Ruby VS C 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
ruby 1.rb 4037ms 417ms 123.9MB 3920ms 100ms ruby/yjit 3.3.0
ruby 1.rb timeout 0.0ms 85.3MB 4930ms 53ms ruby 3.3.0
ruby 1.rb timeout 0.0ms 679.9MB 9080ms 607ms truffleruby 23.1.2

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
ruby 1.rb 408ms 6.3ms 36.4MB 367ms 27ms ruby/yjit 3.3.0
ruby 1.rb 856ms 5.9ms 36.4MB 813ms 20ms ruby 3.3.0
ruby 1-m.rb 910ms 25ms 437.3MB 2027ms 183ms truffleruby 23.1.2

coro-prime-sieve

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
ruby 1.rb 1431ms 5.5ms 78.5MB 1337ms 77ms ruby/yjit 3.3.0
ruby 1.rb 1779ms 29ms 78.3MB 1693ms 70ms ruby 3.3.0
ruby 1.rb timeout 0.0ms 717.5MB 4877ms 1427ms truffleruby 23.1.2

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
ruby 1.rb 169ms 1.3ms 40.5MB 127ms 27ms ruby/yjit 3.3.0
ruby 1.rb 190ms 2.2ms 40.3MB 133ms 40ms ruby 3.3.0
ruby 1.rb timeout 0.0ms 730.8MB 4667ms 1557ms truffleruby 23.1.2

fasta

Input: 2500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
ruby 6.rb 1457ms 11ms 39.1MB 1407ms 33ms ruby/yjit 3.3.0
ruby 6-m.rb 2178ms 87ms 420.2MB 5517ms 327ms truffleruby 23.1.2
ruby 6.rb 3794ms 10ms 37.6MB 3760ms 20ms ruby 3.3.0

Input: 250000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
ruby 6.rb 223ms 11ms 30.4MB 190ms 17ms ruby/yjit 3.3.0
ruby 6.rb 445ms 0.8ms 30.0MB 407ms 23ms ruby 3.3.0
ruby 6-m.rb 835ms 23ms 372.2MB 2033ms 187ms truffleruby 23.1.2

helloworld

Input: QwQ

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 1.c 1.1ms 0.1ms 1.4MB 0ms 0ms zigcc 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
c 1.c 1.3ms 0.1ms 2.1MB 0ms 0ms gcc 13.2.0
c 1.c 1.5ms 0.3ms 2.1MB 0ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
ruby 1.rb 41ms 0.2ms 161.9MB 8ms 32ms truffleruby 23.1.2
ruby 1.rb 70ms 2.0ms 28.3MB 46ms 12ms ruby 3.3.0
ruby 1.rb 72ms 1.8ms 28.4MB 46ms 16ms ruby/yjit 3.3.0

json-serde

Input: sample 5000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
ruby 1.rb 295ms 2.6ms 49.8MB 250ms 30ms ruby 3.3.0
ruby 1.rb 305ms 2.8ms 49.0MB 257ms 33ms ruby/yjit 3.3.0
ruby 1-m.rb 4664ms 272ms 508.1MB 12213ms 377ms truffleruby 23.1.2

Input: canada 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
ruby 1.rb 2261ms 6.5ms 170.4MB 2133ms 110ms ruby/yjit 3.3.0
ruby 1.rb 2266ms 17ms 168.1MB 2147ms 103ms ruby 3.3.0
ruby 1.rb timeout 0.0ms 566.0MB 13103ms 413ms truffleruby 23.1.2

lru

Input: 1000 1000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
ruby 1.rb 335ms 1.4ms 28.6MB 307ms 13ms ruby/yjit 3.3.0
ruby 1.rb 536ms 12ms 28.4MB 503ms 20ms ruby 3.3.0
ruby 1-m.rb 658ms 38ms 365.9MB 1090ms 147ms truffleruby 23.1.2

Input: 1000 3000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
ruby 1.rb 860ms 11ms 28.6MB 823ms 20ms ruby/yjit 3.3.0
ruby 1.rb 1229ms 22ms 408.0MB 1667ms 170ms truffleruby 23.1.2
ruby 1.rb 1440ms 9.3ms 28.3MB 1403ms 23ms ruby 3.3.0

Input: 100 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
ruby 1.rb 202ms 0.6ms 28.6MB 177ms 13ms ruby/yjit 3.3.0
ruby 1.rb 299ms 2.9ms 28.3MB 270ms 17ms ruby 3.3.0
ruby 1-m.rb 526ms 34ms 355.4MB 967ms 143ms truffleruby 23.1.2

merkletrees

Input: 17

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
ruby 1.rb timeout 0.0ms 87.8MB 4917ms 73ms ruby 3.3.0
ruby 1.rb timeout 0.0ms 88.2MB 4917ms 67ms ruby/yjit 3.3.0
ruby 1.rb timeout 0.0ms 575.9MB 12800ms 437ms truffleruby 23.1.2

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
ruby 1-m.rb 2642ms 152ms 618.4MB 6900ms 303ms truffleruby 23.1.2
ruby 1.rb 3031ms 1.4ms 46.8MB 2987ms 30ms ruby/yjit 3.3.0
ruby 1.rb 4013ms 75ms 46.5MB 3970ms 23ms ruby 3.3.0

nbody

Input: 5000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 8-i.c 245ms 0.5ms 1.5MB 233ms 0ms zigcc 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
c 8-i.c 255ms 1.1ms 2.3MB 243ms 0ms gcc 13.2.0
c 5.c 297ms 0.4ms 1.5MB 287ms 0ms zigcc 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
c 8-i.c 301ms 1.9ms 2.1MB 290ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 2.c 309ms 0.5ms 2.3MB 300ms 0ms gcc 13.2.0
c 2.c 311ms 1.1ms 1.5MB 300ms 0ms zigcc 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
c 5.c 311ms 1.0ms 2.3MB 300ms 0ms gcc 13.2.0
c 5.c 314ms 1.5ms 2.1MB 303ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 2.c 318ms 3.6ms 2.1MB 303ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
ruby 2.rb 953ms 118ms 319.9MB 1190ms 110ms truffleruby 23.1.2
ruby 2.rb timeout 0.0ms 28.1MB 4967ms 17ms ruby 3.3.0
ruby 2.rb timeout 0.0ms 28.5MB 4963ms 20ms ruby/yjit 3.3.0

Input: 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 8-i.c 27ms 0.1ms 1.5MB 20ms 0ms zigcc 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
c 8-i.c 28ms 0.5ms 2.3MB 20ms 0ms gcc 13.2.0
c 5.c 32ms 0.4ms 1.5MB 20ms 0ms zigcc 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
c 2.c 33ms 0.3ms 2.3MB 23ms 0ms gcc 13.2.0
c 8-i.c 33ms 1.6ms 2.1MB 27ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 5.c 33ms 0.5ms 2.3MB 27ms 0ms gcc 13.2.0
c 2.c 34ms 0.8ms 1.5MB 27ms 0ms zigcc 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
c 2.c 34ms 0.9ms 2.1MB 27ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 5.c 34ms 1.1ms 2.1MB 27ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
ruby 2-m.rb 319ms 5.4ms 312.4MB 540ms 113ms truffleruby 23.1.2
ruby 2.rb 1455ms 8.4ms 28.4MB 1423ms 17ms ruby/yjit 3.3.0
ruby 2.rb 2876ms 37ms 28.1MB 2840ms 20ms ruby 3.3.0

nsieve

Input: 12

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 1.c 283ms 1.3ms 41.1MB 267ms 0ms gcc 13.2.0
c 1.c 287ms 7.5ms 40.8MB 273ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 1.c 295ms 2.4ms 40.3MB 273ms 3ms zigcc 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
ruby 1.rb timeout 0.0ms 340.6MB 4840ms 150ms ruby 3.3.0
ruby 1.rb timeout 0.0ms 342.0MB 4843ms 140ms ruby/yjit 3.3.0
ruby 1.rb timeout 0.0ms 743.0MB 5043ms 167ms truffleruby 23.1.2

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 1.c 54ms 0.5ms 11.8MB 40ms 0ms gcc 13.2.0
c 1.c 58ms 1.7ms 11.5MB 47ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 1.c 59ms 1.3ms 11.0MB 47ms 0ms zigcc 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
ruby 1-m.rb 1665ms 20ms 472.9MB 2357ms 177ms truffleruby 23.1.2
ruby 1.rb 3530ms 47ms 146.6MB 3423ms 87ms ruby/yjit 3.3.0
ruby 1.rb 4855ms 12ms 146.4MB 4753ms 83ms ruby 3.3.0

pidigits

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
ruby 1.rb timeout 0.0ms 108.6MB 4923ms 63ms ruby 3.3.0
ruby 1.rb timeout 0.0ms 108.8MB 4913ms 70ms ruby/yjit 3.3.0
ruby 1.rb timeout 0.0ms 456.4MB 13293ms 427ms truffleruby 23.1.2

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
ruby 1.rb 1680ms 2.7ms 109.0MB 1597ms 67ms ruby/yjit 3.3.0
ruby 1.rb 1696ms 16ms 108.5MB 1610ms 70ms ruby 3.3.0
ruby 1-m.rb 1925ms 70ms 409.5MB 5020ms 253ms truffleruby 23.1.2

spectral-norm

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 4-m.c 947ms 11ms 4.1MB 3703ms 0ms gcc 13.2.0
c 6-im.c 981ms 47ms 4.1MB 3790ms 0ms gcc 13.2.0
c 6-im.c 1003ms 11ms 9.1MB 3920ms 3ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 4-m.c 1117ms 3.7ms 5.1MB 4367ms 10ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 5-im.c 1145ms 6.7ms 4.1MB 4493ms 0ms gcc 13.2.0
c 5-im.c 1335ms 18ms 5.3MB 5220ms 13ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 3-m.c 1825ms 3.8ms 7.3MB 7183ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 3-m.c 1933ms 0.6ms 4.1MB 7637ms 3ms gcc 13.2.0
ruby 4.rb timeout 0.0ms 28.1MB 4973ms 10ms ruby 3.3.0
ruby 4.rb timeout 0.0ms 28.5MB 4963ms 17ms ruby/yjit 3.3.0
ruby 4.rb timeout 0.0ms 527.7MB 5150ms 253ms truffleruby 23.1.2

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 4-m.c 246ms 0.5ms 4.1MB 937ms 0ms gcc 13.2.0
c 6-im.c 252ms 6.4ms 4.0MB 957ms 0ms gcc 13.2.0
c 6-im.c 258ms 0.1ms 9.2MB 973ms 3ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 4-m.c 288ms 1.9ms 7.0MB 1090ms 3ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 5-im.c 297ms 1.3ms 4.0MB 1130ms 0ms gcc 13.2.0
c 5-im.c 340ms 0.0ms 7.3MB 1300ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 3-m.c 462ms 0.4ms 5.3MB 1787ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 3-m.c 487ms 1.0ms 4.0MB 1893ms 0ms gcc 13.2.0
ruby 4.rb 4605ms 65ms 509.3MB 4857ms 220ms truffleruby 23.1.2
ruby 4.rb timeout 0.0ms 28.1MB 4967ms 20ms ruby 3.3.0
ruby 4.rb timeout 0.0ms 28.5MB 4963ms 20ms ruby/yjit 3.3.0

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 4-m.c 69ms 0.7ms 4.1MB 243ms 0ms gcc 13.2.0
c 6-im.c 70ms 0.0ms 4.0MB 247ms 0ms gcc 13.2.0
c 6-im.c 72ms 1.1ms 7.1MB 247ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 4-m.c 80ms 0.5ms 5.1MB 280ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 5-im.c 83ms 0.5ms 4.0MB 300ms 0ms gcc 13.2.0
c 5-im.c 109ms 28ms 5.2MB 363ms 3ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 3-m.c 124ms 0.7ms 7.0MB 447ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 3-m.c 129ms 1.4ms 4.0MB 480ms 0ms gcc 13.2.0
ruby 4.rb 1257ms 60ms 358.6MB 1563ms 133ms truffleruby 23.1.2
ruby 4.rb timeout 0.0ms 28.3MB 4973ms 10ms ruby 3.3.0
ruby 4.rb timeout 0.0ms 28.4MB 4970ms 13ms ruby/yjit 3.3.0