Programming Language and compiler
Benchmarks

Javascript VS Ruby benchmarks

Current benchmark data was generated on Thu May 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
javascript 1-m.js 961ms 19ms 189.3MB 1440ms 253ms bun 1.2.11
javascript 1-m.js 1237ms 36ms 250.6MB 2120ms 157ms node 23.11.0
ruby 1.rb 4679ms 84ms 150.6MB 4570ms 97ms ruby/yjit 3.4.3
ruby 1.rb timeout 0.0ms 70.0MB 4950ms 40ms ruby 3.4.3
ruby 1.rb timeout 0.0ms 780.8MB 6557ms 723ms truffleruby 24.2.1

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
javascript 1.js 101ms 3.1ms 79.5MB 77ms 30ms bun 1.2.11
javascript 1.js 125ms 2.3ms 78.7MB 127ms 27ms node 23.11.0
ruby 1.rb 481ms 3.0ms 20.3MB 460ms 10ms ruby/yjit 3.4.3
ruby 1-m.rb 537ms 62ms 414.1MB 1070ms 150ms truffleruby 24.2.1
ruby 1.rb 931ms 3.2ms 19.5MB 910ms 7ms ruby 3.4.3

coro-prime-sieve

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
ruby 1.rb 1461ms 14ms 63.8MB 1383ms 63ms ruby/yjit 3.4.3
javascript 1.js 1592ms 8.1ms 90.4MB 1680ms 50ms node 23.11.0
ruby 1.rb 1891ms 53ms 63.0MB 1813ms 63ms ruby 3.4.3
javascript 1.js 2477ms 15ms 101.1MB 2510ms 60ms bun 1.2.11
ruby 1.rb timeout 0.0ms 342.0MB 4683ms 1473ms truffleruby 24.2.1

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
ruby 1.rb 156ms 2.7ms 25.8MB 127ms 13ms ruby/yjit 3.4.3
javascript 1.js 157ms 3.2ms 71.9MB 143ms 20ms node 23.11.0
ruby 1.rb 181ms 2.9ms 25.0MB 153ms 13ms ruby 3.4.3
javascript 1.js 198ms 3.1ms 86.6MB 223ms 30ms bun 1.2.11
ruby 1.rb timeout 0.0ms 351.9MB 4730ms 1453ms truffleruby 24.2.1

edigits

Input: 250001

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
javascript 1.js 271ms 3.9ms 63.7MB 287ms 23ms node 23.11.0
javascript 1.js 522ms 4.8ms 77.6MB 497ms 20ms bun 1.2.11

Input: 100000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
javascript 1.js 124ms 0.7ms 61.4MB 143ms 17ms node 23.11.0
javascript 1.js 500ms 3.0ms 67.6MB 477ms 20ms bun 1.2.11

helloworld

Input: QwQ

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
javascript 1.js 13ms 0.3ms 33.4MB 0ms 10ms bun 1.2.11
javascript 1.js 30ms 0.8ms 47.7MB 18ms 2ms node 23.11.0
ruby 1.rb 34ms 0.6ms 140.7MB 12ms 24ms truffleruby 24.2.1
ruby 1.rb 50ms 0.5ms 13.0MB 36ms 4ms ruby/yjit 3.4.3
ruby 1.rb 52ms 1.7ms 12.8MB 38ms 0ms ruby 3.4.3

http-server

Input: 3000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
javascript 1-m.bun.js 333ms 15ms 76.1MB 143ms 430ms bun 1.2.11
javascript 1.js 3165ms 250ms 189.3MB 3020ms 1490ms node 23.11.0

Input: 500

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
javascript 1.bun.js 118ms 5.0ms 55.9MB 33ms 90ms bun 1.2.11
javascript 1.js 355ms 3.4ms 80.2MB 323ms 133ms node 23.11.0

json-serde

Input: sample 5000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
javascript 1.js 76ms 7.9ms 68.5MB 47ms 23ms bun 1.2.11
javascript 1.js 111ms 1.2ms 75.3MB 100ms 20ms node 23.11.0
ruby 1.rb 247ms 2.4ms 29.9MB 220ms 10ms ruby/yjit 3.4.3
ruby 1.rb 249ms 4.9ms 28.5MB 217ms 17ms ruby 3.4.3
ruby 1-m.rb 4260ms 110ms 489.7MB 11213ms 330ms truffleruby 24.2.1

Input: canada 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
javascript 1.js 392ms 3.5ms 236.5MB 337ms 97ms bun 1.2.11
javascript 1.js 688ms 0.9ms 202.5MB 797ms 87ms node 23.11.0
ruby 1.rb 2070ms 4.8ms 135.1MB 1983ms 73ms ruby/yjit 3.4.3
ruby 1.rb 2088ms 5.1ms 134.1MB 2000ms 77ms ruby 3.4.3
ruby 1.rb timeout 0.0ms 649.0MB 13303ms 360ms truffleruby 24.2.1

lru

Input: 1000 1000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
javascript 2.js 307ms 2.3ms 62.8MB 297ms 13ms node 23.11.0
ruby 1.rb 336ms 3.0ms 13.5MB 320ms 7ms ruby/yjit 3.4.3
ruby 1.rb 528ms 0.6ms 12.9MB 510ms 0ms ruby 3.4.3
javascript 1.js 555ms 1.1ms 60.6MB 540ms 10ms node 23.11.0
ruby 1-m.rb 649ms 12ms 361.2MB 1150ms 143ms truffleruby 24.2.1
javascript 2.js 654ms 7.6ms 121.9MB 707ms 60ms bun 1.2.11
javascript 1.js 824ms 5.1ms 111.6MB 920ms 73ms bun 1.2.11

Input: 1000 3000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
javascript 2.js 840ms 2.4ms 68.5MB 830ms 17ms node 23.11.0
ruby 1.rb 891ms 5.7ms 13.5MB 873ms 3ms ruby/yjit 3.4.3
ruby 1-m.rb 1218ms 28ms 399.4MB 1703ms 157ms truffleruby 24.2.1
ruby 1.rb 1472ms 6.0ms 12.9MB 1453ms 3ms ruby 3.4.3
javascript 1.js 1579ms 1.6ms 68.0MB 1563ms 13ms node 23.11.0
javascript 2.js 1820ms 2.5ms 122.2MB 1987ms 77ms bun 1.2.11
javascript 1.js 2446ms 103ms 112.9MB 2770ms 150ms bun 1.2.11

Input: 100 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
javascript 1.js 161ms 1.1ms 58.0MB 150ms 7ms node 23.11.0
javascript 2.js 163ms 0.7ms 56.5MB 160ms 7ms node 23.11.0
ruby 1.rb 194ms 4.2ms 13.4MB 177ms 7ms ruby/yjit 3.4.3
ruby 1.rb 288ms 3.8ms 12.8MB 270ms 3ms ruby 3.4.3
javascript 1.js 317ms 2.2ms 115.6MB 353ms 77ms bun 1.2.11
javascript 2.js 354ms 4.5ms 125.5MB 377ms 50ms bun 1.2.11
ruby 1-m.rb 516ms 39ms 354.9MB 993ms 137ms truffleruby 24.2.1

merkletrees

Input: 17

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
javascript 1-m.js 487ms 5.6ms 135.7MB 657ms 133ms bun 1.2.11
javascript 1.js 533ms 5.3ms 130.5MB 620ms 57ms node 23.11.0
ruby 1-m.rb 4011ms 237ms 549.1MB 10167ms 373ms truffleruby 24.2.1
ruby 1.rb timeout 0.0ms 93.5MB 4940ms 50ms ruby 3.4.3
ruby 1.rb timeout 0.0ms 97.2MB 4940ms 50ms ruby/yjit 3.4.3

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
javascript 1.js 115ms 2.7ms 87.3MB 100ms 30ms bun 1.2.11
javascript 1.js 158ms 1.6ms 98.3MB 160ms 33ms node 23.11.0
ruby 1-m.rb 2063ms 65ms 556.4MB 5307ms 257ms truffleruby 24.2.1
ruby 1.rb 3317ms 15ms 38.3MB 3287ms 17ms ruby/yjit 3.4.3
ruby 1.rb 4340ms 9.9ms 37.6MB 4307ms 20ms ruby 3.4.3

nbody

Input: 5000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
javascript 6.js 457ms 5.8ms 56.0MB 443ms 10ms node 23.11.0
javascript 6.js 609ms 19ms 45.5MB 600ms 3ms bun 1.2.11
ruby 2.rb 820ms 8.8ms 310.7MB 1043ms 117ms truffleruby 24.2.1
ruby 2.rb timeout 0.0ms 12.8MB 4987ms 3ms ruby 3.4.3
ruby 2.rb timeout 0.0ms 13.5MB 4983ms 0ms ruby/yjit 3.4.3

Input: 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
javascript 6.js 76ms 0.8ms 55.8MB 67ms 3ms node 23.11.0
javascript 6.js 80ms 2.5ms 45.6MB 73ms 3ms bun 1.2.11
ruby 2-m.rb 312ms 9.0ms 309.6MB 540ms 117ms truffleruby 24.2.1
ruby 2.rb 1025ms 2.6ms 13.5MB 1010ms 0ms ruby/yjit 3.4.3
ruby 2.rb 2856ms 28ms 12.8MB 2840ms 0ms ruby 3.4.3

secp256k1

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
javascript 1.js 2491ms 5.7ms 59.8MB 2493ms 23ms node 23.11.0
javascript 1.js 2807ms 14ms 84.1MB 2820ms 53ms bun 1.2.11

Input: 500

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
javascript 1.js 663ms 0.8ms 57.9MB 673ms 7ms node 23.11.0
javascript 1.js 731ms 8.9ms 84.0MB 730ms 30ms bun 1.2.11

pidigits

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
javascript 3.js 4795ms 24ms 88.0MB 4770ms 27ms node 23.11.0
ruby 1.rb timeout 0.0ms 130.2MB 4847ms 140ms ruby 3.4.3
ruby 1.rb timeout 0.0ms 130.7MB 4873ms 113ms ruby/yjit 3.4.3
ruby 1.rb timeout 0.0ms 461.2MB 13320ms 417ms truffleruby 24.2.1

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
javascript 3.js 1040ms 4.3ms 70.7MB 1020ms 13ms node 23.11.0
ruby 1-m.rb 1612ms 177ms 390.8MB 4260ms 207ms truffleruby 24.2.1
ruby 1.rb 1803ms 20ms 131.0MB 1673ms 117ms ruby/yjit 3.4.3
ruby 1.rb 1805ms 5.0ms 130.1MB 1683ms 103ms ruby 3.4.3

spectral-norm

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
javascript 6-m.js 2187ms 17ms 115.2MB 8297ms 57ms node 23.11.0
ruby 4.rb timeout 0.0ms 12.9MB 4980ms 3ms ruby 3.4.3
ruby 4.rb timeout 0.0ms 13.5MB 4983ms 3ms ruby/yjit 3.4.3
ruby 4.rb timeout 0.0ms 412.4MB 5180ms 223ms truffleruby 24.2.1

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
javascript 6-m.js 649ms 2.4ms 112.8MB 2323ms 50ms node 23.11.0
ruby 4.rb 4838ms 9.1ms 424.1MB 5130ms 203ms truffleruby 24.2.1
ruby 4.rb timeout 0.0ms 12.9MB 4980ms 7ms ruby 3.4.3
ruby 4.rb timeout 0.0ms 13.5MB 4983ms 3ms ruby/yjit 3.4.3

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
javascript 6-m.js 270ms 4.4ms 109.9MB 840ms 50ms node 23.11.0
ruby 4.rb 1417ms 19ms 373.9MB 1763ms 130ms truffleruby 24.2.1
ruby 4.rb timeout 0.0ms 12.9MB 4980ms 7ms ruby 3.4.3
ruby 4.rb timeout 0.0ms 13.8MB 4980ms 3ms ruby/yjit 3.4.3