Wasm VS OCaml benchmarks

Current benchmark data was generated on Sun Jul 13 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 1739ms 5.1ms 34.0MB 1720ms 7ms wasmtime 34.0.1
wasm 4.rs 1815ms 23ms 34.1MB 1793ms 10ms wasmtime 34.0.1
wasm 3.rs 1852ms 9.2ms 50.0MB 1823ms 17ms wasmtime 34.0.1
ocaml 1.ml 3087ms 52ms 157.2MB 3003ms 70ms ocaml 5.3.0

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
wasm 5.rs 171ms 1.3ms 20.0MB 157ms 0ms wasmtime 34.0.1
wasm 4.rs 174ms 3.1ms 20.0MB 163ms 0ms wasmtime 34.0.1
wasm 3.rs 180ms 3.2ms 22.0MB 163ms 0ms wasmtime 34.0.1
ocaml 1.ml 221ms 1.6ms 19.1MB 207ms 0ms ocaml 5.3.0

coro-prime-sieve

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
wasm 3.rs 1098ms 7.8ms 20.3MB 1083ms 0ms wasmtime 34.0.1

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
wasm 3.rs 78ms 3.2ms 18.7MB 63ms 0ms wasmtime 34.0.1

edigits

Input: 250001

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
wasm 1.rs 420ms 3.1ms 19.6MB 407ms 0ms wasmtime 34.0.1

Input: 100000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
wasm 1.rs 114ms 1.7ms 19.0MB 100ms 0ms wasmtime 34.0.1

fannkuch-redux

Input: 11

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
ocaml 2.ml 2909ms 4.1ms 4.9MB 2903ms 0ms ocaml 5.3.0
wasm 1.rs 4157ms 18ms 17.8MB 4143ms 0ms wasmtime 34.0.1

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
ocaml 2.ml 245ms 0.8ms 5.2MB 237ms 0ms ocaml 5.3.0
wasm 1.rs 349ms 4.0ms 17.7MB 337ms 0ms wasmtime 34.0.1

fasta

Input: 2500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
wasm 1.rs 234ms 2.4ms 18.2MB 220ms 0ms wasmtime 34.0.1
ocaml 6.ml 346ms 1.9ms 24.8MB 330ms 0ms ocaml 5.3.0

Input: 250000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
wasm 1.rs 31ms 0.4ms 18.3MB 20ms 0ms wasmtime 34.0.1
ocaml 6.ml 39ms 0.7ms 7.4MB 30ms 0ms ocaml 5.3.0

helloworld

Input: QwQ

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
ocaml 1.ml 1.8ms 0.1ms 5.0MB 0ms 0ms ocaml 5.3.0
wasm 1.rs 6.7ms 0.5ms 18.2MB 0ms 0ms wasmtime 34.0.1

lru

Input: 1000 1000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
wasm 1.rs 91ms 1.1ms 18.2MB 80ms 0ms wasmtime 34.0.1
ocaml 1.ml 173ms 2.7ms 6.4MB 163ms 0ms ocaml 5.3.0

Input: 1000 3000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
wasm 1.rs 252ms 3.4ms 17.9MB 240ms 0ms wasmtime 34.0.1
ocaml 1.ml 532ms 18ms 6.6MB 520ms 0ms ocaml 5.3.0

Input: 100 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
wasm 1.rs 46ms 0.9ms 17.7MB 37ms 0ms wasmtime 34.0.1
ocaml 1.ml 78ms 0.4ms 6.2MB 70ms 0ms ocaml 5.3.0

mandelbrot

Input: 5000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
wasm 8.rs 827ms 0.7ms 21.3MB 810ms 0ms wasmtime 34.0.1

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
wasm 8.rs 42ms 0.5ms 18.4MB 30ms 0ms wasmtime 34.0.1

merkletrees

Input: 17

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
wasm 1.rs 870ms 7.8ms 42.1MB 847ms 10ms wasmtime 34.0.1
ocaml 1.ml 1077ms 22ms 70.2MB 1037ms 27ms ocaml 5.3.0
ocaml 2.ml 2068ms 35ms 91.8MB 2017ms 37ms ocaml 5.3.0

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
ocaml 1.ml 144ms 1.4ms 21.7MB 127ms 3ms ocaml 5.3.0
wasm 1.rs 192ms 2.6ms 24.1MB 177ms 0ms wasmtime 34.0.1
ocaml 2.ml 359ms 6.4ms 27.7MB 340ms 7ms ocaml 5.3.0

nbody

Input: 5000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
ocaml 1.ml 374ms 2.6ms 5.2MB 367ms 0ms ocaml 5.3.0
wasm 1.rs 405ms 1.9ms 18.0MB 390ms 0ms wasmtime 34.0.1
wasm 2.rs 564ms 4.6ms 18.1MB 553ms 0ms wasmtime 34.0.1

Input: 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
ocaml 1.ml 40ms 0.1ms 5.2MB 30ms 0ms ocaml 5.3.0
wasm 1.rs 47ms 0.1ms 18.1MB 37ms 0ms wasmtime 34.0.1
wasm 2.rs 65ms 1.7ms 18.1MB 50ms 0ms wasmtime 34.0.1

nsieve

Input: 12

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
wasm 2.rs 387ms 3.2ms 22.9MB 373ms 0ms wasmtime 34.0.1
wasm 1.rs 463ms 2.4ms 57.0MB 447ms 3ms wasmtime 34.0.1
ocaml 1.ml 945ms 11ms 547.9MB 883ms 47ms ocaml 5.3.0
ocaml 2.ml 1884ms 7.1ms 17.2MB 1870ms 0ms ocaml 5.3.0

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
wasm 1.rs 92ms 3.2ms 27.9MB 80ms 0ms wasmtime 34.0.1
wasm 2.rs 100ms 2.0ms 19.3MB 90ms 0ms wasmtime 34.0.1
ocaml 1.ml 178ms 0.8ms 142.3MB 153ms 10ms ocaml 5.3.0
ocaml 2.ml 464ms 1.5ms 9.3MB 453ms 0ms ocaml 5.3.0

pidigits

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
wasm 2.rs 2143ms 4.7ms 19.0MB 2127ms 0ms wasmtime 34.0.1

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
wasm 2.rs 506ms 0.5ms 18.3MB 490ms 0ms wasmtime 34.0.1

secp256k1

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
wasm 1.rs 3418ms 14ms 18.1MB 3407ms 0ms wasmtime 34.0.1

Input: 500

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
wasm 1.rs 866ms 6.0ms 17.8MB 853ms 0ms wasmtime 34.0.1

spectral-norm

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
wasm 2.rs 3597ms 3.4ms 17.7MB 3583ms 0ms wasmtime 34.0.1
ocaml 2.ml 4558ms 6.5ms 6.3MB 4543ms 0ms ocaml 5.3.0
wasm 7.rs 4892ms 1.4ms 19.8MB 4880ms 0ms wasmtime 34.0.1

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
wasm 2.rs 906ms 1.0ms 18.3MB 893ms 0ms wasmtime 34.0.1
ocaml 2.ml 1146ms 5.3ms 6.1MB 1137ms 0ms ocaml 5.3.0
wasm 7.rs 1231ms 2.6ms 17.7MB 1217ms 0ms wasmtime 34.0.1

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
wasm 2.rs 234ms 0.9ms 17.8MB 220ms 0ms wasmtime 34.0.1
ocaml 2.ml 296ms 9.1ms 5.2MB 287ms 0ms ocaml 5.3.0
wasm 7.rs 314ms 0.5ms 18.1MB 300ms 0ms wasmtime 34.0.1