Programming Language and compiler
Benchmarks

Chapel VS C benchmarks

Current benchmark data was generated on Sun Jul 13 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.)

binarytrees

Input: 18

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
chapel 4.chpl 1953ms 3.7ms 62.3MB 1943ms 0ms chpl 1.31.0
chapel 3.chpl 2034ms 7.2ms 62.3MB 2027ms 0ms chpl 1.31.0

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
chapel 4.chpl 183ms 1.2ms 32.4MB 180ms 0ms chpl 1.31.0
chapel 3.chpl 184ms 0.6ms 32.3MB 180ms 0ms chpl 1.31.0

coro-prime-sieve

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
chapel 1-m.chpl 2252ms 44ms 799.1MB 4370ms 97ms chpl 1.31.0

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
chapel 1-m.chpl 220ms 8.1ms 759.6MB 343ms 67ms chpl 1.31.0

edigits

Input: 250001

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
chapel 1.chpl 71ms 3.0ms 32.5MB 70ms 0ms chpl 1.31.0

Input: 100000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
chapel 1.chpl 33ms 1.6ms 30.5MB 30ms 0ms chpl 1.31.0

fasta

Input: 2500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
chapel 5-m.chpl 106ms 1.6ms 28.4MB 190ms 0ms chpl 1.31.0

Input: 250000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
chapel 5.chpl 21ms 1.9ms 28.4MB 20ms 0ms chpl 1.31.0

helloworld

Input: QwQ

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 1.c 1.0ms 0.0ms 1.3MB 0ms 0ms zigcc 0.14.1
c 1.c 1.2ms 0.1ms 2.1MB 0ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 1.c 1.2ms 0.0ms 2.1MB 0ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
chapel 1.chpl 11ms 0.6ms 28.8MB 0ms 0ms chpl 1.31.0

knucleotide

Input: 2500000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 1-m.c 172ms 4.3ms 23.6MB 400ms 10ms gcc 15.1.0
c 1-m.c 295ms 5.0ms 25.7MB 1007ms 33ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
chapel 3-m.chpl 758ms 2.5ms 86.9MB 1433ms 10ms chpl 1.31.0

Input: 250000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 1-m.c 28ms 0.6ms 12.6MB 57ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 1-m.c 37ms 1.7ms 15.0MB 107ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
chapel 3-m.chpl 117ms 1.8ms 87.0MB 203ms 3ms chpl 1.31.0

nbody

Input: 5000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 8-i.c 267ms 0.8ms 1.5MB 260ms 0ms zigcc 0.14.1
c 8-i.c 301ms 1.4ms 2.1MB 290ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 2.c 309ms 1.5ms 2.3MB 300ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 5.c 313ms 1.4ms 2.3MB 303ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 2.c 313ms 1.7ms 1.5MB 307ms 0ms zigcc 0.14.1
c 5.c 316ms 0.6ms 2.1MB 310ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 5.c 316ms 2.1ms 1.5MB 310ms 0ms zigcc 0.14.1
c 2.c 319ms 2.0ms 2.1MB 310ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
chapel 2.chpl 322ms 1.9ms 28.9MB 317ms 0ms chpl 1.31.0
c 8-i.c 336ms 1.3ms 2.3MB 330ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0

Input: 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 8-i.c 29ms 0.3ms 1.5MB 20ms 0ms zigcc 0.14.1
c 8-i.c 32ms 0.5ms 2.1MB 20ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 2.c 33ms 0.4ms 1.5MB 30ms 0ms zigcc 0.14.1
c 5.c 33ms 0.6ms 2.3MB 30ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 2.c 34ms 0.7ms 2.3MB 30ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 5.c 34ms 0.4ms 2.1MB 30ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 5.c 35ms 0.6ms 1.5MB 30ms 0ms zigcc 0.14.1
c 8-i.c 36ms 0.5ms 2.3MB 30ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 2.c 36ms 3.1ms 2.1MB 30ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
chapel 2.chpl 43ms 0.4ms 28.8MB 40ms 0ms chpl 1.31.0

pidigits

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
chapel 2.chpl 446ms 0.8ms 28.3MB 440ms 0ms chpl 1.31.0

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
chapel 2.chpl 115ms 1.5ms 30.4MB 110ms 0ms chpl 1.31.0

regex-redux

Input: 2500000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
chapel 3.chpl 1387ms 2.0ms 246.2MB 1340ms 40ms chpl 1.31.0

Input: 250000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
chapel 3.chpl 162ms 2.3ms 48.9MB 143ms 10ms chpl 1.31.0

secp256k1

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
chapel 1.chpl 1210ms 43ms 29.0MB 1203ms 0ms chpl 1.31.0

Input: 500

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
chapel 1.chpl 315ms 12ms 29.1MB 310ms 0ms chpl 1.31.0

spectral-norm

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 3-m.c 735ms 1.2ms 2.0MB 2887ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 6-im.c 969ms 27ms 2.0MB 3773ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 4-m.c 996ms 15ms 2.0MB 3907ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 6-im.c 1002ms 1.1ms 3.1MB 3943ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 4-m.c 1119ms 3.6ms 3.4MB 4407ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 5-im.c 1141ms 0.4ms 2.0MB 4510ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 5-im.c 1326ms 1.0ms 3.1MB 5233ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 3-m.c 1841ms 29ms 3.3MB 7233ms 7ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
chapel 1-m.chpl 1924ms 19ms 28.9MB 3823ms 0ms chpl 1.31.0
chapel 1.chpl 3743ms 29ms 28.8MB 3740ms 0ms chpl 1.31.0

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 3-m.c 194ms 0.5ms 2.0MB 740ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 6-im.c 245ms 0.6ms 2.0MB 947ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 4-m.c 258ms 0.9ms 2.1MB 990ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 6-im.c 260ms 1.0ms 3.3MB 990ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 4-m.c 287ms 0.9ms 3.3MB 1103ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 5-im.c 298ms 7.7ms 2.0MB 1147ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 5-im.c 341ms 2.4ms 3.3MB 1313ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 3-m.c 468ms 9.9ms 3.3MB 1807ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
chapel 1-m.chpl 492ms 2.1ms 28.9MB 953ms 0ms chpl 1.31.0
chapel 1.chpl 939ms 3.2ms 28.8MB 933ms 0ms chpl 1.31.0

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 3-m.c 55ms 1.3ms 2.3MB 197ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 4-m.c 72ms 0.1ms 2.0MB 260ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 6-im.c 73ms 8.3ms 2.0MB 250ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 6-im.c 75ms 7.4ms 3.3MB 257ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 4-m.c 78ms 0.6ms 3.3MB 280ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 5-im.c 81ms 1.3ms 2.0MB 293ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 5-im.c 95ms 6.8ms 3.1MB 340ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 3-m.c 124ms 3.1ms 3.3MB 450ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
chapel 1-m.chpl 138ms 9.9ms 28.9MB 250ms 3ms chpl 1.31.0
chapel 1.chpl 248ms 1.3ms 28.8MB 240ms 0ms chpl 1.31.0