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Haxe VS Nim benchmarks

Current benchmark data was generated on Sun Jul 13 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
nim 2.nim 786ms 11ms 34.9MB 770ms 3ms nim 2.2.4
nim 2.nim 947ms 6.3ms 35.2MB 923ms 10ms nim/clang 2.2.4
haxe 1.hx 1311ms 12ms 144.0MB 1490ms 67ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 2.hx 4393ms 32ms 495.3MB 4950ms 253ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 48.6MB 5573ms 410ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 2.hx timeout 0.0ms 83.0MB 5077ms 677ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 51.1MB 7727ms 420ms haxe/hl/jit 1.16.0
haxe 2.hx timeout 0.0ms 130.9MB 7430ms 763ms haxe/hl/jit 1.16.0

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 2.nim 73ms 0.2ms 5.5MB 60ms 0ms nim 2.2.4
haxe 1.hx 89ms 1.8ms 25.6MB 83ms 7ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
nim 2.nim 93ms 1.5ms 5.8MB 80ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.4
haxe 2.hx 401ms 15ms 58.3MB 437ms 27ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 639ms 3.4ms 8.9MB 610ms 40ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 676ms 10ms 11.2MB 747ms 53ms haxe/hl/jit 1.16.0
haxe 2.hx 916ms 2.0ms 13.6MB 807ms 147ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 2.hx 954ms 12ms 25.0MB 927ms 173ms haxe/hl/jit 1.16.0

fasta

Input: 2500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 2.nim 188ms 2.6ms 1.5MB 177ms 0ms nim 2.2.4
nim 2.nim 243ms 2.2ms 1.8MB 233ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.4
nim 1.nim 537ms 2.6ms 1.8MB 447ms 73ms nim/clang 2.2.4
nim 1.nim 560ms 2.7ms 1.5MB 470ms 73ms nim 2.2.4
haxe 1.hx 2367ms 7.6ms 25.6MB 2247ms 210ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 3.2MB 4373ms 847ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 3.6MB 4380ms 853ms haxe/hl/jit 1.16.0

Input: 250000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 2.nim 21ms 0.8ms 1.5MB 10ms 0ms nim 2.2.4
nim 2.nim 27ms 1.0ms 1.8MB 20ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.4
nim 1.nim 57ms 0.9ms 1.8MB 40ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.4
nim 1.nim 59ms 0.7ms 1.5MB 47ms 0ms nim 2.2.4
haxe 1.hx 253ms 3.1ms 25.6MB 230ms 20ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 652ms 2.2ms 3.3MB 557ms 110ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 680ms 1.4ms 3.6MB 590ms 107ms haxe/hl/jit 1.16.0

helloworld

Input: QwQ

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim 1.0ms 0.0ms 1.6MB 0ms 0ms nim 2.2.4
nim 1.nim 1.1ms 0.0ms 1.8MB 0ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.4
haxe 1.hx 1.9ms 0.3ms 2.9MB 0ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 2.3ms 0.3ms 4.3MB 0ms 0ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 3.6ms 0.4ms 2.9MB 0ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.16.0

lru

Input: 1000 1000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 2.nim 112ms 1.7ms 1.6MB 103ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.4
nim 2.nim 114ms 2.9ms 1.4MB 110ms 0ms nim 2.2.4
haxe 1.hx 135ms 2.7ms 20.4MB 120ms 7ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 136ms 1.8ms 3.0MB 130ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 157ms 3.3ms 3.8MB 143ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.16.0
nim 1.nim timeout 0.0ms 1.3MB 4990ms 0ms nim 2.2.4
nim 1.nim timeout 0.0ms 1.5MB 4990ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.4

Input: 1000 3000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 2.nim 324ms 2.4ms 1.9MB 317ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.4
nim 2.nim 338ms 4.4ms 1.4MB 330ms 0ms nim 2.2.4
haxe 1.hx 380ms 0.6ms 25.5MB 367ms 3ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 400ms 2.5ms 3.0MB 387ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 461ms 1.2ms 3.8MB 450ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.16.0
nim 1.nim timeout 0.0ms 1.3MB 4990ms 0ms nim 2.2.4
nim 1.nim timeout 0.0ms 1.5MB 4990ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.4

Input: 100 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 2.nim 48ms 0.2ms 1.5MB 40ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.4
nim 2.nim 51ms 1.6ms 1.3MB 40ms 0ms nim 2.2.4
haxe 1.hx 63ms 0.1ms 12.3MB 50ms 0ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 67ms 0.7ms 3.1MB 60ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 78ms 0.7ms 3.8MB 70ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.16.0
nim 1.nim 476ms 2.4ms 1.3MB 467ms 0ms nim 2.2.4
nim 1.nim 479ms 9.7ms 1.5MB 470ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.4

merkletrees

Input: 17

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim 547ms 6.1ms 33.9MB 527ms 3ms nim 2.2.4
nim 1.nim 645ms 20ms 34.7MB 623ms 7ms nim/clang 2.2.4
haxe 1.hx 910ms 10ms 95.0MB 1013ms 50ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 32.6MB 4943ms 517ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 55.1MB 5973ms 470ms haxe/hl/jit 1.16.0

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim 116ms 3.2ms 9.6MB 103ms 0ms nim 2.2.4
nim 1.nim 136ms 5.6ms 9.9MB 123ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.4
haxe 1.hx 174ms 3.9ms 26.6MB 180ms 10ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 1303ms 5.0ms 10.7MB 1240ms 137ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 1313ms 5.8ms 20.4MB 1327ms 127ms haxe/hl/jit 1.16.0

nbody

Input: 5000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 2.nim 320ms 1.7ms 1.8MB 310ms 0ms nim 2.2.4
nim 2.nim 343ms 3.6ms 2.0MB 337ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.4
haxe 2.hx 856ms 5.4ms 3.1MB 843ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 1062ms 2.4ms 3.1MB 1053ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 3.hx 1386ms 1.4ms 25.8MB 1533ms 30ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 2.hx 2400ms 5.3ms 3.6MB 2393ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.16.0
haxe 1.hx 2475ms 2.8ms 3.8MB 2467ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.16.0
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 3.1MB 3940ms 1570ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 3.hx timeout 0.0ms 4.0MB 4160ms 1310ms haxe/hl/jit 1.16.0

Input: 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 2.nim 35ms 0.8ms 1.8MB 30ms 0ms nim 2.2.4
nim 2.nim 36ms 0.6ms 2.0MB 30ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.4
haxe 2.hx 89ms 2.0ms 3.0MB 80ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 110ms 1.4ms 3.0MB 100ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 3.hx 152ms 0.9ms 25.6MB 153ms 7ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 2.hx 245ms 0.5ms 3.8MB 237ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.16.0
haxe 1.hx 252ms 1.0ms 3.6MB 240ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.16.0
haxe 2.hx 674ms 2.5ms 4.4MB 663ms 0ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 3.hx 677ms 2.3ms 3.1MB 523ms 210ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 3.hx 786ms 5.0ms 3.8MB 643ms 210ms haxe/hl/jit 1.16.0
haxe 1.hx 808ms 3.0ms 4.4MB 797ms 0ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6

spectral-norm

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim 3589ms 2.6ms 1.6MB 3580ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.4
nim 1.nim 3610ms 3.4ms 1.4MB 3600ms 0ms nim 2.2.4
haxe 1.hx 3902ms 1.6ms 3.4MB 3890ms 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 3.9MB 4990ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.16.0

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim 899ms 0.6ms 1.5MB 890ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.4
nim 1.nim 904ms 3.3ms 1.3MB 893ms 0ms nim 2.2.4
haxe 1.hx 985ms 5.5ms 3.1MB 973ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 2400ms 2.6ms 6.6MB 2390ms 0ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 3.9MB 4990ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.16.0

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim 226ms 0.2ms 1.5MB 220ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.4
nim 1.nim 228ms 1.1ms 1.3MB 220ms 0ms nim 2.2.4
haxe 1.hx 252ms 2.8ms 3.0MB 240ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 603ms 0.4ms 5.4MB 590ms 0ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 2305ms 1.8ms 3.7MB 2297ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.16.0