Programming Language and compiler
Benchmarks

Nim VS Wasm benchmarks

Current benchmark data was generated on Sun Dec 01 2024, 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 793ms 24ms 34.9MB 777ms 3ms nim 2.2.0
nim 2.nim 986ms 7.4ms 34.2MB 967ms 7ms nim/clang 2.2.0
wasm 5.rs 1531ms 12ms 55.1MB 1500ms 13ms wasmer/llvm 5.0.2
wasm 4.rs 1599ms 10.0ms 54.8MB 1570ms 17ms wasmer/llvm 5.0.2
wasm 3.rs 1644ms 39ms 71.3MB 1600ms 27ms wasmer/llvm 5.0.2
wasm 5.rs 1750ms 25ms 34.8MB 1723ms 10ms wasmtime 27.0.0
wasm 4.rs 1794ms 30ms 34.9MB 1777ms 3ms wasmtime 27.0.0
wasm 3.rs 1860ms 47ms 52.9MB 1830ms 17ms wasmtime 27.0.0

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 2.nim 72ms 1.1ms 5.5MB 60ms 0ms nim 2.2.0
nim 2.nim 94ms 2.8ms 5.8MB 80ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.0
wasm 5.rs 152ms 0.8ms 41.0MB 140ms 0ms wasmer/llvm 5.0.2
wasm 4.rs 161ms 3.1ms 41.0MB 143ms 3ms wasmer/llvm 5.0.2
wasm 3.rs 165ms 6.6ms 42.9MB 143ms 7ms wasmer/llvm 5.0.2
wasm 4.rs 171ms 1.2ms 21.0MB 157ms 3ms wasmtime 27.0.0
wasm 3.rs 174ms 3.1ms 22.9MB 157ms 3ms wasmtime 27.0.0
wasm 5.rs 181ms 18ms 22.9MB 163ms 0ms wasmtime 27.0.0

coro-prime-sieve

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
wasm 3.rs 1094ms 34ms 38.6MB 1077ms 3ms wasmer/llvm 5.0.2
wasm 3.rs 1163ms 43ms 21.3MB 1150ms 0ms wasmtime 27.0.0
nim 1.nim timeout 0.0ms 545.3MB 2497ms 2050ms nim 2.2.0
nim 1.nim timeout 0.0ms 552.6MB 2520ms 2020ms nim/clang 2.2.0

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
wasm 3.rs 80ms 1.4ms 21.8MB 63ms 0ms wasmtime 27.0.0
wasm 3.rs 81ms 2.4ms 39.2MB 63ms 3ms wasmer/llvm 5.0.2
nim 1.nim 4405ms 8.9ms 519.8MB 2203ms 1773ms nim/clang 2.2.0
nim 1.nim 4519ms 16ms 519.3MB 2230ms 1857ms nim 2.2.0

fasta

Input: 2500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 2.nim 188ms 0.7ms 1.5MB 177ms 0ms nim 2.2.0
wasm 1.rs 230ms 2.2ms 19.0MB 213ms 0ms wasmtime 27.0.0
nim 2.nim 239ms 2.9ms 1.8MB 227ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.0
wasm 1.rs 331ms 4.4ms 37.5MB 233ms 70ms wasmer/llvm 5.0.2
nim 1.nim 569ms 1.0ms 1.8MB 433ms 123ms nim/clang 2.2.0
nim 1.nim 596ms 1.0ms 1.5MB 467ms 113ms nim 2.2.0

Input: 250000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 2.nim 21ms 0.6ms 1.5MB 10ms 0ms nim 2.2.0
nim 2.nim 26ms 0.4ms 1.6MB 17ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.0
wasm 1.rs 34ms 5.0ms 19.0MB 20ms 3ms wasmtime 27.0.0
wasm 1.rs 45ms 0.8ms 37.5MB 23ms 3ms wasmer/llvm 5.0.2
nim 1.nim 60ms 1.1ms 1.8MB 40ms 7ms nim/clang 2.2.0
nim 1.nim 63ms 1.0ms 1.5MB 43ms 7ms nim 2.2.0

helloworld

Input: QwQ

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim 1.2ms 0.0ms 1.8MB 0ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.0
nim 1.nim 1.2ms 0.2ms 1.6MB 0ms 0ms nim 2.2.0
wasm 1.rs 7.4ms 0.3ms 21.1MB 0ms 0ms wasmtime 27.0.0
wasm 1.rs 12ms 0.4ms 38.6MB 0ms 0ms wasmer/llvm 5.0.2

http-server

Input: 3000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim 996ms 14ms 99.4MB 277ms 693ms nim/clang 2.2.0
nim 1.nim 1015ms 23ms 99.2MB 290ms 693ms nim 2.2.0

Input: 500

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim 159ms 2.7ms 17.8MB 37ms 103ms nim 2.2.0
nim 1.nim 166ms 6.9ms 18.1MB 37ms 113ms nim/clang 2.2.0

lru

Input: 1000 1000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
wasm 1.rs 79ms 1.1ms 20.7MB 60ms 0ms wasmtime 27.0.0
wasm 1.rs 80ms 0.5ms 37.2MB 63ms 0ms wasmer/llvm 5.0.2
nim 2.nim 110ms 2.7ms 1.6MB 100ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.0
nim 2.nim 116ms 2.9ms 1.3MB 107ms 0ms nim 2.2.0
nim 1.nim timeout 0.0ms 1.3MB 4987ms 0ms nim 2.2.0
nim 1.nim timeout 0.0ms 1.5MB 4990ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.0

Input: 1000 3000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
wasm 1.rs 220ms 0.7ms 37.4MB 207ms 3ms wasmer/llvm 5.0.2
wasm 1.rs 224ms 4.2ms 19.1MB 210ms 0ms wasmtime 27.0.0
nim 2.nim 322ms 3.0ms 1.9MB 313ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.0
nim 2.nim 335ms 1.0ms 1.3MB 323ms 0ms nim 2.2.0
nim 1.nim timeout 0.0ms 1.3MB 4987ms 0ms nim 2.2.0
nim 1.nim timeout 0.0ms 1.5MB 4990ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.0

Input: 100 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
wasm 1.rs 46ms 0.7ms 19.2MB 37ms 0ms wasmtime 27.0.0
nim 2.nim 49ms 1.7ms 1.5MB 40ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.0
wasm 1.rs 49ms 1.3ms 38.5MB 37ms 0ms wasmer/llvm 5.0.2
nim 2.nim 51ms 0.5ms 1.3MB 40ms 0ms nim 2.2.0
nim 1.nim 489ms 3.0ms 1.5MB 480ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.0
nim 1.nim 490ms 1.1ms 1.3MB 480ms 0ms nim 2.2.0

mandelbrot

Input: 5000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim 386ms 2.1ms 4.8MB 373ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.0
nim 1.nim 573ms 1.8ms 4.5MB 563ms 0ms nim 2.2.0
wasm 8.rs 698ms 1.7ms 40.4MB 677ms 7ms wasmer/llvm 5.0.2
wasm 8.rs 821ms 15ms 24.0MB 810ms 0ms wasmtime 27.0.0

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim 19ms 0.2ms 1.9MB 10ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.0
nim 1.nim 27ms 0.7ms 1.6MB 20ms 0ms nim 2.2.0
wasm 8.rs 42ms 0.2ms 37.5MB 27ms 3ms wasmer/llvm 5.0.2
wasm 8.rs 43ms 0.8ms 19.1MB 33ms 0ms wasmtime 27.0.0

merkletrees

Input: 17

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim 556ms 11ms 34.4MB 540ms 0ms nim 2.2.0
nim 1.nim 619ms 4.0ms 35.2MB 600ms 7ms nim/clang 2.2.0
wasm 1.rs 774ms 5.0ms 61.2MB 737ms 23ms wasmer/llvm 5.0.2
wasm 1.rs 868ms 25ms 42.9MB 840ms 13ms wasmtime 27.0.0

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim 122ms 2.0ms 9.6MB 107ms 0ms nim 2.2.0
nim 1.nim 131ms 4.4ms 9.9MB 120ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.0
wasm 1.rs 175ms 0.7ms 45.1MB 153ms 10ms wasmer/llvm 5.0.2
wasm 1.rs 192ms 10ms 24.9MB 180ms 3ms wasmtime 27.0.0

nbody

Input: 5000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 2.nim 319ms 1.8ms 1.8MB 310ms 0ms nim 2.2.0
nim 2.nim 339ms 0.8ms 2.0MB 330ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.0
wasm 1.rs 343ms 1.8ms 37.1MB 323ms 3ms wasmer/llvm 5.0.2
wasm 1.rs 406ms 1.4ms 20.8MB 390ms 0ms wasmtime 27.0.0
wasm 2.rs 552ms 37ms 39.3MB 540ms 0ms wasmer/llvm 5.0.2
wasm 2.rs 576ms 0.6ms 20.8MB 560ms 0ms wasmtime 27.0.0

Input: 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 2.nim 34ms 0.6ms 1.8MB 23ms 0ms nim 2.2.0
nim 2.nim 36ms 0.2ms 2.0MB 27ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.0
wasm 1.rs 47ms 0.8ms 38.4MB 30ms 3ms wasmer/llvm 5.0.2
wasm 1.rs 49ms 0.5ms 20.8MB 33ms 3ms wasmtime 27.0.0
wasm 2.rs 66ms 0.8ms 20.8MB 50ms 3ms wasmtime 27.0.0
wasm 2.rs 67ms 3.4ms 37.4MB 50ms 7ms wasmer/llvm 5.0.2

nsieve

Input: 12

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim 291ms 18ms 41.5MB 273ms 0ms nim 2.2.0
nim 1.nim 317ms 14ms 41.8MB 307ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.0
wasm 2.rs 351ms 5.0ms 42.1MB 333ms 3ms wasmer/llvm 5.0.2
wasm 1.rs 364ms 8.8ms 76.2MB 350ms 3ms wasmer/llvm 5.0.2
wasm 2.rs 381ms 11ms 23.8MB 370ms 0ms wasmtime 27.0.0
wasm 1.rs 510ms 6.0ms 58.2MB 490ms 7ms wasmtime 27.0.0

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim 53ms 2.9ms 11.5MB 43ms 0ms nim 2.2.0
nim 1.nim 64ms 4.0ms 11.8MB 57ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.0
wasm 1.rs 70ms 1.4ms 47.0MB 57ms 0ms wasmer/llvm 5.0.2
wasm 2.rs 95ms 1.1ms 38.6MB 80ms 0ms wasmer/llvm 5.0.2
wasm 2.rs 96ms 1.1ms 20.1MB 80ms 7ms wasmtime 27.0.0
wasm 1.rs 97ms 1.5ms 28.7MB 90ms 0ms wasmtime 27.0.0

regex-redux

Input: 2500000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim 1629ms 16ms 152.2MB 1600ms 17ms nim/clang 2.2.0
nim 1.nim 1651ms 7.0ms 152.1MB 1620ms 17ms nim 2.2.0

Input: 250000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim 173ms 3.9ms 17.6MB 153ms 7ms nim/clang 2.2.0
nim 1.nim 175ms 2.2ms 16.5MB 163ms 0ms nim 2.2.0

spectral-norm

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim 3574ms 1.3ms 1.6MB 3563ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.0
wasm 2.rs 3587ms 3.9ms 37.2MB 3573ms 3ms wasmer/llvm 5.0.2
wasm 2.rs 3589ms 8.6ms 18.9MB 3573ms 0ms wasmtime 27.0.0
nim 1.nim 3593ms 7.6ms 1.4MB 3583ms 0ms nim 2.2.0
wasm 7.rs 3597ms 1.9ms 38.9MB 3580ms 3ms wasmer/llvm 5.0.2
wasm 7.rs 4874ms 3.3ms 20.7MB 4857ms 0ms wasmtime 27.0.0

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim 896ms 0.8ms 1.5MB 887ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.0
nim 1.nim 904ms 3.3ms 1.3MB 893ms 0ms nim 2.2.0
wasm 2.rs 906ms 2.5ms 18.7MB 890ms 0ms wasmtime 27.0.0
wasm 2.rs 909ms 1.3ms 38.9MB 893ms 0ms wasmer/llvm 5.0.2
wasm 7.rs 909ms 0.8ms 39.0MB 893ms 0ms wasmer/llvm 5.0.2
wasm 7.rs 1233ms 11ms 18.7MB 1220ms 0ms wasmtime 27.0.0

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim 226ms 0.6ms 1.5MB 213ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.0
nim 1.nim 228ms 1.3ms 1.3MB 220ms 0ms nim 2.2.0
wasm 2.rs 234ms 2.2ms 18.5MB 220ms 0ms wasmtime 27.0.0
wasm 2.rs 238ms 1.1ms 38.9MB 227ms 0ms wasmer/llvm 5.0.2
wasm 7.rs 239ms 1.1ms 37.2MB 223ms 0ms wasmer/llvm 5.0.2
wasm 7.rs 321ms 11ms 18.8MB 303ms 0ms wasmtime 27.0.0