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Nim VS Kotlin benchmarks

Current benchmark data was generated on Wed Jan 22 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
kotlin 1.kt 487ms 33ms 1217.6MB 527ms 123ms kotlin/jvm 21
nim 2.nim 781ms 16ms 34.9MB 757ms 10ms nim 2.2.0
nim 2.nim 959ms 4.6ms 35.2MB 943ms 3ms nim/clang 2.2.0
kotlin 1-m.kt 3121ms 31ms 248.4MB 5273ms 667ms kotlin/native 1.8.21

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 2.nim 72ms 1.1ms 5.5MB 60ms 0ms nim 2.2.0
nim 2.nim 91ms 1.4ms 5.8MB 80ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.0
kotlin 1.kt 99ms 1.2ms 158.3MB 103ms 30ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 1-m.kt 266ms 1.2ms 28.5MB 413ms 67ms 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 1809ms 268ms 235.5MB 6717ms 107ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 1.kt 2109ms 6.9ms 219.7MB 2923ms 63ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 1.kt timeout 0.0ms 14.8MB 6100ms 460ms kotlin/native 1.8.21
kotlin 2-m.kt timeout 0.0ms 69.5MB 18963ms 130ms kotlin/native 1.8.21
nim 1.nim timeout 0.0ms 545.4MB 2453ms 2093ms nim 2.2.0
nim 1.nim timeout 0.0ms 553.8MB 2483ms 2057ms nim/clang 2.2.0

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
kotlin 2-m.kt 386ms 11ms 54.6MB 1410ms 27ms kotlin/native 1.8.21
kotlin 1-m.kt 463ms 6.2ms 73.9MB 1070ms 43ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 1.kt 675ms 7.0ms 10.7MB 803ms 70ms kotlin/native 1.8.21
kotlin 2-m.kt 742ms 27ms 99.3MB 2503ms 90ms kotlin/jvm 21
nim 1.nim 4399ms 8.7ms 518.7MB 2090ms 1880ms nim/clang 2.2.0
nim 1.nim 4558ms 9.6ms 518.3MB 2237ms 1890ms nim 2.2.0

fasta

Input: 2500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 2.nim 185ms 2.3ms 1.5MB 177ms 0ms nim 2.2.0
nim 2.nim 238ms 0.8ms 1.8MB 227ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.0
nim 1.nim 578ms 7.8ms 1.8MB 453ms 110ms nim/clang 2.2.0
nim 1.nim 599ms 1.3ms 1.5MB 473ms 110ms nim 2.2.0

Input: 250000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 2.nim 20ms 0.3ms 1.5MB 10ms 0ms nim 2.2.0
nim 2.nim 26ms 0.3ms 1.8MB 13ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.0
nim 1.nim 60ms 0.5ms 1.8MB 37ms 10ms nim/clang 2.2.0
nim 1.nim 62ms 0.1ms 1.5MB 40ms 10ms nim 2.2.0

helloworld

Input: QwQ

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim 1.1ms 0.1ms 1.6MB 0ms 0ms nim 2.2.0
nim 1.nim 1.2ms 0.1ms 1.9MB 0ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.0
kotlin 1.kt 2.4ms 0.5ms 4.7MB 0ms 0ms kotlin/native 1.8.21
kotlin 1.kt 54ms 6.4ms 47.4MB 54ms 16ms kotlin/jvm 21

http-server

Input: 3000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
kotlin 2-m.kt 807ms 1397ms 456.2MB 10660ms 1630ms kotlin/jvm 21
nim 1.nim 977ms 12ms 98.8MB 270ms 683ms nim/clang 2.2.0
nim 1.nim 996ms 26ms 99.2MB 277ms 697ms nim 2.2.0
kotlin 1.kt timeout 0.0ms 393.0MB 16180ms 2813ms kotlin/jvm 21

Input: 500

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim 163ms 5.2ms 17.8MB 47ms 100ms nim 2.2.0
nim 1.nim 163ms 3.8ms 18.2MB 33ms 113ms nim/clang 2.2.0
kotlin 2-m.kt 2185ms 260ms 239.6MB 4107ms 410ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 1-m.kt 2220ms 269ms 241.0MB 6507ms 647ms kotlin/jvm 21

lru

Input: 1000 1000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 2.nim 110ms 1.6ms 1.6MB 100ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.0
nim 2.nim 114ms 0.5ms 1.4MB 103ms 0ms nim 2.2.0
kotlin 1-m.kt 177ms 0.9ms 94.9MB 293ms 37ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 2-m.kt 197ms 4.0ms 102.2MB 413ms 37ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 2.kt 305ms 3.4ms 7.8MB 437ms 7ms kotlin/native 1.8.21
kotlin 1.kt 521ms 19ms 7.8MB 623ms 3ms kotlin/native 1.8.21
nim 1.nim timeout 0.0ms 1.3MB 4990ms 0ms nim 2.2.0
nim 1.nim timeout 0.0ms 1.5MB 4990ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.0

Input: 1000 3000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
kotlin 2-m.kt 317ms 11ms 213.0MB 513ms 47ms kotlin/jvm 21
nim 2.nim 323ms 4.9ms 1.6MB 313ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.0
kotlin 1.kt 325ms 3.6ms 202.9MB 443ms 30ms kotlin/jvm 21
nim 2.nim 337ms 4.4ms 1.4MB 323ms 0ms nim 2.2.0
kotlin 2.kt 907ms 26ms 7.8MB 1293ms 50ms kotlin/native 1.8.21
kotlin 1.kt 1564ms 31ms 7.9MB 1900ms 33ms kotlin/native 1.8.21
nim 1.nim timeout 0.0ms 1.3MB 4990ms 0ms nim 2.2.0
nim 1.nim timeout 0.0ms 1.5MB 4987ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.0

Input: 100 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 2.nim 49ms 1.1ms 1.5MB 40ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.0
nim 2.nim 50ms 0.3ms 1.3MB 40ms 0ms nim 2.2.0
kotlin 1-m.kt 141ms 6.8ms 90.5MB 270ms 27ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 2.kt 141ms 4.0ms 5.7MB 193ms 0ms kotlin/native 1.8.21
kotlin 2-m.kt 152ms 8.3ms 93.7MB 300ms 33ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 1.kt 178ms 5.5ms 5.9MB 230ms 0ms kotlin/native 1.8.21
nim 1.nim 493ms 4.9ms 1.5MB 480ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.0
nim 1.nim 519ms 32ms 1.3MB 510ms 0ms nim 2.2.0

mandelbrot

Input: 5000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim 387ms 2.3ms 4.8MB 373ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.0
nim 1.nim 577ms 1.3ms 4.7MB 567ms 0ms nim 2.2.0

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim 18ms 0.5ms 1.9MB 10ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.0
nim 1.nim 27ms 1.3ms 1.6MB 20ms 0ms nim 2.2.0

merkletrees

Input: 17

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
kotlin 1.kt 344ms 1.7ms 679.6MB 383ms 67ms kotlin/jvm 21
nim 1.nim 559ms 9.0ms 34.9MB 540ms 7ms nim 2.2.0
nim 1.nim 622ms 12ms 34.7MB 607ms 3ms nim/clang 2.2.0
kotlin 1-m.kt 1514ms 66ms 136.5MB 2323ms 343ms kotlin/native 1.8.21

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim 117ms 1.1ms 9.6MB 103ms 0ms nim 2.2.0
kotlin 1.kt 127ms 2.3ms 208.6MB 157ms 30ms kotlin/jvm 21
nim 1.nim 131ms 5.5ms 9.9MB 113ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.0
kotlin 1-m.kt 302ms 3.5ms 40.6MB 430ms 70ms 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 319ms 2.1ms 1.8MB 310ms 0ms nim 2.2.0
nim 2.nim 341ms 2.4ms 2.0MB 330ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.0
kotlin 1n.kt 405ms 5.4ms 4.7MB 393ms 0ms kotlin/native 1.8.21
kotlin 1.kt 443ms 4.4ms 49.6MB 483ms 17ms kotlin/jvm 21

Input: 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 2.nim 35ms 1.0ms 1.8MB 27ms 0ms nim 2.2.0
nim 2.nim 36ms 0.6ms 2.0MB 30ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.0
kotlin 1n.kt 46ms 1.6ms 4.6MB 33ms 0ms kotlin/native 1.8.21
kotlin 1.kt 120ms 1.7ms 49.7MB 160ms 20ms kotlin/jvm 21

nsieve

Input: 12

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim 276ms 7.5ms 41.5MB 263ms 0ms nim 2.2.0
nim 1.nim 313ms 4.8ms 41.8MB 297ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.0

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim 51ms 1.2ms 11.5MB 40ms 0ms nim 2.2.0
nim 1.nim 61ms 1.1ms 11.7MB 50ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.0

regex-redux

Input: 2500000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim 1621ms 2.5ms 151.6MB 1577ms 23ms nim/clang 2.2.0
nim 1.nim 1646ms 1.9ms 152.0MB 1603ms 23ms nim 2.2.0
kotlin 1.kt timeout 0.0ms 171.6MB 5427ms 37ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 1n.kt timeout 0.0ms 279.1MB 5003ms 860ms 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 174ms 0.4ms 17.6MB 160ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.0
nim 1.nim 175ms 2.7ms 16.5MB 160ms 0ms nim 2.2.0
kotlin 1-m.kt 836ms 29ms 134.6MB 1223ms 50ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 1n.kt 3337ms 226ms 65.0MB 4233ms 10ms 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 3573ms 2.3ms 1.6MB 3560ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.0
nim 1.nim 3597ms 4.0ms 1.4MB 3587ms 0ms nim 2.2.0

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim 895ms 0.4ms 1.5MB 880ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.0
nim 1.nim 898ms 1.4ms 1.3MB 887ms 0ms nim 2.2.0

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim 226ms 0.5ms 1.5MB 213ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.0
nim 1.nim 227ms 0.9ms 1.3MB 217ms 0ms nim 2.2.0