Programming Language and compiler
Benchmarks

Lua VS Haxe 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
haxe 1.hx 1335ms 6.0ms 144.0MB 1527ms 77ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
lua 1.lua 3609ms 57ms 172.8MB 3463ms 133ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
haxe 2.hx 4499ms 74ms 495.1MB 5100ms 253ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 48.6MB 5677ms 400ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 2.hx timeout 0.0ms 83.0MB 5143ms 663ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 50.6MB 7870ms 427ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0
haxe 2.hx timeout 0.0ms 131.0MB 7410ms 773ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0
lua 1.lua timeout 0.0ms 104.9MB 4947ms 40ms lua 5.4.7

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
haxe 1.hx 91ms 0.6ms 25.6MB 83ms 10ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
lua 1.lua 296ms 4.6ms 15.6MB 273ms 10ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
haxe 2.hx 404ms 2.0ms 58.3MB 440ms 30ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 645ms 1.8ms 8.8MB 620ms 40ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 682ms 5.5ms 11.2MB 740ms 63ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0
lua 1.lua 822ms 9.4ms 16.9MB 810ms 0ms lua 5.4.7
haxe 2.hx 935ms 9.3ms 13.6MB 807ms 173ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 2.hx 1121ms 11ms 25.0MB 1130ms 173ms 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 1.5ms 0.1ms 2.4MB 0ms 0ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
haxe 1.hx 2.0ms 0.3ms 2.9MB 0ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 2.5ms 0.2ms 4.5MB 0ms 0ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 3.6ms 0.3ms 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 921ms 13ms 95.0MB 1030ms 47ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 32.6MB 5003ms 510ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 55.1MB 6120ms 473ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0
lua 1.lua timeout 0.0ms 107.5MB 4950ms 33ms lua 5.4.7
lua 1.lua timeout 0.0ms 149.3MB 4927ms 60ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
haxe 1.hx 176ms 6.0ms 26.6MB 180ms 10ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
lua 1.lua 1193ms 7.0ms 31.3MB 1163ms 17ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
haxe 1.hx 1311ms 3.0ms 10.8MB 1260ms 130ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 1435ms 19ms 20.4MB 1457ms 143ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0
lua 1.lua 2269ms 74ms 28.6MB 2247ms 7ms lua 5.4.7

nbody

Input: 5000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
lua 4.lua 717ms 7.0ms 2.3MB 703ms 0ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
haxe 2.hx 854ms 0.2ms 3.0MB 843ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 1074ms 5.4ms 3.0MB 1063ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 3.hx 1406ms 6.4ms 25.6MB 1630ms 37ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 2.hx 2407ms 2.7ms 3.6MB 2397ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0
haxe 1.hx 2472ms 1.5ms 3.6MB 2460ms 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 3.3MB 3970ms 1537ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 3.hx timeout 0.0ms 3.8MB 4167ms 1297ms 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 77ms 2.5ms 2.3MB 70ms 0ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
haxe 2.hx 90ms 0.8ms 3.0MB 80ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 113ms 3.1ms 3.0MB 103ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 3.hx 156ms 1.6ms 25.6MB 163ms 10ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 2.hx 248ms 0.6ms 3.6MB 240ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0
haxe 1.hx 253ms 1.7ms 3.6MB 240ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0
haxe 2.hx 675ms 4.9ms 4.4MB 667ms 0ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 3.hx 678ms 1.9ms 3.1MB 530ms 210ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 3.hx 790ms 3.6ms 4.0MB 663ms 187ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0
haxe 1.hx 811ms 2.4ms 4.4MB 800ms 0ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
lua 4.lua 1108ms 50ms 2.3MB 1100ms 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 3940ms 1.3ms 3.3MB 3927ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
lua 1.lua 4066ms 6.0ms 2.5MB 4057ms 0ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 7.0MB 4990ms 0ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 3.9MB 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 1002ms 14ms 3.2MB 990ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
lua 1.lua 1030ms 16ms 2.4MB 1020ms 0ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
haxe 1.hx 2399ms 0.3ms 6.5MB 2390ms 0ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 3.9MB 4990ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0
lua 1.lua timeout 0.0ms 2.1MB 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 254ms 3.0ms 3.2MB 243ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
lua 1.lua 261ms 2.6ms 2.3MB 250ms 0ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
haxe 1.hx 603ms 0.6ms 5.3MB 590ms 0ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 2314ms 14ms 3.8MB 2303ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0
lua 1.lua timeout 0.0ms 2.1MB 4990ms 0ms lua 5.4.7