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Rust VS Crystal benchmarks

Current benchmark data was generated on Mon May 19 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.)

helloworld

Input: QwQ

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 1.rs 1.2ms 0.0ms 1.8MB 0ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 1.rs 1.7ms 0.6ms 1.8MB 0ms 0ms rustc 1.89.0-nightly
crystal 1.cr 1.9ms 0.1ms 2.9MB 0ms 0ms crystal 1.16.3

mandelbrot

Input: 5000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 9.rs 265ms 15ms 4.9MB 253ms 0ms rustc 1.89.0-nightly
rust 8.rs 291ms 0.6ms 4.8MB 280ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
crystal 1.cr 313ms 0.5ms 9.2MB 300ms 0ms crystal 1.16.3

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 9.rs 13ms 0.5ms 2.0MB 10ms 0ms rustc 1.89.0-nightly
rust 8.rs 14ms 0.2ms 1.9MB 10ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
crystal 1.cr 17ms 0.1ms 6.1MB 10ms 0ms crystal 1.16.3

nbody

Input: 5000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 4-i.rs 164ms 0.6ms 1.8MB 160ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 7-i.rs 218ms 0.5ms 1.8MB 210ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 1.rs 229ms 1.1ms 1.8MB 220ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 2.rs 279ms 0.0ms 1.8MB 270ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 3.rs 279ms 0.5ms 1.8MB 270ms 0ms rustc 1.89.0-nightly
crystal 2.cr 344ms 1.1ms 3.3MB 333ms 0ms crystal 1.16.3
crystal 1.cr 345ms 2.6ms 3.3MB 337ms 0ms crystal 1.16.3

Input: 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 4-i.rs 18ms 0.1ms 1.8MB 10ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 7-i.rs 24ms 0.4ms 1.8MB 20ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 1.rs 25ms 0.4ms 1.8MB 20ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 2.rs 30ms 0.0ms 1.6MB 20ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 3.rs 30ms 0.1ms 1.8MB 20ms 0ms rustc 1.89.0-nightly
crystal 1.cr 38ms 1.2ms 3.3MB 30ms 0ms crystal 1.16.3
crystal 2.cr 39ms 1.3ms 3.3MB 30ms 0ms crystal 1.16.3

spectral-norm

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 8-m.rs 493ms 0.6ms 2.5MB 1910ms 0ms rustc 1.89.0-nightly
rust 7-m.rs 493ms 0.7ms 2.1MB 1910ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 8.rs 993ms 1.0ms 2.3MB 983ms 0ms rustc 1.89.0-nightly
rust 7.rs 1961ms 4.4ms 1.9MB 1950ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 2-m.rs 2070ms 3.8ms 2.3MB 8130ms 10ms rustc 1.87.0
crystal 1.cr 3761ms 7.0ms 4.5MB 3750ms 0ms crystal 1.16.3
rust 2.rs 4266ms 1.8ms 2.1MB 4257ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 8-m.rs 127ms 0.5ms 2.3MB 467ms 3ms rustc 1.89.0-nightly
rust 7-m.rs 128ms 0.3ms 2.1MB 467ms 3ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 8.rs 251ms 0.6ms 2.0MB 240ms 0ms rustc 1.89.0-nightly
rust 7.rs 493ms 1.4ms 1.8MB 480ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 2-m.rs 521ms 0.9ms 2.3MB 2030ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
crystal 1.cr 948ms 1.7ms 4.4MB 940ms 0ms crystal 1.16.3
rust 2.rs 1069ms 4.4ms 2.0MB 1063ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 8-m.rs 35ms 0.1ms 2.1MB 107ms 3ms rustc 1.89.0-nightly
rust 7-m.rs 36ms 0.6ms 2.0MB 113ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 8.rs 65ms 0.9ms 1.9MB 60ms 0ms rustc 1.89.0-nightly
rust 7.rs 128ms 2.5ms 1.8MB 120ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 2-m.rs 134ms 0.7ms 2.1MB 490ms 3ms rustc 1.87.0
crystal 1.cr 240ms 2.2ms 3.9MB 230ms 0ms crystal 1.16.3
rust 2.rs 269ms 1.2ms 1.9MB 260ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0

binarytrees

Input: 18

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 4.rs 1281ms 13ms 33.8MB 1260ms 7ms rustc 1.87.0
crystal 1.cr 1320ms 17ms 64.2MB 1293ms 10ms crystal 1.16.3
rust 5.rs 1340ms 6.3ms 33.8MB 1317ms 10ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 3.rs 1496ms 49ms 49.8MB 1463ms 17ms rustc 1.87.0

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
crystal 1.cr 107ms 0.7ms 10.9MB 97ms 0ms crystal 1.16.3
rust 4.rs 118ms 0.3ms 5.6MB 110ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 5.rs 128ms 5.4ms 5.8MB 117ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 3.rs 142ms 6.5ms 7.8MB 130ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0

coro-prime-sieve

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 3-m.rs 518ms 38ms 9.1MB 1957ms 60ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 5-m.rs 679ms 12ms 5.5MB 2580ms 67ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 1-m.rs 955ms 8.3ms 7.4MB 3497ms 227ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 3.rs 1110ms 9.5ms 9.3MB 1070ms 23ms rustc 1.87.0
crystal 1.cr 1575ms 42ms 19.9MB 1510ms 53ms crystal 1.16.3
rust 4.rs 1921ms 31ms 6.9MB 1903ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 5-m.rs 51ms 1.1ms 3.3MB 153ms 10ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 3-m.rs 55ms 3.2ms 4.1MB 173ms 10ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 3.rs 69ms 0.8ms 4.0MB 60ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 1-m.rs 73ms 0.3ms 3.5MB 237ms 17ms rustc 1.87.0
crystal 1.cr 88ms 0.4ms 7.1MB 60ms 10ms crystal 1.16.3
rust 4.rs 115ms 1.2ms 3.1MB 107ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0

edigits

Input: 250001

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
crystal 1.cr 59ms 1.7ms 6.5MB 43ms 0ms crystal 1.16.3
rust 1.rs 124ms 1.5ms 3.6MB 120ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 2.rs 421ms 2.7ms 3.6MB 410ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0

Input: 100000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
crystal 1.cr 22ms 1.6ms 5.1MB 10ms 0ms crystal 1.16.3
rust 1.rs 33ms 0.7ms 2.9MB 23ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 2.rs 77ms 2.2ms 3.0MB 70ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0

fannkuch-redux

Input: 11

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 3-im.rs 410ms 1.7ms 2.1MB 1587ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 5-m.rs 554ms 1.8ms 2.1MB 2130ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 2-im.rs 677ms 6.8ms 2.1MB 2577ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 1-m.rs 937ms 1.3ms 2.1MB 3610ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 3-i.rs 1497ms 1.4ms 1.9MB 1490ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 2-i.rs 2404ms 0.4ms 1.8MB 2397ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
crystal 1.cr 2481ms 14ms 2.9MB 2473ms 0ms crystal 1.16.3
rust 1.rs 2718ms 7.7ms 1.8MB 2710ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 3-im.rs 38ms 0.2ms 2.0MB 120ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 5-m.rs 52ms 0.4ms 2.0MB 170ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 2-im.rs 61ms 2.2ms 2.0MB 200ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 1-m.rs 83ms 0.6ms 2.0MB 290ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 3-i.rs 125ms 0.5ms 1.9MB 120ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 2-i.rs 197ms 0.2ms 1.8MB 190ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
crystal 1.cr 205ms 2.2ms 2.9MB 197ms 0ms crystal 1.16.3
rust 1.rs 223ms 0.9ms 1.8MB 213ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0

fasta

Input: 2500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 6.rs 88ms 2.2ms 1.9MB 80ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 5c-m.rs 88ms 0.3ms 3.4MB 240ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 5-m.rs 94ms 0.1ms 3.2MB 290ms 3ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 1c.rs 163ms 0.5ms 1.9MB 150ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 1.rs 194ms 0.9ms 2.0MB 183ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
crystal 2.cr 538ms 3.5ms 3.6MB 450ms 77ms crystal 1.16.3
crystal 1.cr 683ms 3.5ms 14.6MB 583ms 87ms crystal 1.16.3

Input: 250000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 6.rs 11ms 0.1ms 1.9MB 0ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 5c-m.rs 15ms 0.3ms 3.2MB 20ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 5-m.rs 16ms 0.6ms 3.2MB 30ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 1c.rs 19ms 0.4ms 1.9MB 10ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 1.rs 21ms 0.3ms 1.9MB 10ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
crystal 2.cr 57ms 0.9ms 3.5MB 40ms 0ms crystal 1.16.3
crystal 1.cr 72ms 1.4ms 4.9MB 50ms 10ms crystal 1.16.3

http-server

Input: 3000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 1-m.rs 270ms 61ms 77.4MB 157ms 457ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 2-http2.rs 326ms 164ms 68.9MB 737ms 370ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 2-m.rs 345ms 31ms 71.5MB 227ms 810ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 1-http2.rs 448ms 106ms 63.1MB 1033ms 527ms rustc 1.87.0
crystal 1.cr 2258ms 384ms 270.5MB 320ms 440ms crystal 1.16.3

Input: 500

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 1-m.rs 36ms 6.9ms 13.5MB 10ms 53ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 2-m.rs 71ms 2.4ms 20.4MB 33ms 147ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 1-http2.rs 230ms 40ms 26.1MB 613ms 183ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 2-http2.rs 239ms 44ms 28.0MB 623ms 190ms rustc 1.87.0
crystal 1.cr 1238ms 101ms 54.0MB 37ms 73ms crystal 1.16.3

json-serde

Input: sample 5000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 5-i.rs 28ms 0.6ms 9.8MB 20ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 4-i.rs 30ms 0.8ms 7.9MB 20ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 2.rs 61ms 2.0ms 33.8MB 40ms 10ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 3.rs 61ms 0.0ms 32.0MB 40ms 10ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 1.rs 103ms 1.7ms 67.4MB 63ms 27ms rustc 1.87.0

Input: canada 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 5-i.rs 211ms 3.8ms 52.8MB 187ms 10ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 4-i.rs 261ms 3.9ms 54.5MB 207ms 43ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 2.rs 395ms 2.3ms 237.8MB 290ms 90ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 3.rs 404ms 3.8ms 237.8MB 300ms 93ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 1.rs 686ms 3.1ms 551.8MB 433ms 233ms rustc 1.87.0

knucleotide

Input: 2500000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 8-m.rs 211ms 4.2ms 27.7MB 623ms 10ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 8.rs 427ms 19ms 24.0MB 407ms 7ms rustc 1.87.0

Input: 250000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 8-m.rs 29ms 0.6ms 15.4MB 60ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 8.rs 56ms 2.1ms 11.4MB 40ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0

lru

Input: 1000 1000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 0-unsafe.rs 35ms 7.9ms 1.8MB 27ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
crystal 0-unsafe.cr 36ms 1.4ms 3.0MB 30ms 0ms crystal 1.16.3
rust 1.rs 51ms 6.1ms 1.9MB 43ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
crystal 1.cr 64ms 1.6ms 3.0MB 57ms 0ms crystal 1.16.3

Input: 1000 3000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
crystal 0-unsafe.cr 100ms 1.1ms 3.0MB 90ms 0ms crystal 1.16.3
rust 0-unsafe.rs 139ms 28ms 1.9MB 130ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
crystal 1.cr 185ms 1.4ms 3.0MB 173ms 0ms crystal 1.16.3
rust 1.rs 191ms 16ms 1.9MB 183ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0

Input: 100 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
crystal 0-unsafe.cr 18ms 0.3ms 3.0MB 10ms 0ms crystal 1.16.3
rust 0-unsafe.rs 24ms 1.0ms 1.8MB 17ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 1.rs 31ms 0.2ms 1.8MB 20ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
crystal 1.cr 31ms 1.1ms 3.0MB 20ms 0ms crystal 1.16.3

merkletrees

Input: 17

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 1.rs 698ms 4.2ms 33.8MB 673ms 10ms rustc 1.87.0
crystal 1.cr 868ms 11ms 64.2MB 840ms 10ms crystal 1.16.3

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 1.rs 153ms 2.6ms 9.8MB 143ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
crystal 1.cr 180ms 3.2ms 22.3MB 163ms 3ms crystal 1.16.3

nsieve

Input: 12

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 2.rs 301ms 0.2ms 6.6MB 290ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 1.rs 331ms 4.3ms 40.9MB 317ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
crystal 2.cr 347ms 2.0ms 8.2MB 340ms 0ms crystal 1.16.3
crystal 1.cr 445ms 17ms 42.9MB 430ms 0ms crystal 1.16.3

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 1.rs 67ms 0.1ms 11.6MB 57ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 2.rs 77ms 2.0ms 2.9MB 70ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
crystal 2.cr 88ms 2.0ms 4.4MB 80ms 0ms crystal 1.16.3
crystal 1.cr 91ms 3.3ms 13.2MB 83ms 0ms crystal 1.16.3

pidigits

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 1.rs 1529ms 17ms 2.7MB 1310ms 203ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 2.rs 1712ms 5.2ms 2.7MB 1627ms 70ms rustc 1.87.0
crystal 1.cr 1817ms 20ms 6.3MB 1793ms 7ms crystal 1.16.3

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 1.rs 321ms 3.7ms 2.4MB 297ms 10ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 2.rs 385ms 5.9ms 2.4MB 377ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
crystal 1.cr 445ms 4.2ms 5.0MB 433ms 0ms crystal 1.16.3

regex-redux

Input: 2500000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 7.rs 442ms 2.7ms 78.6MB 453ms 17ms rustc 1.87.0

Input: 250000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 7.rs 51ms 0.8ms 11.6MB 43ms 3ms rustc 1.87.0

secp256k1

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 0.rs 117ms 2.1ms 1.8MB 110ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 1.rs 1448ms 50ms 1.9MB 1437ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0

Input: 500

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 0.rs 31ms 0.7ms 1.8MB 23ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 1.rs 357ms 4.0ms 1.9MB 347ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0