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`	6.53	1.00x
`recursion_fibonacci`	0.01	1.00x
`recursion_quicksort`	0.31	1.00x
`parse_integers`	0.07	1.00x
`print_to_file`	8.02	1.00x
`matrix_statistics`	3.12	1.00x
`matrix_multiply`	43.89	1.00x
`userfunc_mandelbrot`	0.05	1.00x

Julia (1.12.6)

Benchmark	Time (ms)	Relative to C
`iteration_pi_sum`	7.00	1.07x
`recursion_fibonacci`	0.04	3.13x
`recursion_quicksort`	0.35	1.14x
`parse_integers`	0.09	1.21x
`print_to_file`	10.17	1.27x
`matrix_statistics`	6.61	2.12x
`matrix_multiply`	45.18	1.03x
`userfunc_mandelbrot`	0.05	1.02x

Rust (1.95.0)

Benchmark	Time (ms)	Relative to C
`iteration_pi_sum`	7.00	1.07x
`recursion_fibonacci`	0.04	3.13x
`recursion_quicksort`	0.35	1.14x
`parse_integers`	0.06	0.81x
`print_to_file`	4.17	0.52x
`matrix_statistics`	3.96	1.27x
`matrix_multiply`	51.64	1.18x
`userfunc_mandelbrot`	0.07	1.54x

Fortran (gcc 13.3.0)

Benchmark	Time (ms)	Relative to C
`iteration_pi_sum`	7.90	1.21x
`recursion_fibonacci`	0.01	0.76x
`recursion_quicksort`	0.45	1.46x
`parse_integers`	0.06	0.86x
`print_to_file`	74.94	9.34x
`matrix_statistics`	5.47	1.75x
`matrix_multiply`	59.77	1.36x
`userfunc_mandelbrot`	0.05	1.18x

LuaJIT (2.1.1703358377)

Benchmark	Time (ms)	Relative to C
`iteration_pi_sum`	7.00	1.07x
`recursion_fibonacci`	0.06	5.20x
`recursion_quicksort`	0.69	2.24x
`parse_integers`	0.09	1.21x
`print_to_file`	6.26	0.78x
`matrix_statistics`	7.16	2.29x
`matrix_multiply`	49.85	1.14x
`userfunc_mandelbrot`	0.11	2.54x

Go (go1.24.13)

Benchmark	Time (ms)	Relative to C
`iteration_pi_sum`	6.09	0.93x
`recursion_fibonacci`	0.03	2.84x
`recursion_quicksort`	0.35	1.13x
`parse_integers`	0.07	1.05x
`print_to_file`	11.75	1.47x
`matrix_statistics`	18.62	5.96x
`matrix_multiply`	294.52	6.71x
`userfunc_mandelbrot`	0.05	1.00x

Scala (3.3.4)

Benchmark	Time (ms)	Relative to C
`iteration_pi_sum`	8.46	1.30x
`recursion_fibonacci`	0.03	2.24x
`recursion_quicksort`	0.74	2.42x
`parse_integers`	0.29	4.16x
`print_to_file`	11.31	1.41x
`matrix_statistics`	18.80	6.02x
`matrix_multiply`	78.13	1.78x
`userfunc_mandelbrot`	0.09	1.91x

Numba (0.65.0)

Benchmark	Time (ms)	Relative to C
`iteration_pi_sum`	8.20	1.26x
`recursion_fibonacci`	0.05	3.70x
`recursion_quicksort`	0.46	1.50x
`parse_integers`	0.90	12.77x
`print_to_file`	36.41	4.54x
`matrix_statistics`	28.74	9.20x
`matrix_multiply`	58.77	1.34x
`userfunc_mandelbrot`	0.05	1.10x

Java (24.0.2)

Benchmark	Time (ms)	Relative to C
`iteration_pi_sum`	8.01	1.23x
`recursion_fibonacci`	0.03	2.58x
`recursion_quicksort`	0.64	2.08x
`parse_integers`	0.29	4.16x
`print_to_file`	58.74	7.32x
`matrix_statistics`	17.04	5.45x
`matrix_multiply`	213.48	4.86x
`userfunc_mandelbrot`	0.09	1.93x

Swift (6.1.3)

Benchmark	Time (ms)	Relative to C
`iteration_pi_sum`	7.00	1.07x
`recursion_fibonacci`	0.03	2.58x
`recursion_quicksort`	2.60	8.48x
`parse_integers`	0.58	8.29x
`print_to_file`	61.01	7.61x
`matrix_statistics`	113.91	36.45x
`matrix_multiply`	938.67	21.39x
`userfunc_mandelbrot`	0.04	0.99x

JavaScript (V8 13.6.233.17-node.44)

Benchmark	Time (ms)	Relative to C
`iteration_pi_sum`	6.00	0.92x
`recursion_fibonacci`	0.07	5.39x
`recursion_quicksort`	0.83	2.70x
`parse_integers`	0.19	2.69x
`print_to_file`	50.00	6.23x
`matrix_statistics`	43.90	14.05x
`matrix_multiply`	1785.00	40.67x

Python (3.13.13)

Benchmark	Time (ms)	Relative to C
`iteration_pi_sum`	384.95	58.97x
`recursion_fibonacci`	0.86	70.39x
`recursion_quicksort`	13.42	43.69x
`parse_integers`	0.94	13.34x
`print_to_file`	40.47	5.05x
`matrix_statistics`	31.78	10.17x
`matrix_multiply`	53.83	1.23x
`userfunc_mandelbrot`	4.07	90.24x

R (4.5.1)

Benchmark	Time (ms)	Relative to C
`iteration_pi_sum`	179.00	27.42x
`recursion_fibonacci`	5.00	408.33x
`recursion_quicksort`	18.00	58.62x
`parse_integers`	2.00	28.36x
`print_to_file`	1024.00	127.65x
`matrix_statistics`	43.00	13.76x
`matrix_multiply`	71.00	1.62x
`userfunc_mandelbrot`	11.00	244.11x

Octave (8.4.0)

Benchmark	Time (ms)	Relative to C
`iteration_pi_sum`	3185.23	487.92x
`recursion_fibonacci`	66.34	5418.05x
`recursion_quicksort`	232.88	758.38x
`parse_integers`	18.71	265.41x
`print_to_file`	421.14	52.50x
`matrix_statistics`	65.74	21.04x
`matrix_multiply`	55.88	1.27x
`userfunc_mandelbrot`	166.59	3696.99x