Programming Language and compiler
Benchmarks

C VS Rust benchmarks

Current benchmark data was generated on Tue Jul 01 2025, 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 1.2ms 0.0ms 2.1MB 0ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
rust 1.rs 1.2ms 0.1ms 1.8MB 0ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0
rust 1.rs 1.2ms 0.0ms 1.9MB 0ms 0ms rustc 1.90.0-nightly
c 1.c 1.3ms 0.1ms 2.1MB 0ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 1.c 1.3ms 0.2ms 1.3MB 0ms 0ms zigcc 0.14.1

knucleotide

Input: 2500000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 1-m.c 171ms 3.7ms 24.2MB 403ms 10ms gcc 15.1.0
rust 8-m.rs 211ms 3.3ms 28.2MB 630ms 10ms rustc 1.88.0
c 1-m.c 298ms 5.1ms 25.7MB 993ms 23ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
rust 8.rs 428ms 7.2ms 23.8MB 407ms 10ms rustc 1.88.0

Input: 250000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 1-m.c 28ms 1.2ms 13.6MB 60ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
rust 8-m.rs 30ms 1.4ms 14.2MB 63ms 7ms rustc 1.88.0
c 1-m.c 39ms 0.8ms 15.0MB 110ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
rust 8.rs 57ms 2.1ms 11.4MB 40ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0

mandelbrot

Input: 5000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 1-mffi.c 231ms 18ms 7.6MB 853ms 10ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
rust 9.rs 246ms 0.4ms 4.8MB 240ms 0ms rustc 1.90.0-nightly
c 1-mffi.c 264ms 0.4ms 6.6MB 820ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
rust 8.rs 293ms 0.9ms 4.8MB 283ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0
c 1-mffi.c 331ms 2.3ms 6.0MB 320ms 0ms zigcc 0.14.1
c 1-ffi.c 332ms 1.4ms 6.1MB 320ms 0ms zigcc 0.14.1
c 1-ffi.c 455ms 3.6ms 6.5MB 443ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 1-ffi.c 542ms 0.4ms 6.8MB 530ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 9.rs 12ms 0.1ms 1.9MB 0ms 0ms rustc 1.90.0-nightly
rust 8.rs 15ms 0.3ms 2.0MB 10ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0
c 1-mffi.c 16ms 0.8ms 4.5MB 40ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 1-ffi.c 16ms 0.2ms 3.0MB 10ms 0ms zigcc 0.14.1
c 1-mffi.c 16ms 0.2ms 3.0MB 10ms 0ms zigcc 0.14.1
c 1-mffi.c 18ms 0.4ms 3.6MB 43ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 1-ffi.c 24ms 5.3ms 3.6MB 13ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 1-ffi.c 26ms 0.9ms 3.9MB 20ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0

nbody

Input: 5000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 4-i.rs 164ms 0.2ms 1.8MB 160ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0
rust 7-i.rs 219ms 1.1ms 1.8MB 210ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0
rust 1.rs 229ms 0.5ms 1.8MB 220ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0
c 8-i.c 269ms 3.0ms 1.5MB 260ms 0ms zigcc 0.14.1
rust 3.rs 279ms 0.7ms 1.9MB 270ms 0ms rustc 1.90.0-nightly
rust 2.rs 279ms 0.5ms 1.6MB 270ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0
c 8-i.c 300ms 0.9ms 2.1MB 290ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 2.c 309ms 1.8ms 2.3MB 300ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 2.c 313ms 2.3ms 1.5MB 300ms 0ms zigcc 0.14.1
c 5.c 313ms 0.7ms 2.3MB 300ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 5.c 315ms 0.5ms 1.5MB 307ms 0ms zigcc 0.14.1
c 5.c 317ms 2.1ms 2.1MB 310ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 2.c 318ms 2.8ms 2.1MB 310ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 8-i.c 337ms 0.8ms 2.3MB 330ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0

Input: 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 4-i.rs 18ms 0.1ms 1.8MB 10ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0
rust 7-i.rs 24ms 0.5ms 1.8MB 20ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0
rust 1.rs 25ms 0.4ms 1.8MB 20ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0
c 8-i.c 29ms 0.5ms 1.5MB 20ms 0ms zigcc 0.14.1
rust 2.rs 30ms 0.2ms 1.8MB 20ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0
rust 3.rs 30ms 0.1ms 1.8MB 20ms 0ms rustc 1.90.0-nightly
c 8-i.c 33ms 0.5ms 2.1MB 27ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 2.c 33ms 0.3ms 1.5MB 30ms 0ms zigcc 0.14.1
c 2.c 34ms 0.5ms 2.3MB 23ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 5.c 34ms 0.6ms 2.3MB 30ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 5.c 34ms 0.1ms 1.5MB 30ms 0ms zigcc 0.14.1
c 2.c 34ms 0.9ms 2.1MB 30ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 5.c 35ms 0.9ms 2.1MB 30ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 8-i.c 36ms 0.4ms 2.3MB 30ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0

nsieve

Input: 12

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 1.c 280ms 23ms 41.1MB 263ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 1.c 300ms 13ms 40.3MB 283ms 0ms zigcc 0.14.1
rust 2.rs 304ms 3.2ms 6.6MB 293ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0
c 1.c 311ms 7.1ms 40.8MB 293ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
rust 1.rs 327ms 7.2ms 40.9MB 313ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 1.c 52ms 3.9ms 11.8MB 43ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 1.c 53ms 3.3ms 11.7MB 43ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 1.c 58ms 2.4ms 11.0MB 50ms 0ms zigcc 0.14.1
rust 1.rs 59ms 2.3ms 11.6MB 50ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0
rust 2.rs 78ms 1.2ms 2.9MB 70ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0

spectral-norm

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 8-m.rs 493ms 0.8ms 2.5MB 1907ms 3ms rustc 1.90.0-nightly
rust 7-m.rs 493ms 0.4ms 2.1MB 1910ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0
c 3-m.c 737ms 1.3ms 2.0MB 2893ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 6-im.c 953ms 1.8ms 2.0MB 3750ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 4-m.c 988ms 1.5ms 2.0MB 3890ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
rust 8.rs 994ms 2.7ms 2.4MB 983ms 0ms rustc 1.90.0-nightly
c 6-im.c 1003ms 2.1ms 3.3MB 3940ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 4-m.c 1120ms 3.0ms 3.3MB 4407ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 5-im.c 1161ms 30ms 2.0MB 4523ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 5-im.c 1334ms 14ms 3.3MB 5230ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 3-m.c 1836ms 7.3ms 3.3MB 7223ms 7ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
rust 7.rs 1927ms 5.1ms 1.9MB 1917ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0
rust 2-m.rs 2073ms 4.7ms 2.4MB 8130ms 10ms rustc 1.88.0
rust 2.rs 4274ms 5.2ms 2.0MB 4267ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 8-m.rs 127ms 0.4ms 2.3MB 467ms 3ms rustc 1.90.0-nightly
rust 7-m.rs 128ms 0.8ms 2.3MB 467ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0
c 3-m.c 194ms 0.6ms 2.0MB 737ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 6-im.c 245ms 0.6ms 2.0MB 940ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
rust 8.rs 251ms 0.7ms 2.1MB 240ms 0ms rustc 1.90.0-nightly
c 6-im.c 258ms 0.7ms 3.3MB 990ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 4-m.c 258ms 0.4ms 2.0MB 997ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 4-m.c 287ms 0.2ms 3.3MB 1103ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 5-im.c 295ms 3.4ms 2.0MB 1137ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 5-im.c 342ms 1.7ms 3.3MB 1310ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 3-m.c 464ms 1.1ms 3.3MB 1803ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
rust 7.rs 491ms 1.9ms 1.8MB 480ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0
rust 2-m.rs 521ms 0.5ms 2.1MB 2023ms 3ms rustc 1.88.0
rust 2.rs 1070ms 2.2ms 1.9MB 1060ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 8-m.rs 36ms 0.4ms 2.1MB 110ms 3ms rustc 1.90.0-nightly
rust 7-m.rs 36ms 0.4ms 2.0MB 110ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0
c 3-m.c 56ms 0.8ms 2.0MB 197ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
rust 8.rs 65ms 0.9ms 2.0MB 60ms 0ms rustc 1.90.0-nightly
c 6-im.c 68ms 0.4ms 2.3MB 247ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 6-im.c 71ms 0.2ms 3.4MB 250ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 4-m.c 72ms 0.5ms 2.0MB 260ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 4-m.c 78ms 0.6ms 3.3MB 280ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 5-im.c 80ms 0.4ms 2.0MB 293ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 5-im.c 93ms 1.9ms 3.3MB 333ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 3-m.c 123ms 0.4ms 3.3MB 453ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
rust 7.rs 125ms 1.8ms 1.8MB 120ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0
rust 2-m.rs 134ms 0.5ms 2.1MB 497ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0
rust 2.rs 270ms 1.5ms 1.9MB 260ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0