Decision Workspace
minifloat vs half vs float16
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
44
minifloat
growingv0.2.0
Emulate various minifloats
61
half
growingv2.7.1
Half-precision floating point f16 and bf16 types for Rust implementing the IEEE 754-2008 standard binary16 and bfloat16 types.
54
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
| minifloat | half | float16 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 44 | 61 | 54 |
| Total Downloads | 9.2K | 378.1M | 1.9M |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 18.5M | 222.6K |
| Dependents | 0 | 15.8K | 12 |
| Releases | 8 | 33 | 6 |
| Last Updated | 347d ago | 273d ago | 278d ago |
| Age | 2y 2m | 10y 3m | 1y 7m |
Health Breakdown
minifloat
Maintenance
8
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
half
Maintenance
9
Quality
17
Community
15
Popularity
8
Documentation
12
float16
Maintenance
8
Quality
17
Community
9
Popularity
8
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| minifloat | half | float16 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.2.0 | 2.7.1 | 0.1.5 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MPL-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 2 | 15 | 2 |
| Crate Size | 14KB | 61KB | 50KB |
| Features | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 12.1% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.81 | 1.60 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •half leads with a health score of 61/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •half is depended on by 15.8K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •minifloat, float16 are pre-1.0 — API may change.