C++ 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.)

fannkuch-redux

Input: 11

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
cpp 1-im.cpp 402ms 3.9ms 4.0MB 1563ms 0ms clang++ 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
cpp 1-im.cpp 403ms 1.7ms 2.5MB 1547ms 0ms g++ 11.4.0

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
cpp 1-im.cpp 40ms 1.4ms 2.6MB 130ms 0ms g++ 11.4.0
cpp 1-im.cpp 40ms 1.4ms 3.9MB 133ms 0ms clang++ 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1

helloworld

Input: QwQ

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
cpp 1.cpp 1.0ms 0.0ms 1.4MB 0ms 0ms g++ 11.4.0
cpp 1.cpp 1.3ms 0.1ms 2.3MB 0ms 0ms clang++ 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
csharp 1.cs 6.3ms 0.2ms 9.4MB 0ms 0ms dotnet/aot 9.0.302
csharp 1.cs 33ms 1.2ms 21.3MB 20ms 0ms mono 6.12.0
csharp 1.cs 35ms 1.0ms 26.0MB 20ms 8ms dotnet 9.0.302

nbody

Input: 5000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
cpp 0-i.cpp 167ms 0.3ms 1.5MB 160ms 0ms g++ 11.4.0
cpp 0-i.cpp 171ms 0.8ms 2.3MB 160ms 0ms clang++ 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
cpp 1.cpp 314ms 1.3ms 1.8MB 307ms 0ms g++ 11.4.0
cpp 1.cpp 316ms 1.0ms 2.3MB 310ms 0ms clang++ 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
csharp 9.cs 368ms 4.8ms 27.9MB 340ms 7ms dotnet 9.0.302
csharp 8.cs 372ms 3.5ms 9.9MB 357ms 0ms dotnet/aot 9.0.302
csharp 8.cs 419ms 3.4ms 27.9MB 403ms 7ms dotnet 9.0.302
csharp 8.cs 1250ms 3.2ms 22.1MB 1233ms 0ms mono 6.12.0

Input: 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
cpp 0-i.cpp 18ms 0.1ms 1.5MB 10ms 0ms g++ 11.4.0
cpp 0-i.cpp 19ms 0.4ms 2.3MB 10ms 0ms clang++ 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
cpp 1.cpp 34ms 0.6ms 2.3MB 30ms 0ms clang++ 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
cpp 1.cpp 34ms 0.9ms 1.8MB 30ms 0ms g++ 11.4.0
csharp 8.cs 46ms 1.1ms 9.9MB 40ms 0ms dotnet/aot 9.0.302
csharp 9.cs 91ms 0.6ms 28.3MB 73ms 7ms dotnet 9.0.302
csharp 8.cs 97ms 3.8ms 27.6MB 80ms 7ms dotnet 9.0.302
csharp 8.cs 165ms 0.7ms 22.6MB 150ms 0ms mono 6.12.0

nsieve

Input: 12

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
csharp 1.cs 304ms 6.0ms 78.7MB 283ms 7ms dotnet/aot 9.0.302
csharp 1.cs 356ms 7.3ms 96.2MB 327ms 13ms dotnet 9.0.302
csharp 2.cs 400ms 5.0ms 35.6MB 380ms 10ms dotnet 9.0.302
csharp 2.cs 425ms 2.7ms 17.6MB 410ms 0ms dotnet/aot 9.0.302
cpp 1.cpp 484ms 1.6ms 7.3MB 477ms 0ms g++ 11.4.0
cpp 1.cpp 528ms 2.2ms 7.7MB 520ms 0ms clang++ 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
csharp 1.cs 543ms 7.6ms 84.0MB 520ms 10ms mono 6.12.0
csharp 2.cs 1857ms 2.8ms 27.5MB 1840ms 0ms mono 6.12.0

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
csharp 1.cs 65ms 1.6ms 24.7MB 50ms 0ms dotnet/aot 9.0.302
csharp 1.cs 101ms 2.5ms 42.5MB 83ms 3ms dotnet 9.0.302
csharp 2.cs 106ms 0.6ms 12.0MB 97ms 0ms dotnet/aot 9.0.302
cpp 1.cpp 119ms 1.7ms 3.6MB 110ms 0ms g++ 11.4.0
csharp 2.cs 131ms 4.7ms 29.9MB 110ms 10ms dotnet 9.0.302
cpp 1.cpp 133ms 0.8ms 4.0MB 120ms 0ms clang++ 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
csharp 1.cs 143ms 1.4ms 38.2MB 130ms 0ms mono 6.12.0
csharp 2.cs 480ms 0.7ms 21.1MB 463ms 0ms mono 6.12.0

spectral-norm

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
cpp 8-m.cpp 468ms 1.6ms 3.4MB 1820ms 0ms clang++ 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
cpp 8-m.cpp 482ms 0.8ms 2.1MB 1880ms 0ms g++ 11.4.0
cpp 6-im.cpp 921ms 2.0ms 2.3MB 3627ms 0ms g++ 11.4.0
cpp 6-im.cpp 924ms 12ms 3.4MB 3610ms 3ms clang++ 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
csharp 3-m.cs 1869ms 0.3ms 10.3MB 7317ms 7ms dotnet/aot 9.0.302
csharp 3-m.cs 1921ms 2.8ms 30.3MB 7360ms 10ms dotnet 9.0.302
csharp 3-m.cs 4724ms 142ms 25.7MB 18023ms 13ms mono 6.12.0

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
cpp 8-m.cpp 123ms 0.9ms 3.6MB 460ms 0ms clang++ 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
cpp 8-m.cpp 128ms 0.7ms 2.0MB 480ms 0ms g++ 11.4.0
cpp 6-im.cpp 238ms 0.5ms 2.1MB 913ms 0ms g++ 11.4.0
cpp 6-im.cpp 241ms 5.7ms 3.4MB 910ms 0ms clang++ 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
csharp 3-m.cs 494ms 15ms 10.5MB 1790ms 3ms dotnet/aot 9.0.302
csharp 3-m.cs 536ms 5.0ms 30.0MB 1870ms 10ms dotnet 9.0.302
csharp 3-m.cs 1202ms 28ms 25.4MB 4503ms 10ms mono 6.12.0

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
cpp 8-m.cpp 39ms 0.4ms 2.0MB 130ms 0ms g++ 11.4.0
cpp 8-m.cpp 39ms 4.7ms 3.4MB 113ms 0ms clang++ 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
cpp 6-im.cpp 64ms 0.4ms 3.4MB 227ms 0ms clang++ 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
cpp 6-im.cpp 67ms 0.1ms 2.0MB 240ms 0ms g++ 11.4.0
csharp 3-m.cs 128ms 0.7ms 10.3MB 450ms 3ms dotnet/aot 9.0.302
csharp 3-m.cs 179ms 3.7ms 28.5MB 503ms 10ms dotnet 9.0.302
csharp 3-m.cs 352ms 12ms 25.4MB 1193ms 10ms mono 6.12.0