Programming Language and compiler
Benchmarks

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Crystal VS C# benchmarks

Current benchmark data was generated on Sun Sep 27 2026, full log can be found HERE

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[x86_64][4 cores] Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3687U CPU @ 2.10GHz (Model 58)

* -m in a file name stands for multi-threading or multi-processing

* -i in a file name stands for direct intrinsics usage. (Usage of simd intrinsics via libraries is not counted)

* -ffi in a file name stands for non-stdlib FFI usage

* (You may find time < time(user) + time(sys) for some non-parallelized programs, the overhead is from GC or JIT compiler, which are allowed to take advantage of multi-cores as that's more close to real-world scenarios.)

binarytrees

Input: 18

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
csharp 1.cs 1295ms 11ms 187.1MB 1320ms 160ms dotnet 9.0.318
crystal 1.cr 2516ms 29ms 57.1MB 2487ms 10ms crystal 1.11.2

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
crystal 1.cr 223ms 20ms 9.5MB 207ms 0ms crystal 1.11.2
csharp 1.cs 287ms 27ms 55.0MB 213ms 33ms dotnet 9.0.318

coro-prime-sieve

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
crystal 1.cr 2387ms 104ms 20.1MB 2310ms 60ms crystal 1.11.2
csharp 1-m.cs 3524ms 240ms 77.2MB 12327ms 143ms dotnet 9.0.318

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
crystal 1.cr 94ms 1.2ms 7.3MB 73ms 10ms crystal 1.11.2
csharp 1-m.cs 433ms 30ms 41.3MB 1257ms 27ms dotnet 9.0.318

edigits

Input: 250001

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
crystal 1.cr 100ms 23ms 7.2MB 83ms 3ms crystal 1.11.2
csharp 1.cs 8169ms 4.7ms 39.1MB 8167ms 20ms dotnet 9.0.318

Input: 100000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
crystal 1.cr 33ms 2.6ms 4.9MB 20ms 0ms crystal 1.11.2
csharp 1.cs 1436ms 18ms 36.0MB 1407ms 10ms dotnet 9.0.318

fannkuch-redux

Input: 11

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
crystal 1.cr 3642ms 13ms 2.5MB 3633ms 0ms crystal 1.11.2

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
crystal 1.cr 295ms 1.0ms 2.5MB 280ms 0ms crystal 1.11.2

fasta

Input: 2500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
csharp 5-m.cs 228ms 1.4ms 45.9MB 590ms 100ms dotnet 9.0.318
crystal 2.cr 622ms 5.2ms 2.9MB 493ms 110ms crystal 1.11.2
crystal 1.cr 864ms 8.7ms 14.1MB 743ms 100ms crystal 1.11.2

Input: 250000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
crystal 2.cr 78ms 5.8ms 2.9MB 57ms 10ms crystal 1.11.2
csharp 5-m.cs 89ms 8.4ms 41.0MB 130ms 10ms dotnet 9.0.318
crystal 1.cr 94ms 2.3ms 4.0MB 70ms 7ms crystal 1.11.2

helloworld

Input: QwQ

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
crystal 1.cr 2.8ms 0.5ms 2.5MB 0ms 0ms crystal 1.11.2
csharp 1.cs 46ms 3.5ms 24.6MB 30ms 2ms dotnet 9.0.318

http-server

Input: 3000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
csharp 2-http2.cs 821ms 13ms 108.9MB 1357ms 167ms dotnet 9.0.318
csharp 2-m.cs 1078ms 79ms 166.0MB 1467ms 757ms dotnet 9.0.318
csharp 1-m.cs 1153ms 50ms 167.4MB 1897ms 800ms dotnet 9.0.318
csharp 2-http3.cs 1186ms 29ms 170.6MB 2087ms 340ms dotnet 9.0.318
crystal 1.cr 4232ms 927ms 223.2MB 540ms 507ms crystal 1.11.2

Input: 500

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
csharp 2.cs 608ms 17ms 87.8MB 637ms 177ms dotnet 9.0.318
csharp 1-m.cs 656ms 17ms 100.2MB 873ms 230ms dotnet 9.0.318
csharp 2-http2.cs 679ms 17ms 90.2MB 780ms 113ms dotnet 9.0.318
csharp 2-http3.cs 868ms 13ms 100.2MB 1010ms 147ms dotnet 9.0.318
crystal 1.cr 1222ms 100ms 62.3MB 63ms 77ms crystal 1.11.2

lru

Input: 1000 1000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
crystal 0-unsafe.cr 55ms 2.8ms 2.9MB 40ms 0ms crystal 1.11.2
crystal 1.cr 88ms 0.3ms 2.4MB 80ms 0ms crystal 1.11.2
csharp 2.cs 293ms 15ms 32.0MB 273ms 13ms dotnet 9.0.318
csharp 1.cs 2152ms 98ms 36.0MB 2140ms 20ms dotnet 9.0.318

Input: 1000 3000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
crystal 0-unsafe.cr 155ms 2.1ms 2.5MB 147ms 0ms crystal 1.11.2
crystal 1.cr 260ms 6.8ms 2.5MB 250ms 0ms crystal 1.11.2
csharp 2.cs 484ms 2.4ms 29.8MB 463ms 13ms dotnet 9.0.318
csharp 1.cs 6072ms 312ms 36.0MB 6053ms 30ms dotnet 9.0.318

Input: 100 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
crystal 0-unsafe.cr 32ms 3.0ms 2.5MB 23ms 0ms crystal 1.11.2
crystal 1.cr 47ms 2.2ms 2.5MB 37ms 0ms crystal 1.11.2
csharp 2.cs 203ms 0.2ms 31.9MB 180ms 10ms dotnet 9.0.318
csharp 1.cs 4300ms 12ms 33.1MB 4280ms 20ms dotnet 9.0.318

mandelbrot

Input: 5000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
crystal 1.cr 507ms 1.0ms 9.4MB 493ms 0ms crystal 1.11.2
csharp 4.cs 1297ms 11ms 38.9MB 1273ms 10ms dotnet 9.0.318
csharp 2.cs 1353ms 3.1ms 40.1MB 1333ms 13ms dotnet 9.0.318
csharp 3.cs 3774ms 86ms 39.8MB 3747ms 10ms dotnet 9.0.318
csharp 1.cs 3878ms 86ms 39.6MB 3857ms 7ms dotnet 9.0.318

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
crystal 1.cr 27ms 0.6ms 6.1MB 20ms 0ms crystal 1.11.2
csharp 4.cs 177ms 2.6ms 35.9MB 153ms 17ms dotnet 9.0.318
csharp 1.cs 231ms 2.8ms 34.9MB 207ms 10ms dotnet 9.0.318
csharp 3.cs 268ms 2.2ms 34.6MB 237ms 20ms dotnet 9.0.318
csharp 2.cs 295ms 8.0ms 37.0MB 277ms 7ms dotnet 9.0.318

merkletrees

Input: 17

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
csharp 2.cs 904ms 34ms 135.4MB 880ms 93ms dotnet 9.0.318
csharp 1.cs 1035ms 40ms 163.4MB 1010ms 123ms dotnet 9.0.318
crystal 1.cr 1329ms 15ms 65.7MB 1307ms 10ms crystal 1.11.2

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
crystal 1.cr 270ms 3.0ms 23.9MB 253ms 0ms crystal 1.11.2
csharp 2.cs 304ms 5.8ms 74.7MB 257ms 57ms dotnet 9.0.318
csharp 1.cs 337ms 4.6ms 93.7MB 303ms 57ms dotnet 9.0.318

nbody

Input: 5000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
crystal 2.cr 632ms 1.1ms 3.0MB 620ms 0ms crystal 1.11.2
crystal 1.cr 636ms 6.6ms 3.0MB 623ms 0ms crystal 1.11.2
csharp 8.cs 783ms 1.5ms 29.6MB 760ms 10ms dotnet 9.0.318
csharp 9.cs 997ms 4.7ms 29.6MB 967ms 17ms dotnet 9.0.318

Input: 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
crystal 2.cr 68ms 0.7ms 3.0MB 57ms 0ms crystal 1.11.2
crystal 1.cr 68ms 2.8ms 3.0MB 60ms 0ms crystal 1.11.2
csharp 8.cs 159ms 7.2ms 30.1MB 140ms 3ms dotnet 9.0.318
csharp 9.cs 228ms 3.1ms 29.9MB 203ms 10ms dotnet 9.0.318

nsieve

Input: 12

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
crystal 2.cr 597ms 9.0ms 11.8MB 580ms 0ms crystal 1.11.2
csharp 2.cs 819ms 3.8ms 33.5MB 797ms 13ms dotnet 9.0.318
csharp 1.cs 1042ms 3.6ms 96.6MB 1020ms 13ms dotnet 9.0.318
crystal 1.cr 1077ms 11ms 42.4MB 1060ms 0ms crystal 1.11.2

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
crystal 2.cr 116ms 1.9ms 5.3MB 100ms 0ms crystal 1.11.2
csharp 2.cs 205ms 0.9ms 32.5MB 183ms 7ms dotnet 9.0.318
crystal 1.cr 210ms 7.1ms 21.0MB 197ms 0ms crystal 1.11.2
csharp 1.cs 235ms 2.8ms 37.6MB 213ms 10ms dotnet 9.0.318

pidigits

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
crystal 1.cr 3508ms 129ms 5.6MB 3480ms 10ms crystal 1.11.2
csharp 1.cs 4990ms 415ms 40.2MB 4877ms 317ms dotnet 9.0.318

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
crystal 1.cr 831ms 12ms 4.3MB 807ms 3ms crystal 1.11.2
csharp 1.cs 1338ms 83ms 39.5MB 1447ms 73ms dotnet 9.0.318

spectral-norm

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
csharp 3-m.cs 5928ms 20ms 33.5MB 23127ms 17ms dotnet 9.0.318
crystal 1.cr 11056ms 4.8ms 3.9MB 11043ms 0ms crystal 1.11.2

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
csharp 3-m.cs 1536ms 1.6ms 34.0MB 5793ms 13ms dotnet 9.0.318
crystal 1.cr 2769ms 0.6ms 3.9MB 2757ms 0ms crystal 1.11.2

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
csharp 3-m.cs 449ms 3.7ms 33.3MB 1487ms 17ms dotnet 9.0.318
crystal 1.cr 699ms 4.1ms 3.5MB 687ms 0ms crystal 1.11.2