Programming Language and compiler
Benchmarks

C VS Rust benchmarks

Current benchmark data was generated on Tue Dec 31 2024, full log can be found HERE

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[x86_64][4 cores] AMD EPYC 7763 64-Core Processor (Model 1)

* -m in a file name stands for multi-threading or multi-processing

* -i in a file name stands for direct intrinsics usage. (Usage of simd intrinsics via libraries is not counted)

* -ffi in a file name stands for non-stdlib FFI usage

* (You may find time < time(user) + time(sys) for some non-parallelized programs, the overhead is from GC or JIT compiler, which are allowed to take advantage of multi-cores as that's more close to real-world scenarios.)

helloworld

Input: QwQ

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 1.c 0.9ms 0.0ms 1.4MB 0ms 0ms zigcc 0.13.0
rust 1.rs 1.2ms 0.1ms 1.8MB 0ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
c 1.c 1.2ms 0.0ms 2.1MB 0ms 0ms gcc 14.2.0
rust 1.rs 1.2ms 0.1ms 1.8MB 0ms 0ms rustc 1.85.0-nightly
c 1.c 1.3ms 0.2ms 2.1MB 0ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1

knucleotide

Input: 2500000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 1-m.c 175ms 15ms 26.1MB 410ms 7ms gcc 14.2.0
rust 8-m.rs 228ms 4.6ms 30.5MB 650ms 10ms rustc 1.83.0
c 1-m.c 282ms 6.9ms 29.6MB 953ms 30ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
rust 8.rs 472ms 16ms 23.8MB 447ms 10ms rustc 1.83.0

Input: 250000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 1-m.c 27ms 0.6ms 13.2MB 57ms 3ms gcc 14.2.0
rust 8-m.rs 30ms 2.5ms 15.8MB 53ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
c 1-m.c 35ms 1.3ms 14.9MB 103ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
rust 8.rs 58ms 2.1ms 11.5MB 43ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0

mandelbrot

Input: 5000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 1-mffi.c 207ms 11ms 9.4MB 763ms 10ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
rust 9.rs 248ms 0.5ms 4.8MB 240ms 0ms rustc 1.85.0-nightly
c 1-mffi.c 257ms 3.9ms 6.6MB 780ms 0ms gcc 14.2.0
rust 8.rs 291ms 2.6ms 4.9MB 277ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
c 1-mffi.c 410ms 4.7ms 6.0MB 397ms 0ms zigcc 0.13.0
c 1-ffi.c 411ms 7.0ms 6.0MB 403ms 0ms zigcc 0.13.0
c 1-ffi.c 429ms 6.2ms 6.7MB 417ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 1-ffi.c 509ms 5.2ms 6.6MB 500ms 0ms gcc 14.2.0

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 9.rs 12ms 0.4ms 1.9MB 0ms 0ms rustc 1.85.0-nightly
rust 8.rs 15ms 0.5ms 1.9MB 10ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
c 1-mffi.c 15ms 0.9ms 8.5MB 23ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 1-ffi.c 19ms 0.1ms 3.0MB 10ms 0ms zigcc 0.13.0
c 1-mffi.c 19ms 0.1ms 3.0MB 10ms 0ms zigcc 0.13.0
c 1-ffi.c 21ms 0.1ms 3.8MB 10ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 1-mffi.c 23ms 1.2ms 5.6MB 60ms 0ms gcc 14.2.0
c 1-ffi.c 24ms 0.3ms 3.6MB 17ms 0ms gcc 14.2.0

nbody

Input: 5000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 4-i.rs 160ms 3.5ms 1.8MB 150ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 7-i.rs 228ms 2.2ms 1.8MB 220ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 1.rs 228ms 5.2ms 1.8MB 213ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
c 8-i.c 233ms 2.3ms 1.5MB 223ms 0ms zigcc 0.13.0
rust 2.rs 263ms 1.3ms 1.8MB 253ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 3.rs 269ms 1.6ms 1.9MB 257ms 0ms rustc 1.85.0-nightly
c 5.c 280ms 2.5ms 1.5MB 270ms 0ms zigcc 0.13.0
c 8-i.c 289ms 1.5ms 2.1MB 280ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 2.c 291ms 2.9ms 2.3MB 280ms 0ms gcc 14.2.0
c 2.c 297ms 4.6ms 1.5MB 287ms 0ms zigcc 0.13.0
c 5.c 300ms 5.4ms 2.3MB 287ms 0ms gcc 14.2.0
c 5.c 301ms 3.6ms 2.1MB 293ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 2.c 303ms 3.9ms 2.1MB 293ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 8-i.c 317ms 4.6ms 2.3MB 307ms 0ms gcc 14.2.0

Input: 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 4-i.rs 18ms 0.7ms 1.8MB 10ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 1.rs 25ms 0.4ms 1.8MB 17ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 7-i.rs 25ms 0.7ms 1.8MB 20ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
c 8-i.c 26ms 0.1ms 1.5MB 20ms 0ms zigcc 0.13.0
rust 2.rs 28ms 0.0ms 1.8MB 20ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 3.rs 28ms 0.1ms 1.8MB 20ms 0ms rustc 1.85.0-nightly
c 5.c 30ms 0.2ms 1.5MB 20ms 0ms zigcc 0.13.0
c 8-i.c 30ms 0.4ms 2.1MB 20ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 2.c 31ms 0.4ms 1.5MB 20ms 0ms zigcc 0.13.0
c 2.c 31ms 0.4ms 2.3MB 20ms 0ms gcc 14.2.0
c 5.c 32ms 0.8ms 2.1MB 20ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 5.c 32ms 0.5ms 2.3MB 20ms 0ms gcc 14.2.0
c 2.c 33ms 1.7ms 2.1MB 23ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 8-i.c 33ms 0.3ms 2.3MB 23ms 0ms gcc 14.2.0

nsieve

Input: 12

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 1.c 247ms 8.8ms 40.9MB 227ms 3ms gcc 14.2.0
c 1.c 249ms 8.5ms 40.8MB 230ms 3ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 1.c 261ms 8.3ms 40.3MB 243ms 0ms zigcc 0.13.0
rust 1.rs 277ms 3.8ms 40.9MB 267ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 2.rs 307ms 3.2ms 6.7MB 290ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 1.c 49ms 2.3ms 11.8MB 37ms 0ms gcc 14.2.0
c 1.c 50ms 3.8ms 11.5MB 40ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 1.c 55ms 3.7ms 11.0MB 43ms 0ms zigcc 0.13.0
rust 1.rs 59ms 0.6ms 11.6MB 47ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 2.rs 75ms 0.2ms 2.9MB 70ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0

spectral-norm

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 8-m.rs 469ms 0.9ms 4.6MB 1810ms 0ms rustc 1.85.0-nightly
rust 7-m.rs 471ms 4.6ms 4.2MB 1817ms 3ms rustc 1.83.0
c 4-m.c 912ms 4.9ms 4.1MB 3580ms 0ms gcc 14.2.0
c 6-im.c 916ms 6.9ms 4.1MB 3603ms 0ms gcc 14.2.0
c 6-im.c 957ms 5.6ms 7.3MB 3750ms 3ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
rust 8.rs 961ms 14ms 2.4MB 950ms 0ms rustc 1.85.0-nightly
c 5-im.c 1032ms 4.9ms 4.1MB 4060ms 0ms gcc 14.2.0
c 4-m.c 1101ms 27ms 5.1MB 4260ms 13ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 5-im.c 1258ms 3.2ms 5.2MB 4933ms 7ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 3-m.c 1730ms 10ms 7.2MB 6810ms 3ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
rust 2-m.rs 1855ms 2.8ms 4.1MB 7283ms 7ms rustc 1.83.0
c 3-m.c 1868ms 12ms 4.1MB 7353ms 7ms gcc 14.2.0
rust 7.rs 1994ms 3.4ms 1.9MB 1987ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 2.rs 3948ms 11ms 2.0MB 3937ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 7-m.rs 121ms 0.3ms 4.1MB 443ms 3ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 8-m.rs 123ms 3.8ms 4.4MB 443ms 0ms rustc 1.85.0-nightly
rust 8.rs 240ms 1.0ms 2.1MB 227ms 0ms rustc 1.85.0-nightly
c 4-m.c 242ms 7.9ms 4.0MB 927ms 0ms gcc 14.2.0
c 6-im.c 249ms 5.3ms 5.3MB 937ms 3ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 6-im.c 250ms 20ms 4.0MB 937ms 0ms gcc 14.2.0
c 4-m.c 272ms 1.5ms 5.1MB 1027ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 5-im.c 278ms 9.7ms 4.0MB 1050ms 0ms gcc 14.2.0
c 5-im.c 327ms 5.4ms 5.3MB 1250ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 3-m.c 452ms 20ms 7.3MB 1713ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
rust 2-m.rs 468ms 6.0ms 4.1MB 1797ms 3ms rustc 1.83.0
c 3-m.c 477ms 2.5ms 4.0MB 1860ms 0ms gcc 14.2.0
rust 7.rs 498ms 3.3ms 1.8MB 490ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 2.rs 1001ms 10ms 1.9MB 987ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 7-m.rs 34ms 0.6ms 4.1MB 103ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 8-m.rs 35ms 0.2ms 4.2MB 110ms 0ms rustc 1.85.0-nightly
rust 8.rs 63ms 1.0ms 2.1MB 50ms 0ms rustc 1.85.0-nightly
c 4-m.c 67ms 0.5ms 4.0MB 233ms 0ms gcc 14.2.0
c 6-im.c 69ms 3.3ms 7.3MB 240ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 6-im.c 70ms 6.7ms 4.0MB 240ms 0ms gcc 14.2.0
c 5-im.c 76ms 1.5ms 4.0MB 270ms 0ms gcc 14.2.0
c 4-m.c 83ms 7.1ms 5.0MB 277ms 7ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 5-im.c 89ms 2.8ms 5.1MB 320ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 3-m.c 117ms 2.1ms 5.1MB 417ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
rust 2-m.rs 123ms 2.3ms 6.1MB 447ms 3ms rustc 1.83.0
c 3-m.c 126ms 1.7ms 4.0MB 470ms 0ms gcc 14.2.0
rust 7.rs 135ms 1.1ms 1.8MB 123ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 2.rs 256ms 5.0ms 1.9MB 247ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0