Programming Language and compiler
Benchmarks

Crystal VS Dart benchmarks

Current benchmark data was generated on Sun Jul 13 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
dart 1.dart 716ms 2.4ms 80.9MB 690ms 30ms dart/exe 3.8.1
crystal 1.cr 1241ms 14ms 64.2MB 1213ms 13ms crystal 1.16.3

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
dart 1.dart 77ms 1.4ms 42.8MB 50ms 17ms dart/exe 3.8.1
crystal 1.cr 105ms 3.7ms 11.0MB 93ms 0ms crystal 1.16.3

coro-prime-sieve

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
crystal 1.cr 1511ms 17ms 19.9MB 1450ms 47ms crystal 1.16.3
dart 1.dart 4912ms 17ms 19.4MB 5367ms 63ms dart/exe 3.8.1

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
crystal 1.cr 86ms 1.4ms 7.1MB 63ms 13ms crystal 1.16.3
dart 1.dart 341ms 5.7ms 10.5MB 340ms 10ms dart/exe 3.8.1

edigits

Input: 250001

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
crystal 1.cr 59ms 1.2ms 7.6MB 40ms 3ms crystal 1.16.3
dart 1.dart 3567ms 3.2ms 18.0MB 3530ms 27ms dart/exe 3.8.1

Input: 100000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
crystal 1.cr 23ms 0.9ms 5.3MB 10ms 0ms crystal 1.16.3
dart 1.dart 590ms 2.3ms 10.0MB 563ms 17ms dart/exe 3.8.1

fannkuch-redux

Input: 11

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
crystal 1.cr 2476ms 14ms 2.9MB 2467ms 0ms crystal 1.16.3
dart 2.dart 2931ms 12ms 6.3MB 2923ms 0ms dart/exe 3.8.1

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
crystal 1.cr 205ms 3.2ms 2.9MB 197ms 0ms crystal 1.16.3
dart 2.dart 235ms 1.2ms 6.1MB 223ms 0ms dart/exe 3.8.1

fasta

Input: 2500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
dart 1.dart 362ms 2.6ms 8.8MB 347ms 0ms dart/exe 3.8.1
crystal 2.cr 534ms 3.4ms 3.6MB 443ms 73ms crystal 1.16.3
crystal 1.cr 676ms 1.2ms 14.6MB 570ms 93ms crystal 1.16.3

Input: 250000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
dart 1.dart 41ms 0.1ms 8.8MB 30ms 0ms dart/exe 3.8.1
crystal 2.cr 57ms 1.2ms 3.5MB 40ms 3ms crystal 1.16.3
crystal 1.cr 73ms 2.0ms 4.4MB 57ms 3ms crystal 1.16.3

helloworld

Input: QwQ

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
crystal 1.cr 1.9ms 0.2ms 2.9MB 0ms 0ms crystal 1.16.3
dart 1.dart 3.7ms 0.3ms 5.7MB 0ms 0ms dart/exe 3.8.1

http-server

Input: 3000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
dart 2-m.dart 1254ms 16ms 96.4MB 1303ms 1383ms dart/exe 3.8.1
crystal 1.cr 1888ms 247ms 299.0MB 317ms 443ms crystal 1.16.3
dart 1.dart 4314ms 70ms 96.1MB 1490ms 1560ms dart/exe 3.8.1

Input: 500

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
dart 2-m.dart 240ms 10ms 50.0MB 187ms 253ms dart/exe 3.8.1
crystal 1.cr 1291ms 23ms 53.0MB 33ms 70ms crystal 1.16.3
dart 1.dart 2275ms 54ms 50.4MB 173ms 240ms dart/exe 3.8.1

lru

Input: 1000 1000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
crystal 0-unsafe.cr 35ms 0.6ms 3.0MB 30ms 0ms crystal 1.16.3
crystal 1.cr 65ms 0.7ms 3.0MB 60ms 0ms crystal 1.16.3
dart 2.dart 166ms 4.9ms 9.1MB 153ms 0ms dart/exe 3.8.1
dart 1.dart 572ms 3.4ms 9.1MB 557ms 0ms dart/exe 3.8.1

Input: 1000 3000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
crystal 0-unsafe.cr 101ms 1.8ms 3.0MB 90ms 0ms crystal 1.16.3
crystal 1.cr 186ms 0.4ms 3.0MB 180ms 0ms crystal 1.16.3
dart 2.dart 484ms 7.2ms 9.1MB 477ms 0ms dart/exe 3.8.1
dart 1.dart 1699ms 6.4ms 9.3MB 1683ms 3ms dart/exe 3.8.1

Input: 100 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
crystal 0-unsafe.cr 18ms 0.7ms 3.0MB 10ms 0ms crystal 1.16.3
crystal 1.cr 30ms 1.1ms 3.0MB 20ms 0ms crystal 1.16.3
dart 2.dart 78ms 0.7ms 9.0MB 67ms 0ms dart/exe 3.8.1
dart 1.dart 118ms 2.2ms 9.1MB 107ms 0ms dart/exe 3.8.1

mandelbrot

Input: 5000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
crystal 1.cr 316ms 2.0ms 9.3MB 303ms 0ms crystal 1.16.3

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
crystal 1.cr 17ms 0.1ms 5.8MB 10ms 0ms crystal 1.16.3

merkletrees

Input: 17

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
dart 1.dart 322ms 2.5ms 63.6MB 300ms 23ms dart/exe 3.8.1
crystal 1.cr 843ms 9.4ms 64.2MB 820ms 10ms crystal 1.16.3

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
dart 1.dart 85ms 1.9ms 43.8MB 60ms 17ms dart/exe 3.8.1
crystal 1.cr 178ms 3.9ms 22.2MB 163ms 0ms crystal 1.16.3

nbody

Input: 5000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
crystal 2.cr 343ms 3.1ms 3.3MB 333ms 0ms crystal 1.16.3
crystal 1.cr 347ms 1.5ms 3.3MB 337ms 0ms crystal 1.16.3
dart 3.dart 411ms 3.9ms 6.1MB 400ms 0ms dart/exe 3.8.1

Input: 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
crystal 1.cr 37ms 0.6ms 3.3MB 30ms 0ms crystal 1.16.3
crystal 2.cr 38ms 0.9ms 3.3MB 30ms 0ms crystal 1.16.3
dart 3.dart 45ms 0.7ms 6.3MB 40ms 0ms dart/exe 3.8.1

nsieve

Input: 12

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
crystal 2.cr 351ms 3.7ms 8.3MB 340ms 0ms crystal 1.16.3
crystal 1.cr 418ms 6.0ms 43.0MB 407ms 0ms crystal 1.16.3

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
crystal 2.cr 87ms 1.6ms 4.5MB 80ms 0ms crystal 1.16.3
crystal 1.cr 92ms 2.2ms 13.1MB 80ms 0ms crystal 1.16.3

pidigits

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
dart 2.dart 1246ms 11ms 14.8MB 1220ms 30ms dart/exe 3.8.1
crystal 1.cr 1967ms 53ms 6.3MB 1943ms 13ms crystal 1.16.3

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
dart 2.dart 306ms 3.5ms 14.8MB 290ms 7ms dart/exe 3.8.1
crystal 1.cr 446ms 6.4ms 5.0MB 433ms 0ms crystal 1.16.3

spectral-norm

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
dart 1.dart 3748ms 2.0ms 6.4MB 3740ms 0ms dart/exe 3.8.1
crystal 1.cr 3757ms 13ms 4.5MB 3747ms 0ms crystal 1.16.3
dart 2.dart 4934ms 6.4ms 6.4MB 4923ms 0ms dart/exe 3.8.1

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
dart 1.dart 939ms 0.1ms 6.3MB 930ms 0ms dart/exe 3.8.1
crystal 1.cr 948ms 9.2ms 4.4MB 937ms 0ms crystal 1.16.3
dart 2.dart 1238ms 0.9ms 6.4MB 1230ms 0ms dart/exe 3.8.1

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
crystal 1.cr 238ms 1.0ms 3.9MB 230ms 0ms crystal 1.16.3
dart 1.dart 240ms 2.1ms 6.3MB 230ms 0ms dart/exe 3.8.1
dart 2.dart 315ms 2.5ms 6.1MB 303ms 0ms dart/exe 3.8.1