Programming Language and compiler
Benchmarks

Lua 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
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
lua 1.lua 3609ms 57ms 172.8MB 3463ms 133ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
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
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
lua 1.lua 296ms 4.6ms 15.6MB 273ms 10ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
lua 1.lua 822ms 9.4ms 16.9MB 810ms 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 0.1ms 1.8MB 0ms 0ms rustc 1.85.1
rust 1.rs 1.4ms 0.2ms 1.9MB 0ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0-nightly
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

merkletrees

Input: 17

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 1.rs 708ms 3.7ms 33.8MB 683ms 10ms rustc 1.85.1
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
rust 1.rs 153ms 0.3ms 9.8MB 140ms 0ms rustc 1.85.1
lua 1.lua 1193ms 7.0ms 31.3MB 1163ms 17ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
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
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
lua 4.lua 717ms 7.0ms 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 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
lua 4.lua 77ms 2.5ms 2.3MB 70ms 0ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
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
rust 8-m.rs 494ms 0.3ms 2.5MB 1913ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0-nightly
rust 7-m.rs 501ms 1.3ms 2.3MB 1937ms 7ms rustc 1.85.1
rust 8.rs 994ms 1.8ms 2.4MB 980ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0-nightly
rust 2-m.rs 1967ms 0.5ms 2.3MB 7720ms 7ms rustc 1.85.1
rust 7.rs 2112ms 8.4ms 2.0MB 2103ms 0ms rustc 1.85.1
lua 1.lua 4066ms 6.0ms 2.5MB 4057ms 0ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
rust 2.rs 4212ms 3.9ms 2.0MB 4203ms 0ms rustc 1.85.1
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
rust 8-m.rs 128ms 0.3ms 2.3MB 467ms 3ms rustc 1.87.0-nightly
rust 7-m.rs 129ms 0.0ms 2.1MB 477ms 0ms rustc 1.85.1
rust 8.rs 251ms 0.9ms 2.1MB 240ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0-nightly
rust 2-m.rs 499ms 4.2ms 2.1MB 1907ms 0ms rustc 1.85.1
rust 7.rs 535ms 4.9ms 1.9MB 523ms 0ms rustc 1.85.1
lua 1.lua 1030ms 16ms 2.4MB 1020ms 0ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
rust 2.rs 1057ms 5.0ms 2.0MB 1043ms 0ms rustc 1.85.1
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 36ms 0.2ms 2.3MB 107ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0-nightly
rust 7-m.rs 37ms 0.8ms 2.1MB 113ms 0ms rustc 1.85.1
rust 8.rs 65ms 0.4ms 2.0MB 60ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0-nightly
rust 2-m.rs 128ms 0.5ms 2.0MB 470ms 0ms rustc 1.85.1
rust 7.rs 136ms 2.4ms 1.9MB 130ms 0ms rustc 1.85.1
lua 1.lua 261ms 2.6ms 2.3MB 250ms 0ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
rust 2.rs 267ms 1.3ms 2.0MB 260ms 0ms rustc 1.85.1
lua 1.lua timeout 0.0ms 2.1MB 4990ms 0ms lua 5.4.7