Programming Language and compiler
Benchmarks

Dart VS Lua benchmarks

Current benchmark data was generated on Tue Mar 25 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 717ms 2.7ms 80.8MB 687ms 40ms dart/exe 3.7.2
lua 1.lua 3609ms 57ms 172.8MB 3463ms 133ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
lua 1.lua timeout 0.0ms 104.9MB 4947ms 40ms lua 5.4.7

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
dart 1.dart 75ms 0.5ms 42.8MB 53ms 13ms dart/exe 3.7.2
lua 1.lua 296ms 4.6ms 15.6MB 273ms 10ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
lua 1.lua 822ms 9.4ms 16.9MB 810ms 0ms lua 5.4.7

coro-prime-sieve

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
dart 1.dart 4834ms 31ms 19.4MB 5307ms 73ms dart/exe 3.7.2

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
dart 1.dart 352ms 7.7ms 10.3MB 360ms 10ms dart/exe 3.7.2

edigits

Input: 250001

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
dart 1.dart 3711ms 21ms 18.1MB 3677ms 27ms dart/exe 3.7.2

Input: 100000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
dart 1.dart 600ms 5.3ms 10.4MB 580ms 13ms dart/exe 3.7.2

fannkuch-redux

Input: 11

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
dart 2.dart 2713ms 10ms 6.1MB 2700ms 0ms dart/exe 3.7.2

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
dart 2.dart 222ms 2.7ms 6.3MB 213ms 0ms dart/exe 3.7.2

fasta

Input: 2500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
dart 1.dart 360ms 2.3ms 8.8MB 350ms 0ms dart/exe 3.7.2

Input: 250000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
dart 1.dart 43ms 0.2ms 9.0MB 30ms 0ms dart/exe 3.7.2

helloworld

Input: QwQ

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
lua 1.lua 1.5ms 0.2ms 2.1MB 0ms 0ms lua 5.4.7
lua 1.lua 1.5ms 0.1ms 2.4MB 0ms 0ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
dart 1.dart 4.0ms 0.1ms 5.5MB 0ms 0ms dart/exe 3.7.2

http-server

Input: 3000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
dart 2-m.dart 1422ms 10ms 96.1MB 1343ms 1593ms dart/exe 3.7.2
dart 1.dart 4523ms 156ms 99.6MB 1513ms 1817ms dart/exe 3.7.2

Input: 500

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
dart 2-m.dart 276ms 7.3ms 49.9MB 190ms 297ms dart/exe 3.7.2
dart 1.dart 1269ms 27ms 50.0MB 173ms 243ms dart/exe 3.7.2

json-serde

Input: sample 5000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
dart 1.dart 167ms 3.5ms 53.6MB 147ms 13ms dart/exe 3.7.2

Input: canada 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
dart 1.dart 1504ms 22ms 205.2MB 1740ms 110ms dart/exe 3.7.2

knucleotide

Input: 2500000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
dart 3-m.dart 1161ms 73ms 276.5MB 3430ms 107ms dart/exe 3.7.2

Input: 250000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
dart 3-m.dart 213ms 2.9ms 187.8MB 537ms 57ms dart/exe 3.7.2

lru

Input: 1000 1000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
dart 2.dart 169ms 0.8ms 9.1MB 157ms 0ms dart/exe 3.7.2
dart 1.dart 496ms 2.5ms 9.1MB 480ms 0ms dart/exe 3.7.2

Input: 1000 3000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
dart 2.dart 488ms 15ms 9.1MB 473ms 0ms dart/exe 3.7.2
dart 1.dart 1458ms 8.1ms 9.3MB 1440ms 7ms dart/exe 3.7.2

Input: 100 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
dart 2.dart 80ms 5.0ms 9.3MB 67ms 0ms dart/exe 3.7.2
dart 1.dart 117ms 5.6ms 8.9MB 107ms 0ms dart/exe 3.7.2

merkletrees

Input: 17

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
dart 1.dart 323ms 0.9ms 63.8MB 300ms 23ms dart/exe 3.7.2
lua 1.lua timeout 0.0ms 107.5MB 4950ms 33ms lua 5.4.7
lua 1.lua timeout 0.0ms 149.3MB 4927ms 60ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
dart 1.dart 86ms 0.7ms 43.8MB 60ms 17ms dart/exe 3.7.2
lua 1.lua 1193ms 7.0ms 31.3MB 1163ms 17ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
lua 1.lua 2269ms 74ms 28.6MB 2247ms 7ms lua 5.4.7

nbody

Input: 5000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
dart 3.dart 409ms 3.6ms 6.3MB 397ms 0ms dart/exe 3.7.2
lua 4.lua 717ms 7.0ms 2.3MB 703ms 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
dart 3.dart 46ms 0.9ms 6.3MB 37ms 0ms dart/exe 3.7.2
lua 4.lua 77ms 2.5ms 2.3MB 70ms 0ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
lua 4.lua 1108ms 50ms 2.3MB 1100ms 0ms lua 5.4.7

pidigits

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
dart 2.dart 1358ms 4.5ms 14.8MB 1323ms 33ms dart/exe 3.7.2

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
dart 2.dart 337ms 9.7ms 14.8MB 317ms 13ms dart/exe 3.7.2

regex-redux

Input: 2500000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
dart 1.dart timeout 0.0ms 188.1MB 4983ms 50ms dart/exe 3.7.2

Input: 250000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
dart 1.dart 573ms 8.4ms 43.2MB 553ms 10ms dart/exe 3.7.2

spectral-norm

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
dart 1.dart 3784ms 4.2ms 6.4MB 3773ms 0ms dart/exe 3.7.2
lua 1.lua 4066ms 6.0ms 2.5MB 4057ms 0ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
dart 2.dart 4350ms 3.2ms 6.4MB 4340ms 0ms dart/exe 3.7.2
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
dart 1.dart 946ms 0.6ms 6.1MB 933ms 0ms dart/exe 3.7.2
lua 1.lua 1030ms 16ms 2.4MB 1020ms 0ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
dart 2.dart 1099ms 6.1ms 6.3MB 1087ms 0ms dart/exe 3.7.2
lua 1.lua timeout 0.0ms 2.1MB 4990ms 0ms lua 5.4.7

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
dart 1.dart 242ms 2.3ms 6.3MB 230ms 0ms dart/exe 3.7.2
lua 1.lua 261ms 2.6ms 2.3MB 250ms 0ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
dart 2.dart 278ms 0.5ms 6.1MB 270ms 0ms dart/exe 3.7.2
lua 1.lua timeout 0.0ms 2.1MB 4990ms 0ms lua 5.4.7