Programming Language and compiler
Benchmarks

Lua VS Haxe benchmarks

Current benchmark data was generated on Mon Mar 31 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 1277ms 1.9ms 143.9MB 1443ms 70ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
lua 1.lua 3623ms 23ms 173.0MB 3477ms 133ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
haxe 2.hx 4354ms 29ms 495.3MB 4867ms 270ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 48.6MB 5510ms 420ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 2.hx timeout 0.0ms 83.1MB 4900ms 707ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 50.9MB 7657ms 433ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0
haxe 2.hx timeout 0.0ms 130.9MB 7610ms 803ms 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 86ms 1.4ms 25.6MB 80ms 10ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
lua 1.lua 292ms 3.1ms 15.9MB 267ms 10ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
haxe 2.hx 378ms 7.1ms 58.3MB 393ms 27ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 642ms 2.8ms 8.8MB 613ms 47ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 681ms 10ms 11.2MB 750ms 53ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0
lua 1.lua 824ms 5.5ms 16.9MB 807ms 0ms lua 5.4.7
haxe 2.hx 924ms 10ms 13.6MB 817ms 153ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 2.hx 956ms 13ms 25.1MB 937ms 170ms 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 1.5ms 0.2ms 2.3MB 0ms 0ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
lua 1.lua 1.6ms 0.1ms 2.1MB 0ms 0ms lua 5.4.7
haxe 1.hx 1.9ms 0.2ms 2.9MB 0ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 2.4ms 0.2ms 4.4MB 0ms 0ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 3.6ms 0.4ms 2.8MB 0ms 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 924ms 43ms 95.0MB 1017ms 47ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 32.8MB 4880ms 547ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 55.1MB 5920ms 490ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0
lua 1.lua timeout 0.0ms 107.4MB 4947ms 37ms 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
haxe 1.hx 168ms 2.6ms 26.6MB 167ms 10ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 1294ms 7.5ms 10.7MB 1240ms 133ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 1330ms 14ms 20.3MB 1337ms 137ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0
lua 1.lua 1392ms 85ms 31.1MB 1360ms 13ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
lua 1.lua 2291ms 16ms 28.6MB 2270ms 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 713ms 1.8ms 2.3MB 703ms 0ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
haxe 2.hx 866ms 21ms 3.1MB 857ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 1245ms 248ms 3.0MB 1233ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 3.hx 1390ms 4.8ms 25.6MB 1527ms 33ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 2.hx 2413ms 11ms 3.6MB 2400ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0
haxe 1.hx 2477ms 3.7ms 3.6MB 2467ms 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 3.1MB 3937ms 1583ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 3.hx timeout 0.0ms 3.8MB 4150ms 1320ms 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 75ms 1.1ms 2.4MB 70ms 0ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
haxe 2.hx 90ms 1.0ms 3.1MB 80ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 111ms 0.7ms 3.0MB 100ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 3.hx 154ms 0.8ms 25.8MB 150ms 10ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 2.hx 248ms 0.8ms 3.6MB 240ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0
haxe 1.hx 253ms 2.3ms 3.6MB 243ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0
haxe 3.hx 671ms 1.9ms 3.3MB 523ms 207ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 2.hx 671ms 3.7ms 4.4MB 660ms 0ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 3.hx 781ms 3.8ms 3.8MB 637ms 203ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0
haxe 1.hx 814ms 15ms 4.5MB 803ms 0ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
lua 4.lua 1112ms 26ms 2.3MB 1103ms 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 2.9ms 3.4MB 3917ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
lua 1.lua 4068ms 9.8ms 2.5MB 4057ms 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 991ms 3.4ms 3.1MB 977ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
lua 1.lua 1021ms 2.2ms 2.4MB 1010ms 0ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
haxe 1.hx 2395ms 5.6ms 6.5MB 2383ms 0ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 3.8MB 4990ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0
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
haxe 1.hx 256ms 3.3ms 3.0MB 247ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
lua 1.lua 261ms 2.8ms 2.3MB 250ms 0ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
haxe 1.hx 602ms 1.2ms 5.4MB 590ms 0ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 2307ms 8.6ms 3.6MB 2297ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0
lua 1.lua timeout 0.0ms 2.0MB 4990ms 0ms lua 5.4.7