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Chapel VS Java benchmarks

Current benchmark data was generated on Fri Aug 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
java 2.java 460ms 9.2ms 574.1MB 553ms 83ms openjdk 21
java 2.java 470ms 8.8ms 624.4MB 577ms 97ms openjdk 23
java 2-m.java 480ms 9.9ms 640.7MB 680ms 110ms graal/jvm 17.0.8
java 2.java 1176ms 13ms 1047.1MB 593ms 757ms openjdk/zgc 21
chapel 4.chpl 1943ms 3.5ms 62.3MB 1937ms 0ms chpl 1.31.0
chapel 3.chpl 2057ms 34ms 62.4MB 2050ms 0ms chpl 1.31.0

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
java 2.java 120ms 4.9ms 168.1MB 150ms 30ms openjdk 21
java 2-m.java 123ms 0.5ms 97.0MB 173ms 23ms openjdk 23
java 2-m.java 144ms 3.8ms 224.3MB 210ms 57ms graal/jvm 17.0.8
chapel 4.chpl 185ms 1.5ms 32.4MB 180ms 0ms chpl 1.31.0
chapel 3.chpl 188ms 2.4ms 32.3MB 187ms 0ms chpl 1.31.0
java 2.java 304ms 3.3ms 241.5MB 163ms 190ms openjdk/zgc 21

coro-prime-sieve

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
chapel 1-m.chpl 2227ms 82ms 611.9MB 4340ms 77ms chpl 1.31.0
java 1-m.java 2236ms 124ms 258.1MB 8487ms 130ms openjdk 21
java 1-m.java 2303ms 130ms 243.3MB 8747ms 120ms openjdk 23
java 1-m.java 2997ms 156ms 1243.2MB 9807ms 1063ms openjdk/zgc 21

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
chapel 1-m.chpl 195ms 2.0ms 578.1MB 313ms 50ms chpl 1.31.0
java 1-m.java 471ms 21ms 93.0MB 1567ms 57ms openjdk 23
java 1-m.java 471ms 2.6ms 127.2MB 1580ms 67ms openjdk 21
java 1-m.java 673ms 14ms 221.9MB 1820ms 257ms openjdk/zgc 21

edigits

Input: 250001

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
chapel 1.chpl 69ms 0.2ms 32.5MB 70ms 0ms chpl 1.31.0
java 1-m.java 602ms 6.6ms 411.7MB 1153ms 120ms graal/jvm 17.0.8
java 1-m.java 633ms 49ms 246.2MB 1660ms 67ms openjdk 23
java 1-m.java 649ms 44ms 264.8MB 1710ms 73ms openjdk 21
java 1-m.java 984ms 28ms 530.2MB 1703ms 417ms openjdk/zgc 21

Input: 100000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
chapel 1.chpl 33ms 0.3ms 30.5MB 30ms 0ms chpl 1.31.0
java 1-m.java 306ms 11ms 225.9MB 603ms 67ms graal/jvm 17.0.8
java 1-m.java 335ms 14ms 179.8MB 920ms 50ms openjdk 21
java 1-m.java 367ms 12ms 110.6MB 1010ms 40ms openjdk 23
java 1-m.java 491ms 3.2ms 216.5MB 947ms 217ms openjdk/zgc 21

fasta

Input: 2500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
chapel 5-m.chpl 106ms 1.0ms 28.4MB 190ms 0ms chpl 1.31.0
java 4.java 444ms 5.1ms 102.5MB 623ms 37ms graal/jvm 17.0.8
java 4.java 449ms 3.8ms 47.3MB 530ms 17ms openjdk 21
java 4.java 459ms 2.0ms 49.0MB 543ms 23ms openjdk 23
java 4.java 565ms 3.7ms 45.2MB 533ms 137ms openjdk/zgc 21

Input: 250000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
chapel 5.chpl 20ms 1.0ms 28.4MB 20ms 0ms chpl 1.31.0
java 4.java 118ms 6.7ms 46.6MB 160ms 17ms openjdk 21
java 4-m.java 125ms 7.8ms 89.8MB 170ms 30ms graal/jvm 17.0.8
java 4.java 125ms 0.3ms 47.7MB 167ms 17ms openjdk 23
java 4.java 239ms 8.3ms 44.0MB 157ms 137ms openjdk/zgc 21

helloworld

Input: QwQ

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
chapel 1.chpl 10ms 0.5ms 28.8MB 0ms 0ms chpl 1.31.0
java 1.java 62ms 1.4ms 52.9MB 64ms 20ms graal/jvm 17.0.8
java 1.java 69ms 4.7ms 43.9MB 78ms 10ms openjdk 21
java 1.java 73ms 1.9ms 44.7MB 74ms 16ms openjdk 23
java 1.java 186ms 3.9ms 42.9MB 82ms 132ms openjdk/zgc 21

knucleotide

Input: 2500000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
chapel 3-m.chpl 746ms 4.8ms 99.0MB 1410ms 7ms chpl 1.31.0
java 3-m.java 1059ms 24ms 128.6MB 3640ms 40ms openjdk 21
java 3-m.java 1069ms 27ms 156.2MB 3697ms 50ms openjdk 23
java 3-m.java 1111ms 8.8ms 177.8MB 3810ms 60ms graal/jvm 17.0.8
java 3-m.java 1432ms 47ms 179.5MB 4517ms 200ms openjdk/zgc 21

Input: 250000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
chapel 3-m.chpl 114ms 2.1ms 87.0MB 200ms 3ms chpl 1.31.0
java 3-m.java 320ms 31ms 101.7MB 927ms 40ms openjdk 21
java 3-m.java 338ms 8.1ms 89.9MB 1003ms 40ms openjdk 23
java 3-m.java 351ms 21ms 139.6MB 963ms 53ms graal/jvm 17.0.8
java 3-m.java 432ms 6.3ms 98.5MB 910ms 163ms openjdk/zgc 21

nbody

Input: 5000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
chapel 2.chpl 324ms 1.7ms 28.8MB 320ms 0ms chpl 1.31.0
java 1.java 442ms 1.6ms 81.4MB 473ms 23ms graal/jvm 17.0.8
java 1.java 445ms 1.9ms 47.7MB 480ms 17ms openjdk 23
java 1.java 446ms 15ms 45.2MB 487ms 13ms openjdk 21
java 1.java 567ms 4.2ms 44.9MB 490ms 140ms openjdk/zgc 21
java 2.java 1238ms 17ms 608.0MB 1377ms 77ms openjdk 21
java 2.java 1243ms 5.5ms 744.5MB 1360ms 97ms openjdk 23
java 2.java 3248ms 81ms 2438.6MB 1660ms 1800ms openjdk/zgc 21

Input: 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
chapel 2.chpl 43ms 1.3ms 28.8MB 40ms 0ms chpl 1.31.0
java 1.java 116ms 4.3ms 45.3MB 153ms 20ms openjdk 21
java 1.java 121ms 0.2ms 47.8MB 153ms 17ms openjdk 23
java 1-m.java 122ms 8.7ms 81.5MB 153ms 33ms graal/jvm 17.0.8
java 1.java 247ms 2.0ms 44.8MB 173ms 140ms openjdk/zgc 21
java 2-m.java 291ms 5.9ms 373.0MB 427ms 53ms openjdk 21
java 2-m.java 307ms 7.7ms 397.4MB 443ms 67ms openjdk 23
java 2.java 671ms 7.7ms 522.5MB 477ms 387ms openjdk/zgc 21

pidigits

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
chapel 2.chpl 444ms 0.8ms 28.3MB 440ms 0ms chpl 1.31.0
java 1.java 3168ms 8.2ms 444.5MB 3577ms 97ms graal/jvm 17.0.8
java 1.java 3667ms 34ms 351.6MB 4527ms 113ms openjdk 21
java 1.java 3722ms 53ms 381.7MB 4533ms 113ms openjdk 23
java 1.java timeout 0.0ms 1806.3MB 4663ms 1183ms openjdk/zgc 21

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
chapel 2.chpl 114ms 0.4ms 30.4MB 110ms 0ms chpl 1.31.0
java 1.java 882ms 6.0ms 444.1MB 1227ms 87ms graal/jvm 17.0.8
java 1-m.java 1009ms 31ms 430.6MB 1757ms 100ms openjdk 23
java 1-m.java 1016ms 30ms 351.1MB 1783ms 83ms openjdk 21
java 1.java 1974ms 2.9ms 1319.5MB 1730ms 1020ms openjdk/zgc 21

regex-redux

Input: 2500000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
chapel 3.chpl 1388ms 7.1ms 246.1MB 1340ms 43ms chpl 1.31.0
java 3.java timeout 0.0ms 408.0MB 5403ms 83ms graal/jvm 17.0.8
java 3.java timeout 0.0ms 302.6MB 5337ms 57ms openjdk 21
java 3.java timeout 0.0ms 304.6MB 5330ms 57ms openjdk 23
java 3.java timeout 0.0ms 469.2MB 4967ms 293ms openjdk/zgc 21

Input: 250000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
chapel 3.chpl 159ms 2.9ms 48.9MB 140ms 10ms chpl 1.31.0
java 3-m.java 752ms 7.5ms 175.1MB 1097ms 60ms graal/jvm 17.0.8
java 3-m.java 797ms 5.7ms 130.5MB 1187ms 37ms openjdk 21
java 3-m.java 802ms 8.5ms 130.8MB 1220ms 30ms openjdk 23
java 3.java 975ms 23ms 134.2MB 1167ms 183ms openjdk/zgc 21

secp256k1

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
chapel 1.chpl 1203ms 44ms 29.1MB 1197ms 0ms chpl 1.31.0

Input: 500

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
chapel 1.chpl 308ms 3.0ms 29.1MB 303ms 0ms chpl 1.31.0

spectral-norm

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
chapel 1-m.chpl 1914ms 2.2ms 29.0MB 3800ms 0ms chpl 1.31.0
java 2-m.java 1989ms 3.1ms 47.7MB 7617ms 27ms openjdk 21
java 2-m.java 1990ms 13ms 48.5MB 7613ms 23ms openjdk 23
java 2-m.java 2120ms 13ms 45.5MB 7643ms 150ms openjdk/zgc 21
java 2-m.java 2517ms 4.4ms 95.1MB 9440ms 40ms graal/jvm 17.0.8
chapel 1.chpl 3718ms 16ms 28.8MB 3713ms 0ms chpl 1.31.0

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
chapel 1-m.chpl 491ms 2.1ms 29.0MB 953ms 0ms chpl 1.31.0
java 2-m.java 605ms 4.4ms 47.8MB 2147ms 20ms openjdk 21
java 2-m.java 612ms 11ms 48.8MB 2177ms 23ms openjdk 23
java 2-m.java 724ms 6.4ms 45.4MB 2113ms 143ms openjdk/zgc 21
java 2-m.java 765ms 8.2ms 94.9MB 2697ms 33ms graal/jvm 17.0.8
chapel 1.chpl 945ms 5.5ms 28.6MB 940ms 0ms chpl 1.31.0

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
chapel 1-m.chpl 132ms 0.5ms 28.9MB 240ms 0ms chpl 1.31.0
chapel 1.chpl 246ms 3.8ms 28.8MB 243ms 0ms chpl 1.31.0
java 2-m.java 252ms 7.4ms 47.9MB 763ms 17ms openjdk 21
java 2-m.java 258ms 6.1ms 48.6MB 780ms 17ms openjdk 23
java 2-m.java 303ms 24ms 93.3MB 927ms 37ms graal/jvm 17.0.8
java 2-m.java 376ms 7.1ms 45.5MB 770ms 140ms openjdk/zgc 21