2022/09/19 by Nikolay Ivanov, Ivanov, Nikolay · 1 voice
Computer Science · #Distributed systems and fault tolerance #Parallel Computing and Optimization Techniques #Software System Performance and Reliability #cs.PF #cs.PL
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2209.09127
openalex publication_date 2022/09/19 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Rust is a relatively new system programming language that has been experiencing a rapid adoption in the past 10 years. Rust incorporates a memory ownership model enforced at a compile time. Since this model involves zero runtime overhead, programs written in Rust are not only memory-safe but also fast, leading to performance comparable to C and C++. Multiple existing benchmarks comparing the performance of Rust with other languages focus on rarely used superficial algorithms, leading to somewhat inconclusive results. In this work, we conduct a comparative performance benchmark of Rust and C++ using commonly used algorithms and data structures rather than exotic ones. Our evaluation shows that the overall performance of Rust is similar to C++, with only minor disadvantage. We also demonstrate that in some Rust routines are slightly faster than the ones of C++.