Programming Language and compiler
Benchmarks

Ruby VS C benchmarks

Current benchmark data was generated on Tue Jul 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
ruby 1-m.rb 4407ms 191ms 804.1MB 6390ms 450ms truffleruby 24.2.1
ruby 1.rb 4955ms 35ms 109.4MB 4853ms 87ms ruby/yjit 3.4.4
ruby 1.rb timeout 0.0ms 70.5MB 4940ms 40ms ruby 3.4.4

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
ruby 1.rb 505ms 6.5ms 20.3MB 480ms 10ms ruby/yjit 3.4.4
ruby 1-m.rb 570ms 55ms 424.9MB 1133ms 167ms truffleruby 24.2.1
ruby 1.rb 967ms 21ms 19.5MB 943ms 10ms ruby 3.4.4

coro-prime-sieve

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
ruby 1.rb 1446ms 22ms 63.8MB 1363ms 67ms ruby/yjit 3.4.4
ruby 1.rb 1861ms 20ms 63.0MB 1787ms 63ms ruby 3.4.4
ruby 1.rb timeout 0.0ms 327.3MB 4810ms 1417ms truffleruby 24.2.1

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
ruby 1.rb 155ms 1.3ms 25.6MB 127ms 17ms ruby/yjit 3.4.4
ruby 1.rb 184ms 1.1ms 25.0MB 157ms 17ms ruby 3.4.4
ruby 1.rb timeout 0.0ms 351.7MB 4637ms 1527ms truffleruby 24.2.1

fasta

Input: 2500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
ruby 6.rb 2079ms 63ms 23.0MB 2053ms 10ms ruby/yjit 3.4.4
ruby 6-m.rb 2218ms 75ms 408.9MB 5653ms 337ms truffleruby 24.2.1
ruby 6.rb 3700ms 18ms 22.4MB 3673ms 10ms ruby 3.4.4

Input: 250000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
ruby 6.rb 257ms 1.5ms 15.2MB 240ms 3ms ruby/yjit 3.4.4
ruby 6.rb 420ms 1.2ms 14.4MB 403ms 7ms ruby 3.4.4
ruby 6-m.rb 848ms 18ms 388.9MB 2133ms 180ms truffleruby 24.2.1

helloworld

Input: QwQ

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 1.c 1.2ms 0.0ms 2.1MB 0ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 1.c 1.3ms 0.1ms 2.1MB 0ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 1.c 1.3ms 0.2ms 1.3MB 0ms 0ms zigcc 0.14.1
ruby 1.rb 35ms 1.1ms 141.3MB 16ms 24ms truffleruby 24.2.1
ruby 1.rb 52ms 0.9ms 12.8MB 40ms 0ms ruby 3.4.4
ruby 1.rb 52ms 1.2ms 12.9MB 40ms 2ms ruby/yjit 3.4.4

json-serde

Input: sample 5000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
ruby 1.rb 259ms 6.8ms 28.8MB 233ms 10ms ruby 3.4.4
ruby 1.rb 260ms 1.6ms 30.1MB 230ms 17ms ruby/yjit 3.4.4
ruby 1-m.rb 4473ms 273ms 553.2MB 11820ms 333ms truffleruby 24.2.1

Input: canada 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
ruby 1.rb 2100ms 16ms 135.4MB 2017ms 73ms ruby 3.4.4
ruby 1.rb 2102ms 15ms 135.2MB 2013ms 73ms ruby/yjit 3.4.4
ruby 1.rb timeout 0.0ms 507.3MB 13217ms 343ms truffleruby 24.2.1

lru

Input: 1000 1000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
ruby 1.rb 342ms 2.8ms 13.5MB 323ms 0ms ruby/yjit 3.4.4
ruby 1.rb 526ms 4.3ms 12.9MB 507ms 3ms ruby 3.4.4
ruby 1-m.rb 707ms 30ms 372.7MB 1240ms 147ms truffleruby 24.2.1

Input: 1000 3000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
ruby 1.rb 913ms 4.6ms 13.5MB 897ms 0ms ruby/yjit 3.4.4
ruby 1-m.rb 1253ms 6.5ms 411.5MB 1750ms 167ms truffleruby 24.2.1
ruby 1.rb 1478ms 32ms 12.9MB 1457ms 7ms ruby 3.4.4

Input: 100 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
ruby 1.rb 198ms 2.3ms 13.5MB 180ms 10ms ruby/yjit 3.4.4
ruby 1.rb 289ms 3.7ms 12.8MB 270ms 7ms ruby 3.4.4
ruby 1-m.rb 530ms 42ms 354.3MB 1040ms 137ms truffleruby 24.2.1

merkletrees

Input: 17

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
ruby 1-m.rb 4269ms 456ms 556.4MB 10877ms 377ms truffleruby 24.2.1
ruby 1.rb timeout 0.0ms 93.5MB 4947ms 40ms ruby 3.4.4
ruby 1.rb timeout 0.0ms 97.2MB 4933ms 50ms ruby/yjit 3.4.4

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
ruby 1-m.rb 1985ms 41ms 547.4MB 5130ms 257ms truffleruby 24.2.1
ruby 1.rb 3266ms 10ms 38.3MB 3233ms 20ms ruby/yjit 3.4.4
ruby 1.rb 4383ms 23ms 37.6MB 4340ms 27ms ruby 3.4.4

nbody

Input: 5000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 8-i.c 269ms 3.0ms 1.5MB 260ms 0ms zigcc 0.14.1
c 8-i.c 300ms 0.9ms 2.1MB 290ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 2.c 309ms 1.8ms 2.3MB 300ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 2.c 313ms 2.3ms 1.5MB 300ms 0ms zigcc 0.14.1
c 5.c 313ms 0.7ms 2.3MB 300ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 5.c 315ms 0.5ms 1.5MB 307ms 0ms zigcc 0.14.1
c 5.c 317ms 2.1ms 2.1MB 310ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 2.c 318ms 2.8ms 2.1MB 310ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 8-i.c 337ms 0.8ms 2.3MB 330ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
ruby 2.rb 835ms 11ms 315.3MB 1080ms 117ms truffleruby 24.2.1
ruby 2.rb timeout 0.0ms 12.8MB 4983ms 3ms ruby 3.4.4
ruby 2.rb timeout 0.0ms 13.5MB 4980ms 7ms ruby/yjit 3.4.4

Input: 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 8-i.c 29ms 0.5ms 1.5MB 20ms 0ms zigcc 0.14.1
c 8-i.c 33ms 0.5ms 2.1MB 27ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 2.c 33ms 0.3ms 1.5MB 30ms 0ms zigcc 0.14.1
c 2.c 34ms 0.5ms 2.3MB 23ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 5.c 34ms 0.6ms 2.3MB 30ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 5.c 34ms 0.1ms 1.5MB 30ms 0ms zigcc 0.14.1
c 2.c 34ms 0.9ms 2.1MB 30ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 5.c 35ms 0.9ms 2.1MB 30ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 8-i.c 36ms 0.4ms 2.3MB 30ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
ruby 2-m.rb 323ms 13ms 309.9MB 563ms 123ms truffleruby 24.2.1
ruby 2.rb 1026ms 2.7ms 13.5MB 1007ms 7ms ruby/yjit 3.4.4
ruby 2.rb 2901ms 120ms 12.8MB 2887ms 0ms ruby 3.4.4

nsieve

Input: 12

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 1.c 280ms 23ms 41.1MB 263ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 1.c 300ms 13ms 40.3MB 283ms 0ms zigcc 0.14.1
c 1.c 311ms 7.1ms 40.8MB 293ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
ruby 1.rb timeout 0.0ms 325.3MB 4850ms 137ms ruby 3.4.4
ruby 1.rb timeout 0.0ms 327.0MB 4857ms 130ms ruby/yjit 3.4.4
ruby 1.rb timeout 0.0ms 731.6MB 5057ms 170ms truffleruby 24.2.1

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 1.c 52ms 3.9ms 11.8MB 43ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 1.c 53ms 3.3ms 11.7MB 43ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 1.c 58ms 2.4ms 11.0MB 50ms 0ms zigcc 0.14.1
ruby 1-m.rb 1708ms 13ms 494.0MB 2480ms 177ms truffleruby 24.2.1
ruby 1.rb 3451ms 53ms 131.8MB 3363ms 73ms ruby/yjit 3.4.4
ruby 1.rb 4587ms 13ms 131.1MB 4493ms 77ms ruby 3.4.4

pidigits

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
ruby 1.rb timeout 0.0ms 46.4MB 4923ms 63ms ruby 3.4.4
ruby 1.rb timeout 0.0ms 130.8MB 4903ms 83ms ruby/yjit 3.4.4
ruby 1.rb timeout 0.0ms 451.3MB 13403ms 393ms truffleruby 24.2.1

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
ruby 1-m.rb 1666ms 261ms 414.4MB 4383ms 213ms truffleruby 24.2.1
ruby 1.rb 1783ms 63ms 130.9MB 1673ms 97ms ruby/yjit 3.4.4
ruby 1.rb 1814ms 58ms 130.3MB 1703ms 93ms ruby 3.4.4

spectral-norm

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 3-m.c 737ms 1.3ms 2.0MB 2893ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 6-im.c 953ms 1.8ms 2.0MB 3750ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 4-m.c 988ms 1.5ms 2.0MB 3890ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 6-im.c 1003ms 2.1ms 3.3MB 3940ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 4-m.c 1120ms 3.0ms 3.3MB 4407ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 5-im.c 1161ms 30ms 2.0MB 4523ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 5-im.c 1334ms 14ms 3.3MB 5230ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 3-m.c 1836ms 7.3ms 3.3MB 7223ms 7ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
ruby 4.rb timeout 0.0ms 12.9MB 4980ms 0ms ruby 3.4.4
ruby 4.rb timeout 0.0ms 13.5MB 4983ms 3ms ruby/yjit 3.4.4
ruby 4.rb timeout 0.0ms 449.5MB 5163ms 247ms truffleruby 24.2.1

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 3-m.c 194ms 0.6ms 2.0MB 737ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 6-im.c 245ms 0.6ms 2.0MB 940ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 6-im.c 258ms 0.7ms 3.3MB 990ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 4-m.c 258ms 0.4ms 2.0MB 997ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 4-m.c 287ms 0.2ms 3.3MB 1103ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 5-im.c 295ms 3.4ms 2.0MB 1137ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 5-im.c 342ms 1.7ms 3.3MB 1310ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 3-m.c 464ms 1.1ms 3.3MB 1803ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
ruby 4.rb 4909ms 38ms 442.4MB 5200ms 217ms truffleruby 24.2.1
ruby 4.rb timeout 0.0ms 12.9MB 4980ms 0ms ruby 3.4.4
ruby 4.rb timeout 0.0ms 13.5MB 4983ms 3ms ruby/yjit 3.4.4

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 3-m.c 56ms 0.8ms 2.0MB 197ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 6-im.c 68ms 0.4ms 2.3MB 247ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 6-im.c 71ms 0.2ms 3.4MB 250ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 4-m.c 72ms 0.5ms 2.0MB 260ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 4-m.c 78ms 0.6ms 3.3MB 280ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 5-im.c 80ms 0.4ms 2.0MB 293ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 5-im.c 93ms 1.9ms 3.3MB 333ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 3-m.c 123ms 0.4ms 3.3MB 453ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
ruby 4.rb 1458ms 5.9ms 388.7MB 1803ms 150ms truffleruby 24.2.1
ruby 4.rb timeout 0.0ms 12.9MB 4980ms 0ms ruby 3.4.4
ruby 4.rb timeout 0.0ms 13.6MB 4983ms 0ms ruby/yjit 3.4.4