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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
 spectral-norm±±
 binary-trees±1/2
 pidigits1/41/4
 n-body1/2±
 regex-dna1/4±
 fasta1/2±
 reverse-complement±
 fannkuch-redux1/2±
 mandelbrot12×18×±
 k-nucleotide17×±1/3
 Erlang HiPE used what fraction? used how many times more? 
Time-used  |-  |---  25% median  75%  ---|  -|
(Elapsed secs)17×17×

± 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
 spectral-norm 
Erlang HiPE47.6512.1217,748747  98% 99% 99% 98%
Java 7 -server17.624.5017,716950  98% 99% 98% 98%
 binary-trees 
Erlang HiPE72.1128.15511,752499  53% 53% 99% 52%
Java 7 -server22.869.41516,1441007  83% 41% 64% 57%
 pidigits 
Erlang HiPE16.2815.1315,052512  30% 63% 11% 6%
Java 7 -server10.614.4363,1561826  71% 69% 52% 45%
 n-body 
Erlang HiPE129.44129.4810,2361399  0% 1% 100% 0%
Java 7 -server22.5222.5016,9201424  0% 100% 0% 0%
 regex-dna 
Erlang HiPE150.1740.10170,5321058  94% 91% 95% 96%
Java 7 -server23.366.63636,9241410  92% 87% 88% 86%
 fasta 
Erlang HiPE31.0731.0710,7321164  25% 76% 0% 1%
Java 7 -server5.225.1418,1761507  0% 100% 1% 1%
 reverse-complement 
Erlang HiPE20.3610.32752,5001302  83% 35% 34% 47%
Java 7 -server2.741.31298,2201661  45% 54% 37% 79%
 fannkuch-redux 
Erlang HiPE503.82126.5910,1921038  100% 99% 100% 100%
Java 7 -server53.1913.4717,4161282  98% 100% 98% 100%
 mandelbrot 
Erlang HiPE266.2175.901,260,940534  88% 86% 87% 91%
Java 7 -server23.976.1069,360796  98% 99% 98% 98%
 k-nucleotide 
Erlang HiPE384.87138.94685,780932  63% 83% 62% 72%
Java 7 -server29.238.03463,5162431  90% 98% 89% 89%
 fasta-redux 
No program
Java 7 -server0.130.11?1443  0% 92% 9% 11%

 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] [64-bit] [smp:4:4] [async-threads:0] [hipe] [kernel-poll:false]

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