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OCaml VS Javascript benchmarks

Current benchmark data was generated on Tue Jul 01 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
javascript 1-m.js 998ms 4.7ms 166.9MB 1570ms 240ms bun 1.2.17
javascript 1.js 1086ms 11ms 469.4MB 990ms 243ms node 24.3.0
ocaml 1.ml 3177ms 13ms 157.2MB 3097ms 63ms ocaml 5.3.0

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
javascript 1.js 99ms 2.6ms 77.4MB 80ms 23ms bun 1.2.17
javascript 1.js 131ms 1.8ms 80.9MB 130ms 33ms node 24.3.0
ocaml 1.ml 234ms 3.5ms 19.2MB 217ms 0ms ocaml 5.3.0

fannkuch-redux

Input: 11

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
ocaml 2.ml 2910ms 4.7ms 4.9MB 2900ms 0ms ocaml 5.3.0

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
ocaml 2.ml 245ms 1.0ms 4.9MB 237ms 0ms ocaml 5.3.0

fasta

Input: 2500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
ocaml 6.ml 348ms 0.3ms 24.8MB 337ms 0ms ocaml 5.3.0

Input: 250000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
ocaml 6.ml 39ms 0.9ms 7.6MB 30ms 0ms ocaml 5.3.0

helloworld

Input: QwQ

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
ocaml 1.ml 1.8ms 0.2ms 5.1MB 0ms 0ms ocaml 5.3.0
javascript 1.js 13ms 0.5ms 31.3MB 0ms 0ms bun 1.2.17
javascript 1.js 32ms 0.5ms 50.6MB 18ms 6ms node 24.3.0

lru

Input: 1000 1000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
ocaml 1.ml 180ms 10ms 6.4MB 170ms 0ms ocaml 5.3.0
javascript 2.js 308ms 1.2ms 65.1MB 300ms 10ms node 24.3.0
javascript 1.js 574ms 4.2ms 63.1MB 560ms 10ms node 24.3.0
javascript 2.js 676ms 3.1ms 123.0MB 750ms 50ms bun 1.2.17
javascript 1.js 842ms 16ms 106.1MB 943ms 70ms bun 1.2.17

Input: 1000 3000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
ocaml 1.ml 537ms 22ms 6.6MB 527ms 0ms ocaml 5.3.0
javascript 2.js 840ms 2.8ms 71.5MB 827ms 13ms node 24.3.0
javascript 1.js 1632ms 5.6ms 69.8MB 1613ms 17ms node 24.3.0
javascript 2.js 1912ms 1.7ms 123.4MB 2090ms 80ms bun 1.2.17
javascript 1.js 2440ms 16ms 106.0MB 2740ms 170ms bun 1.2.17

Input: 100 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
ocaml 1.ml 77ms 0.7ms 5.9MB 70ms 0ms ocaml 5.3.0
javascript 2.js 164ms 1.8ms 59.0MB 160ms 3ms node 24.3.0
javascript 1.js 171ms 1.6ms 60.4MB 160ms 7ms node 24.3.0
javascript 1.js 328ms 1.8ms 130.1MB 367ms 80ms bun 1.2.17
javascript 2.js 376ms 2.2ms 125.0MB 407ms 53ms bun 1.2.17

merkletrees

Input: 17

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
javascript 1-m.js 483ms 5.4ms 139.7MB 633ms 127ms bun 1.2.17
javascript 1.js 598ms 14ms 230.0MB 600ms 117ms node 24.3.0
ocaml 1.ml 1078ms 7.3ms 70.2MB 1040ms 27ms ocaml 5.3.0
ocaml 2.ml 2068ms 16ms 91.7MB 2013ms 40ms ocaml 5.3.0

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
javascript 1.js 120ms 0.5ms 84.5MB 107ms 33ms bun 1.2.17
ocaml 1.ml 145ms 3.7ms 21.7MB 130ms 0ms ocaml 5.3.0
javascript 1.js 165ms 0.4ms 100.0MB 160ms 33ms node 24.3.0
ocaml 2.ml 361ms 9.3ms 27.7MB 340ms 7ms ocaml 5.3.0

nbody

Input: 5000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
ocaml 1.ml 375ms 3.2ms 5.3MB 363ms 0ms ocaml 5.3.0
javascript 6.js 456ms 3.7ms 58.6MB 447ms 3ms node 24.3.0
javascript 6.js 602ms 8.9ms 45.0MB 607ms 3ms bun 1.2.17

Input: 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
ocaml 1.ml 41ms 1.9ms 5.2MB 33ms 0ms ocaml 5.3.0
javascript 6.js 80ms 0.7ms 58.6MB 67ms 10ms node 24.3.0
javascript 6.js 82ms 1.0ms 45.0MB 87ms 3ms bun 1.2.17

nsieve

Input: 12

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
ocaml 1.ml 949ms 8.7ms 543.2MB 887ms 47ms ocaml 5.3.0
ocaml 2.ml 1888ms 14ms 17.7MB 1877ms 0ms ocaml 5.3.0

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
ocaml 1.ml 179ms 2.9ms 142.3MB 157ms 10ms ocaml 5.3.0
ocaml 2.ml 466ms 5.7ms 9.1MB 453ms 0ms ocaml 5.3.0

regex-redux

Input: 2500000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
ocaml 2.ml timeout 0.0ms 463.0MB 4823ms 163ms ocaml 5.3.0

Input: 250000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
ocaml 2.ml 552ms 6.9ms 57.1MB 520ms 23ms ocaml 5.3.0

spectral-norm

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
javascript 6-m.js 2192ms 31ms 119.8MB 8330ms 63ms node 24.3.0
ocaml 2.ml 4567ms 4.6ms 6.4MB 4553ms 0ms ocaml 5.3.0

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
javascript 6-m.js 668ms 9.4ms 118.0MB 2350ms 63ms node 24.3.0
ocaml 2.ml 1145ms 4.4ms 6.1MB 1137ms 0ms ocaml 5.3.0

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
javascript 6-m.js 278ms 3.8ms 114.6MB 847ms 60ms node 24.3.0
ocaml 2.ml 291ms 2.2ms 5.2MB 283ms 0ms ocaml 5.3.0