Programming Language and compiler
Benchmarks

Rust VS Lua benchmarks

Current benchmark data was generated on Mon Oct 03 2022, full log can be found HERE

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[x86_64][2 cores] Intel(R) Xeon(R) Platinum 8370C CPU @ 2.80GHz (Model 106)

* -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.)

fasta

Input: 2500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 5c-m.rs 182ms 3.7ms 1.3MB 317ms 3ms rustc 1.66.0-nightly
rust 5-m.rs 202ms 2.7ms 1.2MB 360ms 3ms rustc 1.64.0
rust 1c.rs 227ms 0.9ms 0.6MB 217ms 0ms rustc 1.66.0-nightly
rust 1.rs 316ms 1.8ms 0.6MB 303ms 0ms rustc 1.64.0

Input: 250000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 1c.rs 27ms 0.4ms 0.7MB 17ms 0ms rustc 1.66.0-nightly
rust 5c-m.rs 28ms 2.7ms 1.2MB 37ms 0ms rustc 1.66.0-nightly
rust 5-m.rs 29ms 1.0ms 1.2MB 37ms 0ms rustc 1.64.0
rust 1.rs 35ms 0.5ms 0.6MB 23ms 0ms rustc 1.64.0

helloworld

Input: QwQ

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 1.rs 1.9ms 0.8ms 0.6MB 0ms 0ms rustc 1.66.0-nightly
rust 1.rs 2.2ms 0.8ms 0.6MB 0ms 0ms rustc 1.64.0
lua 1.lua 2.3ms 0.6ms 2.2MB 0ms 0ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
lua 1.lua 2.4ms 1.0ms 1.1MB 0ms 0ms lua 5.4.4

mandelbrot

Input: 5000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 9.rs 414ms 0.8ms 4.8MB 400ms 0ms rustc 1.66.0-nightly
rust 8.rs 580ms 0.1ms 4.9MB 567ms 0ms rustc 1.64.0

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 9.rs 21ms 1.3ms 0.6MB 10ms 0ms rustc 1.66.0-nightly
rust 8.rs 31ms 5.0ms 0.6MB 23ms 0ms rustc 1.64.0

nbody

Input: 5000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 4-i.rs 252ms 0.2ms 0.6MB 240ms 0ms rustc 1.64.0
rust 7-i.rs 305ms 0.5ms 0.6MB 290ms 0ms rustc 1.64.0
rust 3.rs 338ms 0.2ms 0.6MB 330ms 0ms rustc 1.66.0-nightly
rust 2.rs 341ms 5.7ms 0.6MB 330ms 0ms rustc 1.64.0
rust 1.rs 384ms 0.6ms 0.6MB 370ms 0ms rustc 1.64.0
lua 4.lua 1111ms 17ms 1.0MB 1097ms 0ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
lua 4.lua timeout 0.0ms 0.0MB 0ms 0ms lua 5.4.4

Input: 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 4-i.rs 28ms 0.8ms 0.6MB 20ms 0ms rustc 1.64.0
rust 7-i.rs 33ms 0.5ms 0.6MB 23ms 0ms rustc 1.64.0
rust 3.rs 36ms 0.5ms 0.7MB 30ms 0ms rustc 1.66.0-nightly
rust 2.rs 38ms 2.1ms 0.6MB 30ms 0ms rustc 1.64.0
rust 1.rs 41ms 0.6ms 0.6MB 30ms 0ms rustc 1.64.0
lua 4.lua 116ms 4.1ms 1.0MB 103ms 0ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
lua 4.lua 1195ms 15ms 1.0MB 1180ms 0ms lua 5.4.4

spectral-norm

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 7-m.rs 1059ms 1.5ms 2.3MB 2053ms 0ms rustc 1.64.0
rust 8-m.rs 1069ms 15ms 2.5MB 2047ms 7ms rustc 1.66.0-nightly
rust 7.rs 2060ms 0.1ms 2.1MB 2050ms 0ms rustc 1.64.0
rust 8.rs 2060ms 0.2ms 2.5MB 2050ms 0ms rustc 1.66.0-nightly
rust 2-m.rs 2134ms 15ms 2.2MB 4147ms 0ms rustc 1.64.0
lua 1.lua timeout 0.0ms 0.0MB 0ms 0ms lua 5.4.4
lua 1.lua timeout 0.0ms 0.0MB 0ms 0ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
rust 2.rs timeout 0.0ms 0.0MB 0ms 0ms rustc 1.64.0

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 7-m.rs 273ms 0.8ms 0.7MB 507ms 0ms rustc 1.64.0
rust 8-m.rs 277ms 5.0ms 2.4MB 513ms 0ms rustc 1.66.0-nightly
rust 8.rs 517ms 0.3ms 2.2MB 507ms 0ms rustc 1.66.0-nightly
rust 7.rs 518ms 0.3ms 0.6MB 510ms 0ms rustc 1.64.0
rust 2-m.rs 540ms 1.6ms 2.2MB 1030ms 0ms rustc 1.64.0
lua 1.lua 1550ms 1.2ms 2.4MB 1533ms 0ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
rust 2.rs 1707ms 4.3ms 0.6MB 1697ms 0ms rustc 1.64.0
lua 1.lua timeout 0.0ms 0.0MB 0ms 0ms lua 5.4.4

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 8-m.rs 76ms 1.1ms 2.3MB 127ms 0ms rustc 1.66.0-nightly
rust 7-m.rs 77ms 2.6ms 0.7MB 130ms 0ms rustc 1.64.0
rust 7.rs 132ms 0.9ms 0.6MB 120ms 0ms rustc 1.64.0
rust 8.rs 134ms 2.9ms 2.2MB 120ms 0ms rustc 1.66.0-nightly
rust 2-m.rs 143ms 0.5ms 0.7MB 250ms 3ms rustc 1.64.0
lua 1.lua 394ms 3.2ms 1.0MB 377ms 0ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
rust 2.rs 431ms 1.5ms 0.6MB 420ms 0ms rustc 1.64.0
lua 1.lua timeout 0.0ms 0.0MB 0ms 0ms lua 5.4.4

binarytrees

Input: 18

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 4.rs 1546ms 1.5ms 33.7MB 1523ms 7ms rustc 1.64.0
rust 5.rs 1738ms 4.2ms 33.8MB 1713ms 3ms rustc 1.64.0
rust 3.rs 1832ms 14ms 49.8MB 1807ms 13ms rustc 1.64.0
lua 1.lua timeout 0.0ms 0.0MB 0ms 0ms lua 5.4.4
lua 1.lua timeout 0.0ms 0.0MB 0ms 0ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 4.rs 141ms 1.9ms 5.7MB 130ms 0ms rustc 1.64.0
rust 5.rs 158ms 1.3ms 5.6MB 150ms 0ms rustc 1.64.0
rust 3.rs 164ms 3.7ms 7.9MB 147ms 0ms rustc 1.64.0
lua 1.lua 433ms 42ms 24.7MB 417ms 0ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
lua 1.lua 1062ms 11ms 17.2MB 1047ms 0ms lua 5.4.4

coro-prime-sieve

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
lua 1.lua 558ms 1.3ms 5.0MB 547ms 0ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
rust 3-m.rs 949ms 23ms 6.1MB 1817ms 30ms rustc 1.64.0
rust 5-m.rs 1215ms 288ms 5.3MB 2340ms 30ms rustc 1.64.0
rust 3.rs 1824ms 8.8ms 6.5MB 1783ms 27ms rustc 1.64.0
rust 1-m.rs 2566ms 12ms 5.2MB 4930ms 103ms rustc 1.64.0
rust 4.rs 3186ms 0.9ms 4.3MB 3170ms 0ms rustc 1.64.0

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
lua 1.lua 40ms 1.0ms 2.9MB 30ms 0ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
rust 3-m.rs 74ms 2.9ms 2.9MB 123ms 3ms rustc 1.64.0
rust 5-m.rs 80ms 16ms 3.0MB 127ms 3ms rustc 1.64.0
rust 3.rs 118ms 0.5ms 3.2MB 103ms 0ms rustc 1.64.0
rust 1-m.rs 193ms 9.3ms 2.8MB 320ms 20ms rustc 1.64.0
rust 4.rs 210ms 0.2ms 2.5MB 200ms 0ms rustc 1.64.0

edigits

Input: 250001

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 1.rs 147ms 0.7ms 3.6MB 140ms 0ms rustc 1.64.0
rust 2.rs 600ms 1.4ms 3.7MB 587ms 0ms rustc 1.64.0

Input: 100000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 1.rs 41ms 0.7ms 3.0MB 30ms 0ms rustc 1.64.0
rust 2.rs 113ms 0.1ms 3.3MB 107ms 0ms rustc 1.64.0

fannkuch-redux

Input: 11

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 3-im.rs 755ms 3.8ms 0.7MB 1453ms 0ms rustc 1.64.0
rust 2-im.rs 1081ms 8.3ms 0.7MB 2090ms 0ms rustc 1.64.0
rust 5-m.rs 1214ms 13ms 0.7MB 2353ms 0ms rustc 1.64.0
rust 3-i.rs 1434ms 3.2ms 0.6MB 1420ms 0ms rustc 1.64.0
rust 1-m.rs 1943ms 12ms 0.7MB 3797ms 0ms rustc 1.64.0
rust 2-i.rs 1996ms 0.3ms 0.6MB 1987ms 0ms rustc 1.64.0
rust 1.rs 3854ms 54ms 0.6MB 3843ms 0ms rustc 1.64.0

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 3-im.rs 68ms 0.9ms 0.7MB 113ms 0ms rustc 1.64.0
rust 2-im.rs 97ms 2.2ms 0.7MB 163ms 0ms rustc 1.64.0
rust 5-m.rs 111ms 2.3ms 0.7MB 190ms 0ms rustc 1.64.0
rust 3-i.rs 122ms 0.6ms 0.6MB 110ms 0ms rustc 1.64.0
rust 2-i.rs 168ms 1.2ms 0.6MB 160ms 0ms rustc 1.64.0
rust 1-m.rs 171ms 0.2ms 0.7MB 310ms 0ms rustc 1.64.0
rust 1.rs 321ms 0.9ms 0.6MB 310ms 0ms rustc 1.64.0

http-server

Input: 3000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 1.rs 133ms 16ms 23.0MB 87ms 77ms rustc 1.64.0
rust 2-http2.rs 350ms 37ms 47.0MB 467ms 113ms rustc 1.64.0
rust 2-m.rs 491ms 5.2ms 112.1MB 287ms 473ms rustc 1.64.0
rust 1-http2.rs 1056ms 219ms 82.7MB 1453ms 437ms rustc 1.64.0

Input: 500

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 1.rs 64ms 7.7ms 13.4MB 20ms 17ms rustc 1.64.0
rust 2.rs 123ms 6.2ms 29.8MB 30ms 90ms rustc 1.64.0
rust 2-http2.rs 317ms 58ms 29.1MB 460ms 80ms rustc 1.64.0
rust 1-http2.rs 382ms 48ms 28.4MB 563ms 97ms rustc 1.64.0

json-serde

Input: sample 5000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 3.rs 75ms 0.7ms 36.4MB 53ms 7ms rustc 1.64.0
rust 2.rs 76ms 0.9ms 38.0MB 47ms 13ms rustc 1.64.0
rust 1.rs 122ms 1.8ms 75.3MB 80ms 27ms rustc 1.64.0

Input: canada 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 3.rs 505ms 1.0ms 258.5MB 400ms 90ms rustc 1.64.0
rust 2.rs 513ms 0.6ms 257.5MB 407ms 93ms rustc 1.64.0
rust 1.rs 856ms 1.4ms 605.7MB 603ms 237ms rustc 1.64.0

knucleotide

Input: 2500000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 8-m.rs 343ms 10ms 28.9MB 593ms 10ms rustc 1.64.0
rust 8.rs 621ms 29ms 23.1MB 593ms 13ms rustc 1.64.0

Input: 250000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 8-m.rs 48ms 1.5ms 16.4MB 60ms 3ms rustc 1.64.0
rust 8.rs 75ms 1.4ms 11.7MB 53ms 7ms rustc 1.64.0

lru

Input: 1000 1000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 0-unsafe.rs 63ms 2.4ms 0.6MB 53ms 0ms rustc 1.64.0
rust 1.rs 87ms 4.7ms 2.1MB 77ms 0ms rustc 1.64.0

Input: 1000 3000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 0-unsafe.rs 205ms 4.3ms 0.6MB 190ms 0ms rustc 1.64.0
rust 1.rs 290ms 20ms 2.1MB 280ms 0ms rustc 1.64.0

Input: 100 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 0-unsafe.rs 35ms 0.9ms 0.6MB 27ms 0ms rustc 1.64.0
rust 1.rs 44ms 0.1ms 0.6MB 40ms 0ms rustc 1.64.0

merkletrees

Input: 17

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 1.rs 892ms 8.0ms 33.9MB 867ms 13ms rustc 1.64.0
lua 1.lua timeout 0.0ms 0.0MB 0ms 0ms lua 5.4.4
lua 1.lua timeout 0.0ms 0.0MB 0ms 0ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 1.rs 185ms 2.7ms 9.9MB 170ms 0ms rustc 1.64.0
lua 1.lua 1650ms 33ms 40.6MB 1630ms 7ms luajit 2.1.0-beta3
lua 1.lua 2840ms 54ms 41.5MB 2810ms 13ms lua 5.4.4

nsieve

Input: 12

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 2.rs 462ms 1.4ms 6.7MB 450ms 0ms rustc 1.64.0
rust 1.rs 736ms 47ms 40.9MB 713ms 7ms rustc 1.64.0

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 2.rs 107ms 1.4ms 3.1MB 97ms 0ms rustc 1.64.0
rust 1.rs 131ms 1.2ms 11.5MB 120ms 0ms rustc 1.64.0

pidigits

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 1.rs 1934ms 3.2ms 2.8MB 1750ms 167ms rustc 1.64.0
rust 2.rs 1947ms 0.7ms 2.9MB 1877ms 53ms rustc 1.64.0

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 1.rs 393ms 1.0ms 2.6MB 377ms 0ms rustc 1.64.0
rust 2.rs 435ms 0.5ms 2.6MB 423ms 0ms rustc 1.64.0

regex-redux

Input: 2500000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 7.rs 565ms 12ms 77.5MB 720ms 13ms rustc 1.64.0

Input: 250000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 7.rs 63ms 1.1ms 11.9MB 73ms 0ms rustc 1.64.0

secp256k1

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 0.rs 152ms 5.5ms 0.7MB 147ms 0ms rustc 1.64.0
rust 1.rs 2062ms 0.5ms 0.7MB 2050ms 0ms rustc 1.64.0

Input: 500

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 0.rs 40ms 1.5ms 0.7MB 30ms 0ms rustc 1.64.0
rust 1.rs 507ms 20ms 0.6MB 497ms 0ms rustc 1.64.0