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Crystal VS Haxe 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
crystal 1.cr 1247ms 8.3ms 64.0MB 1223ms 13ms crystal 1.16.0
haxe 1.hx 1342ms 4.5ms 144.0MB 1543ms 60ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 2.hx 4432ms 13ms 495.1MB 5033ms 240ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 48.7MB 5777ms 390ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 2.hx timeout 0.0ms 83.0MB 5190ms 670ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 50.3MB 7990ms 417ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0
haxe 2.hx timeout 0.0ms 130.8MB 7553ms 747ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
haxe 1.hx 94ms 2.8ms 25.6MB 87ms 10ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
crystal 1.cr 107ms 2.4ms 10.9MB 97ms 0ms crystal 1.16.0
haxe 2.hx 400ms 3.2ms 58.3MB 433ms 27ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 686ms 9.9ms 8.8MB 653ms 50ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 718ms 17ms 11.2MB 797ms 63ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0
haxe 2.hx 1232ms 144ms 13.7MB 1113ms 163ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 2.hx 1251ms 52ms 25.2MB 1313ms 177ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0

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

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

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

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

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

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

fasta

Input: 2500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
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
haxe 1.hx 2396ms 7.4ms 25.6MB 2277ms 237ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 3.3MB 4340ms 873ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 3.6MB 4370ms 873ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0

Input: 250000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
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
haxe 1.hx 255ms 2.5ms 25.6MB 230ms 30ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 688ms 1.2ms 3.3MB 590ms 120ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 694ms 0.4ms 3.6MB 620ms 93ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0

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
haxe 1.hx 2.0ms 0.2ms 2.9MB 0ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 2.3ms 0.3ms 4.4MB 0ms 0ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 3.8ms 0.4ms 2.9MB 0ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0

http-server

Input: 3000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
crystal 1.cr 2319ms 124ms 255.6MB 313ms 490ms crystal 1.16.0

Input: 500

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
crystal 1.cr 1250ms 107ms 59.0MB 37ms 80ms crystal 1.16.0

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
haxe 1.hx 135ms 1.6ms 20.6MB 120ms 7ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 138ms 2.2ms 3.1MB 130ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 155ms 3.2ms 3.8MB 143ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0

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
haxe 1.hx 381ms 4.0ms 25.5MB 367ms 7ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 401ms 4.9ms 3.0MB 393ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 460ms 6.4ms 3.8MB 447ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0

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
haxe 1.hx 63ms 1.0ms 12.3MB 50ms 0ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 67ms 1.1ms 3.0MB 60ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 79ms 1.1ms 3.6MB 70ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0

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
crystal 1.cr 843ms 7.3ms 64.0MB 823ms 10ms crystal 1.16.0
haxe 1.hx 902ms 4.4ms 95.1MB 1003ms 43ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 32.6MB 5047ms 467ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 55.1MB 6293ms 470ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
crystal 1.cr 174ms 5.4ms 22.1MB 157ms 0ms crystal 1.16.0
haxe 1.hx 175ms 6.0ms 26.9MB 177ms 10ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 1321ms 16ms 10.8MB 1257ms 140ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 1530ms 20ms 20.4MB 1577ms 137ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0

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
haxe 2.hx 859ms 10ms 3.1MB 847ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 1069ms 3.8ms 3.0MB 1060ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 3.hx 1399ms 33ms 25.6MB 1583ms 37ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 2.hx 2410ms 0.9ms 3.8MB 2400ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0
haxe 1.hx 2465ms 6.6ms 3.6MB 2453ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 4.4MB 4990ms 0ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 2.hx timeout 0.0ms 4.4MB 4990ms 0ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 3.hx timeout 0.0ms 3.2MB 3880ms 1640ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 3.hx timeout 0.0ms 4.1MB 4237ms 1250ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0

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
haxe 2.hx 90ms 1.9ms 3.0MB 80ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 114ms 2.1ms 3.0MB 107ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 3.hx 157ms 3.4ms 25.8MB 153ms 10ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 2.hx 248ms 2.3ms 3.6MB 237ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0
haxe 1.hx 253ms 1.2ms 3.8MB 240ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0
haxe 3.hx 670ms 1.6ms 3.2MB 527ms 200ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 2.hx 674ms 5.7ms 4.4MB 663ms 0ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 3.hx 790ms 5.6ms 3.8MB 653ms 200ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0
haxe 1.hx 812ms 9.3ms 4.4MB 803ms 0ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6

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
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
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
haxe 1.hx 3955ms 12ms 3.3MB 3947ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 6.9MB 4990ms 0ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 3.7MB 4990ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
crystal 1.cr 950ms 9.5ms 4.3MB 940ms 0ms crystal 1.16.0
haxe 1.hx 1001ms 3.8ms 3.1MB 983ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 2398ms 1.4ms 6.6MB 2387ms 0ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 3.9MB 4987ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0

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
haxe 1.hx 257ms 1.4ms 3.0MB 250ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 603ms 0.6ms 5.4MB 590ms 0ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 2229ms 148ms 3.6MB 2217ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0