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Benchmarks

Ruby VS Kotlin 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
kotlin 1.kt 474ms 2.2ms 577.6MB 567ms 83ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 1-m.kt 3074ms 28ms 246.4MB 5113ms 703ms kotlin/native 1.8.21
ruby 1.rb 4874ms 16ms 109.4MB 4770ms 90ms ruby/yjit 3.4.2
ruby 1.rb timeout 0.0ms 70.1MB 4937ms 43ms ruby 3.4.2
ruby 1.rb timeout 0.0ms 793.7MB 6597ms 650ms truffleruby 24.2.0

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
kotlin 1.kt 100ms 0.6ms 160.2MB 110ms 27ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 1-m.kt 267ms 2.6ms 28.5MB 427ms 57ms kotlin/native 1.8.21
ruby 1.rb 494ms 2.7ms 20.3MB 470ms 10ms ruby/yjit 3.4.2
ruby 1-m.rb 575ms 60ms 422.2MB 1147ms 167ms truffleruby 24.2.0
ruby 1.rb 937ms 6.7ms 19.6MB 910ms 13ms ruby 3.4.2

coro-prime-sieve

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
ruby 1.rb 1478ms 22ms 63.8MB 1397ms 67ms ruby/yjit 3.4.2
ruby 1.rb 1855ms 2.6ms 63.1MB 1780ms 60ms ruby 3.4.2
kotlin 2-m.kt 1924ms 65ms 240.6MB 7167ms 113ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 1.kt 2164ms 23ms 222.7MB 2980ms 73ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 1.kt timeout 0.0ms 12.7MB 6027ms 467ms kotlin/native 1.8.21
kotlin 2-m.kt timeout 0.0ms 53.1MB 19010ms 150ms kotlin/native 1.8.21
ruby 1.rb timeout 0.0ms 347.0MB 4763ms 1433ms truffleruby 24.2.0

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
ruby 1.rb 159ms 1.0ms 25.6MB 127ms 17ms ruby/yjit 3.4.2
ruby 1.rb 185ms 1.3ms 25.1MB 153ms 17ms ruby 3.4.2
kotlin 2-m.kt 433ms 6.8ms 12.8MB 1593ms 23ms kotlin/native 1.8.21
kotlin 1-m.kt 480ms 14ms 77.5MB 1110ms 53ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 1.kt 685ms 0.7ms 8.8MB 813ms 63ms kotlin/native 1.8.21
kotlin 2-m.kt 926ms 49ms 105.6MB 3263ms 83ms kotlin/jvm 21
ruby 1.rb timeout 0.0ms 353.2MB 4600ms 1553ms truffleruby 24.2.0

fasta

Input: 2500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
ruby 6.rb 2060ms 10ms 23.0MB 2030ms 13ms ruby/yjit 3.4.2
ruby 6-m.rb 2165ms 97ms 405.7MB 5593ms 363ms truffleruby 24.2.0
ruby 6.rb 3848ms 36ms 22.5MB 3820ms 10ms ruby 3.4.2

Input: 250000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
ruby 6.rb 266ms 4.3ms 15.0MB 247ms 10ms ruby/yjit 3.4.2
ruby 6.rb 437ms 2.4ms 14.5MB 420ms 7ms ruby 3.4.2
ruby 6-m.rb 815ms 10ms 363.4MB 2020ms 177ms truffleruby 24.2.0

helloworld

Input: QwQ

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
kotlin 1.kt 2.0ms 0.2ms 2.5MB 0ms 0ms kotlin/native 1.8.21
ruby 1.rb 35ms 0.4ms 142.2MB 14ms 28ms truffleruby 24.2.0
ruby 1.rb 52ms 3.5ms 12.9MB 34ms 2ms ruby 3.4.2
ruby 1.rb 53ms 0.9ms 13.0MB 34ms 6ms ruby/yjit 3.4.2
kotlin 1.kt 56ms 5.4ms 47.2MB 50ms 20ms kotlin/jvm 21

json-serde

Input: sample 5000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
ruby 1.rb 252ms 3.6ms 29.1MB 220ms 20ms ruby 3.4.2
ruby 1.rb 256ms 3.5ms 28.4MB 227ms 17ms ruby/yjit 3.4.2
kotlin 1-m.kt 806ms 107ms 204.8MB 2167ms 87ms kotlin/jvm 21
ruby 1-m.rb 4493ms 172ms 518.1MB 11833ms 350ms truffleruby 24.2.0

Input: canada 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
ruby 1.rb 2091ms 5.7ms 132.7MB 2000ms 77ms ruby 3.4.2
ruby 1.rb 2116ms 29ms 135.1MB 2017ms 83ms ruby/yjit 3.4.2
kotlin 1-m.kt 2329ms 35ms 828.1MB 5040ms 157ms kotlin/jvm 21
ruby 1.rb timeout 0.0ms 495.0MB 13197ms 370ms truffleruby 24.2.0

lru

Input: 1000 1000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
kotlin 1-m.kt 181ms 3.8ms 96.7MB 300ms 30ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 2-m.kt 197ms 1.3ms 103.5MB 420ms 40ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 2.kt 299ms 2.1ms 5.8MB 420ms 10ms kotlin/native 1.8.21
ruby 1.rb 338ms 2.7ms 13.5MB 320ms 7ms ruby/yjit 3.4.2
kotlin 1.kt 515ms 4.2ms 5.9MB 613ms 10ms kotlin/native 1.8.21
ruby 1.rb 534ms 7.9ms 13.0MB 517ms 7ms ruby 3.4.2
ruby 1-m.rb 679ms 33ms 375.8MB 1217ms 147ms truffleruby 24.2.0

Input: 1000 3000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
kotlin 2-m.kt 311ms 8.5ms 212.5MB 533ms 47ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 1.kt 343ms 9.7ms 204.4MB 443ms 43ms kotlin/jvm 21
ruby 1.rb 880ms 3.0ms 13.5MB 857ms 7ms ruby/yjit 3.4.2
kotlin 2.kt 893ms 4.3ms 5.8MB 1280ms 50ms kotlin/native 1.8.21
ruby 1-m.rb 1252ms 51ms 416.2MB 1803ms 183ms truffleruby 24.2.0
ruby 1.rb 1490ms 12ms 13.0MB 1470ms 7ms ruby 3.4.2
kotlin 1.kt 1545ms 11ms 5.8MB 1860ms 23ms kotlin/native 1.8.21

Input: 100 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
kotlin 1-m.kt 138ms 2.2ms 92.7MB 273ms 23ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 2.kt 140ms 1.1ms 3.6MB 193ms 0ms kotlin/native 1.8.21
kotlin 2-m.kt 166ms 21ms 95.2MB 347ms 23ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 1.kt 171ms 1.1ms 3.8MB 210ms 3ms kotlin/native 1.8.21
ruby 1.rb 196ms 2.7ms 13.5MB 177ms 7ms ruby/yjit 3.4.2
ruby 1.rb 292ms 5.2ms 12.9MB 273ms 0ms ruby 3.4.2
ruby 1-m.rb 513ms 36ms 360.4MB 1000ms 140ms truffleruby 24.2.0

merkletrees

Input: 17

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
kotlin 1.kt 351ms 4.3ms 679.4MB 377ms 93ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 1-m.kt 1499ms 16ms 134.5MB 2310ms 327ms kotlin/native 1.8.21
ruby 1-m.rb 4071ms 251ms 628.9MB 10250ms 363ms truffleruby 24.2.0
ruby 1.rb timeout 0.0ms 94.3MB 4930ms 50ms ruby 3.4.2
ruby 1.rb timeout 0.0ms 94.8MB 4937ms 50ms ruby/yjit 3.4.2

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
kotlin 1.kt 129ms 2.5ms 208.5MB 153ms 40ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 1-m.kt 310ms 3.8ms 38.6MB 453ms 67ms kotlin/native 1.8.21
ruby 1-m.rb 2113ms 104ms 582.3MB 5393ms 277ms truffleruby 24.2.0
ruby 1.rb 3439ms 28ms 38.3MB 3403ms 23ms ruby/yjit 3.4.2
ruby 1.rb 4410ms 17ms 37.8MB 4373ms 23ms ruby 3.4.2

nbody

Input: 5000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
kotlin 1n.kt 406ms 0.5ms 2.5MB 397ms 0ms kotlin/native 1.8.21
kotlin 1.kt 445ms 1.6ms 49.5MB 487ms 20ms kotlin/jvm 21
ruby 2.rb 830ms 8.7ms 322.7MB 1090ms 113ms truffleruby 24.2.0
ruby 2.rb timeout 0.0ms 12.9MB 4987ms 0ms ruby 3.4.2
ruby 2.rb timeout 0.0ms 13.5MB 4980ms 3ms ruby/yjit 3.4.2

Input: 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
kotlin 1n.kt 47ms 1.9ms 2.5MB 40ms 0ms kotlin/native 1.8.21
kotlin 1-m.kt 119ms 0.0ms 49.6MB 163ms 17ms kotlin/jvm 21
ruby 2-m.rb 310ms 2.6ms 310.1MB 543ms 113ms truffleruby 24.2.0
ruby 2.rb 1066ms 0.5ms 13.5MB 1047ms 3ms ruby/yjit 3.4.2
ruby 2.rb 2789ms 66ms 12.9MB 2773ms 0ms ruby 3.4.2

nsieve

Input: 12

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
ruby 1.rb timeout 0.0ms 325.4MB 4847ms 140ms ruby 3.4.2
ruby 1.rb timeout 0.0ms 327.0MB 4853ms 137ms ruby/yjit 3.4.2
ruby 1.rb timeout 0.0ms 709.5MB 5073ms 150ms truffleruby 24.2.0

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
ruby 1-m.rb 1735ms 26ms 487.2MB 2477ms 167ms truffleruby 24.2.0
ruby 1.rb 3439ms 35ms 131.8MB 3347ms 77ms ruby/yjit 3.4.2
ruby 1.rb 4550ms 60ms 131.1MB 4463ms 77ms ruby 3.4.2

pidigits

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
kotlin 1.kt 3686ms 7.3ms 354.4MB 4587ms 103ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 1n.kt timeout 0.0ms 5.5MB 6277ms 270ms kotlin/native 1.8.21
kotlin 2n.kt timeout 0.0ms 6.2MB 5017ms 143ms kotlin/native 1.8.21
ruby 1.rb timeout 0.0ms 46.7MB 4923ms 67ms ruby 3.4.2
ruby 1.rb timeout 0.0ms 126.8MB 4890ms 100ms ruby/yjit 3.4.2
ruby 1.rb timeout 0.0ms 457.8MB 13330ms 427ms truffleruby 24.2.0

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
kotlin 1-m.kt 1008ms 11ms 355.1MB 1733ms 90ms kotlin/jvm 21
ruby 1-m.rb 1582ms 157ms 399.4MB 4173ms 207ms truffleruby 24.2.0
ruby 1.rb 1703ms 3.1ms 46.2MB 1657ms 33ms ruby 3.4.2
ruby 1.rb 1706ms 60ms 127.5MB 1643ms 50ms ruby/yjit 3.4.2
kotlin 1n.kt timeout 0.0ms 5.4MB 6273ms 273ms kotlin/native 1.8.21
kotlin 2n.kt timeout 0.0ms 6.3MB 5003ms 160ms kotlin/native 1.8.21

spectral-norm

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
ruby 4.rb timeout 0.0ms 13.0MB 4983ms 0ms ruby 3.4.2
ruby 4.rb timeout 0.0ms 13.5MB 4980ms 3ms ruby/yjit 3.4.2
ruby 4.rb timeout 0.0ms 463.4MB 5177ms 250ms truffleruby 24.2.0

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
ruby 4.rb 4892ms 24ms 472.1MB 5177ms 213ms truffleruby 24.2.0
ruby 4.rb timeout 0.0ms 13.0MB 4980ms 0ms ruby 3.4.2
ruby 4.rb timeout 0.0ms 13.6MB 4980ms 0ms ruby/yjit 3.4.2

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
ruby 4.rb 1453ms 12ms 389.8MB 1777ms 143ms truffleruby 24.2.0
ruby 4.rb timeout 0.0ms 13.0MB 4980ms 0ms ruby 3.4.2
ruby 4.rb timeout 0.0ms 13.8MB 4983ms 0ms ruby/yjit 3.4.2