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Nim VS Rust 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
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
rust 4.rs 1350ms 24ms 33.8MB 1323ms 13ms rustc 1.75.0
rust 5.rs 1432ms 16ms 33.8MB 1407ms 7ms rustc 1.75.0
rust 3.rs 1491ms 51ms 49.9MB 1463ms 13ms rustc 1.75.0

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
nim 2.nim 113ms 2.9ms 5.8MB 100ms 0ms nim/clang 2.0.2
rust 5.rs 126ms 1.5ms 5.8MB 117ms 0ms rustc 1.75.0
rust 4.rs 129ms 0.4ms 5.8MB 117ms 0ms rustc 1.75.0
rust 3.rs 134ms 3.3ms 7.8MB 123ms 0ms rustc 1.75.0

coro-prime-sieve

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 3-m.rs 535ms 34ms 11.1MB 1983ms 70ms rustc 1.75.0
rust 5-m.rs 590ms 45ms 7.9MB 2197ms 70ms rustc 1.75.0
rust 1-m.rs 1011ms 8.9ms 12.4MB 3597ms 360ms rustc 1.75.0
rust 3.rs 1111ms 11ms 9.3MB 1060ms 33ms rustc 1.75.0
rust 4.rs 1363ms 6.2ms 7.6MB 1343ms 3ms rustc 1.75.0
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
rust 3-m.rs 48ms 3.9ms 8.1MB 147ms 7ms rustc 1.75.0
rust 5-m.rs 51ms 0.9ms 5.4MB 137ms 23ms rustc 1.75.0
rust 3.rs 70ms 3.0ms 4.1MB 60ms 3ms rustc 1.75.0
rust 1-m.rs 82ms 7.0ms 7.7MB 237ms 40ms rustc 1.75.0
rust 4.rs 82ms 1.0ms 3.3MB 70ms 0ms rustc 1.75.0
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
rust 5c-m.rs 90ms 0.4ms 4.8MB 237ms 0ms rustc 1.77.0-nightly
rust 5-m.rs 99ms 1.2ms 6.5MB 323ms 3ms rustc 1.75.0
rust 1c.rs 164ms 0.5ms 1.9MB 150ms 0ms rustc 1.77.0-nightly
nim 2.nim 188ms 3.5ms 1.5MB 177ms 0ms nim 2.0.2
rust 1.rs 223ms 0.3ms 1.9MB 210ms 0ms rustc 1.75.0
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
rust 5c-m.rs 16ms 0.3ms 6.5MB 20ms 0ms rustc 1.77.0-nightly
rust 5-m.rs 17ms 0.2ms 6.4MB 30ms 0ms rustc 1.75.0
rust 1c.rs 19ms 0.5ms 1.9MB 10ms 0ms rustc 1.77.0-nightly
nim 2.nim 20ms 0.4ms 1.5MB 10ms 0ms nim 2.0.2
rust 1.rs 25ms 0.7ms 1.9MB 17ms 0ms rustc 1.75.0
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
rust 1.rs 1.2ms 0.1ms 1.9MB 0ms 0ms rustc 1.75.0
rust 1.rs 1.3ms 0.1ms 1.9MB 0ms 0ms rustc 1.77.0-nightly

http-server

Input: 3000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 2-http2.rs 338ms 70ms 47.5MB 553ms 363ms rustc 1.75.0
rust 1.rs 345ms 58ms 47.2MB 143ms 373ms rustc 1.75.0
rust 1-http2.rs 418ms 40ms 55.6MB 817ms 417ms rustc 1.75.0
rust 2-m.rs 425ms 4.8ms 64.5MB 217ms 840ms rustc 1.75.0
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

Input: 500

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 1.rs 103ms 11ms 16.6MB 23ms 80ms rustc 1.75.0
rust 2-m.rs 142ms 7.8ms 29.0MB 43ms 170ms rustc 1.75.0
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
rust 1-http2.rs 202ms 46ms 27.5MB 327ms 167ms rustc 1.75.0
rust 2-http2.rs 204ms 16ms 25.3MB 380ms 140ms rustc 1.75.0

lru

Input: 1000 1000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 0-unsafe.rs 36ms 1.0ms 1.9MB 23ms 0ms rustc 1.75.0
rust 1.rs 51ms 1.3ms 2.0MB 40ms 0ms rustc 1.75.0
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
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
rust 0-unsafe.rs 151ms 1.3ms 1.9MB 143ms 0ms rustc 1.75.0
rust 1.rs 210ms 1.9ms 2.0MB 200ms 0ms rustc 1.75.0
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
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
rust 0-unsafe.rs 26ms 0.3ms 1.9MB 17ms 0ms rustc 1.75.0
rust 1.rs 34ms 0.5ms 1.9MB 30ms 0ms rustc 1.75.0
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
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
rust 9.rs 247ms 1.9ms 4.9MB 237ms 0ms rustc 1.77.0-nightly
rust 8.rs 296ms 1.9ms 4.9MB 287ms 0ms rustc 1.75.0
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
rust 9.rs 12ms 0.1ms 2.0MB 10ms 0ms rustc 1.77.0-nightly
rust 8.rs 15ms 0.3ms 2.0MB 10ms 0ms rustc 1.75.0
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
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
rust 1.rs 707ms 6.9ms 33.8MB 680ms 13ms rustc 1.75.0

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
nim 1.nim 143ms 2.1ms 10.0MB 130ms 0ms nim/clang 2.0.2
rust 1.rs 159ms 8.2ms 9.8MB 150ms 0ms rustc 1.75.0

nbody

Input: 5000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 4-i.rs 168ms 9.4ms 1.9MB 157ms 0ms rustc 1.75.0
rust 7-i.rs 222ms 0.8ms 1.9MB 210ms 0ms rustc 1.75.0
rust 3.rs 285ms 0.7ms 1.9MB 277ms 0ms rustc 1.77.0-nightly
rust 2.rs 288ms 0.4ms 1.8MB 273ms 0ms rustc 1.75.0
nim 2.nim 318ms 1.0ms 1.8MB 310ms 0ms nim 2.0.2
rust 1.rs 338ms 1.1ms 1.9MB 330ms 0ms rustc 1.75.0
nim 2.nim 343ms 3.5ms 2.0MB 333ms 0ms nim/clang 2.0.2

Input: 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 4-i.rs 19ms 1.1ms 1.9MB 10ms 0ms rustc 1.75.0
rust 7-i.rs 25ms 0.5ms 1.9MB 13ms 0ms rustc 1.75.0
rust 3.rs 31ms 0.2ms 1.8MB 20ms 0ms rustc 1.77.0-nightly
rust 2.rs 31ms 0.1ms 1.8MB 20ms 0ms rustc 1.75.0
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
rust 1.rs 37ms 1.1ms 1.8MB 30ms 0ms rustc 1.75.0

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
rust 1.rs 329ms 1.6ms 41.1MB 313ms 3ms rustc 1.75.0
rust 2.rs 336ms 5.8ms 6.8MB 327ms 0ms rustc 1.75.0
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
rust 1.rs 65ms 3.6ms 11.6MB 50ms 0ms rustc 1.75.0
nim 1.nim 65ms 1.0ms 11.8MB 53ms 0ms nim/clang 2.0.2
rust 2.rs 85ms 1.0ms 3.0MB 70ms 0ms rustc 1.75.0

regex-redux

Input: 2500000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 7.rs 437ms 7.7ms 78.6MB 453ms 17ms rustc 1.75.0
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

Input: 250000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 7.rs 51ms 1.6ms 11.6MB 43ms 7ms rustc 1.75.0
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

spectral-norm

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 8-m.rs 525ms 0.4ms 6.3MB 2023ms 3ms rustc 1.77.0-nightly
rust 7-m.rs 997ms 0.9ms 6.2MB 3887ms 3ms rustc 1.75.0
rust 8.rs 1075ms 1.1ms 2.3MB 1063ms 0ms rustc 1.77.0-nightly
rust 2-m.rs 1935ms 1.0ms 6.2MB 7583ms 13ms rustc 1.75.0
rust 7.rs 2068ms 5.9ms 2.0MB 2063ms 0ms rustc 1.75.0
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
rust 2.rs 4161ms 0.9ms 2.0MB 4150ms 0ms rustc 1.75.0

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 8-m.rs 135ms 0.6ms 6.2MB 497ms 0ms rustc 1.77.0-nightly
rust 7-m.rs 255ms 0.2ms 6.1MB 947ms 7ms rustc 1.75.0
rust 8.rs 272ms 1.1ms 2.0MB 260ms 0ms rustc 1.77.0-nightly
rust 2-m.rs 488ms 0.9ms 8.1MB 1880ms 3ms rustc 1.75.0
rust 7.rs 517ms 1.8ms 1.9MB 507ms 0ms rustc 1.75.0
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
rust 2.rs 1043ms 0.9ms 2.0MB 1030ms 0ms rustc 1.75.0

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 8-m.rs 38ms 0.4ms 6.1MB 113ms 0ms rustc 1.77.0-nightly
rust 7-m.rs 69ms 0.5ms 6.1MB 227ms 10ms rustc 1.75.0
rust 8.rs 71ms 0.4ms 1.9MB 60ms 0ms rustc 1.77.0-nightly
rust 2-m.rs 127ms 1.1ms 6.1MB 457ms 3ms rustc 1.75.0
rust 7.rs 131ms 0.2ms 1.9MB 120ms 0ms rustc 1.75.0
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
rust 2.rs 262ms 0.2ms 2.0MB 250ms 0ms rustc 1.75.0