Benchmarks · Julia Microbenchmarks

Each dot represents one benchmark for a given language, with time normalized to C (lower is better).

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C (gcc 13.3.0)

Benchmark	Time (ms)	Relative to C
`iteration_pi_sum`	6.99	1.00x
`recursion_fibonacci`	0.01	1.00x
`recursion_quicksort`	0.34	1.00x
`parse_integers`	0.08	1.00x
`print_to_file`	8.59	1.00x
`matrix_statistics`	3.37	1.00x
`matrix_multiply`	47.29	1.00x
`userfunc_mandelbrot`	0.05	1.00x

Julia (1.12.5)

Benchmark	Time (ms)	Relative to C
`iteration_pi_sum`	7.90	1.13x
`recursion_fibonacci`	0.04	3.35x
`recursion_quicksort`	0.40	1.20x
`parse_integers`	0.09	1.17x
`print_to_file`	10.53	1.23x
`matrix_statistics`	7.38	2.19x
`matrix_multiply`	51.70	1.09x
`userfunc_mandelbrot`	0.05	1.02x

Rust (1.93.1)

Benchmark	Time (ms)	Relative to C
`iteration_pi_sum`	7.00	1.00x
`recursion_fibonacci`	0.03	2.70x
`recursion_quicksort`	0.35	1.03x
`parse_integers`	0.06	0.73x
`print_to_file`	5.02	0.58x
`matrix_statistics`	3.95	1.17x
`matrix_multiply`	51.55	1.09x
`userfunc_mandelbrot`	0.05	0.94x

Fortran (gcc 13.3.0)

Benchmark	Time (ms)	Relative to C
`iteration_pi_sum`	7.00	1.00x
`recursion_fibonacci`	0.01	0.68x
`recursion_quicksort`	0.39	1.17x
`parse_integers`	0.05	0.72x
`print_to_file`	81.29	9.47x
`matrix_statistics`	5.11	1.52x
`matrix_multiply`	54.93	1.16x
`userfunc_mandelbrot`	0.05	0.94x

LuaJIT (2.1.1703358377)

Benchmark	Time (ms)	Relative to C
`iteration_pi_sum`	7.00	1.00x
`recursion_fibonacci`	0.06	4.61x
`recursion_quicksort`	1.05	3.14x
`parse_integers`	0.09	1.19x
`print_to_file`	6.64	0.77x
`matrix_statistics`	7.68	2.28x
`matrix_multiply`	50.95	1.08x
`userfunc_mandelbrot`	0.12	2.44x

Go (go1.24.13)

Benchmark	Time (ms)	Relative to C
`iteration_pi_sum`	6.08	0.87x
`recursion_fibonacci`	0.03	2.69x
`recursion_quicksort`	0.37	1.12x
`parse_integers`	0.08	1.09x
`print_to_file`	11.86	1.38x
`matrix_statistics`	18.61	5.52x
`matrix_multiply`	293.48	6.21x
`userfunc_mandelbrot`	0.05	0.93x

Scala (3.3.4)

Benchmark	Time (ms)	Relative to C
`iteration_pi_sum`	7.00	1.00x
`recursion_fibonacci`	0.03	2.04x
`recursion_quicksort`	0.68	2.03x
`parse_integers`	0.27	3.54x
`print_to_file`	10.42	1.21x
`matrix_statistics`	19.56	5.81x
`matrix_multiply`	69.88	1.48x
`userfunc_mandelbrot`	0.11	2.33x

Numba (0.64.0)

Benchmark	Time (ms)	Relative to C
`iteration_pi_sum`	6.99	1.00x
`recursion_fibonacci`	0.04	3.02x
`recursion_quicksort`	0.42	1.24x
`parse_integers`	0.89	11.63x
`print_to_file`	43.66	5.08x
`matrix_statistics`	33.12	9.83x
`matrix_multiply`	54.11	1.14x
`userfunc_mandelbrot`	0.05	0.92x

Java (24.0.2)

Benchmark	Time (ms)	Relative to C
`iteration_pi_sum`	6.99	1.00x
`recursion_fibonacci`	0.03	2.53x
`recursion_quicksort`	0.71	2.12x
`parse_integers`	0.28	3.69x
`print_to_file`	77.29	9.00x
`matrix_statistics`	15.41	4.57x
`matrix_multiply`	207.40	4.39x
`userfunc_mandelbrot`	0.07	1.53x

Swift (6.1.3)

Benchmark	Time (ms)	Relative to C
`iteration_pi_sum`	6.99	1.00x
`recursion_fibonacci`	0.03	2.43x
`recursion_quicksort`	3.85	11.47x
`parse_integers`	0.85	11.20x
`print_to_file`	88.61	10.32x
`matrix_statistics`	180.28	53.50x
`matrix_multiply`	1429.78	30.23x
`userfunc_mandelbrot`	0.04	0.92x

JavaScript (V8 13.6.233.17-node.40)

Benchmark	Time (ms)	Relative to C
`iteration_pi_sum`	7.20	1.03x
`recursion_fibonacci`	0.07	5.79x
`recursion_quicksort`	0.83	2.47x
`parse_integers`	0.19	2.49x
`print_to_file`	106.00	12.34x
`matrix_statistics`	43.30	12.85x
`matrix_multiply`	1149.00	24.29x

Python (3.13.12)

Benchmark	Time (ms)	Relative to C
`iteration_pi_sum`	381.67	54.56x
`recursion_fibonacci`	0.85	65.32x
`recursion_quicksort`	14.17	42.18x
`parse_integers`	0.91	11.99x
`print_to_file`	43.89	5.11x
`matrix_statistics`	32.69	9.70x
`matrix_multiply`	53.98	1.14x
`userfunc_mandelbrot`	4.03	82.53x

R (4.5.1)

Benchmark	Time (ms)	Relative to C
`iteration_pi_sum`	147.00	21.02x
`recursion_fibonacci`	5.00	385.89x
`recursion_quicksort`	17.00	50.61x
`parse_integers`	2.00	26.23x
`print_to_file`	545.00	63.46x
`matrix_statistics`	45.00	13.35x
`matrix_multiply`	52.00	1.10x
`userfunc_mandelbrot`	11.00	225.06x

Octave (8.4.0)

Benchmark	Time (ms)	Relative to C
`iteration_pi_sum`	3204.96	458.18x
`recursion_fibonacci`	66.35	5120.64x
`recursion_quicksort`	233.22	694.24x
`parse_integers`	17.86	234.18x
`print_to_file`	421.61	49.09x
`matrix_statistics`	66.12	19.62x
`matrix_multiply`	56.12	1.19x
`userfunc_mandelbrot`	164.83	3372.46x