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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 7 -server program.


Look at speed another way - look at a box plot of Time-used data.

 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 7 -server program.

 Erlang HiPE used what fraction? used how many times more? 
Benchmark Time Memory Code
 binary-trees1/21/2
 spectral-norm±±
 pidigits1/41/4
 regex-dna1/5±
 fannkuch-redux1/2±
 n-body1/2±
 fasta10×1/2±
 mandelbrot14×10×1/2
 k-nucleotide16×±1/3
 reverse-complement24×±
 Erlang HiPE used what fraction? used how many times more? 
Time-used  |-  |---  25% median  75%  ---|  -|
(Elapsed secs)14×24×24×

± 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 7 -server program.

Program Source Code CPU secs Elapsed secs Memory KB Code B ≈ CPU Load
 binary-trees 
Erlang HiPE53.4716.11241,076499  77% 85% 77% 94%
Java 7 -server20.549.73522,4841007  55% 27% 76% 57%
 spectral-norm 
Erlang HiPE45.6911.6412,632747  98% 98% 98% 98%
Java 7 -server16.274.1814,224950  96% 97% 98% 98%
 pidigits 
Erlang HiPE20.2819.5911,676512  93% 7% 2% 2%
Java 7 -server9.254.6941,1561808  77% 27% 15% 74%
 regex-dna 
Erlang HiPE160.7146.60138,8961058  85% 80% 84% 97%
Java 7 -server28.0210.02682,200929  66% 62% 62% 92%
 fannkuch-redux 
Erlang HiPE431.98112.116,8321038  100% 94% 94% 98%
Java 7 -server67.8617.1713,7321282  98% 98% 99% 100%
 n-body 
Erlang HiPE174.01174.076,7561399  0% 0% 100% 0%
Java 7 -server24.2924.2613,6681424  0% 0% 100% 0%
 fasta 
Erlang HiPE49.0249.047,0081164  0% 0% 100% 0%
Java 7 -server4.964.8914,7841507  1% 1% 1% 100%
 mandelbrot 
Erlang HiPE400.25108.80660,076534  90% 90% 91% 98%
Java 7 -server30.197.6765,872802  98% 98% 99% 98%
 k-nucleotide 
Erlang HiPE371.36142.92551,960932  71% 78% 51% 61%
Java 7 -server33.749.19386,0602431  90% 90% 91% 97%
 reverse-complement 
Erlang HiPE46.7737.48627,0321167  9% 98% 10% 9%
Java 7 -server3.021.54294,3561661  42% 32% 71% 52%
 fasta-redux 
No program
Java 7 -server0.130.11?1443  18% 0% 100% 20%

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

Remember - those are just the fastest Erlang HiPE and Java 7 -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 7 -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 R15B (erts-5.9) [source] [smp:4:4] [async-threads:0] [hipe] [kernel-poll:false]

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