Programming Language and compiler
Benchmarks

Haxe VS Lua benchmarks

Current benchmark data was generated on Thu May 01 2025, full log can be found HERE

CONTRIBUTIONS are WELCOME!

[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
haxe 1.hx 1318ms 6.6ms 144.0MB 1503ms 67ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
lua 1.lua 3518ms 55ms 172.8MB 3373ms 130ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
haxe 2.hx 4426ms 25ms 495.3MB 5017ms 260ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 48.6MB 5480ms 430ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 2.hx timeout 0.0ms 83.0MB 4927ms 717ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 50.9MB 7453ms 437ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0
haxe 2.hx timeout 0.0ms 130.9MB 7437ms 773ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0
lua 1.lua timeout 0.0ms 104.8MB 4943ms 40ms lua 5.4.7

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
haxe 1.hx 87ms 2.0ms 25.6MB 77ms 7ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
lua 1.lua 290ms 4.0ms 15.8MB 270ms 10ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
haxe 2.hx 384ms 6.8ms 58.3MB 420ms 27ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 641ms 2.0ms 8.8MB 607ms 47ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 678ms 3.2ms 11.2MB 757ms 47ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0
lua 1.lua 809ms 8.7ms 16.9MB 790ms 0ms lua 5.4.7
haxe 2.hx 920ms 11ms 13.6MB 810ms 157ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 2.hx 928ms 4.6ms 25.2MB 907ms 153ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0

fasta

Input: 2500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
haxe 1.hx 2392ms 6.6ms 25.8MB 2233ms 233ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 3.2MB 4343ms 883ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 3.5MB 4377ms 877ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0

Input: 250000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
haxe 1.hx 255ms 1.6ms 25.6MB 223ms 27ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 658ms 5.3ms 3.3MB 570ms 107ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 683ms 4.8ms 3.6MB 593ms 117ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0

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 1.7ms 0.4ms 2.4MB 0ms 0ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
haxe 1.hx 1.9ms 0.2ms 2.9MB 0ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 2.5ms 0.2ms 4.4MB 0ms 0ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 3.4ms 0.2ms 2.8MB 0ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0

lru

Input: 1000 1000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
haxe 1.hx 136ms 3.5ms 20.4MB 123ms 3ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 138ms 2.4ms 3.1MB 127ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 154ms 1.6ms 3.8MB 147ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0

Input: 1000 3000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
haxe 1.hx 378ms 5.7ms 25.5MB 367ms 7ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 394ms 1.8ms 3.0MB 383ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 455ms 4.9ms 3.8MB 443ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0

Input: 100 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
haxe 1.hx 61ms 0.2ms 12.6MB 47ms 3ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 68ms 1.7ms 3.1MB 60ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 79ms 2.6ms 3.8MB 70ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0

merkletrees

Input: 17

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
haxe 1.hx 907ms 2.4ms 95.0MB 997ms 50ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 32.6MB 4920ms 533ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 57.2MB 5820ms 470ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0
lua 1.lua timeout 0.0ms 107.4MB 4943ms 43ms lua 5.4.7
lua 1.lua timeout 0.0ms 149.3MB 4940ms 47ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
haxe 1.hx 169ms 2.7ms 26.6MB 167ms 10ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
lua 1.lua 1081ms 4.4ms 31.3MB 1053ms 13ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
haxe 1.hx 1299ms 6.1ms 10.7MB 1237ms 143ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 1319ms 7.8ms 20.4MB 1340ms 123ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0
lua 1.lua 2159ms 20ms 28.8MB 2140ms 7ms lua 5.4.7

nbody

Input: 5000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
lua 4.lua 713ms 2.4ms 2.3MB 703ms 0ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
haxe 2.hx 856ms 3.2ms 3.0MB 847ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 1078ms 12ms 3.1MB 1070ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 3.hx 1411ms 41ms 25.6MB 1543ms 37ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 2.hx 2404ms 5.5ms 3.6MB 2397ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0
haxe 1.hx 2482ms 12ms 3.6MB 2473ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 4.4MB 4990ms 0ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 2.hx timeout 0.0ms 4.5MB 4990ms 0ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 3.hx timeout 0.0ms 3.2MB 3880ms 1650ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 3.hx timeout 0.0ms 3.9MB 4143ms 1347ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0
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
lua 4.lua 76ms 0.9ms 2.3MB 70ms 0ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
haxe 2.hx 89ms 1.5ms 3.0MB 80ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 110ms 1.1ms 3.0MB 100ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 3.hx 152ms 0.6ms 25.8MB 147ms 10ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 2.hx 246ms 2.2ms 3.6MB 240ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0
haxe 1.hx 252ms 2.5ms 3.8MB 240ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0
haxe 3.hx 670ms 0.9ms 3.1MB 530ms 200ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 2.hx 677ms 8.5ms 4.4MB 670ms 0ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 3.hx 786ms 4.1ms 3.9MB 643ms 210ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0
haxe 1.hx 809ms 5.4ms 4.4MB 797ms 0ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
lua 4.lua 1142ms 41ms 2.3MB 1133ms 0ms lua 5.4.7

spectral-norm

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
haxe 1.hx 3903ms 13ms 3.3MB 3887ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
lua 1.lua 4063ms 2.9ms 2.5MB 4053ms 0ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 7.0MB 4990ms 0ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 3.8MB 4990ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0
lua 1.lua timeout 0.0ms 2.5MB 4990ms 0ms lua 5.4.7

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
haxe 1.hx 983ms 1.0ms 3.1MB 970ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
lua 1.lua 1023ms 1.2ms 2.4MB 1013ms 0ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
haxe 1.hx 2399ms 1.5ms 6.5MB 2390ms 0ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 3.8MB 4990ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0
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
haxe 1.hx 252ms 2.3ms 3.0MB 240ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
lua 1.lua 262ms 0.6ms 2.3MB 250ms 0ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
haxe 1.hx 603ms 0.9ms 5.4MB 590ms 0ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 2297ms 2.9ms 3.8MB 2287ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0
lua 1.lua timeout 0.0ms 2.0MB 4990ms 0ms lua 5.4.7