bigint-benchmark-rs

Benchmarks for Rust big integer implementations.

Each benchmark is run 5 times, with the calculation repeated for at least 10 seconds each time. The fastest attempt is used as the result.

Libraries

| Library | Version | License | Notes | | -------------- | ------- | -------- | ------ | | rug | 1.17.0 | LGPL 3.0 | Links to GMP | | malachite | 0.3.0 | LGPL 3.0 | Pure Rust, derived from GMP and FLINT | | ibig | 0.3.5 | MIT or Apache 2.0 | Pure Rust, nostd | | num-bigint | 0.4.3 | MIT or Apache 2.0 | Pure Rust, nostd |

Results

| Library | e 100k | e 1m | e 10m | fib 10m | fib 100m | fib_hex 100m | | -------------- | ----: | -----: | -------: | ------: | -------: | -----------: | | rug | 0.014 | 0.268 | 4.493 | 0.304 | 5.367 | 0.949 | | malachite | 0.043 | 0.929 | 15.798 | 1.197 | 21.473 | 3.270 | | ibig | 0.031 | 0.978 | 31.606 | 1.252 | 40.075 | 8.485 | | num-bigint | 0.086 | 6.776 | 656.515 | 10.271 | 950.146 | 8.967 |

Times in seconds.

Usage

Calculate 100 digits of e and compare answers: $ bigint-benchmark --task e --lib ibig --lib num-bigint --lib ramp --lib rug --lib rust-gmp --lib malachite -n 100 print answer = 2.718281828459045235360287471352662497757247093699959574966967627724076630353547594571382178525166427 ibig agrees num-bigint agrees ramp agrees rug agrees rust-gmp agrees malachite agrees

Calculate the 500-th Fibonacci number and compare answers: $ bigint-benchmark --task fib --lib ibig --lib num-bigint --lib ramp --lib rug --lib rust-gmp --lib malachite -n 500 print answer = 139423224561697880139724382870407283950070256587697307264108962948325571622863290691557658876222521294125 ibig agrees num-bigint agrees ramp agrees rug agrees rust-gmp agrees malachite agrees

Benchmark calculating a million digits of e: $ bigint-benchmark --task e --lib ibig --lib num-bigint --lib ramp --lib rug --lib rust-gmp --lib malachite -n 1000000 benchmark

Tasks

| Task | Description | Difficulty | Algorithm | Operations | | ---- | --------- | ---------- | --------- | ---------- | | e | n digits of e | Hard | Binary splitting | addition, multiplication, division, exponentiation, base conversion | | fib | n-th Fibonnaci number | Medium | Matrix exponentiation | addition, multiplication, base conversion | | fib_hex | n-th Fibonnaci number in hex | Easy | Matrix exponentiation | addition, multiplication |