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Haxe VS Lua benchmarks

Current benchmark data was generated on Tue Apr 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
haxe 1.hx 1322ms 17ms 143.9MB 1503ms 73ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
lua 1.lua 3534ms 46ms 173.0MB 3387ms 133ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
haxe 2.hx 4401ms 35ms 495.1MB 4920ms 270ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 48.6MB 5667ms 400ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 2.hx timeout 0.0ms 83.2MB 5040ms 660ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 50.6MB 7873ms 437ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0
haxe 2.hx timeout 0.0ms 130.9MB 7293ms 790ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0
lua 1.lua timeout 0.0ms 104.9MB 4953ms 33ms lua 5.4.7

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
haxe 1.hx 90ms 1.5ms 25.6MB 80ms 10ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
lua 1.lua 290ms 3.9ms 15.8MB 270ms 7ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
haxe 2.hx 397ms 9.3ms 58.3MB 420ms 27ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 644ms 1.9ms 8.8MB 610ms 50ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 680ms 1.9ms 11.3MB 743ms 57ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0
lua 1.lua 823ms 10ms 16.9MB 807ms 0ms lua 5.4.7
haxe 2.hx 925ms 6.4ms 13.6MB 817ms 150ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 2.hx 1120ms 30ms 25.1MB 1137ms 180ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0

fasta

Input: 2500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
haxe 1.hx 2398ms 8.9ms 25.6MB 2283ms 227ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 3.2MB 4307ms 903ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 3.7MB 4363ms 870ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0

Input: 250000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
haxe 1.hx 256ms 2.4ms 25.6MB 223ms 27ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 670ms 2.5ms 3.4MB 560ms 123ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 679ms 4.7ms 3.8MB 593ms 103ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0

helloworld

Input: QwQ

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
lua 1.lua 1.4ms 0.2ms 2.4MB 0ms 0ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
lua 1.lua 1.4ms 0.1ms 2.1MB 0ms 0ms lua 5.4.7
haxe 1.hx 2.0ms 0.1ms 2.8MB 0ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 2.5ms 0.3ms 4.4MB 0ms 0ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 3.7ms 0.2ms 2.8MB 0ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0

lru

Input: 1000 1000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
haxe 1.hx 136ms 4.1ms 20.4MB 120ms 3ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 142ms 11ms 3.1MB 137ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 157ms 2.5ms 3.8MB 147ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0

Input: 1000 3000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
haxe 1.hx 376ms 2.1ms 25.5MB 360ms 3ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 396ms 1.2ms 3.0MB 383ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 460ms 6.3ms 3.8MB 450ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0

Input: 100 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
haxe 1.hx 63ms 0.9ms 12.6MB 50ms 0ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 68ms 0.3ms 3.0MB 60ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 81ms 0.9ms 3.6MB 70ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0

merkletrees

Input: 17

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
haxe 1.hx 898ms 3.0ms 95.0MB 997ms 47ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 32.8MB 4963ms 503ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 55.0MB 6013ms 480ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0
lua 1.lua timeout 0.0ms 107.4MB 4947ms 40ms lua 5.4.7
lua 1.lua timeout 0.0ms 149.4MB 4937ms 47ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
haxe 1.hx 167ms 1.1ms 26.6MB 167ms 10ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
lua 1.lua 1141ms 19ms 31.3MB 1117ms 10ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
haxe 1.hx 1301ms 7.8ms 10.8MB 1233ms 140ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 1456ms 27ms 20.3MB 1483ms 140ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0
lua 1.lua 2248ms 30ms 28.6MB 2223ms 10ms lua 5.4.7

nbody

Input: 5000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
lua 4.lua 725ms 7.3ms 2.3MB 713ms 0ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
haxe 2.hx 857ms 6.0ms 3.1MB 847ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 1081ms 9.3ms 3.0MB 1070ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 3.hx 1404ms 8.2ms 25.6MB 1597ms 40ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 2.hx 2407ms 5.9ms 3.6MB 2397ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0
haxe 1.hx 2470ms 3.4ms 3.6MB 2460ms 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 3.3MB 3940ms 1557ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 3.hx timeout 0.0ms 3.8MB 4090ms 1307ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0
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
lua 4.lua 76ms 3.0ms 2.3MB 70ms 0ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
haxe 2.hx 90ms 2.0ms 3.0MB 80ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 113ms 3.0ms 3.0MB 107ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 3.hx 153ms 0.4ms 25.6MB 157ms 10ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 2.hx 246ms 1.2ms 3.6MB 240ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0
haxe 1.hx 253ms 3.5ms 3.6MB 243ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0
haxe 3.hx 671ms 2.1ms 3.3MB 513ms 213ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 2.hx 679ms 11ms 4.4MB 670ms 0ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 3.hx 778ms 14ms 3.9MB 653ms 187ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0
haxe 1.hx 810ms 2.1ms 4.4MB 800ms 0ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
lua 4.lua 1139ms 49ms 2.3MB 1127ms 0ms lua 5.4.7

spectral-norm

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
haxe 1.hx 3927ms 1.7ms 3.4MB 3917ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
lua 1.lua 4075ms 1.1ms 2.5MB 4063ms 0ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 7.0MB 4990ms 0ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 3.9MB 4990ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0
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
haxe 1.hx 992ms 1.9ms 3.1MB 980ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
lua 1.lua 1023ms 5.5ms 2.4MB 1013ms 0ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
haxe 1.hx 2399ms 0.8ms 6.6MB 2390ms 0ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 3.8MB 4987ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0
lua 1.lua timeout 0.0ms 2.3MB 4990ms 0ms lua 5.4.7

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
haxe 1.hx 255ms 2.7ms 3.1MB 243ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
lua 1.lua 260ms 2.7ms 2.3MB 250ms 0ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
haxe 1.hx 605ms 0.7ms 5.3MB 593ms 0ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 2312ms 0.5ms 3.6MB 2300ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0
lua 1.lua timeout 0.0ms 2.0MB 4990ms 0ms lua 5.4.7