Programming Language and compiler
Benchmarks

Go VS Lua benchmarks

Current benchmark data was generated on Fri Aug 01 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
go 1.go 1726ms 16ms 51.9MB 1707ms 10ms tinygo 0.38.0
go 1-m.go 2343ms 11ms 41.9MB 5213ms 33ms go 1.24.5
lua 1.lua 3513ms 23ms 173.0MB 3370ms 130ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
lua 1.lua timeout 0.0ms 105.0MB 4950ms 37ms lua 5.4.7

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1.go 152ms 0.5ms 5.0MB 140ms 0ms tinygo 0.38.0
go 1-m.go 207ms 1.7ms 8.3MB 367ms 7ms go 1.24.5
lua 1.lua 290ms 1.7ms 15.9MB 270ms 7ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
lua 1.lua 817ms 0.3ms 17.0MB 800ms 0ms lua 5.4.7

coro-prime-sieve

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1-m.go 660ms 61ms 15.5MB 2573ms 0ms go 1.24.5
go 1.go timeout 0.0ms 13.3MB 2440ms 17047ms tinygo 0.38.0

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1-m.go 44ms 7.8ms 7.5MB 147ms 0ms go 1.24.5
go 1-m.go 672ms 69ms 4.4MB 307ms 2230ms tinygo 0.38.0

edigits

Input: 250001

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1.go 118ms 0.3ms 10.5MB 110ms 0ms go 1.24.5

Input: 100000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1.go 33ms 0.4ms 8.2MB 23ms 0ms go 1.24.5

fannkuch-redux

Input: 11

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 3-m.go 724ms 0.6ms 5.5MB 2807ms 0ms go 1.24.5
go 3-m.go 725ms 2.0ms 3.0MB 2653ms 50ms tinygo 0.38.0

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 3-m.go 75ms 0.4ms 5.5MB 210ms 0ms go 1.24.5
go 3-m.go 103ms 4.4ms 3.0MB 190ms 33ms tinygo 0.38.0

fasta

Input: 2500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 3-m.go 118ms 1.0ms 7.5MB 380ms 0ms go 1.24.5

Input: 250000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 3-m.go 17ms 1.0ms 7.5MB 30ms 0ms go 1.24.5

helloworld

Input: QwQ

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1.go 0.8ms 0.1ms 0.3MB 0ms 0ms tinygo 0.38.0
lua 1.lua 1.4ms 0.1ms 2.4MB 0ms 0ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
lua 1.lua 1.4ms 0.2ms 2.1MB 0ms 0ms lua 5.4.7
go 1.go 1.5ms 0.1ms 3.4MB 0ms 0ms go 1.24.5

http-server

Input: 3000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1-http2.go 119ms 2.9ms 56.1MB 333ms 80ms go 1.24.5
go 1-m.go 378ms 12ms 172.9MB 707ms 580ms go 1.24.5
go 2-m.go 401ms 6.5ms 170.4MB 683ms 660ms go 1.24.5

Input: 500

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1-http2.go 22ms 13ms 23.8MB 65ms 20ms go 1.24.5
go 2-m.go 24ms 27ms 26.6MB 70ms 90ms go 1.24.5
go 1-m.go 70ms 2.8ms 36.9MB 90ms 100ms go 1.24.5

json-serde

Input: sample 5000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 2-ffi.go 45ms 2.2ms 39.1MB 37ms 3ms go 1.24.5
go 1.go 139ms 1.8ms 18.6MB 130ms 0ms go 1.24.5

Input: canada 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 2-ffi.go 259ms 16ms 149.3MB 240ms 60ms go 1.24.5
go 1.go 751ms 4.5ms 103.6MB 737ms 20ms go 1.24.5

knucleotide

Input: 2500000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 7-m.go 676ms 5.9ms 39.5MB 2397ms 27ms go 1.24.5

Input: 250000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 7-m.go 131ms 0.3ms 24.5MB 350ms 20ms go 1.24.5

lru

Input: 1000 1000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 3.go 119ms 1.2ms 3.5MB 110ms 0ms go 1.24.5
go 3.go 134ms 2.9ms 0.4MB 127ms 0ms tinygo 0.38.0

Input: 1000 3000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 3.go 385ms 3.2ms 0.4MB 373ms 0ms tinygo 0.38.0
go 3.go 387ms 4.2ms 3.5MB 380ms 0ms go 1.24.5

Input: 100 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 3.go 50ms 1.0ms 3.5MB 40ms 0ms go 1.24.5
go 3.go 65ms 2.2ms 0.3MB 60ms 0ms tinygo 0.38.0

mandelbrot

Input: 5000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1.go 2666ms 9.4ms 7.7MB 2660ms 0ms go 1.24.5
go 1.go 3575ms 6.5ms 3.3MB 3563ms 0ms tinygo 0.38.0

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1.go 113ms 1.1ms 3.6MB 107ms 0ms go 1.24.5
go 1.go 152ms 3.1ms 0.4MB 147ms 0ms tinygo 0.38.0

merkletrees

Input: 17

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1.go 1027ms 9.5ms 35.4MB 1010ms 0ms tinygo 0.38.0
go 2.go 1327ms 3.3ms 51.9MB 1307ms 10ms tinygo 0.38.0
go 1-m.go 1436ms 4.6ms 35.2MB 3040ms 37ms go 1.24.5
go 2-m.go 1649ms 17ms 40.9MB 3633ms 33ms go 1.24.5
lua 1.lua timeout 0.0ms 107.4MB 4947ms 40ms lua 5.4.7
lua 1.lua timeout 0.0ms 149.4MB 4923ms 63ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1.go 206ms 2.0ms 11.6MB 193ms 0ms tinygo 0.38.0
go 2.go 261ms 3.0ms 15.4MB 250ms 0ms tinygo 0.38.0
go 1-m.go 327ms 1.0ms 12.2MB 660ms 20ms go 1.24.5
go 2-m.go 368ms 1.6ms 14.0MB 770ms 27ms go 1.24.5
lua 1.lua 1101ms 8.1ms 31.1MB 1073ms 17ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
lua 1.lua 2192ms 63ms 28.8MB 2170ms 10ms lua 5.4.7

nbody

Input: 5000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1.go 349ms 3.6ms 0.3MB 340ms 0ms tinygo 0.38.0
go 1.go 350ms 1.9ms 3.5MB 340ms 0ms go 1.24.5
lua 4.lua 711ms 0.9ms 2.4MB 700ms 0ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
lua 4.lua timeout 0.0ms 2.3MB 4990ms 0ms lua 5.4.7

Input: 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1.go 37ms 1.3ms 0.3MB 30ms 0ms tinygo 0.38.0
go 1.go 38ms 0.1ms 3.5MB 30ms 0ms go 1.24.5
lua 4.lua 77ms 1.2ms 2.3MB 70ms 0ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
lua 4.lua 1145ms 12ms 2.3MB 1137ms 0ms lua 5.4.7

nsieve

Input: 12

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1.go 310ms 6.6ms 71.7MB 297ms 0ms go 1.24.5
go 1.go 312ms 4.6ms 39.4MB 300ms 0ms tinygo 0.38.0
go 2.go 470ms 3.8ms 20.0MB 460ms 0ms tinygo 0.38.0
go 2.go 787ms 2.0ms 21.8MB 777ms 10ms go 1.24.5

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1.go 63ms 1.9ms 21.6MB 57ms 0ms go 1.24.5
go 1.go 67ms 2.7ms 10.1MB 60ms 0ms tinygo 0.38.0
go 2.go 119ms 3.3ms 4.1MB 110ms 0ms tinygo 0.38.0
go 2.go 194ms 4.5ms 7.1MB 183ms 0ms go 1.24.5

pidigits

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 8.go 1120ms 3.1ms 10.7MB 1103ms 7ms go 1.24.5

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 8.go 268ms 3.1ms 8.6MB 257ms 0ms go 1.24.5

regex-redux

Input: 2500000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 3.go timeout 0.0ms 120.5MB 4980ms 47ms go 1.24.5
go 3.go timeout 0.0ms 83.9MB 4973ms 10ms tinygo 0.38.0

Input: 250000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 3.go 1781ms 5.2ms 20.3MB 1773ms 10ms go 1.24.5
go 3.go 2266ms 7.5ms 22.3MB 2247ms 0ms tinygo 0.38.0

secp256k1

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 0-ffi.go 91ms 1.7ms 5.2MB 83ms 0ms go 1.24.5

Input: 500

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 0-ffi.go 25ms 0.2ms 5.2MB 20ms 0ms go 1.24.5

spectral-norm

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 4-m.go 1906ms 16ms 5.4MB 7413ms 3ms go 1.24.5
go 1.go 3693ms 15ms 5.6MB 3690ms 0ms go 1.24.5
lua 1.lua 4064ms 5.2ms 2.5MB 4053ms 0ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
go 1.go timeout 0.0ms 0.5MB 4990ms 0ms tinygo 0.38.0
lua 1.lua timeout 0.0ms 2.4MB 4990ms 0ms lua 5.4.7

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 4-m.go 480ms 1.0ms 5.5MB 1843ms 0ms go 1.24.5
go 1.go 924ms 10ms 3.5MB 917ms 0ms go 1.24.5
lua 1.lua 1018ms 0.4ms 2.4MB 1010ms 0ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
go 1.go 1397ms 0.7ms 0.4MB 1390ms 0ms tinygo 0.38.0
lua 1.lua timeout 0.0ms 2.1MB 4990ms 0ms lua 5.4.7

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 4-m.go 125ms 1.2ms 5.6MB 457ms 0ms go 1.24.5
go 1.go 233ms 5.1ms 3.5MB 223ms 0ms go 1.24.5
lua 1.lua 258ms 0.6ms 2.3MB 250ms 0ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
go 1.go 351ms 0.8ms 0.4MB 340ms 0ms tinygo 0.38.0
lua 1.lua timeout 0.0ms 2.1MB 4990ms 0ms lua 5.4.7