Programming Language and compiler
Benchmarks

Wasm VS Lua benchmarks

Current benchmark data was generated on Tue Apr 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
wasm 5.rs 1809ms 60ms 33.1MB 1790ms 7ms wasmtime 31.0.0
wasm 3.rs 1854ms 16ms 49.2MB 1827ms 17ms wasmtime 31.0.0
wasm 4.rs 1863ms 11ms 33.2MB 1840ms 10ms wasmtime 31.0.0
lua 1.lua 3534ms 46ms 173.0MB 3387ms 133ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
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
wasm 5.rs 174ms 4.1ms 19.3MB 157ms 0ms wasmtime 31.0.0
wasm 3.rs 180ms 2.4ms 21.1MB 163ms 0ms wasmtime 31.0.0
wasm 4.rs 181ms 4.0ms 19.2MB 163ms 0ms wasmtime 31.0.0
lua 1.lua 290ms 3.9ms 15.8MB 270ms 7ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
lua 1.lua 823ms 10ms 16.9MB 807ms 0ms lua 5.4.7

coro-prime-sieve

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
wasm 3.rs 1133ms 6.8ms 19.4MB 1117ms 0ms wasmtime 31.0.0

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
wasm 3.rs 82ms 1.6ms 17.7MB 70ms 0ms wasmtime 31.0.0

edigits

Input: 250001

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
wasm 1.rs 421ms 7.8ms 18.6MB 403ms 3ms wasmtime 31.0.0

Input: 100000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
wasm 1.rs 115ms 2.6ms 18.0MB 103ms 0ms wasmtime 31.0.0

fannkuch-redux

Input: 11

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
wasm 1.rs 4154ms 12ms 16.7MB 4137ms 0ms wasmtime 31.0.0

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
wasm 1.rs 353ms 4.0ms 17.2MB 340ms 0ms wasmtime 31.0.0

fasta

Input: 2500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
wasm 1.rs 237ms 2.6ms 17.5MB 223ms 3ms wasmtime 31.0.0

Input: 250000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
wasm 1.rs 32ms 0.9ms 17.3MB 20ms 0ms wasmtime 31.0.0

helloworld

Input: QwQ

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
lua 1.lua 1.4ms 0.2ms 2.4MB 0ms 0ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
lua 1.lua 1.4ms 0.1ms 2.1MB 0ms 0ms lua 5.4.7
wasm 1.rs 7.3ms 1.3ms 17.4MB 0ms 0ms wasmtime 31.0.0

lru

Input: 1000 1000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
wasm 1.rs 90ms 0.5ms 17.4MB 80ms 0ms wasmtime 31.0.0

Input: 1000 3000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
wasm 1.rs 255ms 5.4ms 16.9MB 240ms 0ms wasmtime 31.0.0

Input: 100 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
wasm 1.rs 48ms 1.5ms 17.4MB 37ms 0ms wasmtime 31.0.0

mandelbrot

Input: 5000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
wasm 8.rs 832ms 8.8ms 20.3MB 817ms 0ms wasmtime 31.0.0

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
wasm 8.rs 43ms 1.1ms 17.4MB 30ms 0ms wasmtime 31.0.0

merkletrees

Input: 17

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
wasm 1.rs 939ms 69ms 41.1MB 913ms 13ms wasmtime 31.0.0
lua 1.lua timeout 0.0ms 107.4MB 4947ms 40ms lua 5.4.7
lua 1.lua timeout 0.0ms 149.4MB 4937ms 47ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
wasm 1.rs 201ms 2.9ms 23.2MB 183ms 0ms wasmtime 31.0.0
lua 1.lua 1141ms 19ms 31.3MB 1117ms 10ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
lua 1.lua 2248ms 30ms 28.6MB 2223ms 10ms lua 5.4.7

nbody

Input: 5000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
wasm 1.rs 413ms 2.3ms 17.1MB 400ms 0ms wasmtime 31.0.0
wasm 2.rs 587ms 3.1ms 17.0MB 573ms 0ms wasmtime 31.0.0
lua 4.lua 725ms 7.3ms 2.3MB 713ms 0ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
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
wasm 1.rs 50ms 1.6ms 17.1MB 37ms 0ms wasmtime 31.0.0
wasm 2.rs 67ms 0.7ms 17.4MB 53ms 0ms wasmtime 31.0.0
lua 4.lua 76ms 3.0ms 2.3MB 70ms 0ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
lua 4.lua 1139ms 49ms 2.3MB 1127ms 0ms lua 5.4.7

nsieve

Input: 12

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
wasm 2.rs 376ms 5.1ms 22.0MB 360ms 0ms wasmtime 31.0.0
wasm 1.rs 510ms 12ms 56.1MB 493ms 0ms wasmtime 31.0.0

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
wasm 1.rs 99ms 4.3ms 27.0MB 83ms 0ms wasmtime 31.0.0
wasm 2.rs 100ms 2.4ms 18.4MB 83ms 7ms wasmtime 31.0.0

pidigits

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
wasm 2.rs 2211ms 7.5ms 18.2MB 2197ms 0ms wasmtime 31.0.0

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
wasm 2.rs 531ms 6.4ms 17.6MB 513ms 0ms wasmtime 31.0.0

secp256k1

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
wasm 1.rs 3610ms 3.0ms 16.9MB 3597ms 0ms wasmtime 31.0.0

Input: 500

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
wasm 1.rs 910ms 1.5ms 16.8MB 897ms 0ms wasmtime 31.0.0

spectral-norm

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
wasm 2.rs 3602ms 4.5ms 16.9MB 3587ms 0ms wasmtime 31.0.0
lua 1.lua 4075ms 1.1ms 2.5MB 4063ms 0ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
wasm 7.rs 4912ms 16ms 16.9MB 4897ms 0ms wasmtime 31.0.0
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
wasm 2.rs 910ms 0.9ms 16.7MB 897ms 0ms wasmtime 31.0.0
lua 1.lua 1023ms 5.5ms 2.4MB 1013ms 0ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
wasm 7.rs 1240ms 9.5ms 16.9MB 1230ms 0ms wasmtime 31.0.0
lua 1.lua timeout 0.0ms 2.3MB 4990ms 0ms lua 5.4.7

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
wasm 2.rs 235ms 1.1ms 17.2MB 220ms 0ms wasmtime 31.0.0
lua 1.lua 260ms 2.7ms 2.3MB 250ms 0ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
wasm 7.rs 321ms 11ms 16.8MB 307ms 0ms wasmtime 31.0.0
lua 1.lua timeout 0.0ms 2.0MB 4990ms 0ms lua 5.4.7