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(Chez) Scheme benchmarks?

Now that Chez Scheme is open-source, I wonder how it compares to Racket and other Schemes or languages in terms of performance, so that one could make informed choices about using them in one's projects.

Unfortunately, I couldn't find any relevant benchmarks.

I found the following:

https://ecraven.github.io/r7rs-benchmarks/benchmark.html

Problem: no Racket, or other languages (Update 10/13/18: Chez is now included in some of the benchmarks)

http://www.larcenists.org/benchmarksGenuineR6Linux.html

Problem: no Chez Scheme, or other languages

https://benchmarksgame-team.pages.debian.net/benchmarksgame/

Problem: only Racket, questionable comparisions (For example, Python is not allowed to use Numpy where it would clearly help, while Racket is making FFI calls to GMP)

So, none of the benchmarks I found allow you to compare Racket to Chez, for example, or Chez to SBCL, or Java. Are there Chez benchmarks that give you a sense of how fast it is?

Chez Scheme is often said to be the fastest Scheme/Lisp around. We should know if it's faster than, say, Java for your typical business logic application.

Solution

  • Kent Dybvig has written articles on the implementation Chez Scheme. They'll often have comparisons with other implementations:

    https://www.cs.indiana.edu/~dyb/