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Rust VS Nim benchmarks

Current benchmark data was generated on Tue Dec 31 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.)

helloworld

Input: QwQ

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim 1.0ms 0.0ms 1.6MB 0ms 0ms nim 2.2.0
nim 1.nim 1.1ms 0.1ms 1.8MB 0ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.0
rust 1.rs 1.2ms 0.1ms 1.8MB 0ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 1.rs 1.2ms 0.1ms 1.8MB 0ms 0ms rustc 1.85.0-nightly

mandelbrot

Input: 5000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 9.rs 248ms 0.5ms 4.8MB 240ms 0ms rustc 1.85.0-nightly
rust 8.rs 291ms 2.6ms 4.9MB 277ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
nim 1.nim 366ms 3.5ms 4.8MB 353ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.0
nim 1.nim 542ms 1.7ms 4.5MB 533ms 0ms nim 2.2.0

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 9.rs 12ms 0.4ms 1.9MB 0ms 0ms rustc 1.85.0-nightly
rust 8.rs 15ms 0.5ms 1.9MB 10ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
nim 1.nim 18ms 0.5ms 1.9MB 10ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.0
nim 1.nim 25ms 0.8ms 1.8MB 20ms 0ms nim 2.2.0

nbody

Input: 5000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 4-i.rs 160ms 3.5ms 1.8MB 150ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 7-i.rs 228ms 2.2ms 1.8MB 220ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 1.rs 228ms 5.2ms 1.8MB 213ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 2.rs 263ms 1.3ms 1.8MB 253ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 3.rs 269ms 1.6ms 1.9MB 257ms 0ms rustc 1.85.0-nightly
nim 2.nim 302ms 2.8ms 1.8MB 290ms 0ms nim 2.2.0
nim 2.nim 330ms 8.5ms 2.0MB 320ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.0

Input: 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 4-i.rs 18ms 0.7ms 1.8MB 10ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 1.rs 25ms 0.4ms 1.8MB 17ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 7-i.rs 25ms 0.7ms 1.8MB 20ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 2.rs 28ms 0.0ms 1.8MB 20ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 3.rs 28ms 0.1ms 1.8MB 20ms 0ms rustc 1.85.0-nightly
nim 2.nim 32ms 0.5ms 1.8MB 20ms 0ms nim 2.2.0
nim 2.nim 35ms 0.9ms 2.0MB 23ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.0

spectral-norm

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 8-m.rs 469ms 0.9ms 4.6MB 1810ms 0ms rustc 1.85.0-nightly
rust 7-m.rs 471ms 4.6ms 4.2MB 1817ms 3ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 8.rs 961ms 14ms 2.4MB 950ms 0ms rustc 1.85.0-nightly
rust 2-m.rs 1855ms 2.8ms 4.1MB 7283ms 7ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 7.rs 1994ms 3.4ms 1.9MB 1987ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
nim 1.nim 3383ms 20ms 1.6MB 3370ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.0
nim 1.nim 3439ms 35ms 1.4MB 3430ms 0ms nim 2.2.0
rust 2.rs 3948ms 11ms 2.0MB 3937ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 7-m.rs 121ms 0.3ms 4.1MB 443ms 3ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 8-m.rs 123ms 3.8ms 4.4MB 443ms 0ms rustc 1.85.0-nightly
rust 8.rs 240ms 1.0ms 2.1MB 227ms 0ms rustc 1.85.0-nightly
rust 2-m.rs 468ms 6.0ms 4.1MB 1797ms 3ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 7.rs 498ms 3.3ms 1.8MB 490ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
nim 1.nim 848ms 4.3ms 1.5MB 837ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.0
nim 1.nim 860ms 8.6ms 1.3MB 853ms 0ms nim 2.2.0
rust 2.rs 1001ms 10ms 1.9MB 987ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 7-m.rs 34ms 0.6ms 4.1MB 103ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 8-m.rs 35ms 0.2ms 4.2MB 110ms 0ms rustc 1.85.0-nightly
rust 8.rs 63ms 1.0ms 2.1MB 50ms 0ms rustc 1.85.0-nightly
rust 2-m.rs 123ms 2.3ms 6.1MB 447ms 3ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 7.rs 135ms 1.1ms 1.8MB 123ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
nim 1.nim 214ms 1.3ms 1.3MB 203ms 0ms nim 2.2.0
nim 1.nim 217ms 5.1ms 1.5MB 207ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.0
rust 2.rs 256ms 5.0ms 1.9MB 247ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0

binarytrees

Input: 18

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 2.nim 741ms 8.3ms 34.9MB 727ms 0ms nim 2.2.0
nim 2.nim 919ms 4.1ms 34.7MB 900ms 7ms nim/clang 2.2.0
rust 4.rs 1176ms 7.2ms 33.8MB 1153ms 7ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 5.rs 1261ms 3.1ms 33.8MB 1233ms 10ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 3.rs 1415ms 35ms 49.8MB 1373ms 27ms rustc 1.83.0

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 2.nim 67ms 0.5ms 5.5MB 57ms 0ms nim 2.2.0
nim 2.nim 85ms 2.2ms 5.8MB 77ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.0
rust 4.rs 110ms 0.7ms 5.8MB 97ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 5.rs 119ms 3.8ms 5.8MB 107ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 3.rs 130ms 2.4ms 7.8MB 117ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0

coro-prime-sieve

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 3-m.rs 532ms 58ms 11.0MB 2017ms 47ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 5-m.rs 590ms 52ms 7.4MB 2213ms 77ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 1-m.rs 937ms 10ms 12.3MB 3370ms 293ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 3.rs 1091ms 13ms 9.3MB 1040ms 37ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 4.rs 1822ms 11ms 7.4MB 1810ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
nim 1.nim timeout 0.0ms 561.4MB 2450ms 2080ms nim 2.2.0
nim 1.nim timeout 0.0ms 570.6MB 2543ms 1987ms nim/clang 2.2.0

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 5-m.rs 50ms 2.6ms 5.3MB 133ms 20ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 3-m.rs 52ms 1.5ms 7.9MB 150ms 20ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 3.rs 73ms 3.0ms 4.0MB 60ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 1-m.rs 77ms 7.5ms 5.8MB 220ms 50ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 4.rs 110ms 2.4ms 3.4MB 100ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
nim 1.nim 4127ms 12ms 519.8MB 2037ms 1663ms nim/clang 2.2.0
nim 1.nim 4262ms 22ms 519.3MB 2010ms 1827ms nim 2.2.0

edigits

Input: 250001

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 1.rs 108ms 0.9ms 3.6MB 100ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 2.rs 389ms 4.7ms 3.6MB 380ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0

Input: 100000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 1.rs 31ms 0.7ms 2.9MB 20ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 2.rs 71ms 1.3ms 3.0MB 60ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0

fannkuch-redux

Input: 11

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 3-im.rs 394ms 5.6ms 6.0MB 1513ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 5-m.rs 538ms 7.1ms 4.0MB 2067ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 2-im.rs 597ms 11ms 4.0MB 2270ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 1-m.rs 928ms 3.9ms 4.0MB 3580ms 3ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 3-i.rs 1420ms 7.0ms 1.9MB 1410ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 2-i.rs 1659ms 11ms 1.8MB 1647ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 1.rs 2517ms 13ms 1.8MB 2507ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 3-im.rs 38ms 1.2ms 4.0MB 120ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 5-m.rs 53ms 1.3ms 6.0MB 160ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 2-im.rs 60ms 1.7ms 4.0MB 193ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 1-m.rs 87ms 2.7ms 6.0MB 293ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 3-i.rs 121ms 4.1ms 1.9MB 113ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 2-i.rs 144ms 3.2ms 1.8MB 133ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 1.rs 218ms 6.6ms 1.8MB 207ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0

fasta

Input: 2500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 5c-m.rs 85ms 1.4ms 4.8MB 237ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 5-m.rs 92ms 2.4ms 4.8MB 300ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 1c.rs 156ms 3.7ms 1.9MB 147ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
nim 2.nim 174ms 1.9ms 1.5MB 160ms 0ms nim 2.2.0
rust 1.rs 189ms 6.0ms 1.9MB 177ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
nim 2.nim 226ms 6.1ms 1.8MB 213ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.0
nim 1.nim 542ms 6.4ms 1.8MB 420ms 110ms nim/clang 2.2.0
nim 1.nim 569ms 4.4ms 1.5MB 470ms 87ms nim 2.2.0

Input: 250000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 5c-m.rs 15ms 0.7ms 4.8MB 23ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 5-m.rs 16ms 0.1ms 4.8MB 27ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 1c.rs 18ms 0.1ms 1.9MB 10ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
nim 2.nim 20ms 0.4ms 1.5MB 10ms 0ms nim 2.2.0
rust 1.rs 21ms 0.3ms 1.9MB 10ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
nim 2.nim 25ms 1.4ms 1.8MB 17ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.0
nim 1.nim 58ms 0.7ms 1.8MB 30ms 17ms nim/clang 2.2.0
nim 1.nim 60ms 2.1ms 1.5MB 37ms 10ms nim 2.2.0

http-server

Input: 3000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 1.rs 282ms 67ms 43.7MB 103ms 310ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 2-http2.rs 292ms 25ms 60.6MB 500ms 323ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 1-http2.rs 355ms 58ms 65.7MB 527ms 487ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 2-m.rs 469ms 97ms 86.4MB 190ms 743ms rustc 1.83.0
nim 1.nim 930ms 5.9ms 99.3MB 260ms 647ms nim 2.2.0
nim 1.nim 934ms 16ms 99.4MB 237ms 673ms nim/clang 2.2.0

Input: 500

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 1.rs 76ms 20ms 15.8MB 10ms 63ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 2-m.rs 122ms 11ms 36.6MB 37ms 163ms rustc 1.83.0
nim 1.nim 152ms 5.5ms 18.1MB 30ms 107ms nim/clang 2.2.0
nim 1.nim 155ms 3.4ms 18.2MB 37ms 100ms nim 2.2.0
rust 2-http2.rs 221ms 15ms 31.7MB 437ms 157ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 1-http2.rs 271ms 53ms 37.3MB 633ms 197ms rustc 1.83.0

json-serde

Input: sample 5000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 5-i.rs 27ms 1.7ms 9.8MB 17ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 4-i.rs 30ms 1.6ms 7.8MB 20ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 3.rs 59ms 1.5ms 33.6MB 40ms 7ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 2.rs 59ms 0.6ms 35.5MB 37ms 10ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 1.rs 101ms 3.7ms 69.3MB 63ms 23ms rustc 1.83.0

Input: canada 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 5-i.rs 197ms 1.3ms 53.3MB 180ms 3ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 4-i.rs 253ms 1.0ms 53.6MB 203ms 37ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 3.rs 386ms 6.4ms 238.2MB 290ms 83ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 2.rs 391ms 1.5ms 237.7MB 287ms 93ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 1.rs 656ms 1.8ms 551.0MB 387ms 257ms rustc 1.83.0

knucleotide

Input: 2500000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 8-m.rs 228ms 4.6ms 30.5MB 650ms 10ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 8.rs 472ms 16ms 23.8MB 447ms 10ms rustc 1.83.0

Input: 250000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 8-m.rs 30ms 2.5ms 15.8MB 53ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 8.rs 58ms 2.1ms 11.5MB 43ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0

lru

Input: 1000 1000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 0-unsafe.rs 34ms 1.7ms 1.9MB 23ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 1.rs 46ms 4.3ms 2.0MB 33ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
nim 2.nim 105ms 4.1ms 1.6MB 97ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.0
nim 2.nim 108ms 2.2ms 1.8MB 100ms 0ms nim 2.2.0
nim 1.nim timeout 0.0ms 1.3MB 4987ms 0ms nim 2.2.0
nim 1.nim timeout 0.0ms 1.5MB 4990ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.0

Input: 1000 3000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 0-unsafe.rs 141ms 8.2ms 1.9MB 133ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 1.rs 170ms 7.7ms 2.0MB 157ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
nim 2.nim 307ms 6.6ms 1.6MB 297ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.0
nim 2.nim 319ms 3.0ms 1.4MB 310ms 0ms nim 2.2.0
nim 1.nim timeout 0.0ms 1.3MB 4990ms 0ms nim 2.2.0
nim 1.nim timeout 0.0ms 1.5MB 4990ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.0

Input: 100 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 0-unsafe.rs 23ms 0.5ms 1.9MB 10ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 1.rs 28ms 1.9ms 1.9MB 17ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
nim 2.nim 46ms 1.6ms 1.8MB 40ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.0
nim 2.nim 49ms 1.9ms 1.5MB 40ms 0ms nim 2.2.0
nim 1.nim 463ms 5.7ms 1.5MB 450ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.0
nim 1.nim 467ms 5.4ms 1.3MB 453ms 0ms nim 2.2.0

merkletrees

Input: 17

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim 520ms 10ms 34.9MB 497ms 7ms nim 2.2.0
nim 1.nim 578ms 6.2ms 34.7MB 553ms 10ms nim/clang 2.2.0
rust 1.rs 657ms 8.6ms 33.8MB 637ms 3ms rustc 1.83.0

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim 112ms 2.9ms 9.6MB 100ms 0ms nim 2.2.0
nim 1.nim 124ms 3.0ms 9.9MB 110ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.0
rust 1.rs 145ms 2.9ms 9.8MB 133ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0

nsieve

Input: 12

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim 252ms 0.5ms 41.5MB 240ms 0ms nim 2.2.0
rust 1.rs 277ms 3.8ms 40.9MB 267ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
nim 1.nim 293ms 2.6ms 41.8MB 280ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.0
rust 2.rs 307ms 3.2ms 6.7MB 290ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim 53ms 2.2ms 11.5MB 40ms 0ms nim 2.2.0
rust 1.rs 59ms 0.6ms 11.6MB 47ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
nim 1.nim 60ms 3.6ms 11.8MB 50ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.0
rust 2.rs 75ms 0.2ms 2.9MB 70ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0

pidigits

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 1.rs 1461ms 11ms 2.7MB 1253ms 183ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 2.rs 1636ms 13ms 2.8MB 1527ms 93ms rustc 1.83.0

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 1.rs 306ms 1.7ms 2.4MB 283ms 3ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 2.rs 367ms 5.1ms 2.5MB 353ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0

regex-redux

Input: 2500000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 7.rs 434ms 9.7ms 80.4MB 450ms 17ms rustc 1.83.0
nim 1.nim 1541ms 6.9ms 152.3MB 1513ms 13ms nim/clang 2.2.0
nim 1.nim 1567ms 8.6ms 151.5MB 1530ms 23ms nim 2.2.0

Input: 250000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 7.rs 48ms 0.4ms 11.4MB 40ms 3ms rustc 1.83.0
nim 1.nim 162ms 0.2ms 17.6MB 143ms 3ms nim/clang 2.2.0
nim 1.nim 163ms 1.8ms 17.4MB 153ms 0ms nim 2.2.0

secp256k1

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 0.rs 113ms 1.2ms 1.9MB 100ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 1.rs 1337ms 7.5ms 1.9MB 1330ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0

Input: 500

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 0.rs 31ms 0.6ms 1.8MB 20ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 1.rs 345ms 5.2ms 1.9MB 333ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0