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Nim VS Rust benchmarks

Current benchmark data was generated on Sat Jan 28 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
rust 4.rs 1788ms 3.0ms 33.6MB 1763ms 13ms rustc 1.67.0
nim 2.nim 1946ms 26ms 35.1MB 1927ms 3ms nim 1.6.10
rust 5.rs 1951ms 33ms 33.8MB 1927ms 7ms rustc 1.67.0
rust 3.rs 2134ms 59ms 49.7MB 2097ms 17ms rustc 1.67.0
nim 2.nim 2142ms 32ms 35.5MB 2120ms 7ms nim/clang 1.6.10

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 4.rs 152ms 0.3ms 5.7MB 137ms 0ms rustc 1.67.0
rust 5.rs 160ms 1.1ms 5.7MB 147ms 0ms rustc 1.67.0
rust 3.rs 177ms 2.9ms 7.8MB 163ms 0ms rustc 1.67.0
nim 2.nim 183ms 0.2ms 5.5MB 170ms 0ms nim 1.6.10
nim 2.nim 195ms 1.2ms 5.7MB 187ms 0ms nim/clang 1.6.10

coro-prime-sieve

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 5-m.rs 900ms 109ms 4.6MB 1720ms 40ms rustc 1.67.0
rust 3-m.rs 1004ms 32ms 6.2MB 1893ms 27ms rustc 1.67.0
rust 3.rs 1949ms 13ms 6.2MB 1900ms 30ms rustc 1.67.0
rust 1-m.rs 3130ms 25ms 4.9MB 6013ms 97ms rustc 1.67.0
rust 4.rs 3240ms 18ms 4.3MB 3227ms 0ms rustc 1.67.0
nim 1.nim timeout 0.0ms 425.1MB 3367ms 1280ms nim 1.6.10
nim 1.nim timeout 0.0ms 425.7MB 3353ms 1293ms nim/clang 1.6.10

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 3-m.rs 77ms 4.7ms 3.0MB 123ms 3ms rustc 1.67.0
rust 5-m.rs 105ms 2.6ms 2.7MB 177ms 3ms rustc 1.67.0
rust 3.rs 122ms 5.0ms 3.1MB 110ms 0ms rustc 1.67.0
rust 4.rs 210ms 0.9ms 2.4MB 200ms 0ms rustc 1.67.0
rust 1-m.rs 214ms 9.6ms 2.9MB 377ms 13ms rustc 1.67.0
nim 1.nim timeout 0.0ms 424.7MB 3407ms 1243ms nim 1.6.10
nim 1.nim timeout 0.0ms 428.4MB 3300ms 1347ms nim/clang 1.6.10

edigits

Input: 250001

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 1.rs 149ms 5.0ms 3.6MB 137ms 0ms rustc 1.67.0
rust 2.rs 602ms 3.3ms 3.8MB 590ms 0ms rustc 1.67.0
nim 1.nim timeout 0.0ms 3.0MB 4983ms 0ms nim 1.6.10
nim 1.nim timeout 0.0ms 2.9MB 4990ms 0ms nim/clang 1.6.10

Input: 100000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 1.rs 40ms 0.7ms 2.8MB 30ms 0ms rustc 1.67.0
rust 2.rs 113ms 0.2ms 3.1MB 103ms 0ms rustc 1.67.0
nim 1.nim timeout 0.0ms 2.3MB 4990ms 0ms nim 1.6.10
nim 1.nim timeout 0.0ms 2.3MB 4990ms 0ms nim/clang 1.6.10

fasta

Input: 2500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 5c-m.rs 186ms 2.9ms 1.7MB 330ms 0ms rustc 1.69.0-nightly
rust 5-m.rs 198ms 1.5ms 1.7MB 350ms 0ms rustc 1.67.0
rust 1c.rs 232ms 2.5ms 1.7MB 217ms 0ms rustc 1.69.0-nightly
nim 2.nim 268ms 0.2ms 1.0MB 260ms 0ms nim 1.6.10
rust 1.rs 314ms 0.5ms 1.0MB 300ms 0ms rustc 1.67.0
nim 2.nim 335ms 0.2ms 1.3MB 327ms 0ms nim/clang 1.6.10
nim 1.nim 779ms 4.3ms 1.1MB 687ms 73ms nim 1.6.10
nim 1.nim 796ms 1.3ms 1.2MB 687ms 93ms nim/clang 1.6.10

Input: 250000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 1c.rs 26ms 0.4ms 1.0MB 17ms 0ms rustc 1.69.0-nightly
rust 5c-m.rs 27ms 0.9ms 1.7MB 30ms 0ms rustc 1.69.0-nightly
rust 5-m.rs 31ms 1.5ms 1.7MB 40ms 0ms rustc 1.67.0
nim 2.nim 32ms 3.0ms 1.1MB 20ms 0ms nim 1.6.10
rust 1.rs 35ms 0.4ms 1.1MB 27ms 0ms rustc 1.67.0
nim 2.nim 37ms 2.3ms 1.3MB 27ms 0ms nim/clang 1.6.10
nim 1.nim 79ms 0.1ms 1.1MB 57ms 7ms nim 1.6.10
nim 1.nim 83ms 1.7ms 1.3MB 67ms 3ms nim/clang 1.6.10

helloworld

Input: QwQ

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim 1.5ms 0.8ms 1.3MB 0ms 0ms nim/clang 1.6.10
nim 1.nim 1.7ms 0.7ms 1.0MB 0ms 0ms nim 1.6.10
rust 1.rs 2.3ms 0.7ms 1.1MB 0ms 0ms rustc 1.69.0-nightly
rust 1.rs 2.3ms 0.7ms 1.0MB 0ms 0ms rustc 1.67.0

http-server

Input: 3000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 1.rs 169ms 57ms 41.8MB 97ms 97ms rustc 1.67.0
rust 2-http2.rs 370ms 71ms 40.3MB 457ms 133ms rustc 1.67.0
rust 2-m.rs 575ms 15ms 102.4MB 297ms 567ms rustc 1.67.0
nim 1.nim 724ms 4.5ms 94.5MB 323ms 367ms nim 1.6.10
nim 1.nim 726ms 1.1ms 94.5MB 320ms 373ms nim/clang 1.6.10
rust 1-http2.rs 790ms 152ms 72.3MB 827ms 483ms rustc 1.67.0

Input: 500

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 1.rs 76ms 10ms 12.2MB 20ms 27ms rustc 1.67.0
nim 1.nim 122ms 1.9ms 18.0MB 47ms 53ms nim/clang 1.6.10
nim 1.nim 122ms 1.2ms 17.8MB 53ms 53ms nim 1.6.10
rust 2.rs 140ms 11ms 25.0MB 53ms 83ms rustc 1.67.0
rust 2-http2.rs 364ms 79ms 25.2MB 503ms 127ms rustc 1.67.0
rust 1-http2.rs 465ms 13ms 25.8MB 693ms 113ms rustc 1.67.0

lru

Input: 1000 1000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 0-unsafe.rs 62ms 3.5ms 1.0MB 50ms 0ms rustc 1.67.0
rust 1.rs 70ms 0.1ms 1.0MB 60ms 0ms rustc 1.67.0
nim 2.nim 147ms 1.5ms 1.2MB 140ms 0ms nim/clang 1.6.10
nim 2.nim 151ms 0.4ms 1.0MB 140ms 0ms nim 1.6.10
nim 1.nim timeout 0.0ms 1.0MB 4990ms 0ms nim 1.6.10
nim 1.nim timeout 0.0ms 1.3MB 4987ms 0ms nim/clang 1.6.10

Input: 1000 3000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 0-unsafe.rs 223ms 4.9ms 1.1MB 210ms 0ms rustc 1.67.0
rust 1.rs 292ms 0.1ms 1.1MB 280ms 0ms rustc 1.67.0
nim 2.nim 430ms 1.7ms 1.2MB 420ms 0ms nim/clang 1.6.10
nim 2.nim 448ms 1.1ms 1.0MB 437ms 0ms nim 1.6.10
nim 1.nim timeout 0.0ms 1.0MB 4990ms 0ms nim 1.6.10
nim 1.nim timeout 0.0ms 1.3MB 4983ms 0ms nim/clang 1.6.10

Input: 100 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 0-unsafe.rs 35ms 1.7ms 1.0MB 30ms 0ms rustc 1.67.0
rust 1.rs 47ms 0.2ms 1.0MB 40ms 0ms rustc 1.67.0
nim 2.nim 63ms 0.2ms 1.3MB 50ms 0ms nim/clang 1.6.10
nim 2.nim 65ms 0.7ms 1.1MB 57ms 0ms nim 1.6.10
nim 1.nim 387ms 3.1ms 1.2MB 373ms 0ms nim/clang 1.6.10
nim 1.nim 465ms 40ms 1.0MB 447ms 0ms nim 1.6.10

mandelbrot

Input: 5000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 9.rs 415ms 0.7ms 4.9MB 407ms 0ms rustc 1.69.0-nightly
rust 8.rs 493ms 0.4ms 4.7MB 477ms 0ms rustc 1.67.0
nim 1.nim 656ms 0.5ms 4.6MB 647ms 0ms nim/clang 1.6.10
nim 1.nim 982ms 1.4ms 4.5MB 970ms 0ms nim 1.6.10

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 9.rs 21ms 0.5ms 1.0MB 10ms 0ms rustc 1.69.0-nightly
rust 8.rs 23ms 0.1ms 1.0MB 13ms 0ms rustc 1.67.0
nim 1.nim 30ms 1.0ms 1.3MB 20ms 0ms nim/clang 1.6.10
nim 1.nim 43ms 0.5ms 1.1MB 30ms 0ms nim 1.6.10

merkletrees

Input: 17

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 1.rs 972ms 14ms 33.7MB 947ms 7ms rustc 1.67.0
nim 1.nim 1003ms 8.6ms 34.3MB 983ms 3ms nim 1.6.10
nim 1.nim 1037ms 18ms 35.2MB 1013ms 7ms nim/clang 1.6.10

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 1.rs 197ms 3.3ms 9.9MB 180ms 0ms rustc 1.67.0
nim 1.nim 213ms 1.3ms 9.3MB 197ms 0ms nim 1.6.10
nim 1.nim 222ms 1.4ms 9.5MB 210ms 0ms nim/clang 1.6.10

nbody

Input: 5000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 4-i.rs 257ms 0.3ms 1.1MB 240ms 0ms rustc 1.67.0
rust 7-i.rs 332ms 1.5ms 1.0MB 320ms 0ms rustc 1.67.0
rust 3.rs 340ms 1.3ms 1.1MB 327ms 0ms rustc 1.69.0-nightly
rust 2.rs 340ms 2.9ms 1.0MB 327ms 0ms rustc 1.67.0
nim 2.nim 381ms 0.4ms 1.3MB 370ms 0ms nim 1.6.10
rust 1.rs 393ms 3.7ms 1.1MB 383ms 0ms rustc 1.67.0
nim 2.nim 412ms 3.2ms 1.3MB 403ms 0ms nim/clang 1.6.10

Input: 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 4-i.rs 32ms 6.3ms 1.0MB 23ms 0ms rustc 1.67.0
rust 7-i.rs 35ms 0.6ms 1.0MB 23ms 0ms rustc 1.67.0
rust 3.rs 37ms 0.1ms 1.0MB 30ms 0ms rustc 1.69.0-nightly
rust 2.rs 37ms 0.3ms 1.0MB 27ms 0ms rustc 1.67.0
nim 2.nim 40ms 0.0ms 1.4MB 30ms 0ms nim 1.6.10
rust 1.rs 41ms 0.8ms 1.1MB 30ms 0ms rustc 1.67.0
nim 2.nim 43ms 0.2ms 1.2MB 30ms 0ms nim/clang 1.6.10

nsieve

Input: 12

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 2.rs 472ms 0.6ms 6.5MB 460ms 0ms rustc 1.67.0
nim 1.nim 574ms 11ms 40.6MB 553ms 0ms nim/clang 1.6.10
nim 1.nim 587ms 10ms 40.2MB 570ms 0ms nim 1.6.10
nim 2.nim 587ms 4.0ms 6.4MB 573ms 0ms nim/clang 1.6.10
nim 2.nim 667ms 5.2ms 6.2MB 657ms 0ms nim 1.6.10
rust 1.rs 1268ms 103ms 40.9MB 1240ms 13ms rustc 1.67.0

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 2.rs 107ms 1.7ms 3.1MB 97ms 0ms rustc 1.67.0
nim 1.nim 128ms 2.1ms 11.3MB 120ms 0ms nim/clang 1.6.10
nim 1.nim 128ms 0.4ms 11.1MB 120ms 0ms nim 1.6.10
nim 2.nim 138ms 0.3ms 3.2MB 130ms 0ms nim/clang 1.6.10
rust 1.rs 143ms 12ms 11.6MB 133ms 0ms rustc 1.67.0
nim 2.nim 157ms 0.3ms 3.1MB 143ms 0ms nim 1.6.10

pidigits

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 2.rs 1751ms 1.0ms 2.8MB 1673ms 63ms rustc 1.67.0
rust 1.rs 1842ms 44ms 2.8MB 1687ms 133ms rustc 1.67.0
nim 1.nim timeout 0.0ms 5.9MB 4987ms 0ms nim 1.6.10
nim 1.nim timeout 0.0ms 6.1MB 4987ms 0ms nim/clang 1.6.10

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 2.rs 391ms 0.8ms 2.5MB 380ms 0ms rustc 1.67.0
rust 1.rs 395ms 7.0ms 2.4MB 363ms 13ms rustc 1.67.0
nim 1.nim timeout 0.0ms 5.9MB 4987ms 0ms nim 1.6.10
nim 1.nim timeout 0.0ms 6.1MB 4990ms 0ms nim/clang 1.6.10

regex-redux

Input: 2500000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 7.rs 566ms 9.1ms 77.6MB 713ms 20ms rustc 1.67.0
nim 1.nim 2490ms 1.9ms 168.2MB 2440ms 30ms nim/clang 1.6.10
nim 1.nim 2531ms 3.9ms 167.4MB 2480ms 33ms nim 1.6.10

Input: 250000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 7.rs 64ms 0.7ms 11.1MB 73ms 0ms rustc 1.67.0
nim 1.nim 256ms 2.0ms 17.0MB 233ms 3ms nim/clang 1.6.10
nim 1.nim 260ms 2.1ms 16.8MB 247ms 0ms nim 1.6.10

spectral-norm

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 8-m.rs 1080ms 12ms 2.5MB 2083ms 0ms rustc 1.69.0-nightly
rust 7-m.rs 1084ms 10ms 2.0MB 2087ms 0ms rustc 1.67.0
rust 7.rs 2063ms 0.4ms 2.2MB 2053ms 0ms rustc 1.67.0
rust 8.rs 2066ms 6.4ms 2.3MB 2053ms 0ms rustc 1.69.0-nightly
rust 2-m.rs 2185ms 13ms 2.2MB 4257ms 0ms rustc 1.67.0
nim 1.nim 4118ms 2.6ms 1.3MB 4107ms 0ms nim/clang 1.6.10
nim 1.nim 4118ms 1.5ms 1.3MB 4107ms 0ms nim 1.6.10
rust 2.rs timeout 0.0ms 2.2MB 4983ms 0ms rustc 1.67.0

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 8-m.rs 277ms 3.3ms 2.2MB 507ms 3ms rustc 1.69.0-nightly
rust 7-m.rs 278ms 5.2ms 1.0MB 513ms 0ms rustc 1.67.0
rust 7.rs 518ms 0.6ms 1.0MB 510ms 0ms rustc 1.67.0
rust 8.rs 519ms 0.9ms 2.1MB 510ms 0ms rustc 1.69.0-nightly
rust 2-m.rs 620ms 108ms 4.0MB 1170ms 0ms rustc 1.67.0
nim 1.nim 1031ms 0.1ms 1.2MB 1020ms 0ms nim/clang 1.6.10
nim 1.nim 1033ms 3.1ms 1.3MB 1020ms 0ms nim 1.6.10
rust 2.rs 1729ms 0.4ms 1.0MB 1720ms 0ms rustc 1.67.0

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 8-m.rs 75ms 0.6ms 1.0MB 123ms 0ms rustc 1.69.0-nightly
rust 7-m.rs 75ms 0.4ms 1.0MB 127ms 0ms rustc 1.67.0
rust 8.rs 131ms 0.3ms 1.1MB 120ms 0ms rustc 1.69.0-nightly
rust 7.rs 132ms 0.4ms 1.0MB 120ms 0ms rustc 1.67.0
rust 2-m.rs 227ms 5.6ms 1.0MB 400ms 7ms rustc 1.67.0
nim 1.nim 260ms 0.1ms 1.3MB 250ms 0ms nim 1.6.10
nim 1.nim 261ms 0.1ms 1.3MB 250ms 0ms nim/clang 1.6.10
rust 2.rs 436ms 0.8ms 1.0MB 427ms 0ms rustc 1.67.0