1 : Are the Lua LuaJIT 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 Lua LuaJIT program used compared to the fastest Java 6 -server program.
2 : Are the Lua LuaJIT 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 Lua LuaJIT program used compared to the fastest Java 6 -server program.
| Lua LuaJIT used what fraction? used how many times more? | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benchmark | Time | Memory | Code | Reduced N |
| pidigits | ± | 1/18 | 1/4 | |
| mandelbrot | 2× | 1/2 | ± | |
| n-body | 2× | 1/15 | ± | |
| fasta | 2× | 1/11 | ± | |
| spectral-norm | 4× | 1/12 | 1/3 | |
| reverse-complement | 5× | ± | ± | |
| k-nucleotide | 5× | ± | 1/3 | |
| fannkuch | 6× | 1/17 | 1/2 | |
| binary-trees | 8× | 3× | ± | |
± read the measurements and then read the program source code.
3 : Are the Lua LuaJIT 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 Lua LuaJIT 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| pidigits | |||||
| Lua LuaJIT | 3.84 | 3.84 | 1,548 | 479 | 0% 0% 0% 100% |
| Java 6 -server | 12.95 | 5.00 | 28,624 | 1816 | 61% 59% 57% 55% |
| mandelbrot | |||||
| Lua LuaJIT | 64.28 | 17.26 | 19,596 | 607 | 89% 97% 91% 94% |
| Java 6 -server | 43.12 | 10.95 | 48,920 | 903 | 98% 98% 99% 98% |
| n-body | |||||
| Lua LuaJIT | 45.42 | 45.42 | 836 | 1197 | 100% 0% 0% 0% |
| Java 6 -server | 25.03 | 25.03 | 12,408 | 1424 | 100% 0% 0% 0% |
| fasta | |||||
| Lua LuaJIT | 16.32 | 16.32 | 1,172 | 1039 | 100% 0% 0% 0% |
| Java 6 -server | 7.50 | 7.49 | 12,648 | 1240 | 0% 1% 99% 0% |
| spectral-norm | |||||
| Lua LuaJIT | 15.70 | 15.70 | 1,048 | 329 | 0% 0% 0% 100% |
| Java 6 -server | 15.95 | 4.11 | 12,552 | 950 | 97% 97% 98% 97% |
| reverse-complement | |||||
| Lua LuaJIT | 13.32 | 13.32 | 438,836 | 538 | 100% 0% 0% 0% |
| Java 6 -server | 2.98 | 2.94 | 473,712 | 592 | 1% 94% 4% 2% |
| k-nucleotide | |||||
| Lua LuaJIT | 66.19 | 66.18 | 609,136 | 613 | 100% 0% 0% 0% |
| Java 6 -server | 47.53 | 14.24 | 762,548 | 1602 | 80% 80% 95% 79% |
| fannkuch | |||||
| Lua LuaJIT | 113.12 | 113.12 | 832 | 492 | 0% 33% 67% 0% |
| Java 6 -server | 66.26 | 18.43 | 13,776 | 1150 | 78% 77% 98% 99% |
| binary-trees | |||||
| Lua LuaJIT | 152.37 | 152.37 | 877,724 | 446 | 84% 16% 2% 0% |
| Java 6 -server | 29.63 | 19.18 | 289,920 | 603 | 24% 75% 27% 28% |
| chameneos-redux | |||||
| regex-dna | |||||
Lua LuaJIT : jit compiler fully compatible with lua 5.1
LuaJIT 2.0 intellectual property disclosure and research opportunities
LuaJIT 2.0.0-beta1 -- Copyright (C) 2005-2009 Mike Pall
Home Page: The LuaJIT Project
Download: LuaJIT Download
