OCaml 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
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
ocaml 1.ml 3017ms 20ms 150.6MB 2940ms 63ms ocaml 5.1.1

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
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
ocaml 1.ml 222ms 2.9ms 18.8MB 203ms 3ms ocaml 5.1.1

fannkuch-redux

Input: 11

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 3-im.rs 399ms 1.4ms 6.0MB 1533ms 3ms rustc 1.75.0
rust 5-m.rs 604ms 7.8ms 6.0MB 2313ms 3ms rustc 1.75.0
rust 2-im.rs 678ms 51ms 6.0MB 2467ms 0ms rustc 1.75.0
rust 3-i.rs 1482ms 11ms 2.0MB 1473ms 0ms rustc 1.75.0
rust 1-m.rs 1577ms 16ms 6.0MB 6093ms 3ms rustc 1.75.0
rust 2-i.rs 1773ms 2.2ms 1.9MB 1760ms 0ms rustc 1.75.0
ocaml 2.ml 2911ms 3.0ms 3.0MB 2897ms 0ms ocaml 5.1.1
rust 1.rs 4197ms 17ms 1.8MB 4190ms 0ms rustc 1.75.0

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 3-im.rs 38ms 0.5ms 6.0MB 113ms 0ms rustc 1.75.0
rust 5-m.rs 58ms 1.1ms 6.0MB 187ms 0ms rustc 1.75.0
rust 2-im.rs 65ms 0.7ms 6.0MB 207ms 0ms rustc 1.75.0
rust 3-i.rs 123ms 0.5ms 1.9MB 110ms 0ms rustc 1.75.0
rust 1-m.rs 139ms 2.0ms 6.0MB 497ms 0ms rustc 1.75.0
rust 2-i.rs 150ms 0.4ms 1.8MB 140ms 0ms rustc 1.75.0
ocaml 2.ml 245ms 2.5ms 3.0MB 233ms 0ms ocaml 5.1.1
rust 1.rs 349ms 2.2ms 1.9MB 337ms 0ms rustc 1.75.0

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
rust 1.rs 223ms 0.3ms 1.9MB 210ms 0ms rustc 1.75.0
ocaml 6.ml 345ms 0.3ms 22.7MB 330ms 3ms ocaml 5.1.1

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
rust 1.rs 25ms 0.7ms 1.9MB 17ms 0ms rustc 1.75.0
ocaml 6.ml 39ms 0.7ms 5.4MB 27ms 0ms ocaml 5.1.1

helloworld

Input: QwQ

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
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
ocaml 1.ml 1.7ms 0.1ms 3.0MB 0ms 0ms ocaml 5.1.1

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
ocaml 1.ml 186ms 5.8ms 6.5MB 177ms 0ms ocaml 5.1.1

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
ocaml 1.ml 540ms 18ms 6.4MB 527ms 0ms ocaml 5.1.1

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
ocaml 1.ml 79ms 1.6ms 6.0MB 70ms 0ms ocaml 5.1.1

merkletrees

Input: 17

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 1.rs 707ms 6.9ms 33.8MB 680ms 13ms rustc 1.75.0
ocaml 1.ml 1178ms 8.6ms 74.8MB 1140ms 23ms ocaml 5.1.1
ocaml 2.ml 2124ms 11ms 85.5MB 2077ms 27ms ocaml 5.1.1

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
ocaml 1.ml 153ms 1.9ms 23.1MB 133ms 0ms ocaml 5.1.1
rust 1.rs 159ms 8.2ms 9.8MB 150ms 0ms rustc 1.75.0
ocaml 2.ml 371ms 4.0ms 24.9MB 347ms 7ms ocaml 5.1.1

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
rust 1.rs 338ms 1.1ms 1.9MB 330ms 0ms rustc 1.75.0
ocaml 1.ml 373ms 3.1ms 3.3MB 360ms 0ms ocaml 5.1.1

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
rust 1.rs 37ms 1.1ms 1.8MB 30ms 0ms rustc 1.75.0
ocaml 1.ml 40ms 0.9ms 3.3MB 30ms 0ms ocaml 5.1.1

nsieve

Input: 12

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
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
ocaml 1.ml 989ms 6.1ms 550.4MB 923ms 50ms ocaml 5.1.1
ocaml 2.ml 2043ms 6.1ms 18.5MB 2030ms 0ms ocaml 5.1.1

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 1.rs 65ms 3.6ms 11.6MB 50ms 0ms rustc 1.75.0
rust 2.rs 85ms 1.0ms 3.0MB 70ms 0ms rustc 1.75.0
ocaml 1.ml 212ms 19ms 139.7MB 190ms 7ms ocaml 5.1.1
ocaml 2.ml 502ms 3.3ms 9.0MB 487ms 0ms ocaml 5.1.1

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
ocaml 2.ml timeout 0.0ms 466.4MB 4807ms 173ms ocaml 5.1.1

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
ocaml 2.ml 554ms 9.9ms 57.1MB 520ms 17ms ocaml 5.1.1

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
rust 2.rs 4161ms 0.9ms 2.0MB 4150ms 0ms rustc 1.75.0
ocaml 2.ml 4552ms 0.3ms 4.4MB 4537ms 0ms ocaml 5.1.1

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
rust 2.rs 1043ms 0.9ms 2.0MB 1030ms 0ms rustc 1.75.0
ocaml 2.ml 1148ms 4.4ms 4.0MB 1137ms 0ms ocaml 5.1.1

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
rust 2.rs 262ms 0.2ms 2.0MB 250ms 0ms rustc 1.75.0
ocaml 2.ml 296ms 9.9ms 3.4MB 287ms 0ms ocaml 5.1.1