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json/tests/benchmarks/json_view/compare.py
Niels Lohmann 222181c5a3 Benchmark editing documents with json_view, yyjson, Boost.JSON, and json
bench_edit.cpp joins the comparison: parse, apply the same logical edits
with each library's own API (a handful at fixed places, or one in every
record), and serialize; all outputs must describe the same value.
compare.py builds and runs it with the other two programs.

Signed-off-by: Niels Lohmann <mail@nlohmann.me>
2026-09-30 15:09:13 +02:00

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#!/usr/bin/env python3
# __ _____ _____ _____
# __| | __| | | | JSON for Modern C++ (supporting code)
# | | |__ | | | | | | version 3.12.0
# |_____|_____|_____|_|___| https://github.com/nlohmann/json
#
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2013-2026 Niels Lohmann <https://nlohmann.me>
# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
"""Compare json_view with yyjson, simdjson, Boost.JSON, and json::parse.
Builds bench_view.cpp, bench_corpus.cpp, and bench_edit.cpp against the include/ directory of
this checkout, runs them, and writes the results with everything needed to
reproduce them (date, commit, CPU, OS, compiler, library versions, flags) to
results/<date>-<host>.md and .csv next to this script.
The other libraries come from the system (--system, the default: pkg-config
or Homebrew) or are downloaded as pinned releases and checked against their
SHA-256 (--download). Boost.JSON is optional: without Boost headers, its
columns are skipped, and the results say so.
Only the Python 3 standard library is used; a C++17 compiler is needed.
"""
import argparse
import datetime
import hashlib
import os
import platform
import re
import shlex
import shutil
import subprocess
import sys
import tarfile
import urllib.request
HERE = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))
REPO = os.path.abspath(os.path.join(HERE, '..', '..', '..'))
# pinned releases for --download; the hashes are those of the archives
PINNED = {
'yyjson': {
'version': '0.13.0',
'url': 'https://github.com/ibireme/yyjson/archive/refs/tags/0.13.0.tar.gz',
'sha256': '34e0f62a2bc11ab20d601e8ca1cc2b2079503aa45119a19133d89d19b94a0fae',
'dir': 'yyjson-0.13.0',
},
'simdjson': {
'version': '4.6.11',
'url': 'https://github.com/simdjson/simdjson/archive/refs/tags/v4.6.11.tar.gz',
'sha256': '61d948fc24f0d793829ad658058e7597d064988a89b4607ea02e401a82df98ff',
'dir': 'simdjson-4.6.11',
},
'boost': {
'version': '1.92.0',
'url': 'https://archives.boost.io/release/1.92.0/source/boost_1_92_0.tar.gz',
'sha256': 'c4a3b310ddd2472416e091067166b0713be97c63f38c212c484ada022fd296ce',
'dir': 'boost_1_92_0',
},
}
# the documents of bench_view.cpp, relative to the json_test_data directory
DEFAULT_CORPUS = [
'nativejson-benchmark/twitter.json',
'nativejson-benchmark/citm_catalog.json',
'nativejson-benchmark/canada.json',
'jeopardy/jeopardy.json',
]
def run(cmd, **kwargs):
print('+ ' + ' '.join(shlex.quote(c) for c in cmd), flush=True)
return subprocess.run(cmd, check=True, **kwargs)
def output(cmd):
try:
return subprocess.run(cmd, check=True, capture_output=True, text=True).stdout.strip()
except (OSError, subprocess.CalledProcessError):
return ''
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# libraries
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
class Library:
"""include directories, sources to compile, and linker flags of a library"""
def __init__(self, name, include=None, sources=None, link=None, version=''):
self.name = name
self.include = include or []
self.sources = sources or []
self.link = link or []
self.version = version
def header_version(path, pattern):
try:
with open(path, encoding='utf-8', errors='replace') as f:
m = re.search(pattern, f.read())
return m.group(1) if m else ''
except OSError:
return ''
def library_version(name, include_dirs):
patterns = {
'yyjson': ('yyjson.h', r'#define\s+YYJSON_VERSION_STRING\s+"([^"]+)"'),
'simdjson': ('simdjson.h', r'#define\s+SIMDJSON_VERSION\s+"?([0-9.]+)"?'),
'boost': (os.path.join('boost', 'version.hpp'), r'#define\s+BOOST_LIB_VERSION\s+"([^"]+)"'),
}
header, pattern = patterns[name]
for d in include_dirs:
v = header_version(os.path.join(d, header), pattern)
if v:
return v.replace('_', '.')
return ''
def system_library(name):
"""a library found with pkg-config or Homebrew, or None"""
flags = output(['pkg-config', '--cflags', '--libs', name]).split()
if flags:
include = [f[2:] for f in flags if f.startswith('-I')]
link = [f for f in flags if f.startswith('-L') or f.startswith('-l')]
libdirs = [f[2:] for f in link if f.startswith('-L')]
link += ['-Wl,-rpath,' + d for d in libdirs]
return Library(name, include, [], link, library_version(name, include))
prefix = output(['brew', '--prefix', name]) if shutil.which('brew') else ''
if prefix and os.path.isdir(os.path.join(prefix, 'include')):
include = [os.path.join(prefix, 'include')]
link = []
if name != 'boost':
lib = os.path.join(prefix, 'lib')
link = ['-L' + lib, '-l' + name, '-Wl,-rpath,' + lib]
return Library(name, include, [], link, library_version(name, include))
if name == 'boost':
for d in ['/usr/include', '/usr/local/include']:
if os.path.isfile(os.path.join(d, 'boost', 'json.hpp')):
return Library(name, [d], [], [], library_version(name, [d]))
return None
def download_library(name, work):
"""a pinned release, downloaded and checked, or an error"""
pin = PINNED[name]
archive = os.path.join(work, 'download', os.path.basename(pin['url']))
os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(archive), exist_ok=True)
if not os.path.isfile(archive):
print(f'downloading {pin["url"]}', flush=True)
urllib.request.urlretrieve(pin['url'], archive)
with open(archive, 'rb') as f:
digest = hashlib.sha256(f.read()).hexdigest()
if digest != pin['sha256']:
sys.exit(f'error: SHA-256 of {archive} is {digest}, expected {pin["sha256"]}')
src = os.path.join(work, 'download', pin['dir'])
if not os.path.isdir(src):
with tarfile.open(archive) as t:
# (the 'data' filter rejects links and paths outside the target where Python has it)
kwargs = {'filter': 'data'} if hasattr(tarfile, 'data_filter') else {}
t.extractall(os.path.join(work, 'download'), **kwargs) # noqa: S202 (checked archive)
if name == 'yyjson':
return Library(name, [os.path.join(src, 'src')], [os.path.join(src, 'src', 'yyjson.c')], [], pin['version'])
if name == 'simdjson':
single = os.path.join(src, 'singleheader')
return Library(name, [single], [os.path.join(single, 'simdjson.cpp')], [], pin['version'])
return Library(name, [src], [], [], pin['version'])
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# machine description
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
def cpu_model():
if sys.platform == 'darwin':
return output(['sysctl', '-n', 'machdep.cpu.brand_string'])
try:
with open('/proc/cpuinfo', encoding='utf-8') as f:
for line in f:
if line.startswith('model name') or line.startswith('Model'):
return line.split(':', 1)[1].strip()
except OSError:
pass
# (AArch64 Linux: /proc/cpuinfo has no model name, lscpu knows it)
for line in output(['lscpu']).splitlines():
if line.startswith('Model name:'):
return line.split(':', 1)[1].strip()
return platform.processor() or platform.machine()
def git_commit():
commit = output(['git', '-C', REPO, 'rev-parse', '--short=12', 'HEAD'])
dirty = output(['git', '-C', REPO, 'status', '--porcelain', '--untracked-files=no'])
return commit + (' (with local changes)' if dirty else '')
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# main
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
def main():
ap = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__, formatter_class=argparse.RawDescriptionHelpFormatter)
ap.add_argument('--data', required=True, help='json_test_data directory (with nativejson-benchmark/ and jeopardy/)')
ap.add_argument('--download', action='store_true', help='use pinned downloads instead of system libraries')
ap.add_argument('--no-boost', action='store_true', help='skip Boost.JSON')
ap.add_argument('--native', action='store_true', help='compile for this CPU (-march=native / -mcpu=native)')
ap.add_argument('--rounds', type=int, default=30, help='rounds of bench_view (default: 30)')
ap.add_argument('--corpus', nargs='*', default=[], help='more files for bench_corpus')
ap.add_argument('--build-dir', default=os.path.join(HERE, 'build'), help='where to build (default: build/ next to this script)')
args = ap.parse_args()
cxx = os.environ.get('CXX', 'c++')
cc = os.environ.get('CC', 'cc')
os.makedirs(args.build_dir, exist_ok=True)
libs = {}
for name in ['yyjson', 'simdjson', 'boost']:
if name == 'boost' and args.no_boost:
continue
lib = download_library(name, args.build_dir) if args.download else system_library(name)
if lib is None and name != 'boost':
sys.exit(f'error: {name} not found; install it, or use --download')
if lib is not None:
libs[name] = lib
with_boost = 'boost' in libs
if not with_boost:
print('Boost.JSON not found: its columns are skipped', flush=True)
flags = ['-std=c++17', '-O3', '-DNDEBUG', f'-DJSON_VIEW_BENCH_BOOST={1 if with_boost else 0}']
if args.native:
flags.append('-mcpu=native' if platform.machine().lower() in ('arm64', 'aarch64') else '-march=native')
include = ['-I' + os.path.join(REPO, 'include')] + ['-I' + d for lib in libs.values() for d in lib.include]
link = [f for lib in libs.values() for f in lib.link]
# C sources of downloaded libraries are compiled once
objects = []
for lib in libs.values():
for src in lib.sources:
obj = os.path.join(args.build_dir, os.path.basename(src) + '.o')
compiler = cc if src.endswith('.c') else cxx
run([compiler] + (['-std=c++17'] if compiler == cxx else []) + ['-O3', '-DNDEBUG', '-c', src, '-o', obj]
+ ['-I' + d for d in lib.include])
objects.append(obj)
binaries = {}
for bench in ['bench_view', 'bench_corpus', 'bench_edit']:
exe = os.path.join(args.build_dir, bench)
run([cxx] + flags + include + [os.path.join(HERE, bench + '.cpp')] + objects + link + ['-o', exe])
binaries[bench] = exe
# run: bench_view on its documents, bench_corpus on those and the given files
corpus = [os.path.join(args.data, f) for f in DEFAULT_CORPUS] + args.corpus
outputs = {}
outputs['bench_view'] = run([binaries['bench_view'], args.data, str(args.rounds)], cwd=args.build_dir,
capture_output=True, text=True).stdout
outputs['bench_corpus'] = run([binaries['bench_corpus']] + corpus, cwd=args.build_dir,
capture_output=True, text=True).stdout
outputs['bench_edit'] = run([binaries['bench_edit'], args.data, str(max(1, args.rounds // 2))], cwd=args.build_dir,
capture_output=True, text=True).stdout
for name, text in outputs.items():
print(text)
# results with their metadata
now = datetime.datetime.now()
host = re.sub(r'[^A-Za-z0-9-]+', '-', platform.node().split('.')[0]) or 'host'
stem = os.path.join(HERE, 'results', f'{now:%Y-%m-%d}-{host}')
os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(stem), exist_ok=True)
meta = [
('date', f'{now:%Y-%m-%d %H:%M}'),
('commit', git_commit()),
('CPU', cpu_model()),
('OS', f'{platform.system()} {platform.release()} ({platform.machine()})'),
('compiler', output([cxx, '--version']).splitlines()[0] if output([cxx, '--version']) else cxx),
('flags', ' '.join(flags)),
('yyjson', libs['yyjson'].version),
('simdjson', libs['simdjson'].version),
('Boost.JSON', libs['boost'].version if with_boost else 'skipped (not found)'),
('libraries from', 'pinned downloads' if args.download else 'the system'),
('rounds', str(args.rounds)),
]
with open(stem + '.md', 'w', encoding='utf-8') as f:
f.write(f'# json_view comparison, {now:%Y-%m-%d}\n\n')
f.write('Generated by `tests/benchmarks/json_view/compare.py`; best of the interleaved rounds.\n\n')
f.write('| | |\n|---|---|\n')
for key, value in meta:
f.write(f'| {key} | {value} |\n')
for name, text in outputs.items():
f.write(f'\n## {name}\n\n```\n{text.rstrip()}\n```\n')
with open(stem + '.csv', 'w', encoding='utf-8') as out:
out.write(''.join(f'# {key}: {value}\n' for key, value in meta))
for name in ['bench_view', 'bench_corpus', 'bench_edit']:
path = os.path.join(args.build_dir, name + '.csv')
if os.path.isfile(path):
with open(path, encoding='utf-8') as f:
out.write(f'# {name}\n' + f.read())
print(f'results: {stem}.md, {stem}.csv')
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()