Programming Language and compiler
Benchmarks

Lua VS Rust benchmarks

Current benchmark data was generated on Tue Dec 31 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
rust 4.rs 1176ms 7.2ms 33.8MB 1153ms 7ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 5.rs 1261ms 3.1ms 33.8MB 1233ms 10ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 3.rs 1415ms 35ms 49.8MB 1373ms 27ms rustc 1.83.0
lua 1.lua 3311ms 71ms 172.9MB 3173ms 127ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
lua 1.lua timeout 0.0ms 104.9MB 4940ms 47ms lua 5.4.7

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 4.rs 110ms 0.7ms 5.8MB 97ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 5.rs 119ms 3.8ms 5.8MB 107ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 3.rs 130ms 2.4ms 7.8MB 117ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
lua 1.lua 277ms 1.4ms 15.6MB 257ms 3ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
lua 1.lua 757ms 1.9ms 17.0MB 743ms 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 1.83.0
rust 1.rs 1.2ms 0.1ms 1.8MB 0ms 0ms rustc 1.85.0-nightly
lua 1.lua 1.5ms 0.0ms 2.4MB 0ms 0ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
lua 1.lua 2.2ms 1.0ms 2.1MB 0ms 0ms lua 5.4.7

merkletrees

Input: 17

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 1.rs 657ms 8.6ms 33.8MB 637ms 3ms rustc 1.83.0
lua 1.lua timeout 0.0ms 107.3MB 4950ms 37ms lua 5.4.7
lua 1.lua timeout 0.0ms 149.3MB 4937ms 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 145ms 2.9ms 9.8MB 133ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
lua 1.lua 1019ms 0.9ms 31.1MB 983ms 20ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
lua 1.lua 2026ms 40ms 28.6MB 2003ms 3ms 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 160ms 3.5ms 1.8MB 150ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 7-i.rs 228ms 2.2ms 1.8MB 220ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 1.rs 228ms 5.2ms 1.8MB 213ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 2.rs 263ms 1.3ms 1.8MB 253ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 3.rs 269ms 1.6ms 1.9MB 257ms 0ms rustc 1.85.0-nightly
lua 4.lua 677ms 3.8ms 2.3MB 670ms 0ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
lua 4.lua timeout 0.0ms 2.3MB 4987ms 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 0.7ms 1.8MB 10ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 1.rs 25ms 0.4ms 1.8MB 17ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 7-i.rs 25ms 0.7ms 1.8MB 20ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 2.rs 28ms 0.0ms 1.8MB 20ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 3.rs 28ms 0.1ms 1.8MB 20ms 0ms rustc 1.85.0-nightly
lua 4.lua 72ms 3.0ms 2.3MB 60ms 0ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
lua 4.lua 1042ms 22ms 2.3MB 1033ms 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 469ms 0.9ms 4.6MB 1810ms 0ms rustc 1.85.0-nightly
rust 7-m.rs 471ms 4.6ms 4.2MB 1817ms 3ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 8.rs 961ms 14ms 2.4MB 950ms 0ms rustc 1.85.0-nightly
rust 2-m.rs 1855ms 2.8ms 4.1MB 7283ms 7ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 7.rs 1994ms 3.4ms 1.9MB 1987ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
lua 1.lua 3844ms 19ms 2.5MB 3830ms 0ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
rust 2.rs 3948ms 11ms 2.0MB 3937ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
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
rust 7-m.rs 121ms 0.3ms 4.1MB 443ms 3ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 8-m.rs 123ms 3.8ms 4.4MB 443ms 0ms rustc 1.85.0-nightly
rust 8.rs 240ms 1.0ms 2.1MB 227ms 0ms rustc 1.85.0-nightly
rust 2-m.rs 468ms 6.0ms 4.1MB 1797ms 3ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 7.rs 498ms 3.3ms 1.8MB 490ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
lua 1.lua 970ms 12ms 2.4MB 960ms 0ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
rust 2.rs 1001ms 10ms 1.9MB 987ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
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 7-m.rs 34ms 0.6ms 4.1MB 103ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 8-m.rs 35ms 0.2ms 4.2MB 110ms 0ms rustc 1.85.0-nightly
rust 8.rs 63ms 1.0ms 2.1MB 50ms 0ms rustc 1.85.0-nightly
rust 2-m.rs 123ms 2.3ms 6.1MB 447ms 3ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 7.rs 135ms 1.1ms 1.8MB 123ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
lua 1.lua 243ms 1.7ms 2.3MB 230ms 0ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
rust 2.rs 256ms 5.0ms 1.9MB 247ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
lua 1.lua timeout 0.0ms 2.0MB 4990ms 0ms lua 5.4.7