This is a library specialized at replacing the big.Int library for math based on 256-bit types, used by both go-ethereum and turbo-geth.
Current benchmarks, with tests ending with big being the standard big.Int library, and uint256 being this library.
- As of 2020-03-18,
uint256wins over big in every single case, often with orders of magnitude. - And as of release
0.1.0, theuint256library is alloc-free. - With the
1.0.0release, it also has100%test coverage.
BenchmarkSetFromBig/1word-6 253798280 4.84 ns/op 0 B/op 0 allocs/op
BenchmarkSetFromBig/2words-6 242738034 5.00 ns/op 0 B/op 0 allocs/op
BenchmarkSetFromBig/3words-6 233704105 5.22 ns/op 0 B/op 0 allocs/op
BenchmarkSetFromBig/4words-6 192542544 5.70 ns/op 0 B/op 0 allocs/op
BenchmarkSetFromBig/overflow-6 212680123 6.05 ns/op 0 B/op 0 allocs/op
BenchmarkToBig/1word-6 14953528 81.6 ns/op 64 B/op 2 allocs/op
BenchmarkToBig/2words-6 15932970 85.1 ns/op 64 B/op 2 allocs/op
BenchmarkToBig/3words-6 15629001 77.0 ns/op 64 B/op 2 allocs/op
BenchmarkToBig/4words-6 14525355 78.0 ns/op 64 B/op 2 allocs/op
BenchmarkSetBytes/generic-6 5386718 230 ns/op 0 B/op 0 allocs/op
BenchmarkSetBytes/specific-6 9418405 130 ns/op 0 B/op 0 allocs/op
BenchmarkRLPEncoding-6 82531 13085 ns/op 11911 B/op 255 allocs/op
uint256:
Benchmark_Add/single/uint256-6 575308741 2.19 ns/op 0 B/op 0 allocs/op
Benchmark_Sub/single/uint256-6 551694393 2.71 ns/op 0 B/op 0 allocs/op
Benchmark_Sub/single/uint256_of-6 405466652 2.52 ns/op 0 B/op 0 allocs/op
BenchmarkMul/single/uint256-6 147034321 8.19 ns/op 0 B/op 0 allocs/op
BenchmarkMulOverflow/single/uint256-6 45344761 25.4 ns/op 0 B/op 0 allocs/op
BenchmarkSquare/single/uint256-6 196272379 6.14 ns/op 0 B/op 0 allocs/op
Benchmark_Exp/large/uint256-6 374550 3199 ns/op 0 B/op 0 allocs/op
Benchmark_Exp/small/uint256-6 4426760 270 ns/op 0 B/op 0 allocs/op
BenchmarkDiv/small/uint256-6 94629267 12.5 ns/op 0 B/op 0 allocs/op
BenchmarkDiv/mod64/uint256-6 17367373 67.6 ns/op 0 B/op 0 allocs/op
BenchmarkDiv/mod128/uint256-6 10192484 130 ns/op 0 B/op 0 allocs/op
BenchmarkDiv/mod192/uint256-6 10936984 107 ns/op 0 B/op 0 allocs/op
BenchmarkDiv/mod256/uint256-6 13436908 93.5 ns/op 0 B/op 0 allocs/op
BenchmarkMod/small/uint256-6 80138805 15.2 ns/op 0 B/op 0 allocs/op
BenchmarkMod/mod64/uint256-6 17065768 72.1 ns/op 0 B/op 0 allocs/op
BenchmarkMod/mod128/uint256-6 9469146 123 ns/op 0 B/op 0 allocs/op
BenchmarkMod/mod192/uint256-6 11193145 115 ns/op 0 B/op 0 allocs/op
BenchmarkMod/mod256/uint256-6 12896706 93.1 ns/op 0 B/op 0 allocs/op
BenchmarkAddMod/small/uint256-6 62187169 21.0 ns/op 0 B/op 0 allocs/op
BenchmarkAddMod/mod64/uint256-6 15169026 82.5 ns/op 0 B/op 0 allocs/op
BenchmarkAddMod/mod128/uint256-6 8460835 144 ns/op 0 B/op 0 allocs/op
BenchmarkAddMod/mod192/uint256-6 9273334 141 ns/op 0 B/op 0 allocs/op
BenchmarkAddMod/mod256/uint256-6 10145329 113 ns/op 0 B/op 0 allocs/op
BenchmarkMulMod/small/uint256-6 26673195 42.3 ns/op 0 B/op 0 allocs/op
BenchmarkMulMod/mod64/uint256-6 10133446 125 ns/op 0 B/op 0 allocs/op
BenchmarkMulMod/mod128/uint256-6 4955551 229 ns/op 0 B/op 0 allocs/op
BenchmarkMulMod/mod192/uint256-6 5210977 220 ns/op 0 B/op 0 allocs/op
BenchmarkMulMod/mod256/uint256-6 5527972 220 ns/op 0 B/op 0 allocs/op
Benchmark_SDiv/large/uint256-6 9823093 124 ns/op 0 B/op 0 allocs/op
vs big.Int
Benchmark_Add/single/big-6 45798462 25.0 ns/op 0 B/op 0 allocs/op
Benchmark_Sub/single/big-6 51314886 23.7 ns/op 0 B/op 0 allocs/op
BenchmarkMul/single/big-6 14101502 75.9 ns/op 0 B/op 0 allocs/op
BenchmarkMulOverflow/single/big-6 15774238 81.5 ns/op 0 B/op 0 allocs/op
BenchmarkSquare/single/big-6 16739438 71.5 ns/op 0 B/op 0 allocs/op
Benchmark_Exp/large/big-6 41250 42132 ns/op 18144 B/op 189 allocs/op
Benchmark_Exp/small/big-6 130993 10813 ns/op 7392 B/op 77 allocs/op
BenchmarkDiv/small/big-6 18169453 70.8 ns/op 8 B/op 1 allocs/op
BenchmarkDiv/mod64/big-6 7500694 147 ns/op 8 B/op 1 allocs/op
BenchmarkDiv/mod128/big-6 3075676 370 ns/op 80 B/op 1 allocs/op
BenchmarkDiv/mod192/big-6 3908166 307 ns/op 80 B/op 1 allocs/op
BenchmarkDiv/mod256/big-6 4416366 252 ns/op 80 B/op 1 allocs/op
BenchmarkMod/small/big-6 19958649 70.8 ns/op 8 B/op 1 allocs/op
BenchmarkMod/mod64/big-6 6718828 167 ns/op 64 B/op 1 allocs/op
BenchmarkMod/mod128/big-6 3347608 349 ns/op 64 B/op 1 allocs/op
BenchmarkMod/mod192/big-6 4072453 293 ns/op 48 B/op 1 allocs/op
BenchmarkMod/mod256/big-6 4545860 254 ns/op 8 B/op 1 allocs/op
BenchmarkAddMod/small/big-6 13976365 79.6 ns/op 8 B/op 1 allocs/op
BenchmarkAddMod/mod64/big-6 5799034 208 ns/op 77 B/op 1 allocs/op
BenchmarkAddMod/mod128/big-6 2998821 409 ns/op 64 B/op 1 allocs/op
BenchmarkAddMod/mod192/big-6 3420640 351 ns/op 61 B/op 1 allocs/op
BenchmarkAddMod/mod256/big-6 4124067 298 ns/op 40 B/op 1 allocs/op
BenchmarkMulMod/small/big-6 14748193 85.8 ns/op 8 B/op 1 allocs/op
BenchmarkMulMod/mod64/big-6 3524833 420 ns/op 96 B/op 1 allocs/op
BenchmarkMulMod/mod128/big-6 1851936 637 ns/op 96 B/op 1 allocs/op
BenchmarkMulMod/mod192/big-6 2028134 584 ns/op 80 B/op 1 allocs/op
BenchmarkMulMod/mod256/big-6 2125716 576 ns/op 80 B/op 1 allocs/op
Benchmark_SDiv/large/big-6 1658139 848 ns/op 312 B/op 6 allocs/op
uint256
Benchmark_And/single/uint256-6 571318570 2.13 ns/op 0 B/op 0 allocs/op
Benchmark_Or/single/uint256-6 500672864 2.09 ns/op 0 B/op 0 allocs/op
Benchmark_Xor/single/uint256-6 575198724 2.24 ns/op 0 B/op 0 allocs/op
Benchmark_Cmp/single/uint256-6 400446943 3.09 ns/op 0 B/op 0 allocs/op
BenchmarkLt/large/uint256-6 322143085 3.50 ns/op 0 B/op 0 allocs/op
BenchmarkLt/small/uint256-6 351231680 3.33 ns/op 0 B/op 0 allocs/op
vs big.Int
Benchmark_And/single/big-6 78524395 16.2 ns/op 0 B/op 0 allocs/op
Benchmark_Or/single/big-6 65390958 20.5 ns/op 0 B/op 0 allocs/op
Benchmark_Xor/single/big-6 58333172 20.6 ns/op 0 B/op 0 allocs/op
Benchmark_Cmp/single/big-6 144781878 8.37 ns/op 0 B/op 0 allocs/op
BenchmarkLt/large/big-6 95643212 13.8 ns/op 0 B/op 0 allocs/op
BenchmarkLt/small/big-6 84561792 14.6 ns/op 0 B/op 0 allocs/op
uint256:
Benchmark_Lsh/n_eq_0/uint256-6 291558974 3.96 ns/op 0 B/op 0 allocs/op
Benchmark_Lsh/n_gt_192/uint256-6 208429646 5.80 ns/op 0 B/op 0 allocs/op
Benchmark_Lsh/n_gt_128/uint256-6 151857447 6.90 ns/op 0 B/op 0 allocs/op
Benchmark_Lsh/n_gt_64/uint256-6 124543732 9.55 ns/op 0 B/op 0 allocs/op
Benchmark_Lsh/n_gt_0/uint256-6 100000000 11.2 ns/op 0 B/op 0 allocs/op
Benchmark_Rsh/n_eq_0/uint256-6 296913555 4.08 ns/op 0 B/op 0 allocs/op
Benchmark_Rsh/n_gt_192/uint256-6 212698939 5.52 ns/op 0 B/op 0 allocs/op
Benchmark_Rsh/n_gt_128/uint256-6 157391629 7.59 ns/op 0 B/op 0 allocs/op
Benchmark_Rsh/n_gt_64/uint256-6 124916373 9.46 ns/op 0 B/op 0 allocs/op
Benchmark_Rsh/n_gt_0/uint256-6 100000000 11.5 ns/op
vs big.Int:
Benchmark_Lsh/n_eq_0/big-6 21387698 78.6 ns/op 64 B/op 1 allocs/op
Benchmark_Lsh/n_gt_192/big-6 15645853 73.9 ns/op 96 B/op 1 allocs/op
Benchmark_Lsh/n_gt_128/big-6 15954750 75.0 ns/op 96 B/op 1 allocs/op
Benchmark_Lsh/n_gt_64/big-6 16771413 81.3 ns/op 80 B/op 1 allocs/op
Benchmark_Lsh/n_gt_0/big-6 17118044 70.7 ns/op 80 B/op 1 allocs/op
Benchmark_Rsh/n_eq_0/big-6 21585044 65.5 ns/op 64 B/op 1 allocs/op
Benchmark_Rsh/n_gt_192/big-6 28313300 42.3 ns/op 8 B/op 1 allocs/op
Benchmark_Rsh/n_gt_128/big-6 21191526 58.1 ns/op 48 B/op 1 allocs/op
Benchmark_Rsh/n_gt_64/big-6 15906076 69.0 ns/op 64 B/op 1 allocs/op
Benchmark_Rsh/n_gt_0/big-6 19234408 93.0 ns/op 64 B/op 1 allocs/op
If you're interested in low-level algorithms and/or doing optimizations for shaving off nanoseconds, then this is certainly for you!
Choose an operation, and optimize the s**t out of it!
A few rules, though, to help your PR get approved:
- Do not optimize for 'best-case'/'most common case' at the expense of worst-case.
- We'll hold off on go assembly for a while, until the algos and interfaces are finished in a 'good enough' first version. After that, it's assembly time.
To do a simple benchmark for everything, do
go test -run - -bench . -benchmem
To see the difference between a branch and master, for a particular benchmark, do
git checkout master
go test -run - -bench Benchmark_Lsh -benchmem -count=10 > old.txt
git checkout opt_branch
go test -run - -bench Benchmark_Lsh -benchmem -count=10 > new.txt
benchstat old.txt new.txt