Programming Language and compiler
Benchmarks

Wasm VS Nim benchmarks

Current benchmark data was generated on Sat Mar 29 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
nim 2.nim 939ms 15ms 34.6MB 920ms 0ms nim 2.2.2
nim 2.nim 973ms 14ms 34.9MB 957ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.2
wasm 5.rs 1813ms 71ms 33.1MB 1793ms 7ms wasmtime 31.0.0
wasm 3.rs 1852ms 15ms 49.3MB 1827ms 13ms wasmtime 31.0.0
wasm 4.rs 1860ms 23ms 33.3MB 1840ms 10ms wasmtime 31.0.0

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 2.nim 89ms 2.5ms 5.5MB 80ms 0ms nim 2.2.2
nim 2.nim 92ms 1.1ms 5.9MB 80ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.2
wasm 5.rs 171ms 3.6ms 19.2MB 160ms 0ms wasmtime 31.0.0
wasm 4.rs 180ms 2.7ms 19.1MB 167ms 0ms wasmtime 31.0.0
wasm 3.rs 180ms 4.1ms 21.1MB 167ms 0ms wasmtime 31.0.0

coro-prime-sieve

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
wasm 3.rs 1134ms 3.5ms 19.4MB 1117ms 0ms wasmtime 31.0.0
nim 1.nim timeout 0.0ms 553.5MB 2477ms 2063ms nim 2.2.2
nim 1.nim timeout 0.0ms 559.8MB 2450ms 2083ms nim/clang 2.2.2

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
wasm 3.rs 80ms 1.6ms 18.0MB 70ms 0ms wasmtime 31.0.0
nim 1.nim 4293ms 23ms 519.8MB 2077ms 1787ms nim/clang 2.2.2
nim 1.nim 4388ms 8.6ms 519.4MB 2163ms 1797ms nim 2.2.2

edigits

Input: 250001

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
wasm 1.rs 417ms 2.9ms 18.6MB 403ms 0ms wasmtime 31.0.0

Input: 100000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
wasm 1.rs 115ms 2.0ms 17.9MB 100ms 0ms wasmtime 31.0.0

fannkuch-redux

Input: 11

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
wasm 1.rs 4164ms 21ms 16.8MB 4147ms 0ms wasmtime 31.0.0

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
wasm 1.rs 348ms 2.4ms 17.4MB 337ms 0ms wasmtime 31.0.0

fasta

Input: 2500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 2.nim 188ms 1.4ms 1.5MB 177ms 0ms nim 2.2.2
nim 2.nim 235ms 2.2ms 1.8MB 220ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.2
wasm 1.rs 236ms 1.4ms 17.3MB 217ms 3ms wasmtime 31.0.0
nim 1.nim 557ms 2.8ms 1.8MB 453ms 90ms nim/clang 2.2.2
nim 1.nim 578ms 2.2ms 1.5MB 467ms 97ms nim 2.2.2

Input: 250000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 2.nim 21ms 0.6ms 1.5MB 10ms 0ms nim 2.2.2
nim 2.nim 26ms 0.1ms 1.8MB 20ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.2
wasm 1.rs 32ms 0.4ms 17.6MB 20ms 0ms wasmtime 31.0.0
nim 1.nim 59ms 1.1ms 1.8MB 40ms 7ms nim/clang 2.2.2
nim 1.nim 61ms 1.2ms 1.5MB 40ms 10ms nim 2.2.2

helloworld

Input: QwQ

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim 1.1ms 0.1ms 1.5MB 0ms 0ms nim 2.2.2
nim 1.nim 1.2ms 0.1ms 1.9MB 0ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.2
wasm 1.rs 6.7ms 0.5ms 17.2MB 0ms 0ms wasmtime 31.0.0

lru

Input: 1000 1000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
wasm 1.rs 89ms 0.8ms 17.3MB 80ms 0ms wasmtime 31.0.0
nim 2.nim 112ms 2.2ms 1.4MB 103ms 0ms nim 2.2.2
nim 2.nim 113ms 2.4ms 1.6MB 103ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.2
nim 1.nim timeout 0.0ms 1.3MB 4990ms 0ms nim 2.2.2
nim 1.nim timeout 0.0ms 1.5MB 4990ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.2

Input: 1000 3000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
wasm 1.rs 250ms 1.4ms 16.9MB 237ms 0ms wasmtime 31.0.0
nim 2.nim 327ms 2.7ms 1.4MB 317ms 0ms nim 2.2.2
nim 2.nim 333ms 2.8ms 1.6MB 323ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.2
nim 1.nim timeout 0.0ms 1.3MB 4990ms 0ms nim 2.2.2
nim 1.nim timeout 0.0ms 1.5MB 4990ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.2

Input: 100 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
wasm 1.rs 48ms 1.8ms 17.4MB 40ms 0ms wasmtime 31.0.0
nim 2.nim 50ms 1.0ms 1.3MB 40ms 0ms nim 2.2.2
nim 2.nim 50ms 1.3ms 1.5MB 40ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.2
nim 1.nim 457ms 14ms 1.5MB 447ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.2
nim 1.nim 485ms 9.7ms 1.3MB 477ms 0ms nim 2.2.2

mandelbrot

Input: 5000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim 388ms 1.1ms 4.7MB 380ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.2
nim 1.nim 576ms 1.1ms 4.4MB 570ms 0ms nim 2.2.2
wasm 8.rs 821ms 2.1ms 20.2MB 810ms 0ms wasmtime 31.0.0

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim 19ms 0.5ms 1.9MB 10ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.2
nim 1.nim 26ms 0.5ms 1.6MB 20ms 0ms nim 2.2.2
wasm 8.rs 43ms 1.1ms 17.4MB 30ms 0ms wasmtime 31.0.0

merkletrees

Input: 17

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim 536ms 5.2ms 34.6MB 517ms 0ms nim 2.2.2
nim 1.nim 634ms 23ms 34.9MB 617ms 3ms nim/clang 2.2.2
wasm 1.rs 927ms 58ms 41.1MB 910ms 10ms wasmtime 31.0.0

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim 117ms 2.6ms 9.6MB 103ms 0ms nim 2.2.2
nim 1.nim 136ms 2.3ms 9.9MB 120ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.2
wasm 1.rs 197ms 2.3ms 23.3MB 180ms 0ms wasmtime 31.0.0

nbody

Input: 5000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 2.nim 321ms 0.7ms 1.8MB 310ms 0ms nim 2.2.2
nim 2.nim 345ms 0.7ms 2.0MB 337ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.2
wasm 1.rs 411ms 2.4ms 17.1MB 400ms 0ms wasmtime 31.0.0
wasm 2.rs 583ms 2.8ms 17.0MB 570ms 0ms wasmtime 31.0.0

Input: 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 2.nim 35ms 0.6ms 1.8MB 30ms 0ms nim 2.2.2
nim 2.nim 43ms 4.9ms 2.0MB 33ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.2
wasm 1.rs 49ms 0.6ms 17.0MB 40ms 0ms wasmtime 31.0.0
wasm 2.rs 66ms 1.3ms 17.2MB 53ms 0ms wasmtime 31.0.0

nsieve

Input: 12

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim 314ms 16ms 41.8MB 303ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.2
nim 1.nim 316ms 3.7ms 41.5MB 303ms 0ms nim 2.2.2
wasm 2.rs 379ms 5.8ms 22.0MB 367ms 0ms wasmtime 31.0.0
wasm 1.rs 511ms 9.4ms 56.3MB 493ms 0ms wasmtime 31.0.0

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim 56ms 2.8ms 11.5MB 47ms 0ms nim 2.2.2
nim 1.nim 60ms 5.5ms 11.8MB 47ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.2
wasm 1.rs 96ms 2.9ms 27.1MB 83ms 0ms wasmtime 31.0.0
wasm 2.rs 98ms 0.4ms 18.3MB 90ms 0ms wasmtime 31.0.0

pidigits

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
wasm 2.rs 2218ms 13ms 18.1MB 2207ms 0ms wasmtime 31.0.0

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
wasm 2.rs 524ms 3.2ms 17.3MB 510ms 0ms wasmtime 31.0.0

secp256k1

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
wasm 1.rs 3616ms 7.7ms 16.8MB 3603ms 0ms wasmtime 31.0.0

Input: 500

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
wasm 1.rs 916ms 7.5ms 16.8MB 900ms 0ms wasmtime 31.0.0

spectral-norm

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim 3596ms 8.4ms 1.6MB 3587ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.2
nim 1.nim 3599ms 8.1ms 1.4MB 3593ms 0ms nim 2.2.2
wasm 2.rs 3601ms 3.0ms 16.9MB 3587ms 0ms wasmtime 31.0.0
wasm 7.rs 4896ms 5.3ms 16.9MB 4883ms 0ms wasmtime 31.0.0

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim 899ms 0.6ms 1.5MB 890ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.2
nim 1.nim 902ms 2.3ms 1.3MB 890ms 0ms nim 2.2.2
wasm 2.rs 910ms 5.9ms 17.4MB 897ms 0ms wasmtime 31.0.0
wasm 7.rs 1232ms 2.6ms 17.1MB 1220ms 0ms wasmtime 31.0.0

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim 227ms 0.5ms 1.5MB 220ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.2
nim 1.nim 229ms 0.9ms 1.3MB 220ms 0ms nim 2.2.2
wasm 2.rs 236ms 2.5ms 16.7MB 223ms 0ms wasmtime 31.0.0
wasm 7.rs 315ms 1.2ms 17.2MB 300ms 0ms wasmtime 31.0.0