Programming Language and compiler
Benchmarks

Lua VS Rust benchmarks

Current benchmark data was generated on Thu May 01 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
rust 4.rs 1262ms 11ms 33.8MB 1240ms 10ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 5.rs 1330ms 3.4ms 33.8MB 1307ms 13ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 3.rs 1471ms 55ms 49.8MB 1440ms 17ms rustc 1.86.0
lua 1.lua 3518ms 55ms 172.8MB 3373ms 130ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
lua 1.lua timeout 0.0ms 104.8MB 4943ms 40ms lua 5.4.7

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 4.rs 121ms 0.2ms 5.8MB 110ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 5.rs 128ms 0.5ms 5.8MB 120ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 3.rs 137ms 9.7ms 7.8MB 123ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
lua 1.lua 290ms 4.0ms 15.8MB 270ms 10ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
lua 1.lua 809ms 8.7ms 16.9MB 790ms 0ms lua 5.4.7

helloworld

Input: QwQ

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 1.rs 1.2ms 0.0ms 1.8MB 0ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
lua 1.lua 1.5ms 0.2ms 2.1MB 0ms 0ms lua 5.4.7
rust 1.rs 1.5ms 0.3ms 1.8MB 0ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0-nightly
lua 1.lua 1.7ms 0.4ms 2.4MB 0ms 0ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3

merkletrees

Input: 17

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 1.rs 700ms 11ms 33.8MB 677ms 7ms rustc 1.86.0
lua 1.lua timeout 0.0ms 107.4MB 4943ms 43ms lua 5.4.7
lua 1.lua timeout 0.0ms 149.3MB 4940ms 47ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 1.rs 151ms 3.1ms 9.8MB 140ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
lua 1.lua 1081ms 4.4ms 31.3MB 1053ms 13ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
lua 1.lua 2159ms 20ms 28.8MB 2140ms 7ms lua 5.4.7

nbody

Input: 5000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 4-i.rs 166ms 3.7ms 1.9MB 157ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 1.rs 238ms 0.2ms 1.8MB 230ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 7-i.rs 239ms 2.5ms 1.8MB 230ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 3.rs 279ms 1.0ms 1.8MB 270ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0-nightly
rust 2.rs 284ms 1.0ms 1.6MB 273ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
lua 4.lua 713ms 2.4ms 2.3MB 703ms 0ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
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
rust 4-i.rs 18ms 0.1ms 1.8MB 10ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 1.rs 26ms 0.2ms 1.9MB 20ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 7-i.rs 26ms 0.1ms 1.9MB 20ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 3.rs 30ms 0.1ms 1.8MB 20ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0-nightly
rust 2.rs 31ms 0.1ms 1.6MB 20ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
lua 4.lua 76ms 0.9ms 2.3MB 70ms 0ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
lua 4.lua 1142ms 41ms 2.3MB 1133ms 0ms lua 5.4.7

spectral-norm

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 8-m.rs 492ms 0.2ms 2.5MB 1903ms 3ms rustc 1.88.0-nightly
rust 7-m.rs 501ms 0.3ms 2.1MB 1940ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 8.rs 992ms 0.2ms 2.5MB 980ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0-nightly
rust 2-m.rs 1958ms 7.1ms 2.3MB 7653ms 3ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 7.rs 2070ms 8.8ms 1.9MB 2060ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
lua 1.lua 4063ms 2.9ms 2.5MB 4053ms 0ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
rust 2.rs 4205ms 2.7ms 2.0MB 4197ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
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
rust 8-m.rs 127ms 0.7ms 2.3MB 467ms 3ms rustc 1.88.0-nightly
rust 7-m.rs 129ms 0.3ms 2.3MB 477ms 3ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 8.rs 251ms 1.3ms 2.1MB 240ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0-nightly
rust 2-m.rs 492ms 0.4ms 2.3MB 1903ms 3ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 7.rs 517ms 2.2ms 1.9MB 510ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
lua 1.lua 1023ms 1.2ms 2.4MB 1013ms 0ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
rust 2.rs 1053ms 0.4ms 2.0MB 1043ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
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
rust 8-m.rs 35ms 0.0ms 2.1MB 110ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0-nightly
rust 7-m.rs 36ms 0.1ms 2.1MB 113ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 8.rs 65ms 0.1ms 2.0MB 60ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0-nightly
rust 2-m.rs 127ms 0.2ms 2.1MB 470ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 7.rs 133ms 2.9ms 1.8MB 123ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
lua 1.lua 262ms 0.6ms 2.3MB 250ms 0ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
rust 2.rs 266ms 1.6ms 2.0MB 257ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
lua 1.lua timeout 0.0ms 2.0MB 4990ms 0ms lua 5.4.7