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 Step 1 : Are the Erlang HiPE programs faster? At a glance.

This chart shows 3 comparisons - Time-used, Memory-used and Code-used ~ speed and size.

Each chart bar shows, for one unidentified benchmark, how much the fastest Erlang HiPE program used compared to the fastest Java 6 -server program.


 Step 2 : Are the Erlang HiPE programs faster? Approximately.

This table shows 3 comparisons - Time-used, Memory-used and Code-used ~ speed and size.

Each table row shows, for one named benchmark, how much the fastest Erlang HiPE program used compared to the fastest Java 6 -server program.

 Erlang HiPE used what fraction? used how many times more? 
Benchmark Time Memory Code
 binary-trees±±±
 partial-sums±1/2±
 fannkuch±1/2±
 nsieve-bits1/2±
 k-nucleotide±±
 mandelbrot1/2±
 n-body1/2±
 pidigits1/21/2
 fasta1/2±
 recursive10×1/2±
 nsieve12×25×±
 regex-dna27×±
 reverse-complement33×±

± read the measurements and then read the program source code.

 Step 3 : Are the Erlang HiPE programs faster? Measurements.

This table shows 5 measurements - CPU Time, Elapsed Time, Memory, Code and ≈ CPU Load ~ speed and size.

For each named benchmark, measurements of the fastest Erlang HiPE program are shown for comparison against measurements of the fastest Java 6 -server program.

Program Source Code CPU secs Elapsed secs Memory KB Code B ≈ CPU Load
 binary-trees 
Erlang HiPE5.5118,784441  
Java 6 -server7.5624,012603  
 partial-sums 
Erlang HiPE7.364,416488  
Java 6 -server6.859,460470  
 fannkuch 
Erlang HiPE0.644,864678  
Java 6 -server0.489,976761  
 nsieve-bits 
Erlang HiPE2.785,372414  
Java 6 -server0.9410,324517  
 k-nucleotide 
Erlang HiPE46.8177,276889  
Java 6 -server15.7566,5401052  
 mandelbrot 
Erlang HiPE1.504,464554  
Java 6 -server0.489,948623  
 n-body 
Erlang HiPE135.704,4801399  
Java 6 -server27.5410,8881430  
 pidigits 
Erlang HiPE19.086,336559  
Java 6 -server3.3111,728938  
 fasta 
Erlang HiPE155.014,4441164  
Java 6 -server19.9610,0961240  
 recursive 
Erlang HiPE6.754,488356  
Java 6 -server0.689,652427  
 nsieve 
Erlang HiPE24.06474,728320  
Java 6 -server1.9818,708293  
 regex-dna 
Erlang HiPE109.44131,072687  
Java 6 -server4.0652,248711  
 reverse-complement 
Erlang HiPE46.04330,204452  
Java 6 -server1.3935,360588  
 spectral-norm 
Erlang HiPEFailed
Java 6 -server8.3825,884514  
 chameneos-redux 
Erlang HiPEFailed
No program

 Step 4 : Are there other Erlang HiPE programs for these benchmarks?

Remember - those are just the fastest Erlang HiPE and Java 6 -server programs measured on this OS/machine. Check if there are other implementations of these benchmark programs for Erlang HiPE.

Maybe one of those other Erlang HiPE programs is fastest on a different OS/machine.

 Step 5 : Are there other faster programs for these benchmarks?

Remember - those are just the fastest Erlang HiPE and Java 6 -server programs measured on this OS/machine. Check if there are faster implementations of these benchmark programs for other programming languages.

Maybe one of those other programs is fastest on a different OS/machine.

 Erlang HiPE : concurrent real-time distributed fault-tolerant software 

All you wanted to know about the HiPE compile (but might have been afraid to ask)

The development of the HiPE system: design and experience report

Erlang (ASYNC_THREADS,HIPE) (BEAM) emulator version 5.5.5

Home Page: http://www.erlang.org/

Download: http://www.erlang.org/download.html

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