OCaml VS Rust 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
rust 4.rs 1642ms 2.2ms 33.8MB 1623ms 3ms rustc 1.70.0
rust 5.rs 1724ms 5.8ms 33.9MB 1697ms 10ms rustc 1.70.0
rust 3.rs 1918ms 21ms 49.9MB 1893ms 7ms rustc 1.70.0
ocaml 1.ml 4948ms 10ms 153.4MB 4887ms 43ms ocaml 5.0.0

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 4.rs 148ms 0.5ms 5.6MB 140ms 0ms rustc 1.70.0
rust 5.rs 156ms 0.5ms 5.7MB 143ms 0ms rustc 1.70.0
rust 3.rs 174ms 0.5ms 7.9MB 160ms 0ms rustc 1.70.0
ocaml 1.ml 341ms 3.5ms 22.9MB 323ms 3ms ocaml 5.0.0

fannkuch-redux

Input: 11

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 3-im.rs 805ms 10ms 1.1MB 1557ms 0ms rustc 1.70.0
rust 2-im.rs 1055ms 3.5ms 1.0MB 2027ms 0ms rustc 1.70.0
rust 5-m.rs 1197ms 13ms 1.1MB 2310ms 0ms rustc 1.70.0
rust 3-i.rs 1678ms 2.7ms 1.0MB 1667ms 0ms rustc 1.70.0
rust 1-m.rs 1980ms 32ms 1.1MB 3797ms 0ms rustc 1.70.0
rust 2-i.rs 2298ms 0.8ms 1.0MB 2290ms 0ms rustc 1.70.0
rust 1.rs 3718ms 31ms 1.0MB 3707ms 0ms rustc 1.70.0
ocaml 2.ml 3984ms 14ms 2.8MB 3973ms 0ms ocaml 5.0.0

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 3-im.rs 72ms 1.1ms 1.0MB 120ms 0ms rustc 1.70.0
rust 2-im.rs 95ms 0.5ms 1.0MB 160ms 0ms rustc 1.70.0
rust 5-m.rs 112ms 1.6ms 1.0MB 183ms 0ms rustc 1.70.0
rust 3-i.rs 140ms 0.4ms 1.0MB 130ms 0ms rustc 1.70.0
rust 1-m.rs 172ms 4.7ms 1.1MB 310ms 0ms rustc 1.70.0
rust 2-i.rs 195ms 0.7ms 1.0MB 183ms 0ms rustc 1.70.0
rust 1.rs 314ms 4.7ms 1.0MB 300ms 0ms rustc 1.70.0
ocaml 2.ml 331ms 1.3ms 2.9MB 320ms 0ms ocaml 5.0.0

fasta

Input: 2500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 5c-m.rs 185ms 2.2ms 1.7MB 327ms 0ms rustc 1.73.0-nightly
rust 5-m.rs 204ms 3.5ms 1.8MB 367ms 0ms rustc 1.70.0
rust 1c.rs 228ms 1.2ms 1.1MB 220ms 0ms rustc 1.73.0-nightly
rust 1.rs 316ms 1.6ms 1.0MB 297ms 3ms rustc 1.70.0
ocaml 6.ml 425ms 0.3ms 22.7MB 407ms 3ms ocaml 5.0.0

Input: 250000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 1c.rs 26ms 1.1ms 1.1MB 20ms 0ms rustc 1.73.0-nightly
rust 5c-m.rs 26ms 0.8ms 1.7MB 30ms 0ms rustc 1.73.0-nightly
rust 5-m.rs 29ms 2.2ms 1.7MB 33ms 0ms rustc 1.70.0
rust 1.rs 33ms 0.2ms 1.0MB 27ms 0ms rustc 1.70.0
ocaml 6.ml 47ms 2.4ms 4.9MB 37ms 0ms ocaml 5.0.0

helloworld

Input: QwQ

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 1.rs 2.1ms 0.4ms 1.9MB 0ms 0ms rustc 1.73.0-nightly
rust 1.rs 2.1ms 0.4ms 2.0MB 0ms 0ms rustc 1.70.0
ocaml 1.ml 2.7ms 0.6ms 3.1MB 0ms 0ms ocaml 5.0.0

lru

Input: 1000 1000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 0-unsafe.rs 49ms 0.4ms 1.0MB 40ms 0ms rustc 1.70.0
rust 1.rs 69ms 0.8ms 1.0MB 57ms 0ms rustc 1.70.0
ocaml 1.ml 264ms 2.8ms 6.7MB 250ms 0ms ocaml 5.0.0

Input: 1000 3000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 0-unsafe.rs 206ms 0.8ms 1.0MB 200ms 0ms rustc 1.70.0
rust 1.rs 290ms 0.2ms 1.0MB 280ms 0ms rustc 1.70.0
ocaml 1.ml 781ms 8.1ms 6.7MB 767ms 0ms ocaml 5.0.0

Input: 100 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 0-unsafe.rs 37ms 2.5ms 1.0MB 23ms 0ms rustc 1.70.0
rust 1.rs 46ms 0.4ms 1.0MB 40ms 0ms rustc 1.70.0
ocaml 1.ml 118ms 1.6ms 6.0MB 110ms 0ms ocaml 5.0.0

merkletrees

Input: 17

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 1.rs 930ms 5.0ms 33.9MB 907ms 7ms rustc 1.70.0
ocaml 1.ml 1524ms 6.3ms 69.4MB 1483ms 23ms ocaml 5.0.0
ocaml 2.ml 3227ms 33ms 74.1MB 3187ms 23ms ocaml 5.0.0

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 1.rs 195ms 2.3ms 9.9MB 183ms 0ms rustc 1.70.0
ocaml 1.ml 229ms 7.2ms 25.6MB 213ms 3ms ocaml 5.0.0
ocaml 2.ml 576ms 3.7ms 30.2MB 557ms 3ms ocaml 5.0.0

nbody

Input: 5000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 4-i.rs 255ms 0.2ms 1.0MB 247ms 0ms rustc 1.70.0
rust 3.rs 321ms 0.4ms 1.0MB 310ms 0ms rustc 1.73.0-nightly
rust 7-i.rs 322ms 0.4ms 1.1MB 310ms 0ms rustc 1.70.0
rust 2.rs 332ms 2.6ms 1.0MB 323ms 0ms rustc 1.70.0
rust 1.rs 390ms 4.6ms 1.1MB 377ms 0ms rustc 1.70.0
ocaml 1.ml 470ms 0.5ms 2.9MB 460ms 0ms ocaml 5.0.0

Input: 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 4-i.rs 28ms 0.2ms 1.1MB 20ms 0ms rustc 1.70.0
rust 7-i.rs 34ms 0.2ms 1.1MB 27ms 0ms rustc 1.70.0
rust 3.rs 35ms 1.1ms 1.0MB 23ms 0ms rustc 1.73.0-nightly
rust 2.rs 35ms 0.3ms 1.0MB 30ms 0ms rustc 1.70.0
rust 1.rs 41ms 0.6ms 1.1MB 30ms 0ms rustc 1.70.0
ocaml 1.ml 50ms 0.6ms 2.9MB 40ms 0ms ocaml 5.0.0

nsieve

Input: 12

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 2.rs 459ms 1.6ms 6.6MB 443ms 0ms rustc 1.70.0
rust 1.rs 519ms 15ms 40.9MB 497ms 7ms rustc 1.70.0
ocaml 1.ml 1999ms 32ms 550.5MB 1893ms 87ms ocaml 5.0.0
ocaml 2.ml 2424ms 16ms 19.0MB 2410ms 0ms ocaml 5.0.0

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 2.rs 102ms 1.2ms 3.1MB 90ms 0ms rustc 1.70.0
rust 1.rs 124ms 4.5ms 11.6MB 110ms 0ms rustc 1.70.0
ocaml 1.ml 339ms 11ms 140.3MB 307ms 17ms ocaml 5.0.0
ocaml 2.ml 609ms 28ms 9.1MB 590ms 0ms ocaml 5.0.0

regex-redux

Input: 2500000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 7.rs 571ms 3.3ms 78.6MB 607ms 10ms rustc 1.70.0
ocaml 2.ml timeout 0.0ms 181.9MB 4927ms 47ms ocaml 5.0.0

Input: 250000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 7.rs 64ms 2.1ms 12.5MB 60ms 0ms rustc 1.70.0
ocaml 2.ml 705ms 2.8ms 52.5MB 683ms 10ms ocaml 5.0.0

spectral-norm

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 8-m.rs 1057ms 1.6ms 2.5MB 2053ms 0ms rustc 1.73.0-nightly
rust 7-m.rs 1469ms 5.7ms 2.2MB 2853ms 0ms rustc 1.70.0
rust 8.rs 2060ms 0.8ms 2.4MB 2047ms 0ms rustc 1.73.0-nightly
rust 2-m.rs 2810ms 17ms 2.3MB 5467ms 10ms rustc 1.70.0
rust 7.rs 2956ms 3.2ms 1.0MB 2947ms 0ms rustc 1.70.0
ocaml 2.ml timeout 0.0ms 4.1MB 4987ms 0ms ocaml 5.0.0
rust 2.rs timeout 0.0ms 2.2MB 4990ms 0ms rustc 1.70.0

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 8-m.rs 276ms 3.1ms 2.1MB 503ms 3ms rustc 1.73.0-nightly
rust 7-m.rs 376ms 1.4ms 1.0MB 710ms 0ms rustc 1.70.0
rust 8.rs 518ms 0.5ms 2.2MB 507ms 0ms rustc 1.73.0-nightly
rust 2-m.rs 717ms 3.1ms 2.1MB 1367ms 3ms rustc 1.70.0
rust 7.rs 742ms 1.2ms 1.0MB 730ms 0ms rustc 1.70.0
rust 2.rs 1423ms 0.6ms 1.1MB 1410ms 0ms rustc 1.70.0
ocaml 2.ml 1639ms 5.6ms 3.7MB 1623ms 0ms ocaml 5.0.0

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 8-m.rs 74ms 1.1ms 1.0MB 127ms 0ms rustc 1.73.0-nightly
rust 7-m.rs 102ms 1.8ms 1.0MB 170ms 0ms rustc 1.70.0
rust 8.rs 131ms 0.1ms 1.1MB 120ms 0ms rustc 1.73.0-nightly
rust 2-m.rs 184ms 0.6ms 1.1MB 333ms 0ms rustc 1.70.0
rust 7.rs 188ms 1.0ms 1.1MB 177ms 0ms rustc 1.70.0
rust 2.rs 358ms 0.8ms 1.1MB 350ms 0ms rustc 1.70.0
ocaml 2.ml 412ms 0.4ms 3.3MB 400ms 0ms ocaml 5.0.0