Programming Language and compiler
Benchmarks

Ruby VS C++ benchmarks

Current benchmark data was generated on Fri Aug 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
ruby 1-m.rb 1486ms 2574ms 801.2MB 6400ms 613ms truffleruby 24.2.2
ruby 1.rb 4961ms 19ms 109.4MB 4863ms 83ms ruby/yjit 3.4.5
ruby 1.rb timeout 0.0ms 70.0MB 4943ms 43ms ruby 3.4.5

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
ruby 1.rb 504ms 1.1ms 20.3MB 480ms 10ms ruby/yjit 3.4.5
ruby 1-m.rb 528ms 58ms 407.2MB 1043ms 157ms truffleruby 24.2.2
ruby 1.rb 932ms 5.8ms 19.5MB 913ms 7ms ruby 3.4.5

coro-prime-sieve

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
ruby 1.rb 1412ms 3.1ms 63.8MB 1330ms 67ms ruby/yjit 3.4.5
ruby 1.rb 1861ms 27ms 63.1MB 1780ms 63ms ruby 3.4.5
ruby 1.rb timeout 0.0ms 339.5MB 4537ms 1523ms truffleruby 24.2.2

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
ruby 1.rb 150ms 1.5ms 25.6MB 117ms 17ms ruby/yjit 3.4.5
ruby 1.rb 181ms 2.8ms 25.0MB 153ms 17ms ruby 3.4.5
ruby 1.rb timeout 0.0ms 339.9MB 4580ms 1487ms truffleruby 24.2.2

fasta

Input: 2500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
ruby 6.rb 2039ms 34ms 23.0MB 2010ms 13ms ruby/yjit 3.4.5
ruby 6-m.rb 2302ms 225ms 379.4MB 5953ms 337ms truffleruby 24.2.2
ruby 6.rb 3744ms 77ms 22.4MB 3723ms 10ms ruby 3.4.5

Input: 250000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
ruby 6.rb 261ms 6.6ms 15.0MB 243ms 0ms ruby/yjit 3.4.5
ruby 6.rb 429ms 2.4ms 14.4MB 410ms 3ms ruby 3.4.5
ruby 6-m.rb 825ms 31ms 410.3MB 2047ms 173ms truffleruby 24.2.2

helloworld

Input: QwQ

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
cpp 1.cpp 1.0ms 0.1ms 1.4MB 0ms 0ms g++ 11.4.0
cpp 1.cpp 1.3ms 0.1ms 2.3MB 0ms 0ms clang++ 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
ruby 1.rb 35ms 0.6ms 141.9MB 12ms 28ms truffleruby 24.2.2
ruby 1.rb 50ms 0.8ms 12.8MB 36ms 4ms ruby 3.4.5
ruby 1.rb 51ms 1.7ms 13.0MB 36ms 4ms ruby/yjit 3.4.5

json-serde

Input: sample 5000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
ruby 1.rb 251ms 0.5ms 29.2MB 220ms 13ms ruby 3.4.5
ruby 1.rb 253ms 3.8ms 29.0MB 227ms 10ms ruby/yjit 3.4.5
ruby 1-m.rb 4461ms 188ms 483.7MB 11710ms 347ms truffleruby 24.2.2

Input: canada 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
ruby 1.rb 2102ms 20ms 132.8MB 2010ms 77ms ruby/yjit 3.4.5
ruby 1.rb 2103ms 10ms 133.9MB 2020ms 70ms ruby 3.4.5
ruby 1.rb timeout 0.0ms 502.2MB 13287ms 387ms truffleruby 24.2.2

lru

Input: 1000 1000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
ruby 1.rb 340ms 5.5ms 13.5MB 323ms 3ms ruby/yjit 3.4.5
ruby 1.rb 544ms 2.3ms 12.9MB 530ms 3ms ruby 3.4.5
ruby 1-m.rb 702ms 23ms 374.1MB 1243ms 143ms truffleruby 24.2.2

Input: 1000 3000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
ruby 1.rb 893ms 4.0ms 13.5MB 873ms 10ms ruby/yjit 3.4.5
ruby 1-m.rb 1199ms 32ms 415.0MB 1677ms 160ms truffleruby 24.2.2
ruby 1.rb 1542ms 5.2ms 12.9MB 1523ms 3ms ruby 3.4.5

Input: 100 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
ruby 1.rb 195ms 1.8ms 13.5MB 180ms 3ms ruby/yjit 3.4.5
ruby 1.rb 297ms 2.9ms 12.8MB 280ms 3ms ruby 3.4.5
ruby 1-m.rb 476ms 13ms 357.3MB 890ms 140ms truffleruby 24.2.2

merkletrees

Input: 17

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
ruby 1-m.rb 3864ms 19ms 565.6MB 9860ms 350ms truffleruby 24.2.2
ruby 1.rb timeout 0.0ms 94.1MB 4937ms 47ms ruby 3.4.5
ruby 1.rb timeout 0.0ms 94.8MB 4940ms 50ms ruby/yjit 3.4.5

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
ruby 1-m.rb 2027ms 88ms 571.0MB 5207ms 273ms truffleruby 24.2.2
ruby 1.rb 3296ms 19ms 38.3MB 3260ms 20ms ruby/yjit 3.4.5
ruby 1.rb 4401ms 19ms 37.8MB 4363ms 20ms ruby 3.4.5

nbody

Input: 5000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
cpp 0-i.cpp 167ms 0.3ms 1.5MB 160ms 0ms g++ 11.4.0
cpp 0-i.cpp 171ms 0.3ms 2.3MB 160ms 0ms clang++ 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
cpp 1.cpp 315ms 1.4ms 2.3MB 307ms 0ms clang++ 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
cpp 1.cpp 316ms 0.7ms 1.9MB 307ms 0ms g++ 11.4.0
ruby 2.rb 817ms 1.5ms 309.6MB 1057ms 110ms truffleruby 24.2.2
ruby 2.rb timeout 0.0ms 12.8MB 4983ms 7ms ruby 3.4.5
ruby 2.rb timeout 0.0ms 13.5MB 4980ms 0ms ruby/yjit 3.4.5

Input: 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
cpp 0-i.cpp 18ms 0.1ms 1.5MB 10ms 0ms g++ 11.4.0
cpp 0-i.cpp 19ms 0.1ms 2.3MB 10ms 0ms clang++ 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
cpp 1.cpp 33ms 0.1ms 1.8MB 23ms 0ms g++ 11.4.0
cpp 1.cpp 33ms 0.1ms 2.3MB 30ms 0ms clang++ 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
ruby 2-m.rb 309ms 13ms 309.8MB 537ms 117ms truffleruby 24.2.2
ruby 2.rb 1044ms 2.3ms 13.5MB 1023ms 7ms ruby/yjit 3.4.5
ruby 2.rb 2832ms 56ms 12.8MB 2813ms 7ms ruby 3.4.5

nsieve

Input: 12

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
cpp 1.cpp 485ms 0.9ms 7.3MB 470ms 0ms g++ 11.4.0
cpp 1.cpp 531ms 2.8ms 7.8MB 520ms 0ms clang++ 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
ruby 1.rb timeout 0.0ms 325.3MB 4840ms 140ms ruby 3.4.5
ruby 1.rb timeout 0.0ms 327.0MB 4847ms 140ms ruby/yjit 3.4.5
ruby 1.rb timeout 0.0ms 737.6MB 5057ms 157ms truffleruby 24.2.2

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
cpp 1.cpp 121ms 1.9ms 3.6MB 110ms 0ms g++ 11.4.0
cpp 1.cpp 131ms 1.3ms 4.1MB 120ms 0ms clang++ 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
ruby 1-m.rb 1694ms 36ms 474.9MB 2407ms 170ms truffleruby 24.2.2
ruby 1.rb 3393ms 45ms 131.6MB 3303ms 70ms ruby/yjit 3.4.5
ruby 1.rb 4458ms 22ms 131.0MB 4367ms 77ms ruby 3.4.5

pidigits

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
ruby 1.rb timeout 0.0ms 130.1MB 4833ms 153ms ruby 3.4.5
ruby 1.rb timeout 0.0ms 130.9MB 4840ms 147ms ruby/yjit 3.4.5
ruby 1.rb timeout 0.0ms 451.7MB 13370ms 400ms truffleruby 24.2.2

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
ruby 1-m.rb 1509ms 109ms 384.9MB 4013ms 193ms truffleruby 24.2.2
ruby 1.rb 1759ms 8.3ms 130.9MB 1633ms 113ms ruby/yjit 3.4.5
ruby 1.rb 1782ms 5.6ms 130.0MB 1650ms 123ms ruby 3.4.5

spectral-norm

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
cpp 8-m.cpp 469ms 3.9ms 3.4MB 1827ms 0ms clang++ 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
cpp 8-m.cpp 482ms 1.0ms 2.4MB 1887ms 0ms g++ 11.4.0
cpp 6-im.cpp 926ms 10ms 2.3MB 3637ms 0ms g++ 11.4.0
cpp 6-im.cpp 935ms 18ms 3.4MB 3647ms 0ms clang++ 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
ruby 4.rb timeout 0.0ms 12.9MB 4987ms 0ms ruby 3.4.5
ruby 4.rb timeout 0.0ms 13.5MB 4980ms 10ms ruby/yjit 3.4.5
ruby 4.rb timeout 0.0ms 420.8MB 5170ms 227ms truffleruby 24.2.2

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
cpp 8-m.cpp 123ms 0.7ms 3.4MB 460ms 0ms clang++ 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
cpp 8-m.cpp 128ms 0.6ms 2.0MB 483ms 0ms g++ 11.4.0
cpp 6-im.cpp 237ms 1.4ms 3.4MB 903ms 0ms clang++ 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
cpp 6-im.cpp 239ms 2.4ms 2.0MB 913ms 0ms g++ 11.4.0
ruby 4.rb 4810ms 20ms 422.1MB 5107ms 190ms truffleruby 24.2.2
ruby 4.rb timeout 0.0ms 12.9MB 4983ms 0ms ruby 3.4.5
ruby 4.rb timeout 0.0ms 13.6MB 4983ms 0ms ruby/yjit 3.4.5

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
cpp 8-m.cpp 37ms 1.4ms 3.4MB 110ms 0ms clang++ 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
cpp 8-m.cpp 39ms 0.4ms 2.0MB 130ms 0ms g++ 11.4.0
cpp 6-im.cpp 64ms 0.1ms 3.4MB 227ms 0ms clang++ 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
cpp 6-im.cpp 66ms 0.6ms 2.1MB 237ms 0ms g++ 11.4.0
ruby 4.rb 1419ms 19ms 379.8MB 1753ms 130ms truffleruby 24.2.2
ruby 4.rb timeout 0.0ms 12.9MB 4987ms 0ms ruby 3.4.5
ruby 4.rb timeout 0.0ms 13.8MB 4983ms 0ms ruby/yjit 3.4.5