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 Step 1 : Are the Haskell GHC programs faster? At a glance.

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

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


 Step 2 : Are the Haskell GHC programs faster? Approximately.

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

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

 Haskell GHC used what fraction? used how many times more? 
Benchmark Time Memory Code Reduced N
 partial-sums1/31/3±
 nsieve-bits±1/3±
 recursive±1/10± 7
 n-body±1/5±
 sum-file±±
 fannkuch1/6±
 nsieve±±
 pidigits1/41/2
 k-nucleotide1/2±
 reverse-complement11×10×1/2
 spectral-norm14×1/3±

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

 Step 3 : Are the Haskell GHC programs faster? Measurements.

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

For each named benchmark, measurements of the fastest Haskell GHC 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
 partial-sums 
Haskell GHC2.233,148476  
Java 6 -server6.859,460470  
 nsieve-bits 
Haskell GHC3.903,692388  
Java 6 -server5.1312,204517  
 recursive N = 7 reduced workload 
Haskell GHC0.52920447  
Java 6 -server0.689,652427  
 n-body 
Haskell GHC27.382,0121687  
Java 6 -server27.5410,8881430  
 sum-file 
Haskell GHC8.0023,000162  
Java 6 -server4.7822,872222  
 fannkuch 
Haskell GHC20.551,7721005  
Java 6 -server11.799,888761  
 nsieve 
Haskell GHC7.4319,064381  
Java 6 -server4.0319,824452  
 pidigits 
Haskell GHC11.053,244377  
Java 6 -server3.3111,728938  
 k-nucleotide 
Haskell GHC149.5529,5321015  
Java 6 -server15.7566,5401052  
 reverse-complement 
Haskell GHC41.45485,680488  
Java 6 -server3.6446,700863  
 spectral-norm 
Haskell GHC379.788,080396  
Java 6 -server27.1526,424514  
 chameneos-redux 
Haskell GHC10.133,084789  
No Java 6 -server
 fasta
Haskell GHCFailed
 mandelbrot
Haskell GHCFailed
 binary-trees
   No program
 regex-dna
   No program

 Measurements for all the accepted programs

 Haskell GHC : lazy pure functional programming 

The Glorious Glasgow Haskell Compilation System, version 6.6.1

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

Download: http://www.haskell.org/ghc/

Revised BSD license