
dart 1.dart 498ms 2.6ms 9.3MB 490ms 0ms dart/exe 3.7.2

Input: 1000 3000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
crystal 0-unsafe.cr 99ms 1.1ms 2.9MB 90ms 0ms crystal 1.16.0
crystal 1.cr 185ms 0.7ms 2.9MB 173ms 0ms crystal 1.16.0
dart 2.dart 476ms 1.7ms 9.3MB 463ms 0ms dart/exe 3.7.2
dart 1.dart 1484ms 9.2ms 9.3MB 1467ms 3ms dart/exe 3.7.2

Input: 100 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
crystal 0-unsafe.cr 18ms 1.3ms 2.9MB 10ms 0ms crystal 1.16.0
crystal 1.cr 30ms 1.7ms 2.9MB 20ms 0ms crystal 1.16.0
dart 2.dart 77ms 1.0ms 9.5MB 67ms 0ms dart/exe 3.7.2
dart 1.dart 117ms 0.8ms 8.6MB 103ms 0ms dart/exe 3.7.2

mandelbrot

Input: 5000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
crystal 1.cr 313ms 1.1ms 9.1MB 300ms 0ms crystal 1.16.0

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
crystal 1.cr 17ms 0.4ms 6.3MB 10ms 0ms crystal 1.16.0

merkletrees

Input: 17

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
dart 1.dart 314ms 2.9ms 63.6MB 290ms 20ms dart/exe 3.7.2
crystal 1.cr 843ms 7.3ms 64.0MB 823ms 10ms crystal 1.16.0

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
dart 1.dart 83ms 1.2ms 43.8MB 60ms 13ms dart/exe 3.7.2
crystal 1.cr 174ms 5.4ms 22.1MB 157ms 0ms crystal 1.16.0

nbody

Input: 5000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
crystal 1.cr 344ms 0.9ms 3.1MB 333ms 0ms crystal 1.16.0
crystal 2.cr 344ms 2.7ms 3.1MB 333ms 0ms crystal 1.16.0
dart 3.dart 406ms 0.2ms 6.5MB 397ms 0ms dart/exe 3.7.2

Input: 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
crystal 2.cr 37ms 0.6ms 3.1MB 30ms 0ms crystal 1.16.0
crystal 1.cr 39ms 0.7ms 3.3MB 30ms 0ms crystal 1.16.0
dart 3.dart 46ms 1.1ms 6.3MB 40ms 0ms dart/exe 3.7.2

nsieve

Input: 12

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
crystal 2.cr 298ms 3.7ms 8.1MB 287ms 0ms crystal 1.16.0
crystal 1.cr 425ms 7.5ms 62.4MB 410ms 0ms crystal 1.16.0

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
crystal 2.cr 74ms 1.4ms 4.4MB 67ms 0ms crystal 1.16.0
crystal 1.cr 88ms 0.8ms 13.0MB 80ms 0ms crystal 1.16.0

pidigits

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
dart 2.dart 1341ms 4.8ms 14.6MB 1313ms 30ms dart/exe 3.7.2
crystal 1.cr 1901ms 45ms 6.2MB 1870ms 17ms crystal 1.16.0

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
dart 2.dart 331ms 2.9ms 14.8MB 307ms 17ms dart/exe 3.7.2
crystal 1.cr 438ms 9.9ms 5.1MB 423ms 0ms crystal 1.16.0

spectral-norm

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
crystal 1.cr 3762ms 7.2ms 4.5MB 3753ms 0ms crystal 1.16.0
dart 1.dart 3773ms 11ms 6.4MB 3760ms 0ms dart/exe 3.7.2
dart 2.dart 4339ms 3.8ms 6.5MB 4330ms 0ms dart/exe 3.7.2

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
dart 1.dart 945ms 0.3ms 6.3MB 933ms 0ms dart/exe 3.7.2
crystal 1.cr 950ms 9.5ms 4.3MB 940ms 0ms crystal 1.16.0
dart 2.dart 1092ms 3.1ms 6.3MB 1080ms 0ms dart/exe 3.7.2

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
crystal 1.cr 240ms 2.6ms 3.8MB 233ms 0ms crystal 1.16.0
dart 1.dart 241ms 2.2ms 6.3MB 230ms 0ms dart/exe 3.7.2
dart 2.dart 279ms 3.2ms 6.3MB 270ms 0ms dart/exe 3.7.2