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Crystal VS Javascript 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
javascript 1-m.js 998ms 4.7ms 166.9MB 1570ms 240ms bun 1.2.17
javascript 1.js 1086ms 11ms 469.4MB 990ms 243ms node 24.3.0
crystal 1.cr 1302ms 4.1ms 64.2MB 1273ms 17ms crystal 1.16.3

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
javascript 1.js 99ms 2.6ms 77.4MB 80ms 23ms bun 1.2.17
crystal 1.cr 109ms 2.8ms 11.0MB 100ms 0ms crystal 1.16.3
javascript 1.js 131ms 1.8ms 80.9MB 130ms 33ms node 24.3.0

coro-prime-sieve

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
crystal 1.cr 1515ms 15ms 19.9MB 1450ms 53ms crystal 1.16.3
javascript 1.js 1757ms 89ms 189.8MB 1723ms 107ms node 24.3.0
javascript 1.js 2594ms 93ms 107.1MB 2637ms 73ms bun 1.2.17

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
crystal 1.cr 86ms 1.0ms 7.1MB 60ms 10ms crystal 1.16.3
javascript 1.js 164ms 4.1ms 75.2MB 150ms 20ms node 24.3.0
javascript 1.js 206ms 4.1ms 89.2MB 253ms 33ms bun 1.2.17

edigits

Input: 250001

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
crystal 1.cr 58ms 0.7ms 7.5MB 43ms 0ms crystal 1.16.3
javascript 1.js 276ms 3.2ms 67.8MB 300ms 23ms node 24.3.0
javascript 1.js 522ms 4.3ms 76.1MB 493ms 20ms bun 1.2.17

Input: 100000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
crystal 1.cr 23ms 1.3ms 5.3MB 10ms 0ms crystal 1.16.3
javascript 1.js 141ms 2.7ms 63.5MB 127ms 23ms node 24.3.0
javascript 1.js 498ms 2.2ms 65.5MB 477ms 13ms bun 1.2.17

fannkuch-redux

Input: 11

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
crystal 1.cr 2487ms 23ms 2.9MB 2473ms 0ms crystal 1.16.3

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
crystal 1.cr 205ms 3.6ms 2.9MB 197ms 0ms crystal 1.16.3

fasta

Input: 2500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
crystal 2.cr 535ms 2.4ms 3.5MB 450ms 70ms crystal 1.16.3
crystal 1.cr 681ms 3.2ms 14.6MB 570ms 97ms crystal 1.16.3

Input: 250000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
crystal 2.cr 58ms 1.8ms 3.6MB 40ms 7ms crystal 1.16.3
crystal 1.cr 72ms 0.7ms 4.9MB 53ms 7ms crystal 1.16.3

helloworld

Input: QwQ

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
crystal 1.cr 2.0ms 0.1ms 2.9MB 0ms 0ms crystal 1.16.3
javascript 1.js 13ms 0.5ms 31.3MB 0ms 0ms bun 1.2.17
javascript 1.js 32ms 0.5ms 50.6MB 18ms 6ms node 24.3.0

http-server

Input: 3000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
javascript 1-m.bun.js 277ms 13ms 77.4MB 143ms 353ms bun 1.2.17
javascript 1.js 2535ms 256ms 271.4MB 2460ms 1170ms node 24.3.0
crystal 1.cr 3132ms 646ms 240.8MB 317ms 443ms crystal 1.16.3

Input: 500

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
javascript 1.bun.js 91ms 8.2ms 55.1MB 33ms 77ms bun 1.2.17
javascript 1.js 353ms 2.0ms 85.0MB 350ms 120ms node 24.3.0
crystal 1.cr 1178ms 104ms 53.1MB 30ms 80ms crystal 1.16.3

lru

Input: 1000 1000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
crystal 0-unsafe.cr 36ms 0.7ms 3.0MB 30ms 0ms crystal 1.16.3
crystal 1.cr 65ms 1.5ms 3.0MB 57ms 0ms crystal 1.16.3
javascript 2.js 308ms 1.2ms 65.1MB 300ms 10ms node 24.3.0
javascript 1.js 574ms 4.2ms 63.1MB 560ms 10ms node 24.3.0
javascript 2.js 676ms 3.1ms 123.0MB 750ms 50ms bun 1.2.17
javascript 1.js 842ms 16ms 106.1MB 943ms 70ms bun 1.2.17

Input: 1000 3000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
crystal 0-unsafe.cr 102ms 0.4ms 3.0MB 90ms 0ms crystal 1.16.3
crystal 1.cr 189ms 6.6ms 3.0MB 177ms 0ms crystal 1.16.3
javascript 2.js 840ms 2.8ms 71.5MB 827ms 13ms node 24.3.0
javascript 1.js 1632ms 5.6ms 69.8MB 1613ms 17ms node 24.3.0
javascript 2.js 1912ms 1.7ms 123.4MB 2090ms 80ms bun 1.2.17
javascript 1.js 2440ms 16ms 106.0MB 2740ms 170ms bun 1.2.17

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 1.5ms 3.0MB 20ms 0ms crystal 1.16.3
javascript 2.js 164ms 1.8ms 59.0MB 160ms 3ms node 24.3.0
javascript 1.js 171ms 1.6ms 60.4MB 160ms 7ms node 24.3.0
javascript 1.js 328ms 1.8ms 130.1MB 367ms 80ms bun 1.2.17
javascript 2.js 376ms 2.2ms 125.0MB 407ms 53ms bun 1.2.17

mandelbrot

Input: 5000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
crystal 1.cr 315ms 1.4ms 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 0.4ms 6.4MB 10ms 0ms crystal 1.16.3

merkletrees

Input: 17

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
javascript 1-m.js 483ms 5.4ms 139.7MB 633ms 127ms bun 1.2.17
javascript 1.js 598ms 14ms 230.0MB 600ms 117ms node 24.3.0
crystal 1.cr 867ms 21ms 64.2MB 843ms 10ms crystal 1.16.3

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
javascript 1.js 120ms 0.5ms 84.5MB 107ms 33ms bun 1.2.17
javascript 1.js 165ms 0.4ms 100.0MB 160ms 33ms node 24.3.0
crystal 1.cr 174ms 3.9ms 22.3MB 157ms 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 342ms 2.4ms 3.3MB 333ms 0ms crystal 1.16.3
crystal 1.cr 350ms 6.8ms 3.4MB 343ms 0ms crystal 1.16.3
javascript 6.js 456ms 3.7ms 58.6MB 447ms 3ms node 24.3.0
javascript 6.js 602ms 8.9ms 45.0MB 607ms 3ms bun 1.2.17

Input: 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
crystal 1.cr 38ms 1.2ms 3.3MB 30ms 0ms crystal 1.16.3
crystal 2.cr 38ms 0.4ms 3.4MB 30ms 0ms crystal 1.16.3
javascript 6.js 80ms 0.7ms 58.6MB 67ms 10ms node 24.3.0
javascript 6.js 82ms 1.0ms 45.0MB 87ms 3ms bun 1.2.17

nsieve

Input: 12

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
crystal 2.cr 348ms 2.9ms 8.3MB 337ms 0ms crystal 1.16.3
crystal 1.cr 422ms 6.9ms 43.0MB 413ms 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 1.4ms 4.5MB 80ms 0ms crystal 1.16.3
crystal 1.cr 90ms 3.2ms 13.2MB 83ms 0ms crystal 1.16.3

pidigits

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
crystal 1.cr 1981ms 59ms 6.2MB 1957ms 13ms crystal 1.16.3
javascript 3.js timeout 0.0ms 122.6MB 4957ms 43ms node 24.3.0

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
crystal 1.cr 456ms 13ms 5.0MB 440ms 0ms crystal 1.16.3
javascript 3.js 1089ms 1.6ms 73.5MB 1063ms 20ms node 24.3.0

spectral-norm

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
javascript 6-m.js 2192ms 31ms 119.8MB 8330ms 63ms node 24.3.0
crystal 1.cr 3763ms 15ms 4.6MB 3753ms 0ms crystal 1.16.3

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
javascript 6-m.js 668ms 9.4ms 118.0MB 2350ms 63ms node 24.3.0
crystal 1.cr 946ms 8.1ms 4.4MB 933ms 0ms crystal 1.16.3

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
crystal 1.cr 244ms 2.8ms 3.9MB 237ms 0ms crystal 1.16.3
javascript 6-m.js 278ms 3.8ms 114.6MB 847ms 60ms node 24.3.0