Dart VS Zig benchmarks

Current benchmark data was generated on Thu May 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.)

binarytrees

Input: 18

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
dart 1.dart 697ms 3.5ms 80.8MB 670ms 33ms dart/exe 3.7.3
zig 1.zig 1721ms 8.7ms 49.0MB 1690ms 17ms zig 0.14.0

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
dart 1.dart 74ms 0.8ms 42.8MB 47ms 17ms dart/exe 3.7.3
zig 1.zig 156ms 0.8ms 7.0MB 147ms 0ms zig 0.14.0

coro-prime-sieve

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
dart 1.dart 4867ms 13ms 19.1MB 5343ms 73ms dart/exe 3.7.3

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
dart 1.dart 342ms 2.2ms 10.4MB 343ms 13ms dart/exe 3.7.3

edigits

Input: 250001

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 2257ms 3.8ms 2.5MB 2227ms 17ms zig 0.14.0
dart 1.dart 3681ms 2.9ms 18.0MB 3650ms 27ms dart/exe 3.7.3

Input: 100000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 382ms 3.2ms 1.9MB 363ms 3ms zig 0.14.0
dart 1.dart 608ms 14ms 10.0MB 587ms 13ms dart/exe 3.7.3

fannkuch-redux

Input: 11

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2-m.zig 632ms 6.8ms 1.4MB 2400ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
zig 3-i.zig 1765ms 2.1ms 1.0MB 1757ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
dart 2.dart 2709ms 2.1ms 6.1MB 2697ms 0ms dart/exe 3.7.3
zig 1.zig 2717ms 3.5ms 1.0MB 2707ms 0ms zig 0.14.0

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2-m.zig 60ms 0.7ms 1.4MB 200ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
zig 3-i.zig 147ms 0.2ms 1.0MB 140ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
dart 2.dart 221ms 0.6ms 6.1MB 210ms 0ms dart/exe 3.7.3
zig 1.zig 228ms 1.2ms 1.0MB 220ms 0ms zig 0.14.0

fasta

Input: 2500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 88ms 1.7ms 1.0MB 80ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
dart 1.dart 360ms 2.6ms 8.8MB 350ms 0ms dart/exe 3.7.3

Input: 250000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 11ms 0.8ms 1.0MB 0ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
dart 1.dart 41ms 0.6ms 8.8MB 30ms 0ms dart/exe 3.7.3

helloworld

Input: QwQ

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 1.1ms 0.2ms 1.1MB 0ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
dart 1.dart 3.8ms 0.3ms 5.4MB 0ms 0ms dart/exe 3.7.3

http-server

Input: 3000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
dart 2-m.dart 1440ms 36ms 95.8MB 1327ms 1607ms dart/exe 3.7.3
dart 1.dart 4464ms 132ms 99.8MB 1503ms 1840ms dart/exe 3.7.3

Input: 500

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
dart 2-m.dart 266ms 17ms 50.3MB 183ms 293ms dart/exe 3.7.3
dart 1.dart 1974ms 614ms 50.6MB 163ms 273ms dart/exe 3.7.3

json-serde

Input: sample 5000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
dart 1.dart 164ms 3.5ms 54.2MB 137ms 17ms dart/exe 3.7.3

Input: canada 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
dart 1.dart 1478ms 13ms 206.4MB 1713ms 113ms dart/exe 3.7.3

knucleotide

Input: 2500000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1-m.zig 315ms 1.9ms 67.1MB 830ms 30ms zig 0.14.0
zig 1.zig 504ms 5.3ms 28.1MB 477ms 10ms zig 0.14.0
dart 3-m.dart 1121ms 16ms 275.8MB 3323ms 120ms dart/exe 3.7.3

Input: 250000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1-m.zig 64ms 1.1ms 54.4MB 133ms 27ms zig 0.14.0
zig 1.zig 66ms 1.8ms 15.4MB 50ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
dart 3-m.dart 214ms 8.4ms 185.8MB 517ms 73ms dart/exe 3.7.3

lru

Input: 1000 1000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 35ms 2.4ms 2.8MB 27ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
dart 2.dart 167ms 3.0ms 9.1MB 157ms 0ms dart/exe 3.7.3
dart 1.dart 491ms 4.6ms 9.0MB 483ms 0ms dart/exe 3.7.3

Input: 1000 3000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 91ms 1.2ms 2.8MB 80ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
dart 2.dart 484ms 4.8ms 9.1MB 470ms 0ms dart/exe 3.7.3
dart 1.dart 1460ms 5.6ms 9.1MB 1447ms 3ms dart/exe 3.7.3

Input: 100 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 16ms 1.2ms 1.3MB 10ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
dart 2.dart 76ms 1.4ms 8.9MB 67ms 0ms dart/exe 3.7.3
dart 1.dart 111ms 3.0ms 9.3MB 103ms 0ms dart/exe 3.7.3

merkletrees

Input: 17

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
dart 1.dart 306ms 4.3ms 63.8MB 277ms 33ms dart/exe 3.7.3
zig 1.zig 858ms 3.7ms 41.0MB 830ms 13ms zig 0.14.0

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
dart 1.dart 83ms 1.1ms 43.6MB 60ms 17ms dart/exe 3.7.3
zig 1.zig 180ms 6.0ms 11.0MB 163ms 0ms zig 0.14.0

nbody

Input: 5000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 3.zig 198ms 1.2ms 1.0MB 190ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
zig 2.zig 279ms 0.4ms 1.0MB 270ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
zig 1.zig 315ms 1.0ms 1.1MB 307ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
dart 3.dart 408ms 3.0ms 6.3MB 400ms 0ms dart/exe 3.7.3

Input: 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 3.zig 22ms 0.3ms 1.1MB 10ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
zig 2.zig 30ms 0.1ms 1.0MB 20ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
zig 1.zig 34ms 0.6ms 1.1MB 23ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
dart 3.dart 45ms 0.2ms 6.4MB 40ms 0ms dart/exe 3.7.3

pidigits

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
dart 2.dart 1346ms 10ms 14.8MB 1320ms 27ms dart/exe 3.7.3
zig 1.zig 2466ms 3.3ms 2.2MB 2437ms 13ms zig 0.14.0

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
dart 2.dart 329ms 3.6ms 14.8MB 313ms 13ms dart/exe 3.7.3
zig 1.zig 567ms 2.8ms 1.8MB 553ms 0ms zig 0.14.0

regex-redux

Input: 2500000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
dart 1.dart timeout 0.0ms 188.2MB 4970ms 60ms dart/exe 3.7.3

Input: 250000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
dart 1.dart 571ms 9.2ms 43.3MB 543ms 20ms dart/exe 3.7.3

spectral-norm

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 3689ms 4.3ms 1.4MB 3683ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
dart 1.dart 3773ms 11ms 6.4MB 3760ms 0ms dart/exe 3.7.3
dart 2.dart 4350ms 7.7ms 6.4MB 4340ms 0ms dart/exe 3.7.3

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 923ms 3.3ms 1.3MB 913ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
dart 1.dart 944ms 0.8ms 6.3MB 933ms 0ms dart/exe 3.7.3
dart 2.dart 1092ms 3.1ms 6.1MB 1083ms 0ms dart/exe 3.7.3

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 232ms 0.1ms 1.3MB 220ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
dart 1.dart 241ms 1.0ms 6.4MB 230ms 0ms dart/exe 3.7.3
dart 2.dart 279ms 3.2ms 6.3MB 270ms 0ms dart/exe 3.7.3