Programming Language and compiler
Benchmarks

Lua VS Haxe benchmarks

Current benchmark data was generated on Sun Dec 01 2024, 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 1329ms 25ms 145.7MB 1547ms 63ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
lua 1.lua 3498ms 64ms 172.9MB 3367ms 120ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
haxe 2.hx 4475ms 79ms 497.1MB 5153ms 213ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 50.6MB 5560ms 417ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 2.hx timeout 0.0ms 85.0MB 5067ms 693ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 52.4MB 7860ms 440ms haxe/hl/jit 1.14.0
haxe 2.hx timeout 0.0ms 132.9MB 7410ms 773ms haxe/hl/jit 1.14.0
lua 1.lua timeout 0.0ms 104.9MB 4943ms 40ms lua 5.4.7

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
haxe 1.hx 93ms 1.2ms 27.6MB 90ms 7ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
lua 1.lua 294ms 1.7ms 15.8MB 273ms 7ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
haxe 2.hx 405ms 19ms 60.3MB 440ms 27ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 637ms 9.9ms 10.7MB 600ms 57ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 673ms 7.3ms 13.4MB 730ms 57ms haxe/hl/jit 1.14.0
lua 1.lua 809ms 6.7ms 16.9MB 787ms 3ms lua 5.4.7
haxe 2.hx 925ms 7.0ms 15.5MB 787ms 183ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 2.hx 1253ms 56ms 27.2MB 1317ms 183ms haxe/hl/jit 1.14.0

helloworld

Input: QwQ

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
lua 1.lua 1.5ms 0.2ms 2.4MB 0ms 0ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
lua 1.lua 1.5ms 0.1ms 2.1MB 0ms 0ms lua 5.4.7
haxe 1.hx 2.2ms 0.3ms 4.7MB 0ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 2.3ms 0.2ms 4.4MB 0ms 0ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 4.1ms 0.3ms 4.7MB 0ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.14.0

merkletrees

Input: 17

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
haxe 1.hx 926ms 34ms 96.9MB 1033ms 43ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 34.5MB 4910ms 500ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 57.0MB 5923ms 507ms haxe/hl/jit 1.14.0
lua 1.lua timeout 0.0ms 107.4MB 4943ms 37ms lua 5.4.7
lua 1.lua timeout 0.0ms 149.4MB 4927ms 57ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
haxe 1.hx 173ms 2.0ms 28.6MB 173ms 7ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
lua 1.lua 1219ms 75ms 31.1MB 1190ms 13ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
haxe 1.hx 1302ms 9.8ms 12.7MB 1247ms 133ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 1487ms 13ms 22.3MB 1537ms 123ms haxe/hl/jit 1.14.0
lua 1.lua 2236ms 90ms 28.6MB 2217ms 3ms lua 5.4.7

nbody

Input: 5000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
lua 4.lua 716ms 2.9ms 2.4MB 707ms 0ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
haxe 2.hx 867ms 20ms 5.1MB 860ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 1053ms 7.5ms 5.0MB 1040ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 3.hx 1390ms 21ms 25.6MB 1597ms 40ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 2.hx 2402ms 3.1ms 5.7MB 2387ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.14.0
haxe 1.hx 2451ms 7.8ms 5.7MB 2433ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.14.0
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 5.2MB 3863ms 1640ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 3.hx timeout 0.0ms 5.9MB 4157ms 1303ms haxe/hl/jit 1.14.0
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 2.5ms 2.3MB 67ms 0ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
haxe 2.hx 89ms 2.0ms 5.0MB 80ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 110ms 3.1ms 5.0MB 100ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 3.hx 158ms 1.7ms 25.6MB 163ms 7ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 2.hx 250ms 2.1ms 5.7MB 240ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.14.0
haxe 1.hx 250ms 1.7ms 5.7MB 237ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.14.0
haxe 3.hx 665ms 0.8ms 5.1MB 527ms 193ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 2.hx 671ms 3.3ms 4.4MB 657ms 0ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 3.hx 773ms 2.5ms 5.8MB 633ms 197ms haxe/hl/jit 1.14.0
haxe 1.hx 807ms 5.6ms 4.4MB 797ms 0ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
lua 4.lua 1124ms 21ms 2.3MB 1113ms 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 3912ms 9.7ms 5.2MB 3900ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
lua 1.lua 4048ms 11ms 2.5MB 4037ms 0ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 6.9MB 4980ms 3ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 5.8MB 4983ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.14.0
lua 1.lua timeout 0.0ms 2.5MB 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 986ms 2.8ms 5.1MB 973ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
lua 1.lua 1016ms 1.5ms 2.4MB 1003ms 0ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
haxe 1.hx 2391ms 1.0ms 6.6MB 2377ms 0ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 5.8MB 4980ms 7ms haxe/hl/jit 1.14.0
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 251ms 2.6ms 5.0MB 243ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
lua 1.lua 257ms 0.8ms 2.3MB 243ms 0ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
haxe 1.hx 600ms 0.8ms 5.4MB 583ms 0ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 2304ms 7.8ms 5.7MB 2287ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.14.0
lua 1.lua timeout 0.0ms 2.0MB 4990ms 0ms lua 5.4.7