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 1 : Are the Java 6 -Xint 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 Java 6 -Xint program used compared to the fastest Perl program.


 2 : Are the Java 6 -Xint 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 Java 6 -Xint program used compared to the fastest Perl program.

 Java 6 -Xint used what fraction? used how many times more? 
Benchmark Time Memory Code Reduced N
 mandelbrot1/3416×
 spectral-norm1/11±±
 binary-trees1/101/2±
 n-body1/7±
 fasta1/6±
 fannkuch1/5±
 pidigits±
 k-nucleotide1/9
 reverse-complement±
 regex-dna11×

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

 3 : Are the Java 6 -Xint 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 Java 6 -Xint program are shown for comparison against measurements of the fastest Perl program.

Program Source Code CPU secs Elapsed secs Memory KB Code B ~ CPU Load
 mandelbrot 
Java 6 -Xint491.72123.1664,836903  100% 100% 100% 100%
Perl4,226.424,226.214,136311  0% 0% 100% 0%
 spectral-norm 
Java 6 -Xint94.6725.1812,952950  93% 94% 92% 98%
Perl1,137.10285.5510,976846  100% 100% 100% 100%
 binary-trees 
Java 6 -Xint136.24128.46526,792603  4% 3% 95% 3%
Perl1,276.891,276.851,091,276541  0% 0% 100% 0%
 n-body 
Java 6 -Xint237.96238.1012,4161424  0% 100% 0% 0%
Perl1,665.131,665.142,5681140  0% 0% 100% 0%
 fasta 
Java 6 -Xint49.2749.2712,0241240  100% 0% 0% 0%
Perl314.46314.462,548934  100% 0% 0% 0%
 fannkuch 
Java 6 -Xint628.06173.7012,2481150  80% 99% 77% 99%
Perl3,749.89942.908,808471  99% 100% 100% 100%
 pidigits 
Java 6 -Xint17.686.0328,9161816  76% 59% 64% 54%
Perl7.467.463,868385  100% 0% 0% 0%
 k-nucleotide 
Java 6 -Xint1,075.92300.77336,4321602  85% 85% 88% 99%
Perl256.1578.582,883,780648  81% 71% 88% 84%
 reverse-complement 
Java 6 -Xint27.0927.16473,140592  0% 100% 0% 0%
Perl5.255.25431,496298  100% 0% 0% 0%
 regex-dna 
Java 6 -Xint353.38143.55678,096929  84% 73% 64% 66%
Perl38.6112.84167,208527  78% 66% 76% 81%
 chameneos-redux 
Java 6 -Xint43.5814.3712,5321377  62% 89% 53% 88%
No Perl

 Java 6 -Xint : ubiquitous bytecode interpreter virtual machine 

java version "1.6.0_10"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_10-b33)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 11.0-b15, interpreted mode)

Home Page: http://java.sun.com/j2se/

Download: http://java.sun.com/j2se/downloads/

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