The benchmarks are ran against a local http server ( src/server.php ), to run the server, use:
php -dopcache.jit=1235 -dopcache.enable_cli=yes -dopcache.enable=yes src/server.php
benchmark results:
> php -v
PHP 8.1.1 (cli) (built: Jan 11 2022 14:39:53) (NTS)
Copyright (c) The PHP Group
Zend Engine v4.1.1, Copyright (c) Zend Technologies
> hhvm --version
HipHop VM 4.140.1 (rel) (non-lowptr)
Compiler: 1639780718_704029463
Repo schema: 05349a1136367893ac89597528b7a3308aecbe6d
> hyperfine --version
hyperfine 1.10.0
> hyperfine --runs 100 "php -dopcache.jit=1235 -dopcache.enable_cli=yes -dopcache.enable=yes src/main.php" "php src/main.php" "hhvm -d hhvm.jit=1 src/main.hack"
Benchmark #1: php -dopcache.jit=1235 -dopcache.enable_cli=yes -dopcache.enable=yes src/main.php
Time (mean ± σ): 1.366 s ± 0.090 s [User: 264.5 ms, System: 191.8 ms]
Range (min … max): 1.150 s … 1.619 s 100 runs
Benchmark #2: php src/main.php
Time (mean ± σ): 1.430 s ± 0.277 s [User: 280.7 ms, System: 197.5 ms]
Range (min … max): 1.147 s … 3.279 s 100 runs
Benchmark #3: hhvm -d hhvm.jit=1 src/main.hack
Time (mean ± σ): 3.468 s ± 0.820 s [User: 2.545 s, System: 0.542 s]
Range (min … max): 2.257 s … 6.800 s 100 runs
Summary
'php -dopcache.jit=1235 -dopcache.enable_cli=yes -dopcache.enable=yes src/main.php' ran
1.05 ± 0.21 times faster than 'php src/main.php'
2.54 ± 0.62 times faster than 'hhvm -d hhvm.jit=1 src/main.hack'