Kotlin VS Rust benchmarks

Current benchmark data was generated on Wed Jan 22 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 487ms 33ms 1217.6MB 527ms 123ms kotlin/jvm 21
rust 4.rs 1246ms 3.8ms 33.8MB 1220ms 13ms rustc 1.84.0
rust 5.rs 1349ms 11ms 33.8MB 1327ms 7ms rustc 1.84.0
rust 3.rs 1475ms 58ms 49.8MB 1443ms 17ms rustc 1.84.0
kotlin 1-m.kt 3121ms 31ms 248.4MB 5273ms 667ms kotlin/native 1.8.21

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
kotlin 1.kt 99ms 1.2ms 158.3MB 103ms 30ms kotlin/jvm 21
rust 4.rs 122ms 1.4ms 5.8MB 110ms 0ms rustc 1.84.0
rust 5.rs 124ms 0.7ms 5.8MB 110ms 0ms rustc 1.84.0
rust 3.rs 139ms 4.3ms 7.8MB 123ms 3ms rustc 1.84.0
kotlin 1-m.kt 266ms 1.2ms 28.5MB 413ms 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
rust 5-m.rs 559ms 73ms 7.5MB 2073ms 83ms rustc 1.84.0
rust 3-m.rs 564ms 15ms 11.2MB 2110ms 70ms rustc 1.84.0
rust 1-m.rs 975ms 19ms 10.4MB 3477ms 337ms rustc 1.84.0
rust 3.rs 1152ms 6.3ms 9.3MB 1097ms 40ms rustc 1.84.0
kotlin 2-m.kt 1809ms 268ms 235.5MB 6717ms 107ms kotlin/jvm 21
rust 4.rs 1894ms 14ms 7.5MB 1883ms 0ms rustc 1.84.0
kotlin 1.kt 2109ms 6.9ms 219.7MB 2923ms 63ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 1.kt timeout 0.0ms 14.8MB 6100ms 460ms kotlin/native 1.8.21
kotlin 2-m.kt timeout 0.0ms 69.5MB 18963ms 130ms kotlin/native 1.8.21

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 5-m.rs 51ms 0.7ms 5.4MB 150ms 10ms rustc 1.84.0
rust 3-m.rs 54ms 2.8ms 6.0MB 153ms 17ms rustc 1.84.0
rust 3.rs 72ms 1.9ms 4.0MB 60ms 0ms rustc 1.84.0
rust 1-m.rs 81ms 8.9ms 5.8MB 230ms 60ms rustc 1.84.0
rust 4.rs 115ms 0.8ms 3.4MB 107ms 0ms rustc 1.84.0
kotlin 2-m.kt 386ms 11ms 54.6MB 1410ms 27ms kotlin/native 1.8.21
kotlin 1-m.kt 463ms 6.2ms 73.9MB 1070ms 43ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 1.kt 675ms 7.0ms 10.7MB 803ms 70ms kotlin/native 1.8.21
kotlin 2-m.kt 742ms 27ms 99.3MB 2503ms 90ms kotlin/jvm 21

helloworld

Input: QwQ

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 1.rs 1.2ms 0.0ms 1.9MB 0ms 0ms rustc 1.84.0
rust 1.rs 1.3ms 0.1ms 1.8MB 0ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0-nightly
kotlin 1.kt 2.4ms 0.5ms 4.7MB 0ms 0ms kotlin/native 1.8.21
kotlin 1.kt 54ms 6.4ms 47.4MB 54ms 16ms kotlin/jvm 21

http-server

Input: 3000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 2-http2.rs 331ms 18ms 64.9MB 513ms 413ms rustc 1.84.0
rust 1.rs 346ms 28ms 43.3MB 143ms 310ms rustc 1.84.0
rust 2-m.rs 400ms 23ms 75.0MB 177ms 867ms rustc 1.84.0
rust 1-http2.rs 476ms 91ms 60.4MB 740ms 623ms rustc 1.84.0
kotlin 2-m.kt 807ms 1397ms 456.2MB 10660ms 1630ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 1.kt timeout 0.0ms 393.0MB 16180ms 2813ms kotlin/jvm 21

Input: 500

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 1.rs 70ms 8.0ms 16.8MB 7ms 80ms rustc 1.84.0
rust 2-m.rs 112ms 6.5ms 30.4MB 47ms 163ms rustc 1.84.0
rust 2-http2.rs 160ms 41ms 30.9MB 250ms 160ms rustc 1.84.0
rust 1-http2.rs 239ms 34ms 31.5MB 543ms 177ms rustc 1.84.0
kotlin 2-m.kt 2185ms 260ms 239.6MB 4107ms 410ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 1-m.kt 2220ms 269ms 241.0MB 6507ms 647ms kotlin/jvm 21

json-serde

Input: sample 5000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 5-i.rs 29ms 0.7ms 9.8MB 13ms 0ms rustc 1.84.0
rust 4-i.rs 31ms 1.8ms 7.9MB 17ms 3ms rustc 1.84.0
rust 3.rs 60ms 0.2ms 32.0MB 37ms 7ms rustc 1.84.0
rust 2.rs 64ms 1.4ms 33.8MB 37ms 13ms rustc 1.84.0
rust 1.rs 100ms 1.1ms 67.4MB 53ms 30ms rustc 1.84.0
kotlin 1-m.kt 832ms 44ms 198.9MB 2267ms 67ms kotlin/jvm 21

Input: canada 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 5-i.rs 216ms 3.0ms 52.8MB 183ms 10ms rustc 1.84.0
rust 4-i.rs 263ms 6.1ms 53.6MB 203ms 40ms rustc 1.84.0
rust 3.rs 400ms 0.9ms 238.3MB 287ms 97ms rustc 1.84.0
rust 2.rs 406ms 1.7ms 238.1MB 297ms 93ms rustc 1.84.0
rust 1.rs 680ms 5.5ms 551.7MB 437ms 230ms rustc 1.84.0
kotlin 1-m.kt 2318ms 66ms 1048.1MB 5023ms 170ms kotlin/jvm 21

lru

Input: 1000 1000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 0-unsafe.rs 35ms 3.7ms 1.9MB 23ms 0ms rustc 1.84.0
rust 1.rs 53ms 2.6ms 2.0MB 40ms 0ms rustc 1.84.0
kotlin 1-m.kt 177ms 0.9ms 94.9MB 293ms 37ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 2-m.kt 197ms 4.0ms 102.2MB 413ms 37ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 2.kt 305ms 3.4ms 7.8MB 437ms 7ms kotlin/native 1.8.21
kotlin 1.kt 521ms 19ms 7.8MB 623ms 3ms kotlin/native 1.8.21

Input: 1000 3000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 0-unsafe.rs 134ms 22ms 1.9MB 123ms 0ms rustc 1.84.0
rust 1.rs 178ms 9.4ms 2.0MB 167ms 0ms rustc 1.84.0
kotlin 2-m.kt 317ms 11ms 213.0MB 513ms 47ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 1.kt 325ms 3.6ms 202.9MB 443ms 30ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 2.kt 907ms 26ms 7.8MB 1293ms 50ms kotlin/native 1.8.21
kotlin 1.kt 1564ms 31ms 7.9MB 1900ms 33ms kotlin/native 1.8.21

Input: 100 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 0-unsafe.rs 24ms 0.4ms 1.9MB 13ms 0ms rustc 1.84.0
rust 1.rs 30ms 1.8ms 1.9MB 20ms 0ms rustc 1.84.0
kotlin 1-m.kt 141ms 6.8ms 90.5MB 270ms 27ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 2.kt 141ms 4.0ms 5.7MB 193ms 0ms kotlin/native 1.8.21
kotlin 2-m.kt 152ms 8.3ms 93.7MB 300ms 33ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 1.kt 178ms 5.5ms 5.9MB 230ms 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 344ms 1.7ms 679.6MB 383ms 67ms kotlin/jvm 21
rust 1.rs 694ms 5.4ms 33.8MB 673ms 7ms rustc 1.84.0
kotlin 1-m.kt 1514ms 66ms 136.5MB 2323ms 343ms kotlin/native 1.8.21

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
kotlin 1.kt 127ms 2.3ms 208.6MB 157ms 30ms kotlin/jvm 21
rust 1.rs 151ms 3.7ms 9.8MB 137ms 0ms rustc 1.84.0
kotlin 1-m.kt 302ms 3.5ms 40.6MB 430ms 70ms kotlin/native 1.8.21

nbody

Input: 5000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 4-i.rs 167ms 7.9ms 1.9MB 153ms 0ms rustc 1.84.0
rust 7-i.rs 236ms 0.8ms 1.9MB 227ms 0ms rustc 1.84.0
rust 1.rs 239ms 0.8ms 1.8MB 230ms 0ms rustc 1.84.0
rust 2.rs 279ms 1.1ms 1.8MB 267ms 0ms rustc 1.84.0
rust 3.rs 280ms 0.3ms 1.9MB 267ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0-nightly
kotlin 1n.kt 405ms 5.4ms 4.7MB 393ms 0ms kotlin/native 1.8.21
kotlin 1.kt 443ms 4.4ms 49.6MB 483ms 17ms kotlin/jvm 21

Input: 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 4-i.rs 21ms 3.7ms 1.8MB 10ms 0ms rustc 1.84.0
rust 7-i.rs 26ms 0.4ms 1.8MB 20ms 0ms rustc 1.84.0
rust 1.rs 26ms 0.5ms 1.9MB 17ms 0ms rustc 1.84.0
rust 2.rs 30ms 0.2ms 1.8MB 20ms 0ms rustc 1.84.0
rust 3.rs 30ms 0.2ms 1.8MB 20ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0-nightly
kotlin 1n.kt 46ms 1.6ms 4.6MB 33ms 0ms kotlin/native 1.8.21
kotlin 1.kt 120ms 1.7ms 49.7MB 160ms 20ms kotlin/jvm 21

pidigits

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 1.rs 1530ms 9.8ms 2.7MB 1270ms 237ms rustc 1.84.0
rust 2.rs 1713ms 10ms 2.8MB 1610ms 90ms rustc 1.84.0
kotlin 1.kt 3713ms 77ms 353.7MB 4497ms 83ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 1n.kt timeout 0.0ms 7.4MB 6367ms 257ms kotlin/native 1.8.21
kotlin 2n.kt timeout 0.0ms 8.3MB 4983ms 173ms kotlin/native 1.8.21

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 1.rs 323ms 2.8ms 2.4MB 287ms 17ms rustc 1.84.0
rust 2.rs 380ms 2.1ms 2.5MB 370ms 0ms rustc 1.84.0
kotlin 1-m.kt 1005ms 20ms 353.8MB 1740ms 70ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 1n.kt timeout 0.0ms 7.3MB 6397ms 293ms kotlin/native 1.8.21
kotlin 2n.kt timeout 0.0ms 10.3MB 5003ms 153ms kotlin/native 1.8.21

regex-redux

Input: 2500000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 7.rs 445ms 5.0ms 80.4MB 477ms 10ms rustc 1.84.0
kotlin 1.kt timeout 0.0ms 171.6MB 5427ms 37ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 1n.kt timeout 0.0ms 279.1MB 5003ms 860ms kotlin/native 1.8.21

Input: 250000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 7.rs 51ms 0.5ms 11.4MB 40ms 0ms rustc 1.84.0
kotlin 1-m.kt 836ms 29ms 134.6MB 1223ms 50ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 1n.kt 3337ms 226ms 65.0MB 4233ms 10ms kotlin/native 1.8.21

secp256k1

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 0.rs 118ms 3.3ms 1.8MB 110ms 0ms rustc 1.84.0
rust 1.rs 1408ms 7.3ms 1.9MB 1397ms 0ms rustc 1.84.0
kotlin 1.kt 3090ms 36ms 231.3MB 3953ms 63ms kotlin/jvm 21

Input: 500

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 0.rs 31ms 0.2ms 1.8MB 20ms 0ms rustc 1.84.0
rust 1.rs 356ms 4.9ms 1.9MB 343ms 0ms rustc 1.84.0
kotlin 1-m.kt 950ms 29ms 231.2MB 1920ms 57ms kotlin/jvm 21