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Lua VS Haxe benchmarks

Current benchmark data was generated on Mon Apr 14 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
haxe 1.hx 1342ms 4.5ms 144.0MB 1543ms 60ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
lua 1.lua 3698ms 5.1ms 172.9MB 3550ms 133ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
haxe 2.hx 4432ms 13ms 495.1MB 5033ms 240ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 48.7MB 5777ms 390ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 2.hx timeout 0.0ms 83.0MB 5190ms 670ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 50.3MB 7990ms 417ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0
haxe 2.hx timeout 0.0ms 130.8MB 7553ms 747ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0
lua 1.lua timeout 0.0ms 105.0MB 4950ms 37ms lua 5.4.7

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
haxe 1.hx 94ms 2.8ms 25.6MB 87ms 10ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
lua 1.lua 305ms 9.6ms 15.8MB 283ms 10ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
haxe 2.hx 400ms 3.2ms 58.3MB 433ms 27ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 686ms 9.9ms 8.8MB 653ms 50ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 718ms 17ms 11.2MB 797ms 63ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0
lua 1.lua 819ms 2.0ms 16.9MB 803ms 0ms lua 5.4.7
haxe 2.hx 1232ms 144ms 13.7MB 1113ms 163ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 2.hx 1251ms 52ms 25.2MB 1313ms 177ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0

helloworld

Input: QwQ

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
lua 1.lua 1.5ms 0.2ms 2.1MB 0ms 0ms lua 5.4.7
lua 1.lua 1.7ms 0.3ms 2.4MB 0ms 0ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
haxe 1.hx 2.0ms 0.2ms 2.9MB 0ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 2.3ms 0.3ms 4.4MB 0ms 0ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 3.8ms 0.4ms 2.9MB 0ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0

merkletrees

Input: 17

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
haxe 1.hx 902ms 4.4ms 95.1MB 1003ms 43ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 32.6MB 5047ms 467ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 55.1MB 6293ms 470ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0
lua 1.lua timeout 0.0ms 107.4MB 4947ms 37ms lua 5.4.7
lua 1.lua timeout 0.0ms 149.3MB 4937ms 50ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
haxe 1.hx 175ms 6.0ms 26.9MB 177ms 10ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 1321ms 16ms 10.8MB 1257ms 140ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 1530ms 20ms 20.4MB 1577ms 137ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0
lua 1.lua 1626ms 22ms 31.1MB 1600ms 13ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
lua 1.lua 2403ms 68ms 28.8MB 2380ms 10ms lua 5.4.7

nbody

Input: 5000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
lua 4.lua 711ms 0.5ms 2.4MB 700ms 0ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
haxe 2.hx 859ms 10ms 3.1MB 847ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 1069ms 3.8ms 3.0MB 1060ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 3.hx 1399ms 33ms 25.6MB 1583ms 37ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 2.hx 2410ms 0.9ms 3.8MB 2400ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0
haxe 1.hx 2465ms 6.6ms 3.6MB 2453ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 4.4MB 4990ms 0ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 2.hx timeout 0.0ms 4.4MB 4990ms 0ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 3.hx timeout 0.0ms 3.2MB 3880ms 1640ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 3.hx timeout 0.0ms 4.1MB 4237ms 1250ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0
lua 4.lua timeout 0.0ms 2.3MB 4990ms 0ms lua 5.4.7

Input: 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
lua 4.lua 75ms 2.0ms 2.3MB 70ms 0ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
haxe 2.hx 90ms 1.9ms 3.0MB 80ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 114ms 2.1ms 3.0MB 107ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 3.hx 157ms 3.4ms 25.8MB 153ms 10ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 2.hx 248ms 2.3ms 3.6MB 237ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0
haxe 1.hx 253ms 1.2ms 3.8MB 240ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0
haxe 3.hx 670ms 1.6ms 3.2MB 527ms 200ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 2.hx 674ms 5.7ms 4.4MB 663ms 0ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 3.hx 790ms 5.6ms 3.8MB 653ms 200ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0
haxe 1.hx 812ms 9.3ms 4.4MB 803ms 0ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
lua 4.lua 1133ms 38ms 2.3MB 1123ms 0ms lua 5.4.7

spectral-norm

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
haxe 1.hx 3955ms 12ms 3.3MB 3947ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
lua 1.lua 4064ms 3.3ms 2.5MB 4053ms 0ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 6.9MB 4990ms 0ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 3.7MB 4990ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0
lua 1.lua timeout 0.0ms 2.4MB 4990ms 0ms lua 5.4.7

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
haxe 1.hx 1001ms 3.8ms 3.1MB 983ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
lua 1.lua 1022ms 2.6ms 2.4MB 1013ms 0ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
haxe 1.hx 2398ms 1.4ms 6.6MB 2387ms 0ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 3.9MB 4987ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0
lua 1.lua timeout 0.0ms 2.3MB 4990ms 0ms lua 5.4.7

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
haxe 1.hx 257ms 1.4ms 3.0MB 250ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
lua 1.lua 260ms 3.0ms 2.3MB 250ms 0ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
haxe 1.hx 603ms 0.6ms 5.4MB 590ms 0ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 2229ms 148ms 3.6MB 2217ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0
lua 1.lua timeout 0.0ms 2.0MB 4990ms 0ms lua 5.4.7