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Rust VS Kotlin benchmarks

Current benchmark data was generated on Mon Jun 23 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 0.1ms 1.8MB 0ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 1.rs 1.2ms 0.0ms 1.8MB 0ms 0ms rustc 1.89.0-nightly
kotlin 1.kt 2.1ms 0.1ms 3.0MB 0ms 0ms kotlin/native 2.1.20
kotlin 1-m.kt 62ms 0.8ms 47.8MB 78ms 18ms kotlin/jvm 21

mandelbrot

Input: 5000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 9.rs 256ms 17ms 4.8MB 250ms 0ms rustc 1.89.0-nightly
rust 8.rs 293ms 1.7ms 4.9MB 283ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 9.rs 12ms 0.5ms 2.0MB 0ms 0ms rustc 1.89.0-nightly
rust 8.rs 14ms 0.1ms 2.0MB 10ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0

nbody

Input: 5000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 4-i.rs 164ms 0.9ms 1.9MB 160ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 7-i.rs 219ms 0.9ms 1.8MB 210ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 1.rs 230ms 0.5ms 1.9MB 220ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 3.rs 279ms 0.3ms 1.9MB 270ms 0ms rustc 1.89.0-nightly
rust 2.rs 279ms 0.6ms 1.8MB 270ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
kotlin 1n.kt 354ms 2.9ms 3.6MB 343ms 0ms kotlin/native 2.1.20
kotlin 1.kt 444ms 1.3ms 49.7MB 487ms 20ms kotlin/jvm 21

Input: 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 4-i.rs 19ms 0.1ms 1.8MB 10ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 7-i.rs 24ms 0.2ms 1.8MB 20ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 1.rs 25ms 0.2ms 1.8MB 20ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 3.rs 30ms 0.1ms 1.8MB 20ms 0ms rustc 1.89.0-nightly
rust 2.rs 30ms 0.4ms 1.8MB 20ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
kotlin 1n.kt 40ms 1.0ms 3.5MB 30ms 0ms kotlin/native 2.1.20
kotlin 1-m.kt 121ms 1.7ms 49.7MB 167ms 17ms kotlin/jvm 21

spectral-norm

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 7-m.rs 492ms 0.0ms 2.1MB 1907ms 7ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 8-m.rs 497ms 4.4ms 2.4MB 1893ms 3ms rustc 1.89.0-nightly
rust 8.rs 991ms 0.5ms 2.3MB 980ms 0ms rustc 1.89.0-nightly
rust 7.rs 1957ms 10ms 1.9MB 1947ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 2-m.rs 2070ms 0.9ms 2.3MB 8153ms 7ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 2.rs 4266ms 8.9ms 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 7-m.rs 128ms 0.4ms 2.1MB 470ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 8-m.rs 128ms 0.2ms 2.3MB 470ms 0ms rustc 1.89.0-nightly
rust 8.rs 250ms 0.1ms 2.1MB 240ms 0ms rustc 1.89.0-nightly
rust 7.rs 495ms 6.2ms 1.8MB 487ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 2-m.rs 521ms 0.3ms 2.1MB 2020ms 3ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 2.rs 1067ms 0.1ms 2.0MB 1060ms 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 36ms 0.5ms 2.3MB 110ms 0ms rustc 1.89.0-nightly
rust 7-m.rs 36ms 0.5ms 2.0MB 113ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 8.rs 65ms 0.5ms 2.0MB 60ms 0ms rustc 1.89.0-nightly
rust 7.rs 125ms 1.2ms 1.9MB 120ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 2-m.rs 134ms 0.3ms 2.0MB 490ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 2.rs 269ms 0.2ms 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
kotlin 1.kt 502ms 3.0ms 581.8MB 603ms 93ms kotlin/jvm 21
rust 4.rs 1281ms 3.7ms 33.6MB 1260ms 10ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 5.rs 1360ms 12ms 33.8MB 1337ms 7ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 3.rs 1485ms 57ms 49.8MB 1453ms 17ms rustc 1.87.0
kotlin 1.kt 4205ms 55ms 144.8MB 4410ms 63ms kotlin/native 2.1.20

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
kotlin 1.kt 121ms 3.5ms 163.1MB 150ms 30ms kotlin/jvm 21
rust 4.rs 124ms 2.4ms 5.8MB 113ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 5.rs 127ms 3.7ms 5.8MB 117ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 3.rs 138ms 7.0ms 7.8MB 127ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
kotlin 1.kt 219ms 14ms 17.7MB 223ms 7ms kotlin/native 2.1.20

coro-prime-sieve

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 3-m.rs 529ms 9.1ms 9.1MB 2003ms 57ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 5-m.rs 548ms 114ms 5.5MB 2063ms 63ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 1-m.rs 918ms 4.0ms 7.4MB 3403ms 190ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 3.rs 1104ms 13ms 9.3MB 1063ms 27ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 4.rs 1879ms 5.7ms 6.9MB 1863ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
kotlin 2-m.kt 1914ms 60ms 234.2MB 7147ms 110ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 1.kt 2192ms 8.0ms 218.7MB 3023ms 70ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 2-m.kt 4300ms 30ms 21.1MB 14380ms 537ms kotlin/native 2.1.20
kotlin 1.kt timeout 0.0ms 17.4MB 5517ms 30ms kotlin/native 2.1.20

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 5-m.rs 52ms 1.9ms 3.3MB 163ms 7ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 3-m.rs 59ms 3.2ms 4.4MB 187ms 10ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 3.rs 67ms 0.4ms 4.0MB 57ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 1-m.rs 71ms 0.4ms 3.5MB 223ms 20ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 4.rs 118ms 4.8ms 3.1MB 107ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
kotlin 2-m.kt 249ms 2.2ms 21.4MB 840ms 40ms kotlin/native 2.1.20
kotlin 1.kt 389ms 6.7ms 17.4MB 397ms 7ms kotlin/native 2.1.20
kotlin 1-m.kt 482ms 16ms 75.4MB 1090ms 40ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 2-m.kt 814ms 72ms 95.6MB 2813ms 77ms kotlin/jvm 21

edigits

Input: 250001

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 1.rs 121ms 2.3ms 3.6MB 113ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 2.rs 427ms 1.5ms 3.6MB 417ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0

Input: 100000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 1.rs 34ms 1.6ms 2.9MB 30ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 2.rs 76ms 0.1ms 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 412ms 1.0ms 2.1MB 1587ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 5-m.rs 558ms 5.3ms 2.1MB 2150ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 2-im.rs 666ms 4.7ms 2.0MB 2570ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 1-m.rs 959ms 43ms 2.1MB 3667ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 3-i.rs 1498ms 0.7ms 1.8MB 1490ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 2-i.rs 2345ms 0.3ms 1.8MB 2337ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 1.rs 2722ms 8.7ms 1.8MB 2713ms 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 0.4ms 2.0MB 123ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 5-m.rs 52ms 0.7ms 2.1MB 170ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 2-im.rs 61ms 2.1ms 2.1MB 207ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 1-m.rs 82ms 1.9ms 2.1MB 290ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 3-i.rs 125ms 0.7ms 1.9MB 120ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 2-i.rs 193ms 0.3ms 1.8MB 183ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 1.rs 225ms 2.5ms 1.8MB 217ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0

fasta

Input: 2500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 5c-m.rs 89ms 0.4ms 3.4MB 260ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 6.rs 89ms 0.5ms 1.9MB 80ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 5-m.rs 94ms 0.8ms 3.2MB 293ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 1c.rs 162ms 0.5ms 1.9MB 150ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 1.rs 196ms 1.0ms 1.9MB 190ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0

Input: 250000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 6.rs 12ms 1.2ms 1.9MB 10ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 5c-m.rs 16ms 0.5ms 3.2MB 27ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 5-m.rs 17ms 0.5ms 3.2MB 30ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 1c.rs 19ms 0.3ms 1.9MB 10ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 1.rs 22ms 0.4ms 2.0MB 10ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0

http-server

Input: 3000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 1-m.rs 265ms 55ms 79.6MB 150ms 480ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 2-http2.rs 318ms 19ms 55.1MB 703ms 357ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 2-m.rs 354ms 23ms 73.1MB 230ms 823ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 1-http2.rs 536ms 57ms 70.0MB 1193ms 697ms rustc 1.87.0
kotlin 2-m.kt 4779ms 156ms 415.1MB 14780ms 2513ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 1.kt timeout 0.0ms 397.0MB 16267ms 2767ms kotlin/jvm 21

Input: 500

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 1-m.rs 40ms 9.1ms 17.4MB 20ms 53ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 2-m.rs 79ms 2.2ms 22.6MB 33ms 163ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 2-http2.rs 193ms 32ms 25.0MB 483ms 170ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 1-http2.rs 268ms 9.1ms 24.9MB 757ms 200ms rustc 1.87.0
kotlin 1-m.kt 2041ms 202ms 241.1MB 5747ms 710ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 2-m.kt 2177ms 125ms 242.9MB 5933ms 677ms kotlin/jvm 21

json-serde

Input: sample 5000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 5-i.rs 30ms 0.9ms 9.8MB 20ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 4-i.rs 32ms 2.3ms 7.9MB 20ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 2.rs 62ms 2.5ms 33.8MB 37ms 10ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 3.rs 64ms 2.6ms 32.0MB 43ms 10ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 1.rs 105ms 1.3ms 67.4MB 67ms 27ms rustc 1.87.0
kotlin 1-m.kt 766ms 91ms 171.9MB 2060ms 83ms kotlin/jvm 21

Input: canada 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 5-i.rs 211ms 3.7ms 53.3MB 187ms 13ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 4-i.rs 262ms 4.6ms 54.5MB 207ms 40ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 2.rs 392ms 0.9ms 237.8MB 287ms 93ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 3.rs 405ms 5.0ms 238.1MB 307ms 83ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 1.rs 693ms 3.9ms 551.8MB 440ms 237ms rustc 1.87.0
kotlin 1-m.kt 1844ms 20ms 667.3MB 4333ms 157ms kotlin/jvm 21

knucleotide

Input: 2500000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 8-m.rs 222ms 6.6ms 28.0MB 630ms 17ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 8.rs 416ms 2.8ms 23.8MB 390ms 10ms 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 33ms 2.4ms 16.5MB 67ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 8.rs 55ms 0.9ms 11.4MB 40ms 3ms 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 5.1ms 1.9MB 27ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 1.rs 49ms 4.1ms 1.9MB 43ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
kotlin 2.kt 166ms 1.9ms 12.4MB 167ms 0ms kotlin/native 2.1.20
kotlin 1-m.kt 197ms 7.4ms 94.7MB 323ms 30ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 2-m.kt 201ms 1.6ms 102.7MB 457ms 37ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 1.kt 375ms 17ms 12.4MB 380ms 0ms kotlin/native 2.1.20

Input: 1000 3000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 0-unsafe.rs 143ms 28ms 1.8MB 133ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 1.rs 175ms 13ms 1.9MB 167ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
kotlin 2-m.kt 317ms 2.5ms 210.7MB 540ms 50ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 1.kt 341ms 2.0ms 203.0MB 457ms 40ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 2.kt 475ms 2.5ms 12.5MB 503ms 0ms kotlin/native 2.1.20
kotlin 1.kt 1046ms 1.8ms 12.5MB 1073ms 3ms kotlin/native 2.1.20

Input: 100 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 0-unsafe.rs 24ms 2.0ms 1.8MB 17ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 1.rs 29ms 0.5ms 1.8MB 20ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
kotlin 2.kt 95ms 0.1ms 12.8MB 87ms 0ms kotlin/native 2.1.20
kotlin 1.kt 122ms 1.1ms 12.8MB 117ms 0ms kotlin/native 2.1.20
kotlin 1-m.kt 153ms 4.0ms 92.4MB 293ms 27ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 2-m.kt 170ms 16ms 95.9MB 367ms 37ms kotlin/jvm 21

merkletrees

Input: 17

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
kotlin 1.kt 394ms 11ms 680.4MB 447ms 93ms kotlin/jvm 21
rust 1.rs 708ms 3.5ms 33.8MB 683ms 10ms rustc 1.87.0
kotlin 1.kt 1937ms 26ms 90.4MB 2023ms 40ms kotlin/native 2.1.20

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 1.rs 151ms 2.0ms 9.8MB 140ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
kotlin 1-m.kt 159ms 3.2ms 207.4MB 210ms 43ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 1.kt 288ms 11ms 25.8MB 290ms 10ms kotlin/native 2.1.20

nsieve

Input: 12

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 1.rs 317ms 11ms 40.9MB 300ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 2.rs 318ms 4.7ms 6.6MB 307ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 1.rs 60ms 1.5ms 11.6MB 50ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 2.rs 78ms 0.2ms 2.9MB 70ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0

pidigits

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 1.rs 1525ms 8.2ms 2.7MB 1313ms 190ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 2.rs 1715ms 7.5ms 2.7MB 1627ms 73ms rustc 1.87.0
kotlin 1.kt 3774ms 15ms 353.5MB 4633ms 110ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 1n.kt timeout 0.0ms 26.6MB 4053ms 1487ms kotlin/native 2.1.20
kotlin 2n.kt timeout 0.0ms 30.6MB 5113ms 140ms kotlin/native 2.1.20

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 1.rs 326ms 2.2ms 2.4MB 303ms 7ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 2.rs 382ms 2.7ms 2.4MB 370ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
kotlin 1-m.kt 1024ms 7.6ms 352.8MB 1743ms 87ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 1n.kt timeout 0.0ms 26.9MB 4010ms 1517ms kotlin/native 2.1.20
kotlin 2n.kt timeout 0.0ms 30.7MB 5123ms 140ms kotlin/native 2.1.20

regex-redux

Input: 2500000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 7.rs 442ms 4.0ms 78.6MB 450ms 17ms rustc 1.87.0
kotlin 1.kt timeout 0.0ms 173.5MB 5417ms 50ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 1n.kt timeout 0.0ms 226.8MB 5067ms 120ms kotlin/native 2.1.20

Input: 250000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 7.rs 51ms 1.5ms 11.6MB 43ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
kotlin 1-m.kt 828ms 9.1ms 134.4MB 1267ms 40ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 1n.kt 3234ms 34ms 51.1MB 3313ms 80ms kotlin/native 2.1.20

secp256k1

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 0.rs 116ms 0.3ms 1.8MB 110ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 1.rs 1414ms 10ms 1.9MB 1403ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
kotlin 1.kt 3088ms 35ms 232.4MB 4080ms 73ms kotlin/jvm 21

Input: 500

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 0.rs 32ms 1.5ms 1.9MB 23ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 1.rs 359ms 5.0ms 1.9MB 350ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
kotlin 1-m.kt 982ms 20ms 231.5MB 1887ms 53ms kotlin/jvm 21