Haxe VS Python benchmarks

Current benchmark data was generated on Fri Aug 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
python 1.py 1165ms 6.5ms 96.8MB 1107ms 47ms pypy 3.11.13
haxe 1.hx 1290ms 13ms 144.0MB 1470ms 67ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 2.hx 4336ms 13ms 495.3MB 4867ms 253ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 48.6MB 5457ms 423ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 2.hx timeout 0.0ms 83.0MB 5003ms 683ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 51.1MB 7750ms 430ms haxe/hl/jit 1.16.0
haxe 2.hx timeout 0.0ms 131.0MB 7297ms 770ms haxe/hl/jit 1.16.0
python 1.py timeout 0.0ms 41.0MB 4967ms 23ms cpython 3.13.5
python 1.py timeout 0.0ms 40.5MB 4733ms 253ms pyston 3.8.12

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
haxe 1.hx 88ms 0.4ms 25.6MB 77ms 10ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
python 1.py 95ms 3.5ms 68.3MB 63ms 17ms pypy 3.11.13
haxe 2.hx 380ms 5.8ms 58.3MB 410ms 20ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
python 1.py 492ms 6.9ms 11.9MB 470ms 10ms pyston 3.8.12
haxe 1.hx 640ms 2.4ms 8.7MB 613ms 43ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 671ms 4.4ms 11.4MB 727ms 57ms haxe/hl/jit 1.16.0
python 1.py 734ms 16ms 12.9MB 723ms 0ms cpython 3.13.5
haxe 2.hx 930ms 3.9ms 13.6MB 817ms 157ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 2.hx 940ms 11ms 25.0MB 910ms 170ms haxe/hl/jit 1.16.0

fasta

Input: 2500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
python 1.py 2215ms 30ms 89.2MB 2163ms 33ms pypy 3.11.13
python 5-m.py 2319ms 16ms 66.2MB 3547ms 837ms pypy 3.11.13
haxe 1.hx 2378ms 10ms 25.6MB 2270ms 190ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
python 5-m.py 2445ms 19ms 12.5MB 3547ms 983ms pyston 3.8.12
python 1.py 3020ms 14ms 8.1MB 3007ms 0ms pyston 3.8.12
python 5-m.py 3347ms 16ms 13.8MB 4410ms 927ms cpython 3.13.5
python 1.py 4661ms 7.5ms 9.0MB 4647ms 0ms cpython 3.13.5
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 3.1MB 4333ms 880ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 3.6MB 4383ms 850ms haxe/hl/jit 1.16.0

Input: 250000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
haxe 1.hx 251ms 2.7ms 25.6MB 220ms 30ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
python 1.py 279ms 1.4ms 63.5MB 250ms 10ms pypy 3.11.13
python 5-m.py 310ms 1.1ms 12.5MB 393ms 143ms pyston 3.8.12
python 1.py 313ms 2.4ms 8.1MB 303ms 0ms pyston 3.8.12
python 5-m.py 394ms 3.6ms 13.8MB 473ms 127ms cpython 3.13.5
python 5-m.py 448ms 1.8ms 66.2MB 763ms 273ms pypy 3.11.13
python 1.py 491ms 9.3ms 8.9MB 480ms 0ms cpython 3.13.5
haxe 1.hx 667ms 6.6ms 3.5MB 577ms 103ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 698ms 6.6ms 3.6MB 617ms 107ms haxe/hl/jit 1.16.0

helloworld

Input: QwQ

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
haxe 1.hx 1.9ms 0.2ms 2.9MB 0ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 2.3ms 0.3ms 4.4MB 0ms 0ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 3.4ms 0.4ms 2.9MB 0ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.16.0
python 1.py 11ms 0.9ms 7.8MB 0ms 0ms pyston 3.8.12
python 1.py 13ms 0.8ms 8.8MB 0ms 0ms cpython 3.13.5
python 1.py 29ms 0.8ms 52.2MB 10ms 10ms pypy 3.11.13

lru

Input: 1000 1000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
haxe 1.hx 134ms 1.8ms 20.4MB 120ms 7ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 135ms 0.3ms 3.3MB 127ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
python 2.py 148ms 2.3ms 58.9MB 123ms 7ms pypy 3.11.13
haxe 1.hx 157ms 3.8ms 3.8MB 147ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.16.0
python 1.py 187ms 5.0ms 59.8MB 163ms 10ms pypy 3.11.13
python 1.py 734ms 3.0ms 8.9MB 717ms 0ms pyston 3.8.12
python 2.py 857ms 2.7ms 8.5MB 847ms 0ms pyston 3.8.12
python 1.py 1149ms 2.1ms 9.5MB 1140ms 0ms cpython 3.13.5
python 2.py 1312ms 22ms 9.3MB 1300ms 0ms cpython 3.13.5

Input: 1000 3000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
python 2.py 349ms 5.1ms 59.7MB 320ms 13ms pypy 3.11.13
haxe 1.hx 378ms 5.6ms 25.5MB 363ms 10ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 398ms 6.1ms 3.1MB 387ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
python 1.py 399ms 2.9ms 60.7MB 373ms 10ms pypy 3.11.13
haxe 1.hx 459ms 7.2ms 3.8MB 450ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.16.0
python 1.py 2181ms 1.1ms 8.9MB 2170ms 0ms pyston 3.8.12
python 2.py 2527ms 6.0ms 8.5MB 2513ms 0ms pyston 3.8.12
python 1.py 3381ms 12ms 9.5MB 3373ms 0ms cpython 3.13.5
python 2.py 3934ms 57ms 9.3MB 3923ms 0ms cpython 3.13.5

Input: 100 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
haxe 1.hx 63ms 0.7ms 12.3MB 50ms 0ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 67ms 0.6ms 3.0MB 60ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 77ms 0.7ms 3.6MB 70ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.16.0
python 2.py 106ms 3.8ms 58.1MB 83ms 10ms pypy 3.11.13
python 1.py 122ms 3.9ms 59.3MB 103ms 10ms pypy 3.11.13
python 1.py 357ms 3.8ms 8.5MB 347ms 0ms pyston 3.8.12
python 2.py 391ms 3.4ms 8.1MB 383ms 0ms pyston 3.8.12
python 1.py 540ms 3.8ms 9.3MB 527ms 0ms cpython 3.13.5
python 2.py 631ms 12ms 8.9MB 620ms 0ms cpython 3.13.5

merkletrees

Input: 17

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
haxe 1.hx 908ms 5.7ms 94.9MB 1010ms 40ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
python 1.py 2182ms 14ms 204.7MB 2060ms 107ms pypy 3.11.13
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 32.5MB 4877ms 553ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 55.1MB 5960ms 490ms haxe/hl/jit 1.16.0
python 1.py timeout 0.0ms 94.1MB 4957ms 33ms cpython 3.13.5
python 1.py timeout 0.0ms 130.4MB 4937ms 53ms pyston 3.8.12

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
haxe 1.hx 170ms 4.0ms 26.6MB 173ms 10ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
python 1.py 375ms 1.4ms 105.3MB 317ms 43ms pypy 3.11.13
haxe 1.hx 1306ms 1.8ms 10.8MB 1253ms 140ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 1322ms 7.0ms 20.2MB 1330ms 127ms haxe/hl/jit 1.16.0
python 1.py 3001ms 36ms 37.4MB 2973ms 13ms cpython 3.13.5
python 1.py timeout 0.0ms 48.9MB 4940ms 47ms pyston 3.8.12

nbody

Input: 5000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
haxe 2.hx 856ms 3.6ms 3.0MB 847ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 1084ms 8.6ms 3.0MB 1073ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
python 2.py 1342ms 2.7ms 60.5MB 1317ms 13ms pypy 3.11.13
haxe 3.hx 1407ms 30ms 25.6MB 1560ms 30ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 2.hx 2414ms 4.4ms 3.6MB 2403ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.16.0
haxe 1.hx 2476ms 3.3ms 3.6MB 2467ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.16.0
python 1.py 2650ms 17ms 57.8MB 2627ms 10ms pypy 3.11.13
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 3920ms 1573ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 3.hx timeout 0.0ms 3.9MB 4133ms 1323ms haxe/hl/jit 1.16.0
python 1.py timeout 0.0ms 8.9MB 4990ms 0ms cpython 3.13.5
python 2.py timeout 0.0ms 9.0MB 4990ms 0ms cpython 3.13.5
python 1.py timeout 0.0ms 8.3MB 4990ms 0ms pyston 3.8.12
python 2.py timeout 0.0ms 8.1MB 4990ms 0ms pyston 3.8.12

Input: 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
haxe 2.hx 88ms 0.2ms 3.0MB 80ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 111ms 2.9ms 3.1MB 103ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 3.hx 153ms 2.6ms 25.6MB 147ms 10ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
python 2.py 176ms 4.7ms 58.5MB 153ms 10ms pypy 3.11.13
haxe 2.hx 244ms 1.1ms 3.6MB 237ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.16.0
haxe 1.hx 253ms 2.2ms 3.6MB 243ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.16.0
python 1.py 305ms 1.6ms 57.8MB 283ms 7ms pypy 3.11.13
haxe 2.hx 674ms 7.0ms 4.4MB 663ms 0ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 3.hx 676ms 2.5ms 3.3MB 530ms 203ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 3.hx 795ms 13ms 3.8MB 643ms 210ms haxe/hl/jit 1.16.0
haxe 1.hx 812ms 5.7ms 4.4MB 803ms 0ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
python 1.py 940ms 29ms 8.3MB 927ms 0ms pyston 3.8.12
python 2.py 1345ms 52ms 8.1MB 1330ms 0ms pyston 3.8.12
python 1.py 2971ms 99ms 8.9MB 2960ms 0ms cpython 3.13.5
python 2.py 2989ms 51ms 9.0MB 2977ms 0ms cpython 3.13.5

spectral-norm

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
haxe 1.hx 3897ms 3.5ms 3.4MB 3883ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 7.0MB 4990ms 0ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 3.9MB 4990ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.16.0
python 8.py timeout 0.0ms 14.8MB 40ms 10ms cpython 3.13.5
python 8.py timeout 0.0ms 94.2MB 653ms 73ms pypy 3.11.13
python 8.py timeout 0.0ms 14.3MB 40ms 10ms pyston 3.8.12

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
haxe 1.hx 987ms 3.6ms 3.2MB 977ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 2398ms 1.7ms 6.5MB 2387ms 0ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 3.8MB 4990ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.16.0
python 8.py timeout 0.0ms 14.4MB 50ms 7ms cpython 3.13.5
python 8.py timeout 0.0ms 96.2MB 1180ms 140ms pypy 3.11.13
python 8.py timeout 0.0ms 13.6MB 63ms 13ms pyston 3.8.12

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
haxe 1.hx 250ms 1.8ms 3.0MB 240ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 602ms 0.3ms 5.4MB 590ms 0ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
python 8-m.py 2147ms 28ms 94.2MB 7087ms 240ms pypy 3.11.13
haxe 1.hx 2306ms 17ms 3.8MB 2297ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.16.0
python 8.py timeout 0.0ms 14.3MB 90ms 13ms cpython 3.13.5
python 8.py timeout 0.0ms 13.1MB 133ms 37ms pyston 3.8.12