Programming Language and compiler
Benchmarks

Swift VS Java benchmarks

Current benchmark data was generated on Sun Jun 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
java 2.java 455ms 6.3ms 576.1MB 557ms 80ms openjdk 21
java 2-m.java 462ms 6.4ms 643.1MB 673ms 90ms graal/jvm 17.0.8
java 2.java 470ms 9.4ms 639.7MB 570ms 97ms openjdk 23
java 2.java 1207ms 20ms 1063.7MB 580ms 793ms openjdk/zgc 21
swift 1.swift 2555ms 26ms 53.8MB 2523ms 20ms swift 6.1.2

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
java 2.java 124ms 1.6ms 167.0MB 157ms 27ms openjdk 21
java 2.java 129ms 5.5ms 98.0MB 163ms 23ms openjdk 23
java 2-m.java 143ms 3.2ms 224.5MB 217ms 53ms graal/jvm 17.0.8
swift 1.swift 232ms 3.0ms 11.9MB 220ms 0ms swift 6.1.2
java 2.java 299ms 4.1ms 241.7MB 157ms 197ms openjdk/zgc 21

fannkuch-redux

Input: 11

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
java 1-m.java 896ms 2.1ms 96.4MB 3313ms 40ms graal/jvm 17.0.8
java 1-m.java 966ms 3.7ms 48.3MB 3607ms 17ms openjdk 21
java 1-m.java 983ms 2.3ms 50.2MB 3620ms 20ms openjdk 23
java 1-m.java 1025ms 15ms 45.9MB 3360ms 137ms openjdk/zgc 21
swift 1.swift 2480ms 2.8ms 5.5MB 2470ms 0ms swift 6.1.2

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
java 1-m.java 180ms 11ms 48.1MB 493ms 23ms openjdk 21
java 1-m.java 188ms 3.4ms 50.1MB 490ms 23ms openjdk 23
java 1-m.java 201ms 17ms 96.2MB 570ms 33ms graal/jvm 17.0.8
swift 1.swift 214ms 2.6ms 5.5MB 207ms 0ms swift 6.1.2
java 1-m.java 295ms 8.2ms 45.8MB 487ms 133ms openjdk/zgc 21

fasta

Input: 2500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
swift 3-m.swift 146ms 1.6ms 21.0MB 433ms 3ms swift 6.1.2
java 4-m.java 449ms 13ms 102.4MB 637ms 37ms graal/jvm 17.0.8
java 4.java 456ms 17ms 47.5MB 543ms 17ms openjdk 21
java 4.java 458ms 1.4ms 49.3MB 540ms 20ms openjdk 23
java 4.java 569ms 8.4ms 45.4MB 537ms 140ms openjdk/zgc 21

Input: 250000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
swift 3.swift 38ms 0.4ms 14.4MB 33ms 0ms swift 6.1.2
java 4.java 121ms 1.3ms 46.2MB 157ms 23ms openjdk 21
java 4.java 126ms 2.1ms 47.7MB 167ms 17ms openjdk 23
java 4-m.java 134ms 6.0ms 91.7MB 200ms 27ms graal/jvm 17.0.8
java 4.java 251ms 9.3ms 43.9MB 163ms 147ms openjdk/zgc 21

helloworld

Input: QwQ

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
swift 1.swift 2.4ms 0.2ms 5.9MB 0ms 0ms swift 6.1.2
java 1.java 62ms 2.4ms 52.7MB 68ms 18ms graal/jvm 17.0.8
java 1.java 69ms 6.7ms 43.8MB 78ms 12ms openjdk 21
java 1.java 73ms 1.7ms 44.5MB 74ms 16ms openjdk 23
java 1.java 184ms 2.0ms 42.9MB 80ms 132ms openjdk/zgc 21

knucleotide

Input: 2500000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
java 3-m.java 1018ms 55ms 127.3MB 3503ms 40ms openjdk 21
java 3-m.java 1086ms 3.2ms 155.6MB 3727ms 50ms openjdk 23
java 3-m.java 1105ms 0.4ms 179.8MB 3787ms 60ms graal/jvm 17.0.8
swift 2-m.swift 1326ms 10ms 74.3MB 4847ms 33ms swift 6.1.2
java 3-m.java 1432ms 7.3ms 178.7MB 4573ms 200ms openjdk/zgc 21

Input: 250000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
swift 2-m.swift 249ms 1.6ms 60.1MB 660ms 27ms swift 6.1.2
java 3-m.java 312ms 16ms 87.7MB 900ms 40ms openjdk 23
java 3-m.java 324ms 22ms 88.1MB 953ms 37ms openjdk 21
java 3-m.java 330ms 18ms 135.0MB 900ms 50ms graal/jvm 17.0.8
java 3-m.java 431ms 1.7ms 98.2MB 893ms 170ms openjdk/zgc 21

nbody

Input: 5000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
swift 7.swift 343ms 1.2ms 10.1MB 333ms 0ms swift 6.1.2
java 1.java 441ms 1.8ms 45.4MB 480ms 13ms openjdk 21
java 1.java 444ms 1.2ms 48.2MB 480ms 20ms openjdk 23
java 1.java 447ms 3.2ms 81.7MB 483ms 23ms graal/jvm 17.0.8
java 1.java 567ms 1.6ms 45.0MB 490ms 140ms openjdk/zgc 21
java 2.java 1230ms 1.5ms 567.4MB 1367ms 73ms openjdk 21
java 2.java 1245ms 7.7ms 792.1MB 1367ms 93ms openjdk 23
java 2.java 3242ms 30ms 2411.5MB 1663ms 1800ms openjdk/zgc 21

Input: 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
swift 7.swift 39ms 1.3ms 10.3MB 30ms 0ms swift 6.1.2
java 1.java 115ms 2.7ms 81.5MB 143ms 27ms graal/jvm 17.0.8
java 1-m.java 117ms 1.5ms 45.3MB 157ms 20ms openjdk 21
java 1.java 118ms 3.8ms 48.1MB 157ms 17ms openjdk 23
java 1.java 241ms 4.9ms 44.6MB 157ms 140ms openjdk/zgc 21
java 2-m.java 289ms 5.6ms 371.1MB 420ms 57ms openjdk 21
java 2-m.java 305ms 7.2ms 418.7MB 450ms 57ms openjdk 23
java 2.java 680ms 10ms 526.8MB 463ms 403ms openjdk/zgc 21

pidigits

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
java 1.java 3185ms 10ms 444.0MB 3607ms 107ms graal/jvm 17.0.8
java 1.java 3705ms 65ms 448.5MB 4597ms 110ms openjdk 23
java 1.java 3709ms 72ms 366.5MB 4553ms 107ms openjdk 21
java 1.java timeout 0.0ms 1957.4MB 4627ms 1233ms openjdk/zgc 21
swift 1.swift timeout 0.0ms 7.1MB 4920ms 67ms swift 6.1.2

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
java 1.java 880ms 4.2ms 369.9MB 1217ms 93ms graal/jvm 17.0.8
java 1-m.java 1000ms 42ms 386.8MB 1787ms 87ms openjdk 21
java 1-m.java 1014ms 24ms 412.8MB 1770ms 97ms openjdk 23
swift 1.swift 1831ms 3.2ms 7.0MB 1813ms 0ms swift 6.1.2
java 1.java 1993ms 39ms 1355.3MB 1723ms 1037ms openjdk/zgc 21