Programming Language and compiler
Benchmarks

Lua VS Wasm 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
wasm 5.rs 1531ms 12ms 55.1MB 1500ms 13ms wasmer/llvm 5.0.2
wasm 4.rs 1599ms 10.0ms 54.8MB 1570ms 17ms wasmer/llvm 5.0.2
wasm 3.rs 1644ms 39ms 71.3MB 1600ms 27ms wasmer/llvm 5.0.2
wasm 5.rs 1750ms 25ms 34.8MB 1723ms 10ms wasmtime 27.0.0
wasm 4.rs 1794ms 30ms 34.9MB 1777ms 3ms wasmtime 27.0.0
wasm 3.rs 1860ms 47ms 52.9MB 1830ms 17ms wasmtime 27.0.0
lua 1.lua 3498ms 64ms 172.9MB 3367ms 120ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
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
wasm 5.rs 152ms 0.8ms 41.0MB 140ms 0ms wasmer/llvm 5.0.2
wasm 4.rs 161ms 3.1ms 41.0MB 143ms 3ms wasmer/llvm 5.0.2
wasm 3.rs 165ms 6.6ms 42.9MB 143ms 7ms wasmer/llvm 5.0.2
wasm 4.rs 171ms 1.2ms 21.0MB 157ms 3ms wasmtime 27.0.0
wasm 3.rs 174ms 3.1ms 22.9MB 157ms 3ms wasmtime 27.0.0
wasm 5.rs 181ms 18ms 22.9MB 163ms 0ms wasmtime 27.0.0
lua 1.lua 294ms 1.7ms 15.8MB 273ms 7ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
lua 1.lua 809ms 6.7ms 16.9MB 787ms 3ms lua 5.4.7

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
wasm 1.rs 7.4ms 0.3ms 21.1MB 0ms 0ms wasmtime 27.0.0
wasm 1.rs 12ms 0.4ms 38.6MB 0ms 0ms wasmer/llvm 5.0.2

merkletrees

Input: 17

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
wasm 1.rs 774ms 5.0ms 61.2MB 737ms 23ms wasmer/llvm 5.0.2
wasm 1.rs 868ms 25ms 42.9MB 840ms 13ms wasmtime 27.0.0
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
wasm 1.rs 175ms 0.7ms 45.1MB 153ms 10ms wasmer/llvm 5.0.2
wasm 1.rs 192ms 10ms 24.9MB 180ms 3ms wasmtime 27.0.0
lua 1.lua 1219ms 75ms 31.1MB 1190ms 13ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
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
wasm 1.rs 343ms 1.8ms 37.1MB 323ms 3ms wasmer/llvm 5.0.2
wasm 1.rs 406ms 1.4ms 20.8MB 390ms 0ms wasmtime 27.0.0
wasm 2.rs 552ms 37ms 39.3MB 540ms 0ms wasmer/llvm 5.0.2
wasm 2.rs 576ms 0.6ms 20.8MB 560ms 0ms wasmtime 27.0.0
lua 4.lua 716ms 2.9ms 2.4MB 707ms 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
wasm 1.rs 47ms 0.8ms 38.4MB 30ms 3ms wasmer/llvm 5.0.2
wasm 1.rs 49ms 0.5ms 20.8MB 33ms 3ms wasmtime 27.0.0
wasm 2.rs 66ms 0.8ms 20.8MB 50ms 3ms wasmtime 27.0.0
wasm 2.rs 67ms 3.4ms 37.4MB 50ms 7ms wasmer/llvm 5.0.2
lua 4.lua 75ms 2.5ms 2.3MB 67ms 0ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
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
wasm 2.rs 3587ms 3.9ms 37.2MB 3573ms 3ms wasmer/llvm 5.0.2
wasm 2.rs 3589ms 8.6ms 18.9MB 3573ms 0ms wasmtime 27.0.0
wasm 7.rs 3597ms 1.9ms 38.9MB 3580ms 3ms wasmer/llvm 5.0.2
lua 1.lua 4048ms 11ms 2.5MB 4037ms 0ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
wasm 7.rs 4874ms 3.3ms 20.7MB 4857ms 0ms wasmtime 27.0.0
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
wasm 2.rs 906ms 2.5ms 18.7MB 890ms 0ms wasmtime 27.0.0
wasm 2.rs 909ms 1.3ms 38.9MB 893ms 0ms wasmer/llvm 5.0.2
wasm 7.rs 909ms 0.8ms 39.0MB 893ms 0ms wasmer/llvm 5.0.2
lua 1.lua 1016ms 1.5ms 2.4MB 1003ms 0ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
wasm 7.rs 1233ms 11ms 18.7MB 1220ms 0ms wasmtime 27.0.0
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
wasm 2.rs 234ms 2.2ms 18.5MB 220ms 0ms wasmtime 27.0.0
wasm 2.rs 238ms 1.1ms 38.9MB 227ms 0ms wasmer/llvm 5.0.2
wasm 7.rs 239ms 1.1ms 37.2MB 223ms 0ms wasmer/llvm 5.0.2
lua 1.lua 257ms 0.8ms 2.3MB 243ms 0ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
wasm 7.rs 321ms 11ms 18.8MB 303ms 0ms wasmtime 27.0.0
lua 1.lua timeout 0.0ms 2.0MB 4990ms 0ms lua 5.4.7