Programming Language and compiler
Benchmarks

Go VS Lua 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
go 1.go 1928ms 4.1ms 51.9MB 1907ms 7ms tinygo 0.38.0
go 1-m.go 2394ms 16ms 46.3MB 5317ms 47ms go 1.24.4
lua 1.lua 3562ms 89ms 173.0MB 3437ms 113ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
lua 1.lua timeout 0.0ms 105.0MB 4953ms 37ms lua 5.4.7

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1.go 150ms 1.6ms 5.0MB 140ms 0ms tinygo 0.38.0
go 1-m.go 209ms 0.3ms 8.0MB 367ms 13ms go 1.24.4
lua 1.lua 289ms 0.8ms 15.8MB 260ms 10ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
lua 1.lua 828ms 3.7ms 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
go 1-m.go 515ms 53ms 15.5MB 2007ms 0ms go 1.24.4
go 1.go timeout 0.0ms 13.1MB 2563ms 16923ms tinygo 0.38.0

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1-m.go 60ms 20ms 7.5MB 217ms 0ms go 1.24.4
go 1-m.go 660ms 66ms 4.3MB 317ms 2160ms tinygo 0.38.0

edigits

Input: 250001

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1.go 118ms 0.0ms 8.6MB 110ms 0ms go 1.24.4

Input: 100000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1.go 34ms 0.5ms 8.2MB 30ms 0ms go 1.24.4

fannkuch-redux

Input: 11

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 3-m.go 672ms 0.8ms 5.5MB 2597ms 0ms go 1.24.4
go 3-m.go 728ms 4.2ms 2.9MB 2663ms 40ms tinygo 0.38.0

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 3-m.go 74ms 0.2ms 3.5MB 200ms 0ms go 1.24.4
go 3-m.go 104ms 2.9ms 3.0MB 193ms 33ms tinygo 0.38.0

fasta

Input: 2500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 3-m.go 126ms 0.7ms 5.5MB 377ms 0ms go 1.24.4

Input: 250000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 3-m.go 17ms 0.4ms 7.5MB 30ms 0ms go 1.24.4

helloworld

Input: QwQ

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1.go 0.7ms 0.0ms 0.3MB 0ms 0ms tinygo 0.38.0
lua 1.lua 1.4ms 0.1ms 2.0MB 0ms 0ms lua 5.4.7
lua 1.lua 1.4ms 0.2ms 2.4MB 0ms 0ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
go 1.go 1.5ms 0.0ms 3.4MB 0ms 0ms go 1.24.4

http-server

Input: 3000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1-http2.go 123ms 1.9ms 56.3MB 350ms 80ms go 1.24.4
go 2-m.go 381ms 35ms 167.6MB 670ms 623ms go 1.24.4
go 1-m.go 397ms 21ms 166.2MB 737ms 610ms go 1.24.4

Input: 500

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1-http2.go 31ms 1.3ms 26.0MB 60ms 20ms go 1.24.4
go 1-m.go 73ms 5.1ms 38.9MB 103ms 93ms go 1.24.4
go 2-m.go 78ms 5.4ms 34.7MB 113ms 110ms go 1.24.4

json-serde

Input: sample 5000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 2-ffi.go 47ms 0.6ms 41.2MB 40ms 10ms go 1.24.4
go 1.go 140ms 1.7ms 18.6MB 133ms 0ms go 1.24.4

Input: canada 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 2-ffi.go 246ms 7.1ms 145.2MB 240ms 37ms go 1.24.4
go 1.go 742ms 5.5ms 104.8MB 733ms 10ms go 1.24.4

knucleotide

Input: 2500000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 7-m.go 695ms 16ms 39.7MB 2387ms 30ms go 1.24.4

Input: 250000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 7-m.go 131ms 3.9ms 22.8MB 350ms 17ms go 1.24.4

lru

Input: 1000 1000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 3.go 121ms 2.4ms 3.5MB 113ms 0ms go 1.24.4
go 3.go 134ms 1.8ms 0.4MB 127ms 0ms tinygo 0.38.0

Input: 1000 3000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 3.go 388ms 5.6ms 0.4MB 380ms 0ms tinygo 0.38.0
go 3.go 395ms 2.9ms 3.5MB 387ms 0ms go 1.24.4

Input: 100 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 3.go 50ms 1.2ms 3.5MB 43ms 0ms go 1.24.4
go 3.go 66ms 1.7ms 0.3MB 60ms 0ms tinygo 0.38.0

mandelbrot

Input: 5000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1.go 3224ms 8.6ms 7.7MB 3213ms 3ms go 1.24.4
go 1.go 3581ms 19ms 3.3MB 3573ms 0ms tinygo 0.38.0

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1.go 137ms 0.8ms 3.6MB 130ms 0ms go 1.24.4
go 1.go 149ms 1.9ms 0.4MB 140ms 0ms tinygo 0.38.0

merkletrees

Input: 17

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1.go 1100ms 7.0ms 35.5MB 1080ms 7ms tinygo 0.38.0
go 2.go 1430ms 21ms 51.9MB 1407ms 7ms tinygo 0.38.0
go 1-m.go 1489ms 1.4ms 49.0MB 3160ms 40ms go 1.24.4
go 2-m.go 1716ms 9.3ms 43.0MB 3753ms 40ms go 1.24.4
lua 1.lua timeout 0.0ms 107.4MB 4950ms 40ms lua 5.4.7
lua 1.lua timeout 0.0ms 149.3MB 4923ms 60ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1.go 220ms 9.6ms 11.6MB 207ms 0ms tinygo 0.38.0
go 2.go 293ms 9.9ms 15.4MB 280ms 0ms tinygo 0.38.0
go 1-m.go 335ms 1.4ms 12.1MB 673ms 23ms go 1.24.4
go 2-m.go 376ms 1.7ms 13.9MB 793ms 20ms go 1.24.4
lua 1.lua 1431ms 31ms 31.3MB 1400ms 17ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
lua 1.lua 2403ms 38ms 28.8MB 2383ms 3ms lua 5.4.7

nbody

Input: 5000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1.go 352ms 3.6ms 3.5MB 343ms 0ms go 1.24.4
go 1.go 352ms 7.5ms 0.3MB 343ms 0ms tinygo 0.38.0
lua 4.lua 715ms 1.4ms 2.4MB 710ms 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
go 1.go 38ms 1.4ms 3.5MB 30ms 0ms go 1.24.4
go 1.go 39ms 1.1ms 0.3MB 30ms 0ms tinygo 0.38.0
lua 4.lua 81ms 9.6ms 2.3MB 73ms 0ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
lua 4.lua 1148ms 64ms 2.3MB 1137ms 0ms lua 5.4.7

nsieve

Input: 12

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1.go 339ms 8.4ms 71.7MB 323ms 3ms go 1.24.4
go 1.go 359ms 47ms 39.4MB 343ms 0ms tinygo 0.38.0
go 2.go 470ms 2.5ms 20.0MB 457ms 0ms tinygo 0.38.0
go 2.go 750ms 9.1ms 21.6MB 737ms 7ms go 1.24.4

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1.go 58ms 2.1ms 21.6MB 50ms 0ms go 1.24.4
go 1.go 68ms 2.4ms 10.1MB 60ms 0ms tinygo 0.38.0
go 2.go 119ms 5.6ms 4.1MB 107ms 0ms tinygo 0.38.0
go 2.go 185ms 0.8ms 6.3MB 173ms 0ms go 1.24.4

pidigits

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 8.go 1207ms 7.6ms 8.6MB 1193ms 0ms go 1.24.4

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 8.go 283ms 3.4ms 8.6MB 270ms 0ms go 1.24.4

regex-redux

Input: 2500000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 3.go timeout 0.0ms 126.4MB 4987ms 40ms go 1.24.4
go 3.go timeout 0.0ms 84.8MB 4967ms 13ms tinygo 0.38.0

Input: 250000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 3.go 1793ms 82ms 19.9MB 1777ms 27ms go 1.24.4
go 3.go 2297ms 19ms 23.0MB 2280ms 3ms tinygo 0.38.0

secp256k1

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 0-ffi.go 91ms 0.9ms 5.2MB 83ms 0ms go 1.24.4

Input: 500

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 0-ffi.go 25ms 0.9ms 5.2MB 20ms 0ms go 1.24.4

spectral-norm

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 4-m.go 1900ms 1.2ms 5.5MB 7423ms 7ms go 1.24.4
go 1.go 3659ms 14ms 5.5MB 3650ms 3ms go 1.24.4
lua 1.lua 4063ms 3.7ms 2.5MB 4053ms 0ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
go 1.go timeout 0.0ms 0.5MB 4990ms 0ms tinygo 0.38.0
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
go 4-m.go 480ms 0.2ms 5.6MB 1843ms 0ms go 1.24.4
go 1.go 921ms 7.0ms 3.5MB 913ms 0ms go 1.24.4
lua 1.lua 1020ms 2.2ms 2.4MB 1010ms 0ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
go 1.go 1398ms 2.9ms 0.4MB 1390ms 0ms tinygo 0.38.0
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
go 4-m.go 125ms 1.2ms 5.5MB 450ms 0ms go 1.24.4
go 1.go 232ms 0.1ms 3.5MB 220ms 0ms go 1.24.4
lua 1.lua 258ms 0.3ms 2.3MB 250ms 0ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
go 1.go 351ms 0.6ms 0.4MB 340ms 0ms tinygo 0.38.0
lua 1.lua timeout 0.0ms 2.0MB 4990ms 0ms lua 5.4.7