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24.09 Benchmarks Game

C# .NET versus Java GraalVM fastest performance

How the programs are written matters! Always look at the source code.

If the fastest programs are hand-written vector instructions, does the host language matter? You might be more interested in the less optimised programs — more seconds, less gz source code.

fannkuch-redux
source secs mem gz cpu secs
C# .NET #5 2.22 26,180 1485 8.62
C# .NET #2 29.59 30,836 584 29.58
Java GraalVM #3 34.03 90,752 1264 34.21
C# .NET #6 8.67 30,968 1075 34.39
C# .NET #9 9.08 32,348 1232 36.00
Java GraalVM 9.33 91,152 1289 36.72
Java GraalVM #2 38.48 91,636 520 38.63
C# .NET #8 40.51 25,256 519 40.49
Java GraalVM #8 42.18 91,368 517 42.35
C# .NET #3 11.34 31,120 1117 44.67
n-body
source secs mem gz cpu secs
C# .NET #9 3.16 30,388 2480 3.16
C# .NET #4 3.75 30,516 2137 3.74
C# .NET #7 4.79 30,640 1715 4.79
C# .NET #6 4.82 30,640 1754 4.81
Java GraalVM #4 6.22 90,128 1495 6.36
C# .NET #0 6.44 26,464 1342 6.43
Java GraalVM #5 6.47 90,344 1435 6.61
C# .NET #3 6.65 31,492 1311 6.64
C# .NET #2 6.83 26,012 1339 6.82
Java GraalVM #3 6.89 89,592 1436 7.03
Java GraalVM #2 6.90 89,600 1430 7.03
Java GraalVM #8 7.11 88,832 1322 7.24
C# .NET #8 7.25 25,260 1335 7.25
Java GraalVM 7.31 89,724 1437 7.44
C# .NET 7.80 31,508 1424 7.79
spectral-norm
source secs mem gz cpu secs
C# .NET #5 0.93 36,476 776 3.41
C# .NET #8 5.39 26,092 441 5.38
C# .NET #2 1.52 31,884 1084 5.76
C# .NET #3 1.54 33,792 890 5.86
Java GraalVM #3 1.64 92,416 762 6.14
Java GraalVM #2 1.80 92,800 956 6.83
Java GraalVM #8 11.19 91,648 453 11.38
mandelbrot
source secs mem gz cpu secs
C# .NET #7 3.20 63,560 915 12.46
C# .NET #9 3.25 66,864 822 12.60
C# .NET 3.23 66,980 1980 12.62
C# .NET #5 4.04 66,356 851 15.80
Java GraalVM #4 4.37 138,740 667 16.04
Java GraalVM #2 4.14 132,372 802 16.30
Java GraalVM #6 4.16 129,024 808 16.36
Java GraalVM 26.60 90,356 671 26.78
C# .NET #3 6.82 64,780 722 26.83
C# .NET #8 27.23 26,532 494 27.23
Java GraalVM #3 7.27 127,788 910 28.79
C# .NET #2 45.64 31,992 504 45.64
pidigits
source secs mem gz cpu secs
C# .NET #6 0.96 33,240 1182 0.95
C# .NET #5 0.93 35,096 990 0.96
Java GraalVM #3 0.84 87,552 770 0.96
C# .NET #4 1.36 33,952 1135 1.35
Java GraalVM #2 1.34 96,384 944 1.53
C# .NET #7 6.59 53,412 579 7.20
Java GraalVM 7.08 528,896 807 8.13
regex-redux
source secs mem gz cpu secs
C# .NET #8 1.43 389,120 1881 2.67
Java GraalVM #8 1.64 407,324 2201 3.43
C# .NET 4.60 847,380 641 4.84
C# .NET #5 2.11 860,544 679 6.32
Java GraalVM 7.95 617,884 875 15.48
Java GraalVM #3 4.93 646,312 935 16.03
Java GraalVM #6 5.21 1,281,824 746 16.40
C# .NET #4 13.15 960,820 854 44.64
fasta
source secs mem gz cpu secs
C# .NET #9 1.21 26,424 1512 1.21
Java GraalVM #6 1.28 99,840 2549 3.66
Java GraalVM #5 1.27 97,536 2478 3.75
Java GraalVM #4 3.55 142,080 1528 4.56
C# .NET #5 1.50 62,072 1702 5.46
Java GraalVM #2 4.63 142,480 1259 5.61
C# .NET 1.84 52,300 2113 6.73
C# .NET #8 11.10 26,212 883 11.12
Java GraalVM #8 15.83 96,000 894 16.43
k-nucleotide
source secs mem gz cpu secs
C# .NET 3.04 184,820 2046 10.53
C# .NET #6 5.06 187,908 1615 12.77
Java GraalVM 4.31 475,296 1821 13.63
Java GraalVM #6 7.69 471,456 1614 27.24
Java GraalVM #3 7.79 472,096 1642 27.63
Java GraalVM #4 33.45 239,724 1887 34.10
Java GraalVM #5 15.99 248,224 2225 38.12
C# .NET #7 40.69 762,328 1449 41.14
C# .NET #4 11.67 778,008 1725 41.58
Java GraalVM #8 87.16 1,326,012 786 90.24
reverse-complement
source secs mem gz cpu secs
C# .NET #8 0.56 736,084 2641 1.35
C# .NET 2.97 798,004 1130 3.15
C# .NET #5 2.64 1,026,620 1620 3.67
C# .NET #6 1.64 1,027,256 1627 3.95
C# .NET #7 1.56 941,012 1312 4.23
Java GraalVM #6 3.44 2,080,968 760 4.23
Java GraalVM #5 4.95 1,145,720 1115 5.31
Java GraalVM #4 5.69 1,906,560 656 5.99
C# .NET #3 7.31 1,571,904 934 11.48
Java GraalVM #7 24.65 1,180,012 1654 12.56
Java GraalVM #3   Bad Output  
Java GraalVM #8   Bad Output  
binary-trees
source secs mem gz cpu secs
Java GraalVM #2 5.11 1,948,200 558 6.99
Java GraalVM #4 5.42 1,815,132 846 7.22
Java GraalVM #6 6.00 1,794,592 535 7.91
Java GraalVM #3 5.95 1,880,164 546 8.60
Java GraalVM #7 2.81 1,850,008 841 8.76
Java GraalVM #8 7.19 1,757,812 596 9.15
C# .NET #8 12.57 1,233,904 601 14.50
C# .NET #7 4.61 1,552,024 706 15.20
C# .NET #2 4.73 1,619,108 717 15.24
C# .NET #3 5.08 1,955,472 688 16.49
C# .NET 5.23 2,107,524 668 16.88
C# .NET #6   Make Error  
C# .NET

.NET SDK 8.0.301
Host Version: 8.0.6
Commit: 3b8b000a0e

<OutputType>Exe
<TargetFramework>net8.0
<ImplicitUsings>enable
<Nullable>enable
<AllowUnsafeBlocks>true
<ServerGarbageCollection>true
<ConcurrentGarbageCollection>true
<PublishAot>false

Java GraalVM

openjdk 23 2024-09-17
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM
OpenJDK GraalVM CE
(build 23+37-jvmci-b01,
mixed mode, sharing)