Benchmark Nostr libraries' functions.
Full log is here.
Install Deno.
deno bench
If you want to run NDK benchmark, add --allow-env flag at your own risk.
CPU | AMD EPYC 7763 64-Core Processor
Runtime | Deno 1.46.3 (x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu)
file:///home/runner/work/nostr-library-benchmarks/nostr-library-benchmarks/javascript-api.bench.ts
benchmark time/iter (avg) iter/s (min … max) p75 p99 p995
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new URL 447.8 ns 2,233,000 (429.9 ns … 676.9 ns) 444.1 ns 604.2 ns 676.9 ns
JSON.parse 67.2 ns 14,890,000 ( 62.7 ns … 111.3 ns) 66.8 ns 88.7 ns 96.9 ns
file:///home/runner/work/nostr-library-benchmarks/nostr-library-benchmarks/ndk.bench.ts
benchmark time/iter (avg) iter/s (min … max) p75 p99 p995
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sign 2.5 ms 404.4 ( 2.2 ms … 4.5 ms) 2.5 ms 4.2 ms 4.5 ms
verifySignature 1.6 ms 612.8 ( 1.5 ms … 2.7 ms) 1.6 ms 2.7 ms 2.7 ms
file:///home/runner/work/nostr-library-benchmarks/nostr-library-benchmarks/nostr-tools.bench.ts
benchmark time/iter (avg) iter/s (min … max) p75 p99 p995
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generateSecretKey 5.6 µs 179,500 ( 4.7 µs … 1.0 ms) 5.4 µs 12.3 µs 15.2 µs
getPublicKey 228.0 µs 4,386 (197.9 µs … 1.0 ms) 224.7 µs 441.0 µs 477.9 µs
getEventHash 13.2 µs 75,980 ( 7.3 µs … 168.7 µs) 13.2 µs 57.7 µs 60.4 µs
finalizeEvent 2.3 ms 432.1 ( 2.1 ms … 6.2 ms) 2.3 ms 4.5 ms 5.1 ms
verifyEvent 1.5 ms 655.8 ( 1.4 ms … 2.9 ms) 1.5 ms 2.4 ms 2.9 ms
serializeEvent 2.6 µs 382,800 ( 1.5 µs … 49.0 µs) 2.0 µs 32.9 µs 34.7 µs
JSON.stringify 3.6 µs 280,300 ( 2.6 µs … 6.0 µs) 3.9 µs 5.6 µs 5.7 µs
JSON.parse 3.4 µs 293,000 ( 2.5 µs … 13.1 µs) 3.8 µs 5.7 µs 6.8 µs
file:///home/runner/work/nostr-library-benchmarks/nostr-library-benchmarks/nostr-wasm.bench.ts
benchmark time/iter (avg) iter/s (min … max) p75 p99 p995
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initNostrWasm 5.5 ms 180.3 ( 4.8 ms … 9.4 ms) 6.1 ms 8.4 ms 9.4 ms
generateSecretKey 6.9 µs 145,400 ( 4.9 µs … 11.0 µs) 7.6 µs 10.7 µs 11.0 µs
getPublicKey 260.6 µs 3,837 (241.6 µs … 453.8 µs) 257.1 µs 453.8 µs 453.8 µs
finalizeEvent 536.4 µs 1,864 (496.4 µs … 902.6 µs) 524.6 µs 902.6 µs 902.6 µs
verifyEvent 442.0 µs 2,262 (396.3 µs … 762.6 µs) 432.0 µs 762.6 µs 762.6 µs
file:///home/runner/work/nostr-library-benchmarks/nostr-library-benchmarks/nostrify.bench.ts
benchmark time/iter (avg) iter/s (min … max) p75 p99 p995
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NSecSigner 98.0 ns 10,200,000 ( 69.0 ns … 77.8 µs) 81.0 ns 350.0 ns 592.0 ns
getPublicKey 226.9 µs 4,407 (201.3 µs … 1.0 ms) 223.9 µs 459.8 µs 495.7 µs
signEvent 2.3 ms 427.8 ( 2.1 ms … 4.4 ms) 2.3 ms 4.2 ms 4.3 ms
file:///home/runner/work/nostr-library-benchmarks/nostr-library-benchmarks/rust-nostr.bench.ts
benchmark time/iter (avg) iter/s (min … max) p75 p99 p995
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loadWasmSync 82.0 ns 12,200,000 ( 69.0 ns … 128.1 µs) 80.0 ns 100.0 ns 111.0 ns
loadWasmAsync 147.0 ns 6,803,000 (134.2 ns … 658.7 ns) 144.5 ns 406.9 ns 472.3 ns
generate 277.2 µs 3,607 (264.0 µs … 863.4 µs) 275.5 µs 504.3 µs 523.8 µs
toEvent 168.0 µs 5,953 (155.9 µs … 705.4 µs) 170.2 µs 308.4 µs 341.9 µs
verify 285.2 µs 3,507 (265.6 µs … 363.6 µs) 289.7 µs 322.7 µs 351.9 µs
verify with fromJson 368.7 µs 2,712 (335.6 µs … 882.1 µs) 365.5 µs 698.0 µs 882.1 µs
file:///home/runner/work/nostr-library-benchmarks/nostr-library-benchmarks/rx-nostr-crypto.bench.ts
benchmark time/iter (avg) iter/s (min … max) p75 p99 p995
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getPublicKey 221.7 µs 4,511 (194.3 µs … 1.3 ms) 217.2 µs 463.8 µs 497.6 µs
getEventHash 9.7 µs 103,000 ( 5.6 µs … 75.0 µs) 10.5 µs 27.7 µs 33.3 µs
getSignature 1.9 ms 518.3 ( 1.8 ms … 3.5 ms) 1.9 ms 3.4 ms 3.4 ms
seckeySigner 209.4 µs 4,775 (192.3 µs … 589.2 µs) 208.4 µs 385.9 µs 400.0 µs
seckeySigner.getPublicKey 722.0 ns 1,385,000 (350.0 ns … 27.3 µs) 731.0 ns 2.7 µs 3.2 µs
seckeySigner.signEvent 1.9 ms 526.8 ( 1.8 ms … 2.2 ms) 1.9 ms 2.1 ms 2.1 ms
verify 1.5 ms 678.1 ( 1.3 ms … 2.7 ms) 1.5 ms 1.6 ms 2.7 ms
Install Go.
go test -bench .
cpu: AMD EPYC 7763 64-Core Processor
BenchmarkGeneratePrivateKey-4 751238 1599 ns/op
BenchmarkGetPublicKey-4 33727 36158 ns/op
BenchmarkSign-4 4244 274345 ns/op
BenchmarkVerify-4 6632 180577 ns/op
PASS
ok github.com/SnowCait/nostr-library-benchmarks 5.223s
Install .NET SDK.
dotnet run --configuration Release
BenchmarkDotNet v0.14.0, Ubuntu 22.04.4 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)
AMD EPYC 7763, 1 CPU, 4 logical and 2 physical cores
.NET SDK 8.0.401
[Host] : .NET 8.0.8 (8.0.824.36612), X64 RyuJIT AVX2
DefaultJob : .NET 8.0.8 (8.0.824.36612), X64 RyuJIT AVX2
| Method | Mean | Error | StdDev |
|----------------- |-----------:|----------:|----------:|
| GenerateNew | 6.056 us | 0.0345 us | 0.0306 us |
| Sign | 676.871 us | 1.5098 us | 1.4123 us |
| IsSignatureValid | 269.284 us | 0.9796 us | 0.9163 us |
| Method | Mean | Error | StdDev |
|---------------------- |-----------:|----------:|----------:|
| Create | 3.258 us | 0.0221 us | 0.0196 us |
| ComputeIdAndSignAsync | 632.257 us | 1.3908 us | 1.3009 us |
| Verify | 268.171 us | 0.6488 us | 0.6069 us |
Install Rust and Build Tools.
Add PATH of clang if needed.
rustup install nightly
cargo +nightly bench
Running unittests rust-nostr.rs (target/release/deps/rust_nostr-7308c1fac91d5fd8)
running 3 tests
test tests::bench_generate ... bench: 48,993.31 ns/iter (+/- 539.17)
test tests::bench_to_event ... bench: 28,504.62 ns/iter (+/- 353.35)
test tests::bench_verify ... bench: 37,940.99 ns/iter (+/- 345.95)
test result: ok. 0 passed; 0 failed; 0 ignored; 3 measured; 0 filtered out; finished in 0.63s
See wiki
Welcome pull requests to add libraries or functions.