MdTeach/zkvm-perf

SP1 Benchmarks

A suite of benchmarks to evaluate SP1's performance.

Setup

Install Rust:

curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh
rustup install nightly

Install the SP1 toolchain:

curl -L https://sp1.succinct.xyz | bash
source ~/.bashrc
sp1up
cargo prove --version

Install the Risc0 toolchain:

curl -L https://risczero.com/install | bash
source ~/.bashrc
rzup
cargo risczero --version

Install Docker.

• https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/ubuntu/
• https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/linux-postinstall/

Install the NVIDIA Container Toolkit if you are using NVIDIA GPUs.

• https://docs.nvidia.com/datacenter/cloud-native/container-toolkit/latest/install-guide.html

Note: When benchmarking, make sure that you run 1 round of Fibonacci (or some other small program) to download the R0 docker image to make sure it doesn't contribute to benchmarking time.

Note: On Ubuntu 22.04, you might need to install libssl1.0 to use the Risc0 toolchain. You can follow these instructions (from here).

Usage

You can conduct a sweep of the benchmarks by running either of the following commands:

python3 sweep.py

To run a single benchmark, you can run:

./eval.sh (loop|fibonacci|ssz_withdrawals|tendermint) (sp1|risc0|jolt-zkvm) (poseidon|sha256|blake3|...)

Note that right now only poseidion is supported for all zkVMs, since we are interested in also profiling recursion.

Example SP1:

./eval.sh fibonacci sp1 poseidon 22 benchmark

Example JOLT:

./eval.sh fibonacci jolt-zkvm poseidon 22 benchmark

Example Risc0:

./eval.sh fibonacci risc0 poseidon 22 benchmark

Note for benchmarking the Reth program, you must also pass in a block number:

./eval.sh reth sp1 poseidon 22 benchmark 19409768

The inputs for these blocks have already been generated here. You can add more blocks by using the SP1-Reth script.

Common Issues

Because Risc0 uses C++ for their prover, you may need to install the C++ compiler and libraries.

For Ubuntu/Debian-based systems:

# Update system repositories and installed packages
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade

# Install the latest version of GCC and libraries
sudo apt install build-essential libc6

For CentOS/RHEL-based systems:

# Update system repositories and installed packages
sudo yum update

# Install the Development Tools group which includes GCC
sudo yum groupinstall "Development Tools"

# Install or update g++
sudo yum install -y gcc-c++

For Fedora:

# Update system repositories and installed packages
sudo dnf update

# Install the Development Tools group which includes GCC
sudo dnf groupinstall "Development Tools"

Setting up NVIDIA:

sudo nvidia-ctk runtime configure --runtime=docker
sudo systemctl restart docker