Programming Language and compiler
Benchmarks

Nim VS Ruby benchmarks

Current benchmark data was generated on Thu Jul 13 2023, full log can be found HERE

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[x86_64][2 cores] Intel(R) Xeon(R) Platinum 8370C CPU @ 2.80GHz (Model 106)

* -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
nim 2.nim 1955ms 2.8ms 34.1MB 1930ms 10ms nim 1.6.14
nim 2.nim 2105ms 6.7ms 35.0MB 2087ms 7ms nim/clang 1.6.14
ruby 1.rb timeout 0.0ms 72.7MB 4953ms 33ms ruby 3.2.2
ruby 1.rb timeout 0.0ms 115.5MB 4917ms 63ms ruby/yjit 3.2.2
ruby 1.rb timeout 0.0ms 769.5MB 7713ms 377ms truffleruby 22.3.1

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 2.nim 186ms 1.2ms 5.6MB 177ms 0ms nim 1.6.14
nim 2.nim 194ms 3.4ms 5.7MB 183ms 0ms nim/clang 1.6.14
ruby 1.rb 533ms 1.9ms 40.7MB 503ms 13ms ruby/yjit 3.2.2
ruby 1.rb 969ms 5.3ms 40.2MB 943ms 10ms ruby 3.2.2
ruby 1-m.rb 984ms 52ms 414.6MB 1597ms 140ms truffleruby 22.3.1

coro-prime-sieve

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
ruby 1.rb 3206ms 100ms 82.7MB 3143ms 47ms ruby/yjit 3.2.2
ruby 1.rb 3619ms 125ms 82.2MB 3550ms 53ms ruby 3.2.2
nim 1.nim timeout 0.0ms 423.4MB 3330ms 1317ms nim 1.6.14
nim 1.nim timeout 0.0ms 424.2MB 3350ms 1300ms nim/clang 1.6.14
ruby 1.rb timeout 0.0ms 1163.0MB 4197ms 1267ms truffleruby 22.3.1

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
ruby 1.rb 224ms 4.0ms 44.8MB 180ms 27ms ruby/yjit 3.2.2
ruby 1.rb 233ms 1.7ms 44.4MB 207ms 10ms ruby 3.2.2
nim 1.nim timeout 0.0ms 421.6MB 3370ms 1283ms nim 1.6.14
nim 1.nim timeout 0.0ms 423.3MB 3447ms 1203ms nim/clang 1.6.14
ruby 1.rb timeout 0.0ms 1158.9MB 4150ms 1270ms truffleruby 22.3.1

edigits

Input: 250001

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim timeout 0.0ms 3.0MB 4990ms 0ms nim 1.6.14
nim 1.nim timeout 0.0ms 3.0MB 4983ms 0ms nim/clang 1.6.14

Input: 100000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim timeout 0.0ms 2.3MB 4990ms 0ms nim 1.6.14
nim 1.nim timeout 0.0ms 2.2MB 4983ms 0ms nim/clang 1.6.14

fasta

Input: 2500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 2.nim 259ms 0.7ms 1.0MB 250ms 0ms nim 1.6.14
nim 2.nim 346ms 1.7ms 1.3MB 330ms 0ms nim/clang 1.6.14
nim 1.nim 785ms 2.8ms 1.0MB 687ms 83ms nim 1.6.14
nim 1.nim 799ms 1.3ms 1.2MB 690ms 90ms nim/clang 1.6.14
ruby 6.rb 2359ms 7.6ms 43.6MB 2317ms 23ms ruby/yjit 3.2.2
ruby 6-m.rb 2525ms 40ms 381.9MB 4587ms 233ms truffleruby 22.3.1
ruby 6.rb 4204ms 50ms 43.0MB 4180ms 13ms ruby 3.2.2

Input: 250000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 2.nim 28ms 0.5ms 1.0MB 20ms 0ms nim 1.6.14
nim 2.nim 36ms 0.3ms 1.3MB 30ms 0ms nim/clang 1.6.14
nim 1.nim 81ms 0.5ms 1.0MB 60ms 7ms nim 1.6.14
nim 1.nim 83ms 0.8ms 1.2MB 70ms 0ms nim/clang 1.6.14
ruby 6.rb 307ms 0.5ms 35.0MB 280ms 10ms ruby/yjit 3.2.2
ruby 6.rb 494ms 8.7ms 34.5MB 467ms 13ms ruby 3.2.2
ruby 6-m.rb 806ms 12ms 314.0MB 1380ms 100ms truffleruby 22.3.1

helloworld

Input: QwQ

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim 1.2ms 0.1ms 1.0MB 0ms 0ms nim 1.6.14
nim 1.nim 2.9ms 2.0ms 1.2MB 0ms 0ms nim/clang 1.6.14
ruby 1.rb 43ms 2.1ms 157.2MB 16ms 26ms truffleruby 22.3.1
ruby 1.rb 71ms 1.0ms 32.2MB 48ms 10ms ruby/yjit 3.2.2
ruby 1.rb 71ms 0.6ms 32.0MB 50ms 8ms ruby 3.2.2

http-server

Input: 3000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim 718ms 6.0ms 94.6MB 340ms 347ms nim/clang 1.6.14
nim 1.nim 722ms 2.7ms 94.2MB 313ms 377ms nim 1.6.14

Input: 500

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim 121ms 1.3ms 18.3MB 50ms 53ms nim/clang 1.6.14
nim 1.nim 124ms 2.1ms 18.0MB 57ms 53ms nim 1.6.14

lru

Input: 1000 1000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 2.nim 145ms 0.9ms 1.2MB 137ms 0ms nim/clang 1.6.14
nim 2.nim 152ms 0.8ms 1.1MB 140ms 0ms nim 1.6.14
ruby 1.rb 442ms 0.6ms 32.9MB 417ms 10ms ruby/yjit 3.2.2
ruby 1.rb 589ms 3.1ms 32.4MB 563ms 13ms ruby 3.2.2
ruby 1-m.rb 771ms 15ms 330.4MB 1130ms 100ms truffleruby 22.3.1
nim 1.nim timeout 0.0ms 1.1MB 4990ms 0ms nim 1.6.14
nim 1.nim timeout 0.0ms 1.2MB 4983ms 0ms nim/clang 1.6.14

Input: 1000 3000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 2.nim 428ms 0.6ms 1.3MB 417ms 0ms nim/clang 1.6.14
nim 2.nim 450ms 0.8ms 1.1MB 440ms 0ms nim 1.6.14
ruby 1.rb 1177ms 4.0ms 32.9MB 1150ms 13ms ruby/yjit 3.2.2
ruby 1.rb 1410ms 33ms 359.6MB 1697ms 150ms truffleruby 22.3.1
ruby 1.rb 1639ms 13ms 32.4MB 1613ms 10ms ruby 3.2.2
nim 1.nim timeout 0.0ms 1.0MB 4987ms 0ms nim 1.6.14
nim 1.nim timeout 0.0ms 1.3MB 4987ms 0ms nim/clang 1.6.14

Input: 100 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 2.nim 63ms 0.5ms 1.2MB 50ms 0ms nim/clang 1.6.14
nim 2.nim 65ms 1.7ms 1.0MB 57ms 0ms nim 1.6.14
ruby 1.rb 255ms 0.9ms 32.8MB 227ms 13ms ruby/yjit 3.2.2
ruby 1.rb 329ms 2.7ms 32.3MB 307ms 10ms ruby 3.2.2
nim 1.nim 389ms 5.3ms 1.2MB 373ms 0ms nim/clang 1.6.14
nim 1.nim 444ms 3.1ms 1.0MB 430ms 0ms nim 1.6.14
ruby 1-m.rb 556ms 34ms 309.0MB 833ms 97ms truffleruby 22.3.1

mandelbrot

Input: 5000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim 656ms 0.7ms 4.8MB 647ms 0ms nim/clang 1.6.14
nim 1.nim 983ms 0.4ms 4.3MB 970ms 0ms nim 1.6.14

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim 30ms 0.7ms 1.2MB 20ms 0ms nim/clang 1.6.14
nim 1.nim 43ms 0.7ms 1.1MB 30ms 0ms nim 1.6.14

merkletrees

Input: 17

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim 992ms 2.9ms 34.7MB 977ms 0ms nim 1.6.14
nim 1.nim 1065ms 6.2ms 34.5MB 1047ms 3ms nim/clang 1.6.14
ruby 1.rb timeout 0.0ms 96.5MB 4927ms 60ms ruby 3.2.2
ruby 1.rb timeout 0.0ms 97.0MB 4930ms 50ms ruby/yjit 3.2.2
ruby 1.rb timeout 0.0ms 572.5MB 9213ms 233ms truffleruby 22.3.1

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim 211ms 1.7ms 9.3MB 197ms 0ms nim 1.6.14
nim 1.nim 229ms 2.5ms 9.5MB 217ms 0ms nim/clang 1.6.14
ruby 1-m.rb 3266ms 25ms 595.8MB 5983ms 230ms truffleruby 22.3.1
ruby 1.rb 4134ms 16ms 53.6MB 4087ms 30ms ruby/yjit 3.2.2
ruby 1.rb 4915ms 13ms 52.8MB 4870ms 30ms ruby 3.2.2

nbody

Input: 5000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 2.nim 382ms 0.6ms 1.3MB 370ms 0ms nim 1.6.14
nim 2.nim 411ms 0.8ms 1.3MB 400ms 0ms nim/clang 1.6.14
ruby 2.rb 1022ms 5.5ms 306.4MB 1213ms 87ms truffleruby 22.3.1
ruby 2.rb timeout 0.0ms 32.2MB 4967ms 17ms ruby 3.2.2
ruby 2.rb timeout 0.0ms 32.9MB 4977ms 3ms ruby/yjit 3.2.2

Input: 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 2.nim 41ms 0.3ms 1.3MB 30ms 0ms nim 1.6.14
nim 2.nim 43ms 0.0ms 1.2MB 30ms 0ms nim/clang 1.6.14
ruby 2-m.rb 387ms 13ms 323.0MB 587ms 87ms truffleruby 22.3.1
ruby 2.rb 2106ms 0.9ms 32.9MB 2080ms 10ms ruby/yjit 3.2.2
ruby 2.rb 3217ms 21ms 32.3MB 3187ms 10ms ruby 3.2.2

nsieve

Input: 12

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim 568ms 14ms 40.3MB 550ms 0ms nim 1.6.14
nim 2.nim 608ms 6.1ms 6.5MB 597ms 0ms nim/clang 1.6.14
nim 2.nim 633ms 1.1ms 6.1MB 617ms 0ms nim 1.6.14
nim 1.nim 758ms 55ms 41.3MB 743ms 0ms nim/clang 1.6.14
ruby 1.rb timeout 0.0ms 344.6MB 4853ms 123ms ruby 3.2.2
ruby 1.rb timeout 0.0ms 345.2MB 4850ms 127ms ruby/yjit 3.2.2
ruby 1.rb timeout 0.0ms 683.4MB 5050ms 130ms truffleruby 22.3.1

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim 129ms 0.5ms 11.0MB 120ms 0ms nim 1.6.14
nim 1.nim 136ms 0.4ms 11.3MB 123ms 0ms nim/clang 1.6.14
nim 2.nim 142ms 1.0ms 3.3MB 130ms 0ms nim/clang 1.6.14
nim 2.nim 148ms 0.7ms 3.0MB 140ms 0ms nim 1.6.14
ruby 1.rb 2793ms 82ms 427.2MB 3267ms 127ms truffleruby 22.3.1
ruby 1.rb timeout 0.0ms 151.0MB 4927ms 50ms ruby 3.2.2
ruby 1.rb timeout 0.0ms 151.4MB 4923ms 60ms ruby/yjit 3.2.2

pidigits

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim timeout 0.0ms 5.9MB 4990ms 0ms nim 1.6.14
nim 1.nim timeout 0.0ms 6.0MB 4990ms 0ms nim/clang 1.6.14
ruby 1.rb timeout 0.0ms 159.2MB 4917ms 60ms ruby 3.2.2
ruby 1.rb timeout 0.0ms 159.8MB 4930ms 57ms ruby/yjit 3.2.2
ruby 1.rb timeout 0.0ms 416.1MB 9323ms 203ms truffleruby 22.3.1

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
ruby 1-m.rb 1948ms 37ms 408.1MB 3603ms 127ms truffleruby 22.3.1
ruby 1.rb 2372ms 5.3ms 159.8MB 2293ms 67ms ruby/yjit 3.2.2
ruby 1.rb 2392ms 10.0ms 159.3MB 2323ms 53ms ruby 3.2.2
nim 1.nim timeout 0.0ms 5.8MB 4990ms 0ms nim 1.6.14
nim 1.nim timeout 0.0ms 6.1MB 4983ms 0ms nim/clang 1.6.14

regex-redux

Input: 2500000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim 2492ms 6.4ms 168.0MB 2437ms 37ms nim/clang 1.6.14
nim 1.nim 2557ms 7.1ms 167.1MB 2500ms 37ms nim 1.6.14

Input: 250000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim 255ms 0.2ms 17.2MB 240ms 0ms nim/clang 1.6.14
nim 1.nim 264ms 1.1ms 16.8MB 250ms 0ms nim 1.6.14

spectral-norm

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim 4117ms 0.5ms 1.2MB 4103ms 0ms nim/clang 1.6.14
nim 1.nim 4119ms 0.2ms 1.3MB 4110ms 0ms nim 1.6.14
ruby 4.rb timeout 0.0ms 32.1MB 4973ms 7ms ruby 3.2.2
ruby 4.rb timeout 0.0ms 32.7MB 4973ms 10ms ruby/yjit 3.2.2
ruby 4.rb timeout 0.0ms 533.5MB 5240ms 213ms truffleruby 22.3.1

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim 1031ms 0.5ms 1.3MB 1020ms 0ms nim/clang 1.6.14
nim 1.nim 1034ms 3.4ms 1.3MB 1020ms 0ms nim 1.6.14
ruby 4.rb timeout 0.0ms 32.2MB 4977ms 3ms ruby 3.2.2
ruby 4.rb timeout 0.0ms 32.7MB 4973ms 7ms ruby/yjit 3.2.2
ruby 4.rb timeout 0.0ms 591.7MB 5390ms 237ms truffleruby 22.3.1

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim 261ms 0.8ms 1.3MB 250ms 0ms nim/clang 1.6.14
nim 1.nim 261ms 1.1ms 1.3MB 250ms 0ms nim 1.6.14
ruby 4.rb 2469ms 3.3ms 477.2MB 2927ms 177ms truffleruby 22.3.1
ruby 4.rb timeout 0.0ms 32.4MB 4973ms 7ms ruby 3.2.2
ruby 4.rb timeout 0.0ms 32.8MB 4970ms 13ms ruby/yjit 3.2.2