Programming Language and compiler
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Wasm VS C benchmarks

Current benchmark data was generated on Fri Aug 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
wasm 5.rs 1754ms 5.6ms 33.8MB 1733ms 10ms wasmtime 35.0.0
wasm 3.rs 1818ms 28ms 49.8MB 1783ms 20ms wasmtime 35.0.0
wasm 4.rs 1833ms 6.3ms 33.7MB 1813ms 7ms wasmtime 35.0.0

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
wasm 5.rs 171ms 2.9ms 19.8MB 160ms 0ms wasmtime 35.0.0
wasm 4.rs 174ms 0.5ms 19.8MB 160ms 0ms wasmtime 35.0.0
wasm 3.rs 181ms 14ms 21.8MB 167ms 0ms wasmtime 35.0.0

coro-prime-sieve

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
wasm 3.rs 1118ms 22ms 20.1MB 1100ms 0ms wasmtime 35.0.0

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
wasm 3.rs 81ms 2.8ms 20.2MB 70ms 0ms wasmtime 35.0.0

edigits

Input: 250001

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
wasm 1.rs 416ms 5.6ms 19.5MB 403ms 0ms wasmtime 35.0.0

Input: 100000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
wasm 1.rs 112ms 2.4ms 18.7MB 100ms 0ms wasmtime 35.0.0

fannkuch-redux

Input: 11

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
wasm 1.rs 4146ms 2.1ms 17.3MB 4133ms 0ms wasmtime 35.0.0

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
wasm 1.rs 348ms 0.1ms 17.4MB 340ms 0ms wasmtime 35.0.0

fasta

Input: 2500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
wasm 1.rs 220ms 0.6ms 18.0MB 210ms 0ms wasmtime 35.0.0

Input: 250000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
wasm 1.rs 30ms 0.9ms 18.1MB 20ms 0ms wasmtime 35.0.0

helloworld

Input: QwQ

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 1.c 1.0ms 0.1ms 1.3MB 0ms 0ms zigcc 0.14.1
c 1.c 1.2ms 0.1ms 2.1MB 0ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 1.c 1.6ms 0.7ms 2.1MB 0ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
wasm 1.rs 6.4ms 0.3ms 18.0MB 0ms 0ms wasmtime 35.0.0

lru

Input: 1000 1000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
wasm 1.rs 93ms 1.9ms 17.6MB 80ms 0ms wasmtime 35.0.0

Input: 1000 3000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
wasm 1.rs 255ms 0.8ms 18.2MB 240ms 0ms wasmtime 35.0.0

Input: 100 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
wasm 1.rs 47ms 0.2ms 18.2MB 40ms 0ms wasmtime 35.0.0

mandelbrot

Input: 5000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 1-mffi.c 219ms 4.3ms 7.6MB 810ms 10ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 1-mffi.c 264ms 0.9ms 6.6MB 810ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 1-ffi.c 330ms 2.0ms 6.0MB 320ms 0ms zigcc 0.14.1
c 1-mffi.c 331ms 0.8ms 6.0MB 320ms 0ms zigcc 0.14.1
c 1-ffi.c 453ms 1.0ms 6.5MB 443ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 1-ffi.c 545ms 3.1ms 6.8MB 537ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
wasm 8.rs 817ms 1.4ms 21.1MB 803ms 0ms wasmtime 35.0.0

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 1-mffi.c 15ms 1.2ms 4.8MB 30ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 1-ffi.c 16ms 0.3ms 3.0MB 10ms 0ms zigcc 0.14.1
c 1-mffi.c 16ms 0.4ms 3.0MB 10ms 0ms zigcc 0.14.1
c 1-mffi.c 16ms 1.2ms 3.8MB 40ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 1-ffi.c 21ms 0.2ms 3.6MB 10ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 1-ffi.c 26ms 1.1ms 3.8MB 20ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
wasm 8.rs 42ms 1.1ms 18.1MB 30ms 0ms wasmtime 35.0.0

merkletrees

Input: 17

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
wasm 1.rs 880ms 4.4ms 41.7MB 857ms 10ms wasmtime 35.0.0

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
wasm 1.rs 192ms 0.3ms 24.1MB 180ms 0ms wasmtime 35.0.0

nbody

Input: 5000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 8-i.c 268ms 0.7ms 1.5MB 260ms 0ms zigcc 0.14.1
c 8-i.c 303ms 1.7ms 2.1MB 290ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 2.c 310ms 1.5ms 2.3MB 300ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 2.c 312ms 1.1ms 1.5MB 300ms 0ms zigcc 0.14.1
c 5.c 314ms 2.4ms 2.3MB 303ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 5.c 315ms 1.3ms 2.1MB 307ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 5.c 316ms 1.0ms 1.5MB 310ms 0ms zigcc 0.14.1
c 2.c 317ms 0.2ms 2.1MB 310ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 8-i.c 336ms 0.3ms 2.3MB 330ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
wasm 1.rs 410ms 1.4ms 17.8MB 400ms 0ms wasmtime 35.0.0
wasm 2.rs 565ms 5.2ms 17.9MB 553ms 0ms wasmtime 35.0.0

Input: 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 8-i.c 29ms 0.5ms 1.5MB 20ms 0ms zigcc 0.14.1
c 8-i.c 32ms 0.4ms 2.1MB 23ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 5.c 34ms 0.4ms 2.3MB 30ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 2.c 34ms 0.1ms 1.5MB 30ms 0ms zigcc 0.14.1
c 5.c 34ms 0.4ms 2.1MB 27ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 2.c 34ms 0.3ms 2.3MB 30ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 2.c 34ms 0.4ms 2.1MB 30ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 5.c 34ms 0.6ms 1.5MB 30ms 0ms zigcc 0.14.1
c 8-i.c 36ms 0.2ms 2.3MB 30ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
wasm 1.rs 48ms 0.9ms 17.8MB 40ms 0ms wasmtime 35.0.0
wasm 2.rs 65ms 1.2ms 17.8MB 50ms 0ms wasmtime 35.0.0

nsieve

Input: 12

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 1.c 266ms 3.7ms 40.9MB 250ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 1.c 268ms 5.1ms 41.0MB 253ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 1.c 283ms 6.3ms 40.3MB 270ms 0ms zigcc 0.14.1
wasm 2.rs 385ms 7.3ms 22.7MB 370ms 0ms wasmtime 35.0.0
wasm 1.rs 450ms 3.8ms 56.9MB 437ms 0ms wasmtime 35.0.0

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 1.c 54ms 5.0ms 11.6MB 43ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 1.c 55ms 3.1ms 11.7MB 43ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 1.c 59ms 2.4ms 11.0MB 50ms 0ms zigcc 0.14.1
wasm 1.rs 92ms 1.1ms 27.5MB 80ms 0ms wasmtime 35.0.0
wasm 2.rs 99ms 0.8ms 19.1MB 90ms 0ms wasmtime 35.0.0

pidigits

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
wasm 2.rs 2146ms 21ms 18.8MB 2133ms 0ms wasmtime 35.0.0

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
wasm 2.rs 506ms 2.3ms 18.1MB 490ms 0ms wasmtime 35.0.0

secp256k1

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
wasm 1.rs 3412ms 3.1ms 17.5MB 3400ms 0ms wasmtime 35.0.0

Input: 500

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
wasm 1.rs 869ms 7.9ms 17.5MB 857ms 0ms wasmtime 35.0.0

spectral-norm

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 3-m.c 744ms 14ms 2.0MB 2913ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 6-im.c 951ms 1.1ms 2.0MB 3750ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 4-m.c 990ms 3.6ms 2.1MB 3893ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 6-im.c 1002ms 3.4ms 3.4MB 3940ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 4-m.c 1118ms 0.6ms 3.1MB 4400ms 3ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 5-im.c 1149ms 13ms 2.0MB 4520ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 5-im.c 1338ms 17ms 3.3MB 5263ms 3ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 3-m.c 1841ms 23ms 3.3MB 7240ms 7ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
wasm 7.rs 3602ms 3.8ms 18.1MB 3590ms 0ms wasmtime 35.0.0
wasm 2.rs 3607ms 9.5ms 17.8MB 3590ms 0ms wasmtime 35.0.0

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 3-m.c 193ms 0.4ms 2.0MB 737ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 6-im.c 245ms 0.2ms 2.0MB 937ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 6-im.c 258ms 0.6ms 3.1MB 987ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 4-m.c 261ms 3.1ms 2.0MB 1000ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 4-m.c 287ms 0.9ms 3.3MB 1103ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 5-im.c 293ms 0.6ms 2.0MB 1130ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 5-im.c 340ms 0.6ms 3.3MB 1310ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 3-m.c 463ms 0.0ms 3.3MB 1807ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
wasm 2.rs 905ms 0.6ms 17.4MB 890ms 0ms wasmtime 35.0.0
wasm 7.rs 909ms 1.9ms 17.6MB 897ms 0ms wasmtime 35.0.0

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 3-m.c 58ms 5.3ms 2.0MB 203ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 6-im.c 68ms 0.4ms 2.0MB 243ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 6-im.c 70ms 0.3ms 3.3MB 247ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 4-m.c 72ms 0.6ms 2.1MB 260ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 4-m.c 77ms 0.2ms 3.0MB 280ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 5-im.c 80ms 0.2ms 2.0MB 290ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 5-im.c 92ms 0.5ms 3.3MB 330ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 3-m.c 122ms 0.9ms 3.3MB 450ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
wasm 7.rs 233ms 1.0ms 17.8MB 220ms 0ms wasmtime 35.0.0
wasm 2.rs 234ms 1.7ms 17.3MB 220ms 0ms wasmtime 35.0.0