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Kotlin VS Rust 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
rust 4.rs 1295ms 3.8ms 33.6MB 1273ms 10ms rustc 1.85.1
rust 5.rs 1401ms 21ms 33.8MB 1377ms 7ms rustc 1.85.1
rust 3.rs 1556ms 12ms 49.8MB 1523ms 20ms rustc 1.85.1
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
rust 4.rs 123ms 2.5ms 5.8MB 113ms 0ms rustc 1.85.1
rust 5.rs 127ms 3.9ms 5.8MB 117ms 0ms rustc 1.85.1
rust 3.rs 136ms 2.8ms 7.8MB 123ms 0ms rustc 1.85.1
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
rust 3-m.rs 581ms 48ms 9.3MB 2187ms 73ms rustc 1.85.1
rust 5-m.rs 617ms 62ms 5.6MB 2333ms 63ms rustc 1.85.1
rust 1-m.rs 957ms 7.3ms 8.4MB 3493ms 230ms rustc 1.85.1
rust 3.rs 1163ms 33ms 9.3MB 1117ms 30ms rustc 1.85.1
rust 4.rs 1886ms 1.9ms 7.4MB 1870ms 0ms rustc 1.85.1
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
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
rust 5-m.rs 54ms 1.7ms 3.3MB 163ms 13ms rustc 1.85.1
rust 3-m.rs 59ms 1.8ms 4.1MB 187ms 10ms rustc 1.85.1
rust 3.rs 72ms 1.0ms 4.0MB 60ms 0ms rustc 1.85.1
rust 1-m.rs 73ms 0.5ms 3.9MB 233ms 23ms rustc 1.85.1
rust 4.rs 119ms 3.2ms 3.3MB 110ms 0ms rustc 1.85.1
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

helloworld

Input: QwQ

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 1.rs 1.2ms 0.1ms 1.8MB 0ms 0ms rustc 1.85.1
rust 1.rs 1.4ms 0.2ms 1.9MB 0ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0-nightly
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
rust 1-m.rs 304ms 70ms 74.8MB 180ms 497ms rustc 1.85.1
rust 2-m.rs 375ms 8.8ms 73.4MB 257ms 893ms rustc 1.85.1
rust 2-http2.rs 394ms 102ms 57.0MB 917ms 383ms rustc 1.85.1
rust 1-http2.rs 565ms 74ms 61.6MB 1280ms 690ms rustc 1.85.1
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
rust 1-m.rs 38ms 3.0ms 13.4MB 17ms 57ms rustc 1.85.1
rust 2-m.rs 88ms 11ms 24.4MB 40ms 173ms rustc 1.85.1
rust 2-http2.rs 208ms 35ms 26.0MB 497ms 190ms rustc 1.85.1
rust 1-http2.rs 254ms 38ms 29.0MB 667ms 220ms rustc 1.85.1
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
rust 5-i.rs 29ms 1.6ms 9.8MB 17ms 0ms rustc 1.85.1
rust 4-i.rs 32ms 1.5ms 7.9MB 20ms 0ms rustc 1.85.1
rust 3.rs 62ms 0.3ms 32.0MB 40ms 10ms rustc 1.85.1
rust 2.rs 62ms 1.2ms 33.8MB 40ms 10ms rustc 1.85.1
rust 1.rs 104ms 0.3ms 67.4MB 60ms 30ms rustc 1.85.1
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
rust 5-i.rs 210ms 1.7ms 52.6MB 187ms 7ms rustc 1.85.1
rust 4-i.rs 261ms 0.4ms 54.4MB 207ms 40ms rustc 1.85.1
rust 2.rs 409ms 2.3ms 237.6MB 303ms 93ms rustc 1.85.1
rust 3.rs 409ms 4.0ms 237.6MB 303ms 90ms rustc 1.85.1
rust 1.rs 703ms 3.1ms 550.2MB 450ms 240ms rustc 1.85.1
kotlin 1-m.kt 2344ms 51ms 740.7MB 5013ms 167ms 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 42ms 4.5ms 1.8MB 37ms 0ms rustc 1.85.1
rust 1.rs 52ms 8.0ms 2.0MB 47ms 0ms rustc 1.85.1
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
rust 0-unsafe.rs 143ms 14ms 1.9MB 137ms 0ms rustc 1.85.1
rust 1.rs 193ms 34ms 2.0MB 183ms 0ms rustc 1.85.1
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
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
rust 0-unsafe.rs 26ms 0.9ms 1.8MB 20ms 0ms rustc 1.85.1
rust 1.rs 29ms 0.1ms 1.8MB 20ms 0ms rustc 1.85.1
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
rust 1.rs 708ms 3.7ms 33.8MB 683ms 10ms rustc 1.85.1
kotlin 1-m.kt 1532ms 6.5ms 134.6MB 2337ms 353ms kotlin/native 1.8.21

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
rust 1.rs 153ms 0.3ms 9.8MB 140ms 0ms rustc 1.85.1
kotlin 1-m.kt 312ms 1.7ms 38.5MB 457ms 73ms 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 168ms 2.2ms 1.9MB 160ms 0ms rustc 1.85.1
rust 7-i.rs 238ms 0.9ms 1.9MB 230ms 0ms rustc 1.85.1
rust 1.rs 240ms 0.8ms 1.8MB 230ms 0ms rustc 1.85.1
rust 3.rs 280ms 0.4ms 1.8MB 270ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0-nightly
rust 2.rs 288ms 8.0ms 1.6MB 277ms 0ms rustc 1.85.1
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

Input: 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 4-i.rs 19ms 0.3ms 1.8MB 10ms 0ms rustc 1.85.1
rust 7-i.rs 26ms 0.2ms 1.8MB 20ms 0ms rustc 1.85.1
rust 1.rs 26ms 0.3ms 1.9MB 20ms 0ms rustc 1.85.1
rust 3.rs 30ms 0.1ms 1.8MB 20ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0-nightly
rust 2.rs 30ms 0.7ms 1.8MB 20ms 0ms rustc 1.85.1
kotlin 1n.kt 44ms 0.5ms 2.5MB 37ms 0ms kotlin/native 1.8.21
kotlin 1.kt 123ms 1.5ms 49.5MB 170ms 13ms kotlin/jvm 21

pidigits

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 1.rs 1529ms 3.0ms 2.7MB 1307ms 203ms rustc 1.85.1
rust 2.rs 1714ms 6.0ms 2.7MB 1623ms 80ms rustc 1.85.1
kotlin 1.kt 3765ms 63ms 355.2MB 4593ms 107ms kotlin/jvm 21
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
rust 1.rs 324ms 4.0ms 2.4MB 297ms 10ms rustc 1.85.1
rust 2.rs 382ms 2.4ms 2.4MB 370ms 0ms rustc 1.85.1
kotlin 1-m.kt 1000ms 30ms 355.3MB 1780ms 93ms kotlin/jvm 21
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
rust 7.rs 448ms 14ms 77.6MB 470ms 13ms rustc 1.85.1
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
rust 7.rs 48ms 0.8ms 12.6MB 40ms 0ms rustc 1.85.1
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
rust 0.rs 118ms 1.9ms 1.8MB 110ms 0ms rustc 1.85.1
rust 1.rs 1427ms 6.3ms 1.9MB 1417ms 0ms rustc 1.85.1
kotlin 1.kt 3098ms 21ms 233.4MB 3973ms 77ms kotlin/jvm 21

Input: 500

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 0.rs 32ms 1.6ms 1.8MB 23ms 0ms rustc 1.85.1
rust 1.rs 358ms 0.7ms 1.9MB 350ms 0ms rustc 1.85.1
kotlin 1-m.kt 1009ms 48ms 235.5MB 1923ms 73ms kotlin/jvm 21