Programming Language and compiler
Benchmarks

Kotlin VS D benchmarks

Current benchmark data was generated on Tue Mar 25 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
kotlin 1.kt 482ms 0.5ms 578.0MB 560ms 90ms kotlin/jvm 21
d 1.d 1796ms 1.6ms 312.6MB 1770ms 33ms ldc2 1.40.1
d 1.d 2825ms 142ms 314.8MB 3023ms 47ms dmd 2.110.0
kotlin 1-m.kt 3201ms 42ms 246.5MB 5153ms 850ms kotlin/native 1.8.21

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
kotlin 1.kt 107ms 0.7ms 160.3MB 117ms 27ms kotlin/jvm 21
d 1.d 164ms 2.0ms 209.8MB 140ms 13ms ldc2 1.40.1
d 1.d 231ms 4.2ms 211.8MB 203ms 10ms dmd 2.110.0
kotlin 1-m.kt 283ms 2.6ms 30.5MB 453ms 67ms kotlin/native 1.8.21

coro-prime-sieve

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
kotlin 2-m.kt 1971ms 329ms 240.9MB 7313ms 117ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 1.kt 2173ms 16ms 221.5MB 2997ms 77ms kotlin/jvm 21
d 1.d timeout 0.0ms 17.7MB 4967ms 23ms dmd 2.110.0
d 1.d timeout 0.0ms 16.5MB 4963ms 20ms ldc2 1.40.1
kotlin 1.kt timeout 0.0ms 12.7MB 5997ms 487ms kotlin/native 1.8.21
kotlin 2-m.kt timeout 0.0ms 69.6MB 19047ms 153ms kotlin/native 1.8.21

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
kotlin 2-m.kt 432ms 2.7ms 14.5MB 1600ms 20ms kotlin/native 1.8.21
kotlin 1-m.kt 468ms 13ms 76.2MB 1060ms 43ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 1.kt 689ms 14ms 8.8MB 817ms 63ms kotlin/native 1.8.21
kotlin 2-m.kt 815ms 9.7ms 96.8MB 2827ms 77ms kotlin/jvm 21
d 1.d 1032ms 16ms 12.2MB 1010ms 7ms ldc2 1.40.1
d 1.d 1329ms 7.9ms 14.5MB 1303ms 13ms dmd 2.110.0

helloworld

Input: QwQ

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
d 1.d 1.6ms 0.1ms 3.0MB 0ms 0ms ldc2 1.40.1
d 1.d 2.2ms 0.3ms 5.0MB 0ms 0ms dmd 2.110.0
kotlin 1.kt 2.2ms 0.4ms 2.6MB 0ms 0ms kotlin/native 1.8.21
kotlin 1.kt 59ms 4.0ms 47.2MB 56ms 16ms kotlin/jvm 21

http-server

Input: 3000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
kotlin 2-m.kt 4877ms 110ms 433.3MB 14973ms 2650ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 1.kt timeout 0.0ms 400.8MB 16150ms 2810ms kotlin/jvm 21

Input: 500

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
kotlin 1-m.kt 2051ms 215ms 216.8MB 5830ms 630ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 2-m.kt 2169ms 316ms 243.8MB 3967ms 420ms kotlin/jvm 21

json-serde

Input: sample 5000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
d 2.d 59ms 0.9ms 15.7MB 60ms 10ms ldc2 1.40.1
d 2.d 238ms 2.3ms 22.4MB 233ms 10ms dmd 2.110.0
kotlin 1-m.kt 860ms 106ms 201.0MB 2313ms 90ms kotlin/jvm 21

Input: canada 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
d 2.d 456ms 1.6ms 141.8MB 423ms 37ms ldc2 1.40.1
kotlin 1-m.kt 2344ms 51ms 740.7MB 5013ms 167ms kotlin/jvm 21
d 2.d 2491ms 3.8ms 158.8MB 2510ms 33ms dmd 2.110.0

lru

Input: 1000 1000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
d 1.d 132ms 0.5ms 5.9MB 123ms 0ms ldc2 1.40.1
d 1.d 177ms 2.7ms 7.9MB 163ms 7ms dmd 2.110.0
kotlin 1-m.kt 181ms 4.2ms 96.8MB 300ms 27ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 2-m.kt 198ms 2.0ms 103.5MB 420ms 40ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 2.kt 310ms 2.1ms 5.9MB 433ms 20ms kotlin/native 1.8.21
kotlin 1.kt 518ms 11ms 5.8MB 620ms 3ms kotlin/native 1.8.21

Input: 1000 3000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
kotlin 2-m.kt 307ms 3.5ms 215.7MB 537ms 43ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 1.kt 335ms 2.6ms 204.7MB 443ms 43ms kotlin/jvm 21
d 1.d 374ms 1.0ms 5.9MB 363ms 13ms ldc2 1.40.1
d 1.d 514ms 1.2ms 7.9MB 500ms 13ms dmd 2.110.0
kotlin 2.kt 927ms 16ms 7.1MB 1330ms 50ms kotlin/native 1.8.21
kotlin 1.kt 1539ms 8.4ms 5.8MB 1870ms 23ms kotlin/native 1.8.21

Input: 100 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
d 1.d 57ms 0.9ms 5.9MB 43ms 0ms ldc2 1.40.1
d 1.d 80ms 1.3ms 7.9MB 70ms 0ms dmd 2.110.0
kotlin 2.kt 142ms 1.4ms 3.6MB 200ms 0ms kotlin/native 1.8.21
kotlin 1-m.kt 142ms 1.4ms 92.3MB 267ms 30ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 2-m.kt 153ms 3.2ms 95.8MB 303ms 30ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 1.kt 171ms 1.8ms 3.8MB 217ms 0ms kotlin/native 1.8.21

merkletrees

Input: 17

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
kotlin 1.kt 361ms 2.6ms 681.5MB 383ms 97ms kotlin/jvm 21
d 1.d 988ms 12ms 312.6MB 960ms 33ms ldc2 1.40.1
kotlin 1-m.kt 1532ms 6.5ms 134.6MB 2337ms 353ms kotlin/native 1.8.21
d 1.d 1785ms 13ms 314.7MB 1923ms 40ms dmd 2.110.0

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
kotlin 1.kt 133ms 0.6ms 208.5MB 157ms 37ms kotlin/jvm 21
d 1.d 198ms 1.8ms 312.7MB 163ms 23ms ldc2 1.40.1
kotlin 1-m.kt 312ms 1.7ms 38.5MB 457ms 73ms kotlin/native 1.8.21
d 1.d 350ms 9.4ms 314.7MB 320ms 27ms dmd 2.110.0

nbody

Input: 5000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
d 1.d 362ms 1.8ms 2.9MB 350ms 0ms ldc2 1.40.1
d 2.d 362ms 0.4ms 2.9MB 350ms 0ms ldc2 1.40.1
kotlin 1n.kt 404ms 1.3ms 2.5MB 393ms 0ms kotlin/native 1.8.21
kotlin 1.kt 453ms 4.2ms 49.4MB 497ms 20ms kotlin/jvm 21
d 1.d 682ms 4.0ms 4.6MB 673ms 0ms dmd 2.110.0
d 2.d 2040ms 13ms 4.6MB 2033ms 0ms dmd 2.110.0

Input: 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
d 2.d 39ms 0.1ms 2.9MB 30ms 0ms ldc2 1.40.1
d 1.d 39ms 0.4ms 2.9MB 30ms 0ms ldc2 1.40.1
kotlin 1n.kt 44ms 0.5ms 2.5MB 37ms 0ms kotlin/native 1.8.21
d 1.d 71ms 0.3ms 4.6MB 60ms 0ms dmd 2.110.0
kotlin 1.kt 123ms 1.5ms 49.5MB 170ms 13ms kotlin/jvm 21
d 2.d 210ms 3.6ms 4.5MB 203ms 0ms dmd 2.110.0

pidigits

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
d 1.d 2428ms 10.0ms 8.1MB 2400ms 390ms ldc2 1.40.1
kotlin 1.kt 3765ms 63ms 355.2MB 4593ms 107ms kotlin/jvm 21
d 1.d 4357ms 29ms 10.2MB 4283ms 490ms dmd 2.110.0
kotlin 1n.kt timeout 0.0ms 5.4MB 6277ms 300ms kotlin/native 1.8.21
kotlin 2n.kt timeout 0.0ms 6.3MB 4990ms 180ms kotlin/native 1.8.21

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
d 1.d 584ms 0.7ms 8.1MB 550ms 113ms ldc2 1.40.1
kotlin 1-m.kt 1000ms 30ms 355.3MB 1780ms 93ms kotlin/jvm 21
d 1.d 1028ms 5.0ms 10.2MB 1010ms 110ms dmd 2.110.0
kotlin 1n.kt timeout 0.0ms 5.4MB 6287ms 287ms kotlin/native 1.8.21
kotlin 2n.kt timeout 0.0ms 6.2MB 5010ms 157ms kotlin/native 1.8.21

regex-redux

Input: 2500000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
d 3.d 584ms 5.3ms 171.9MB 767ms 20ms ldc2 1.40.1
d 3.d 1308ms 5.8ms 172.7MB 1500ms 20ms dmd 2.110.0
kotlin 1.kt timeout 0.0ms 171.3MB 5430ms 43ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 1n.kt timeout 0.0ms 277.0MB 5163ms 730ms kotlin/native 1.8.21

Input: 250000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
d 3.d 64ms 1.1ms 27.6MB 70ms 0ms ldc2 1.40.1
d 3.d 139ms 5.6ms 30.4MB 153ms 0ms dmd 2.110.0
kotlin 1-m.kt 821ms 21ms 137.7MB 1247ms 47ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 1n.kt 3187ms 12ms 65.0MB 3933ms 17ms kotlin/native 1.8.21

secp256k1

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
kotlin 1.kt 3098ms 21ms 233.4MB 3973ms 77ms kotlin/jvm 21
d 1.d 4803ms 10ms 3.9MB 4777ms 350ms ldc2 1.40.1
d 1.d timeout 0.0ms 6.6MB 4983ms 267ms dmd 2.110.0

Input: 500

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
kotlin 1-m.kt 1009ms 48ms 235.5MB 1923ms 73ms kotlin/jvm 21
d 1.d 1210ms 2.5ms 3.9MB 1190ms 93ms ldc2 1.40.1
d 1.d 2045ms 6.8ms 6.5MB 2017ms 117ms dmd 2.110.0