⚡️ Speed up function cosine_similarity by 225%

[codeflash-ai]

📄 225% (2.25x) speedup for cosine_similarity in src/statistics/similarity.py

⏱️ Runtime : 29.1 milliseconds → 8.96 milliseconds (best of 324 runs)

📝 Explanation and details

The optimization achieves a 224% speedup through three key changes:

1. Avoiding Array Copy Operations:

• Replaced np.array() with np.asarray() + explicit dtype=np.float64 specification
• np.asarray performs zero-copy conversion when input is already a compatible numpy array, while np.array always creates a new copy
• This optimization saves ~4-8% on small arrays and becomes more significant with larger datasets

2. Eliminating np.outer() with Broadcasting:

• The most impactful change: replaced np.dot(X, Y.T) / np.outer(X_norm, Y_norm) with separate dot and broadcasting-based denom calculations
• np.outer creates an explicit 2D matrix in memory, while broadcasting (X_norm[:, None] * Y_norm[None, :]) computes the same result without materializing the full matrix until needed
• Line profiler shows this reduced the similarity calculation from 75.3% to 11.1% + 19.7% of total time, with better memory locality

3. Optimized NaN/Inf Handling:

• Combined NaN and infinity detection using ~np.isfinite() instead of separate np.isnan() | np.isinf() checks
• Added np.errstate context manager to suppress division warnings more efficiently

Performance by Test Case:

• Large-scale tests see the biggest gains (224-311% faster) due to reduced memory allocation and better cache efficiency
• Zero vector tests show 32-33% speedup from improved NaN/inf handling
• Basic similarity tests get 6-10% improvement from avoiding unnecessary array copies
• Edge cases (empty arrays, dimension mismatches) see minimal but consistent gains

The optimizations are most effective for larger matrices and scenarios involving zero vectors or invalid operations, while maintaining identical behavior and numerical accuracy.

✅ Correctness verification report:

Test	Status
⚙️ Existing Unit Tests	🔘 None Found
🌀 Generated Regression Tests	✅ 44 Passed
⏪ Replay Tests	🔘 None Found
🔎 Concolic Coverage Tests	✅ 3 Passed
🔮 Hypothesis Tests	🔘 None Found
📊 Tests Coverage	100.0%

🌀 Generated Regression Tests and Runtime

import math
from typing import List, Union

# function to test
import numpy as np
# imports
import pytest  # used for our unit tests
from src.statistics.similarity import cosine_similarity

Matrix = Union[List[List[float]], List[np.ndarray], np.ndarray]
from src.statistics.similarity import cosine_similarity

# unit tests

# ----------- BASIC TEST CASES -----------

def test_identical_vectors():
    # identical vectors should have cosine similarity 1
    X = [[1, 2, 3]]
    Y = [[1, 2, 3]]
    codeflash_output = cosine_similarity(X, Y); result = codeflash_output # 17.8μs -> 16.7μs (6.50% faster)

def test_orthogonal_vectors():
    # orthogonal vectors should have cosine similarity 0
    X = [[1, 0]]
    Y = [[0, 1]]
    codeflash_output = cosine_similarity(X, Y); result = codeflash_output # 17.1μs -> 15.8μs (8.73% faster)

def test_opposite_vectors():
    # opposite vectors should have cosine similarity -1
    X = [[1, 0]]
    Y = [[-1, 0]]
    codeflash_output = cosine_similarity(X, Y); result = codeflash_output # 17.0μs -> 15.5μs (10.2% faster)

def test_multiple_vectors():
    # test multiple vectors in X and Y
    X = [[1, 0], [0, 1]]
    Y = [[1, 0], [0, 1]]
    codeflash_output = cosine_similarity(X, Y); result = codeflash_output # 18.9μs -> 17.9μs (5.59% faster)

def test_non_normalized_vectors():
    # test with vectors not normalized
    X = [[2, 0]]
    Y = [[0, 2]]
    codeflash_output = cosine_similarity(X, Y); result = codeflash_output # 16.9μs -> 15.5μs (8.85% faster)

def test_different_types():
    # test with np.ndarray and list mixing
    X = np.array([[1, 2]])
    Y = [[2, 1]]
    codeflash_output = cosine_similarity(X, Y); result = codeflash_output # 16.7μs -> 16.8μs (0.743% slower)
    # Compute expected manually
    expected = (1*2 + 2*1) / (math.sqrt(1**2+2**2) * math.sqrt(2**2+1**2))

# ----------- EDGE TEST CASES -----------

def test_empty_X():
    # X is empty
    X = []
    Y = [[1, 2]]
    codeflash_output = cosine_similarity(X, Y); result = codeflash_output # 958ns -> 917ns (4.47% faster)

def test_empty_Y():
    # Y is empty
    X = [[1, 2]]
    Y = []
    codeflash_output = cosine_similarity(X, Y); result = codeflash_output # 959ns -> 958ns (0.104% faster)

def test_both_empty():
    # Both X and Y are empty
    X = []
    Y = []
    codeflash_output = cosine_similarity(X, Y); result = codeflash_output # 917ns -> 916ns (0.109% faster)

def test_zero_vector():
    # One vector is all zeros
    X = [[0, 0, 0]]
    Y = [[1, 2, 3]]
    codeflash_output = cosine_similarity(X, Y); result = codeflash_output # 22.0μs -> 16.6μs (32.6% faster)

def test_both_zero_vectors():
    # Both vectors are all zeros
    X = [[0, 0, 0]]
    Y = [[0, 0, 0]]
    codeflash_output = cosine_similarity(X, Y); result = codeflash_output # 21.8μs -> 16.2μs (33.8% faster)

def test_mismatched_dimensions():
    # X and Y have different numbers of columns
    X = [[1, 2, 3]]
    Y = [[1, 2]]
    with pytest.raises(ValueError):
        cosine_similarity(X, Y) # 3.46μs -> 3.46μs (0.029% slower)

def test_negative_values():
    # negative values
    X = [[-1, -2]]
    Y = [[-1, -2]]
    codeflash_output = cosine_similarity(X, Y); result = codeflash_output # 17.5μs -> 16.0μs (9.35% faster)

def test_high_dimensional_vectors():
    # vectors with many dimensions
    X = [[1]*50]
    Y = [[1]*50]
    codeflash_output = cosine_similarity(X, Y); result = codeflash_output # 20.8μs -> 19.0μs (9.21% faster)

def test_vector_with_inf():
    # Vector contains inf
    X = [[float('inf'), 1]]
    Y = [[1, 1]]
    codeflash_output = cosine_similarity(X, Y); result = codeflash_output # 21.8μs -> 16.0μs (36.5% faster)

def test_vector_with_nan():
    # Vector contains nan
    X = [[float('nan'), 1]]
    Y = [[1, 1]]
    codeflash_output = cosine_similarity(X, Y); result = codeflash_output # 16.9μs -> 15.8μs (6.57% faster)

def test_vector_with_mixed_inf_nan():
    # Both inf and nan
    X = [[float('inf'), float('nan')]]
    Y = [[1, 1]]
    codeflash_output = cosine_similarity(X, Y); result = codeflash_output # 16.7μs -> 15.9μs (4.71% faster)

# ----------- LARGE SCALE TEST CASES -----------

def test_large_scale_identical():
    # Large number of identical vectors
    n = 500
    d = 10
    X = [[1]*d for _ in range(n)]
    Y = [[1]*d for _ in range(n)]
    codeflash_output = cosine_similarity(X, Y); result = codeflash_output # 2.99ms -> 923μs (224% faster)
    # All diagonal elements should be 1
    for i in range(n):
        pass
    # All off-diagonal elements should also be 1
    for i in range(n):
        for j in range(n):
            pass

def test_large_scale_orthogonal():
    # Large number of orthogonal vectors
    n = 100
    d = 100
    # Each vector has a single 1 in a unique position
    X = [[1 if i==j else 0 for j in range(d)] for i in range(n)]
    Y = [[1 if i==j else 0 for j in range(d)] for i in range(n)]
    codeflash_output = cosine_similarity(X, Y); result = codeflash_output # 1.34ms -> 782μs (70.6% faster)
    for i in range(n):
        for j in range(n):
            if i == j:
                pass
            else:
                pass

def test_large_scale_random():
    # Large random vectors
    rng = np.random.default_rng(42)
    n = 100
    d = 50
    X = rng.normal(size=(n, d))
    Y = rng.normal(size=(n, d))
    codeflash_output = cosine_similarity(X, Y); result = codeflash_output # 67.7μs -> 58.0μs (16.8% faster)

def test_large_scale_zero_vectors():
    # Large number of zero vectors
    n = 200
    d = 20
    X = [[0]*d for _ in range(n)]
    Y = [[0]*d for _ in range(n)]
    codeflash_output = cosine_similarity(X, Y); result = codeflash_output # 987μs -> 449μs (120% faster)

def test_large_scale_mixed():
    # Large mixed vectors (some zeros, some ones)
    n = 100
    d = 10
    X = [[1]*d if i % 2 == 0 else [0]*d for i in range(n)]
    Y = [[1]*d if i % 2 == 1 else [0]*d for i in range(n)]
    codeflash_output = cosine_similarity(X, Y); result = codeflash_output # 247μs -> 157μs (57.0% faster)
    # If either vector is zero, similarity should be 0
    for i in range(n):
        for j in range(n):
            if (i % 2 == 1) or (j % 2 == 0):
                pass
            else:
                pass
# codeflash_output is used to check that the output of the original code is the same as that of the optimized code.
#------------------------------------------------
import math
from typing import List, Union

# function to test
import numpy as np
# imports
import pytest  # used for our unit tests
from src.statistics.similarity import cosine_similarity

Matrix = Union[List[List[float]], List[np.ndarray], np.ndarray]
from src.statistics.similarity import cosine_similarity

# unit tests

# ----------- Basic Test Cases -----------

def test_identical_vectors():
    # Scenario: Identical vectors should have cosine similarity of 1
    X = [[1, 2, 3]]
    Y = [[1, 2, 3]]
    codeflash_output = cosine_similarity(X, Y); result = codeflash_output # 17.8μs -> 16.0μs (10.9% faster)

def test_orthogonal_vectors():
    # Scenario: Orthogonal vectors should have cosine similarity of 0
    X = [[1, 0]]
    Y = [[0, 1]]
    codeflash_output = cosine_similarity(X, Y); result = codeflash_output # 17.2μs -> 15.7μs (9.82% faster)

def test_opposite_vectors():
    # Scenario: Opposite vectors should have cosine similarity of -1
    X = [[1, 0]]
    Y = [[-1, 0]]
    codeflash_output = cosine_similarity(X, Y); result = codeflash_output # 17.1μs -> 15.6μs (9.60% faster)

def test_multiple_vectors():
    # Scenario: Multiple vectors in X and Y
    X = [[1, 0], [0, 1]]
    Y = [[1, 0], [0, 1]]
    codeflash_output = cosine_similarity(X, Y); result = codeflash_output # 18.8μs -> 17.3μs (8.67% faster)

def test_non_normalized_vectors():
    # Scenario: Vectors not normalized, function should normalize internally
    X = [[2, 0]]
    Y = [[4, 0]]
    codeflash_output = cosine_similarity(X, Y); result = codeflash_output # 16.8μs -> 15.4μs (9.49% faster)

def test_vector_with_negative_values():
    # Scenario: Vectors with negative values
    X = [[1, -1]]
    Y = [[-1, 1]]
    codeflash_output = cosine_similarity(X, Y); result = codeflash_output # 17.0μs -> 15.5μs (9.70% faster)

# ----------- Edge Test Cases -----------

def test_empty_X():
    # Scenario: X is empty
    X = []
    Y = [[1, 2]]
    codeflash_output = cosine_similarity(X, Y); result = codeflash_output # 917ns -> 917ns (0.000% faster)

def test_empty_Y():
    # Scenario: Y is empty
    X = [[1, 2]]
    Y = []
    codeflash_output = cosine_similarity(X, Y); result = codeflash_output # 1.00μs -> 917ns (9.05% faster)

def test_both_empty():
    # Scenario: Both X and Y are empty
    X = []
    Y = []
    codeflash_output = cosine_similarity(X, Y); result = codeflash_output # 917ns -> 875ns (4.80% faster)

def test_zero_vector():
    # Scenario: One vector is all zeros, should return 0 similarity
    X = [[0, 0, 0]]
    Y = [[1, 2, 3]]
    codeflash_output = cosine_similarity(X, Y); result = codeflash_output # 22.1μs -> 16.7μs (32.5% faster)

def test_both_zero_vectors():
    # Scenario: Both vectors are zero, should return 0 similarity
    X = [[0, 0, 0]]
    Y = [[0, 0, 0]]
    codeflash_output = cosine_similarity(X, Y); result = codeflash_output # 21.7μs -> 16.3μs (33.0% faster)

def test_vectors_with_different_dimensions():
    # Scenario: X and Y have different number of columns, should raise ValueError
    X = [[1, 2, 3]]
    Y = [[1, 2]]
    with pytest.raises(ValueError):
        cosine_similarity(X, Y) # 3.33μs -> 3.50μs (4.77% slower)

def test_single_element_vectors():
    # Scenario: Vectors with a single element
    X = [[5]]
    Y = [[-5]]
    codeflash_output = cosine_similarity(X, Y); result = codeflash_output # 17.3μs -> 16.2μs (7.22% faster)

def test_highly_similar_vectors():
    # Scenario: Vectors that are almost identical
    X = [[1, 2, 3]]
    Y = [[1.001, 2.001, 3.001]]
    codeflash_output = cosine_similarity(X, Y); result = codeflash_output # 16.7μs -> 15.6μs (7.22% faster)

def test_floating_point_precision():
    # Scenario: Vectors with very small floating point values
    X = [[1e-10, 2e-10, 3e-10]]
    Y = [[1e-10, 2e-10, 3e-10]]
    codeflash_output = cosine_similarity(X, Y); result = codeflash_output # 15.2μs -> 15.5μs (2.14% slower)

def test_input_as_numpy_arrays():
    # Scenario: Inputs are numpy arrays instead of lists
    X = np.array([[1, 0], [0, 1]])
    Y = np.array([[1, 0], [0, 1]])
    codeflash_output = cosine_similarity(X, Y); result = codeflash_output # 17.8μs -> 17.2μs (3.40% faster)

def test_input_as_mixed_types():
    # Scenario: Inputs are lists of numpy arrays
    X = [np.array([1, 0]), np.array([0, 1])]
    Y = [np.array([1, 0]), np.array([0, 1])]
    codeflash_output = cosine_similarity(X, Y); result = codeflash_output # 18.5μs -> 17.1μs (8.27% faster)

# ----------- Large Scale Test Cases -----------

def test_large_number_of_vectors():
    # Scenario: Large number of vectors (1000 x 1000)
    X = [[i for i in range(10)] for _ in range(1000)]
    Y = [[i for i in range(10)] for _ in range(1000)]
    codeflash_output = cosine_similarity(X, Y); result = codeflash_output # 11.0ms -> 2.69ms (311% faster)
    # All diagonal elements should be 1
    for i in range(0, 1000, 100):  # Check every 100th diagonal element for efficiency
        pass

def test_large_vector_dimension():
    # Scenario: Vectors with large dimension (1 x 1000)
    X = [[float(i) for i in range(1000)]]
    Y = [[float(i) for i in range(1000)]]
    codeflash_output = cosine_similarity(X, Y); result = codeflash_output # 86.0μs -> 75.5μs (14.0% faster)

def test_large_mixed_vectors():
    # Scenario: Large number of vectors, some identical, some orthogonal
    X = [[1 if i == j else 0 for i in range(10)] for j in range(1000)]
    Y = [[1 if i == j else 0 for i in range(10)] for j in range(1000)]
    codeflash_output = cosine_similarity(X, Y); result = codeflash_output # 11.6ms -> 3.19ms (264% faster)
    # Diagonal should be 1, off-diagonal should be 0
    for i in range(0, 1000, 100):
        # Check some off-diagonal elements
        if i < 999:
            pass

def test_large_sparse_vectors():
    # Scenario: Large sparse vectors (mostly zeros)
    X = [[0]*999 + [1]]
    Y = [[1] + [0]*999]
    codeflash_output = cosine_similarity(X, Y); result = codeflash_output # 95.4μs -> 90.0μs (6.02% faster)

def test_large_all_zero_vectors():
    # Scenario: Large vectors with all zeros
    X = [[0]*1000]
    Y = [[0]*1000]
    codeflash_output = cosine_similarity(X, Y); result = codeflash_output # 95.5μs -> 84.9μs (12.6% faster)
# codeflash_output is used to check that the output of the original code is the same as that of the optimized code.
#------------------------------------------------
from src.statistics.similarity import cosine_similarity
import pytest

def test_cosine_similarity():
    cosine_similarity([[]], [[]])

def test_cosine_similarity_2():
    with pytest.raises(ValueError, match='Number\\ of\\ columns\\ in\\ X\\ and\\ Y\\ must\\ be\\ the\\ same\\.\\ X\\ has\\ shape\\ \\(1,\\ 0\\)\\ and\\ Y\\ has\\ shape\\ \\(1,\\ 1\\)\\.'):
        cosine_similarity([[]], [[0.0]])

def test_cosine_similarity_3():
    cosine_similarity([[]], [])

🔎 Concolic Coverage Tests and Runtime

Test File::Test Function	Original ⏱️	Optimized ⏱️	Speedup
codeflash_concolic_pr0pvdtm/tmp2tcbmx60/test_concolic_coverage.py::test_cosine_similarity	19.5μs	16.5μs	18.7%✅
codeflash_concolic_pr0pvdtm/tmp2tcbmx60/test_concolic_coverage.py::test_cosine_similarity_2	3.79μs	3.79μs	0.000%✅
codeflash_concolic_pr0pvdtm/tmp2tcbmx60/test_concolic_coverage.py::test_cosine_similarity_3	1.04μs	1.08μs	-3.88%⚠️

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