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Nim VS Kotlin benchmarks

Current benchmark data was generated on Thu Feb 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
kotlin 1.kt 469ms 5.8ms 575.8MB 550ms 80ms kotlin/jvm 21
nim 2.nim 835ms 5.3ms 34.4MB 813ms 7ms nim 2.0.2
nim 2.nim 1170ms 1.0ms 34.7MB 1150ms 7ms nim/clang 2.0.2
kotlin 1-m.kt 3056ms 54ms 248.5MB 5070ms 700ms kotlin/native 1.8.21

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 2.nim 80ms 2.9ms 5.5MB 70ms 0ms nim 2.0.2
kotlin 1.kt 99ms 0.6ms 158.3MB 107ms 30ms kotlin/jvm 21
nim 2.nim 113ms 2.9ms 5.8MB 100ms 0ms nim/clang 2.0.2
kotlin 1-m.kt 270ms 4.6ms 28.5MB 430ms 60ms kotlin/native 1.8.21

coro-prime-sieve

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
kotlin 2-m.kt 1773ms 358ms 242.2MB 6577ms 93ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 1.kt 2141ms 6.2ms 220.2MB 3003ms 67ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 1.kt timeout 0.0ms 14.8MB 6140ms 457ms kotlin/native 1.8.21
kotlin 2-m.kt timeout 0.0ms 72.9MB 19063ms 127ms kotlin/native 1.8.21
nim 1.nim timeout 0.0ms 549.4MB 2490ms 2053ms nim 2.0.2
nim 1.nim timeout 0.0ms 558.6MB 2537ms 1997ms nim/clang 2.0.2

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
kotlin 2-m.kt 404ms 0.7ms 32.8MB 1477ms 27ms kotlin/native 1.8.21
kotlin 1-m.kt 465ms 18ms 74.9MB 1057ms 50ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 1.kt 683ms 4.2ms 10.8MB 820ms 57ms kotlin/native 1.8.21
kotlin 2-m.kt 912ms 14ms 99.8MB 3203ms 77ms kotlin/jvm 21
nim 1.nim 4326ms 9.0ms 519.8MB 2247ms 1653ms nim/clang 2.0.2
nim 1.nim 4400ms 29ms 519.4MB 2180ms 1793ms nim 2.0.2

fasta

Input: 2500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 2.nim 188ms 3.5ms 1.5MB 177ms 0ms nim 2.0.2
nim 2.nim 239ms 3.2ms 1.8MB 227ms 0ms nim/clang 2.0.2
nim 1.nim 549ms 1.1ms 1.8MB 447ms 87ms nim/clang 2.0.2
nim 1.nim 573ms 0.7ms 1.5MB 463ms 90ms nim 2.0.2

Input: 250000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 2.nim 20ms 0.4ms 1.5MB 10ms 0ms nim 2.0.2
nim 2.nim 26ms 0.6ms 1.6MB 20ms 0ms nim/clang 2.0.2
nim 1.nim 58ms 0.6ms 1.8MB 43ms 0ms nim/clang 2.0.2
nim 1.nim 61ms 1.0ms 1.5MB 43ms 7ms nim 2.0.2

helloworld

Input: QwQ

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim 1.0ms 0.1ms 1.6MB 0ms 0ms nim 2.0.2
nim 1.nim 1.2ms 0.1ms 1.9MB 0ms 0ms nim/clang 2.0.2
kotlin 1.kt 2.3ms 0.1ms 4.7MB 0ms 0ms kotlin/native 1.8.21
kotlin 1.kt 58ms 4.5ms 47.3MB 58ms 14ms kotlin/jvm 21

http-server

Input: 3000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim 895ms 13ms 97.3MB 283ms 583ms nim 2.0.2
nim 1.nim 909ms 5.9ms 98.3MB 293ms 583ms nim/clang 2.0.2
kotlin 2-m.kt 3188ms 2764ms 353.0MB 15630ms 2370ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 1.kt timeout 0.0ms 405.5MB 16613ms 2393ms kotlin/jvm 21

Input: 500

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim 147ms 2.3ms 18.0MB 27ms 100ms nim 2.0.2
nim 1.nim 149ms 1.0ms 18.1MB 43ms 90ms nim/clang 2.0.2
kotlin 2-m.kt 2166ms 328ms 250.2MB 3897ms 460ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 1-m.kt 2399ms 24ms 215.3MB 6757ms 710ms kotlin/jvm 21

lru

Input: 1000 1000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 2.nim 108ms 1.5ms 1.6MB 100ms 0ms nim/clang 2.0.2
nim 2.nim 109ms 2.7ms 1.4MB 97ms 0ms nim 2.0.2
kotlin 1-m.kt 179ms 1.1ms 94.8MB 310ms 17ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 2-m.kt 199ms 5.9ms 100.7MB 413ms 33ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 2.kt 303ms 2.6ms 7.8MB 433ms 10ms kotlin/native 1.8.21
kotlin 1.kt 507ms 10ms 7.8MB 607ms 3ms kotlin/native 1.8.21
nim 1.nim timeout 0.0ms 1.3MB 4990ms 0ms nim 2.0.2
nim 1.nim timeout 0.0ms 1.5MB 4990ms 0ms nim/clang 2.0.2

Input: 1000 3000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
kotlin 2-m.kt 302ms 3.3ms 212.9MB 523ms 57ms kotlin/jvm 21
nim 2.nim 316ms 0.4ms 1.9MB 307ms 0ms nim/clang 2.0.2
nim 2.nim 323ms 4.4ms 1.4MB 313ms 0ms nim 2.0.2
kotlin 1.kt 326ms 4.4ms 204.4MB 440ms 33ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 2.kt 911ms 18ms 7.8MB 1313ms 50ms kotlin/native 1.8.21
kotlin 1.kt 1534ms 5.9ms 7.8MB 1860ms 30ms kotlin/native 1.8.21
nim 1.nim timeout 0.0ms 1.3MB 4990ms 0ms nim 2.0.2
nim 1.nim timeout 0.0ms 1.5MB 4990ms 0ms nim/clang 2.0.2

Input: 100 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 2.nim 48ms 0.6ms 1.5MB 40ms 0ms nim/clang 2.0.2
nim 2.nim 49ms 0.7ms 1.3MB 40ms 0ms nim 2.0.2
kotlin 2.kt 141ms 2.9ms 5.8MB 193ms 3ms kotlin/native 1.8.21
kotlin 1-m.kt 143ms 4.2ms 90.6MB 260ms 37ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 2-m.kt 158ms 11ms 95.6MB 307ms 40ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 1.kt 180ms 1.3ms 5.8MB 237ms 0ms kotlin/native 1.8.21
nim 1.nim 536ms 10ms 1.5MB 523ms 0ms nim/clang 2.0.2
nim 1.nim 536ms 8.6ms 1.3MB 523ms 0ms nim 2.0.2

mandelbrot

Input: 5000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim 389ms 2.4ms 4.8MB 377ms 0ms nim/clang 2.0.2
nim 1.nim 577ms 3.8ms 4.5MB 563ms 0ms nim 2.0.2

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim 19ms 0.8ms 1.9MB 10ms 0ms nim/clang 2.0.2
nim 1.nim 28ms 0.5ms 1.6MB 20ms 0ms nim 2.0.2

merkletrees

Input: 17

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
kotlin 1.kt 352ms 3.1ms 677.8MB 383ms 80ms kotlin/jvm 21
nim 1.nim 553ms 0.7ms 34.4MB 533ms 3ms nim 2.0.2
nim 1.nim 653ms 8.9ms 36.5MB 633ms 3ms nim/clang 2.0.2
kotlin 1-m.kt 1499ms 16ms 136.6MB 2307ms 317ms kotlin/native 1.8.21

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim 122ms 0.7ms 9.8MB 110ms 0ms nim 2.0.2
kotlin 1.kt 129ms 0.4ms 206.5MB 147ms 47ms kotlin/jvm 21
nim 1.nim 143ms 2.1ms 10.0MB 130ms 0ms nim/clang 2.0.2
kotlin 1-m.kt 323ms 19ms 40.4MB 467ms 77ms kotlin/native 1.8.21

nbody

Input: 5000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 2.nim 318ms 1.0ms 1.8MB 310ms 0ms nim 2.0.2
nim 2.nim 343ms 3.5ms 2.0MB 333ms 0ms nim/clang 2.0.2
kotlin 1n.kt 406ms 3.4ms 4.6MB 393ms 0ms kotlin/native 1.8.21
kotlin 1.kt 442ms 1.8ms 49.2MB 497ms 7ms kotlin/jvm 21

Input: 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 2.nim 34ms 0.5ms 1.8MB 23ms 0ms nim 2.0.2
nim 2.nim 36ms 0.1ms 2.0MB 30ms 0ms nim/clang 2.0.2
kotlin 1n.kt 44ms 0.9ms 4.6MB 33ms 0ms kotlin/native 1.8.21
kotlin 1-m.kt 120ms 0.3ms 49.4MB 167ms 17ms kotlin/jvm 21

nsieve

Input: 12

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim 282ms 2.6ms 41.5MB 270ms 0ms nim 2.0.2
nim 1.nim 351ms 9.9ms 41.8MB 337ms 0ms nim/clang 2.0.2

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim 56ms 1.3ms 11.5MB 47ms 0ms nim 2.0.2
nim 1.nim 65ms 1.0ms 11.8MB 53ms 0ms nim/clang 2.0.2

regex-redux

Input: 2500000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim 1623ms 6.2ms 152.4MB 1583ms 23ms nim/clang 2.0.2
nim 1.nim 1647ms 11ms 151.5MB 1617ms 13ms nim 2.0.2
kotlin 1.kt timeout 0.0ms 173.0MB 5387ms 50ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 1n.kt timeout 0.0ms 279.0MB 4880ms 1073ms kotlin/native 1.8.21

Input: 250000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim 172ms 1.3ms 16.4MB 153ms 7ms nim 2.0.2
nim 1.nim 173ms 1.6ms 16.7MB 160ms 0ms nim/clang 2.0.2
kotlin 1-m.kt 825ms 28ms 134.0MB 1250ms 40ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 1n.kt 3285ms 241ms 65.0MB 4160ms 13ms kotlin/native 1.8.21

spectral-norm

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim 3574ms 1.9ms 1.6MB 3567ms 0ms nim/clang 2.0.2
nim 1.nim 3591ms 12ms 1.4MB 3580ms 0ms nim 2.0.2

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim 895ms 0.8ms 1.5MB 887ms 0ms nim/clang 2.0.2
nim 1.nim 899ms 2.9ms 1.8MB 890ms 0ms nim 2.0.2

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim 226ms 0.0ms 1.5MB 217ms 0ms nim/clang 2.0.2
nim 1.nim 227ms 1.0ms 1.8MB 220ms 0ms nim 2.0.2