Programming Language and compiler
Benchmarks

Javascript VS C benchmarks

Current benchmark data was generated on Sun Dec 01 2024, 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 934ms 12ms 179.4MB 1463ms 247ms bun 1.1.38
javascript 1-m.js 1245ms 11ms 292.8MB 2167ms 173ms node 23.3.0

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
javascript 1.js 95ms 0.9ms 78.8MB 67ms 30ms bun 1.1.38
javascript 1.js 124ms 1.3ms 82.1MB 123ms 20ms node 23.3.0

coro-prime-sieve

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
javascript 1.js 1579ms 4.5ms 93.9MB 1667ms 47ms node 23.3.0
javascript 1.js 2164ms 25ms 99.8MB 2190ms 60ms bun 1.1.38

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
javascript 1.js 155ms 1.6ms 76.4MB 140ms 23ms node 23.3.0
javascript 1.js 180ms 1.0ms 85.4MB 213ms 17ms bun 1.1.38

edigits

Input: 250001

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
javascript 1.js 275ms 2.6ms 66.4MB 273ms 37ms node 23.3.0
javascript 1.js 651ms 2.3ms 77.2MB 620ms 27ms bun 1.1.38

Input: 100000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
javascript 1.js 125ms 1.1ms 65.4MB 143ms 13ms node 23.3.0
javascript 1.js 549ms 51ms 67.0MB 523ms 20ms bun 1.1.38

helloworld

Input: QwQ

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 1.c 1.0ms 0.0ms 1.4MB 0ms 0ms zigcc 0.13.0
c 1.c 1.3ms 0.1ms 2.1MB 0ms 0ms gcc 14.2.0
c 1.c 1.3ms 0.1ms 2.1MB 0ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
javascript 1.js 12ms 0.4ms 31.8MB 0ms 10ms bun 1.1.38
javascript 1.js 31ms 0.3ms 51.9MB 16ms 4ms node 23.3.0

http-server

Input: 3000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
javascript 1-m.bun.js 352ms 14ms 69.3MB 150ms 410ms bun 1.1.38
javascript 1.js 3204ms 115ms 184.7MB 3040ms 1450ms node 23.3.0

Input: 500

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
javascript 1.bun.js 130ms 10ms 54.0MB 43ms 80ms bun 1.1.38
javascript 1.js 397ms 6.2ms 85.4MB 330ms 133ms node 23.3.0

json-serde

Input: sample 5000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
javascript 1.js 83ms 0.8ms 65.6MB 53ms 20ms bun 1.1.38
javascript 1.js 131ms 12ms 78.8MB 113ms 20ms node 23.3.0

Input: canada 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
javascript 1.js 381ms 3.3ms 206.8MB 340ms 87ms bun 1.1.38
javascript 1.js 750ms 34ms 209.9MB 837ms 80ms node 23.3.0

lru

Input: 1000 1000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
javascript 2.js 307ms 1.5ms 66.6MB 293ms 17ms node 23.3.0
javascript 1.js 556ms 4.1ms 64.6MB 543ms 7ms node 23.3.0
javascript 2.js 654ms 2.5ms 122.6MB 690ms 73ms bun 1.1.38
javascript 1.js 879ms 2.7ms 110.8MB 957ms 87ms bun 1.1.38

Input: 1000 3000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
javascript 2.js 850ms 3.9ms 71.8MB 830ms 23ms node 23.3.0
javascript 1.js 1581ms 2.8ms 71.0MB 1560ms 17ms node 23.3.0
javascript 2.js 1821ms 23ms 122.0MB 1977ms 60ms bun 1.1.38
javascript 1.js 2555ms 37ms 110.8MB 2857ms 143ms bun 1.1.38

Input: 100 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
javascript 2.js 166ms 2.5ms 60.1MB 163ms 3ms node 23.3.0
javascript 1.js 172ms 16ms 61.8MB 157ms 10ms node 23.3.0
javascript 1.js 323ms 4.0ms 119.0MB 360ms 73ms bun 1.1.38
javascript 2.js 352ms 4.1ms 125.4MB 380ms 47ms bun 1.1.38

merkletrees

Input: 17

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
javascript 1-m.js 510ms 1.8ms 138.7MB 657ms 147ms bun 1.1.38
javascript 1.js 538ms 0.3ms 134.0MB 627ms 60ms node 23.3.0

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
javascript 1.js 124ms 3.0ms 86.3MB 103ms 37ms bun 1.1.38
javascript 1.js 162ms 1.2ms 101.8MB 160ms 37ms node 23.3.0

nbody

Input: 5000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 8-i.c 245ms 1.0ms 1.5MB 230ms 0ms zigcc 0.13.0
c 5.c 298ms 0.2ms 1.5MB 283ms 0ms zigcc 0.13.0
c 8-i.c 301ms 1.8ms 2.1MB 290ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 2.c 308ms 1.0ms 2.3MB 300ms 0ms gcc 14.2.0
c 2.c 312ms 1.5ms 1.5MB 300ms 0ms zigcc 0.13.0
c 5.c 312ms 0.9ms 2.3MB 300ms 0ms gcc 14.2.0
c 5.c 315ms 2.3ms 2.1MB 307ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 2.c 317ms 2.8ms 2.1MB 307ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 8-i.c 332ms 0.1ms 2.3MB 320ms 0ms gcc 14.2.0
javascript 6.js 460ms 5.9ms 59.6MB 447ms 7ms node 23.3.0
javascript 6.js 672ms 15ms 44.9MB 667ms 3ms bun 1.1.38

Input: 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 8-i.c 27ms 0.1ms 1.5MB 20ms 0ms zigcc 0.13.0
c 5.c 32ms 0.2ms 1.5MB 20ms 0ms zigcc 0.13.0
c 8-i.c 32ms 0.3ms 2.1MB 20ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 2.c 33ms 0.1ms 2.3MB 23ms 0ms gcc 14.2.0
c 5.c 34ms 0.6ms 2.3MB 20ms 0ms gcc 14.2.0
c 2.c 34ms 0.6ms 1.5MB 23ms 0ms zigcc 0.13.0
c 5.c 34ms 0.9ms 2.1MB 23ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 8-i.c 36ms 0.4ms 2.3MB 30ms 0ms gcc 14.2.0
c 2.c 37ms 5.1ms 2.1MB 27ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
javascript 6.js 77ms 1.7ms 59.5MB 67ms 3ms node 23.3.0
javascript 6.js 87ms 1.8ms 44.9MB 80ms 10ms bun 1.1.38

secp256k1

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
javascript 1.js 2575ms 12ms 63.5MB 2577ms 20ms node 23.3.0
javascript 1.js 2795ms 11ms 84.3MB 2807ms 53ms bun 1.1.38

Input: 500

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
javascript 1.js 681ms 4.2ms 61.0MB 683ms 13ms node 23.3.0
javascript 1.js 738ms 1.4ms 83.5MB 747ms 23ms bun 1.1.38

pidigits

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
javascript 3.js 4746ms 11ms 91.6MB 4717ms 33ms node 23.3.0

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
javascript 3.js 1029ms 1.4ms 74.0MB 1013ms 17ms node 23.3.0

spectral-norm

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 6-im.c 956ms 1.0ms 4.1MB 3750ms 0ms gcc 14.2.0
c 4-m.c 966ms 0.5ms 4.0MB 3790ms 0ms gcc 14.2.0
c 6-im.c 1012ms 17ms 5.1MB 3937ms 7ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 5-im.c 1124ms 47ms 4.1MB 4327ms 3ms gcc 14.2.0
c 4-m.c 1139ms 14ms 5.3MB 4427ms 10ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 5-im.c 1334ms 8.3ms 5.2MB 5227ms 3ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 3-m.c 1835ms 6.5ms 7.2MB 7190ms 10ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 3-m.c 1981ms 16ms 4.1MB 7780ms 0ms gcc 14.2.0
javascript 6-m.js 2167ms 20ms 117.7MB 8173ms 63ms node 23.3.0

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 6-im.c 251ms 2.9ms 4.0MB 953ms 0ms gcc 14.2.0
c 4-m.c 253ms 1.2ms 4.1MB 957ms 0ms gcc 14.2.0
c 6-im.c 261ms 3.2ms 7.2MB 973ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 5-im.c 290ms 11ms 4.0MB 1093ms 0ms gcc 14.2.0
c 4-m.c 291ms 2.9ms 5.4MB 1097ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 5-im.c 342ms 3.7ms 5.4MB 1313ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 3-m.c 479ms 25ms 7.3MB 1803ms 10ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 3-m.c 502ms 2.4ms 4.0MB 1950ms 0ms gcc 14.2.0
javascript 6-m.js 643ms 4.2ms 117.0MB 2300ms 43ms node 23.3.0

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 6-im.c 72ms 0.5ms 7.0MB 243ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 4-m.c 74ms 3.3ms 4.1MB 257ms 0ms gcc 14.2.0
c 6-im.c 74ms 6.9ms 4.0MB 250ms 0ms gcc 14.2.0
c 5-im.c 80ms 1.3ms 4.0MB 283ms 0ms gcc 14.2.0
c 4-m.c 82ms 2.6ms 7.0MB 277ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 5-im.c 95ms 3.2ms 5.2MB 333ms 3ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 3-m.c 124ms 1.2ms 5.3MB 450ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 3-m.c 134ms 0.3ms 4.0MB 497ms 0ms gcc 14.2.0
javascript 6-m.js 262ms 0.7ms 112.9MB 813ms 47ms node 23.3.0