Decision Workspace
floats vs half vs float16
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
48
floats
experimentalv0.2.0
f16 and f128 floating point types for compatibility with future Rust versions
64
half
stablev2.7.1
Half-precision floating point f16 and bf16 types for Rust implementing the IEEE 754-2008 standard binary16 and bfloat16 types.
55
float16
growingv0.1.5
Half-precision floating point f16 and bf16 types for Rust implementing the IEEE 754-2008 standard binary16 and bfloat16 types.
Core Metrics
| floats | half | float16 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 48 | 64 | 55 |
| Total Downloads | 77 | 281.5M | 817.7K |
| 30d Downloads | 10 | 20.9M | 237.0K |
| Dependents | 0 | 10.9K | 8 |
| Releases | 3 | 33 | 6 |
| Last Updated | 73d ago | 165d ago | 170d ago |
| Age | 2m | 10y | 1y 3m |
Health Breakdown
floats
Maintenance
10
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
15
half
Maintenance
12
Quality
17
Community
15
Popularity
8
Documentation
12
float16
Maintenance
10
Quality
17
Community
9
Popularity
7
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| floats | half | float16 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.0 | 2.7.1 | 0.1.5 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 4 | 15 | 2 |
| Crate Size | 25KB | 61KB | 50KB |
| Features | 3 | 7 | 2 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 12.1% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | 1.60 | 1.81 | 1.60 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •half leads with a health score of 64/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •half is depended on by 10.9K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •floats, float16 are pre-1.0 — API may change.