Programming Language and compiler
Benchmarks

V VS Zig benchmarks

Current benchmark data was generated on Fri Aug 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
v 1.v 784ms 5.2ms 22.1MB 770ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.4.11
zig 1.zig 1735ms 12ms 49.0MB 1707ms 13ms zig 0.14.1
v 1.v 2201ms 13ms 2086.6MB 1303ms 883ms v/clang 0.4.11

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
v 1.v 70ms 1.3ms 4.6MB 60ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.4.11
zig 1.zig 150ms 1.6ms 7.0MB 140ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
v 1.v 210ms 1.6ms 196.5MB 113ms 83ms v/clang 0.4.11

coro-prime-sieve

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
v 1.v timeout 0.0ms 18.3MB 8357ms 10907ms v/clang 0.4.11
v 1.v timeout 0.0ms 18.8MB 9280ms 10013ms v/clang+gc 0.4.11

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
v 1-m.v 1379ms 60ms 10.0MB 2250ms 2973ms v/clang 0.4.11
v 1-m.v 1516ms 123ms 10.5MB 2680ms 3060ms v/clang+gc 0.4.11

edigits

Input: 250001

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 2263ms 4.3ms 2.5MB 2233ms 10ms zig 0.14.1
v 1.v timeout 0.0ms 8.3MB 4990ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.4.11

Input: 100000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 379ms 2.3ms 1.9MB 363ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
v 1.v timeout 0.0ms 5.0MB 4990ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.4.11

fannkuch-redux

Input: 11

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2-m.zig 639ms 3.6ms 1.4MB 2410ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
zig 3-i.zig 1763ms 1.4ms 1.0MB 1753ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
v 1.v 2224ms 12ms 1.9MB 2213ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.4.11
v 1.v 2254ms 5.4ms 1.1MB 2247ms 0ms v/clang 0.4.11
zig 1.zig 2716ms 2.1ms 1.0MB 2707ms 0ms zig 0.14.1

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2-m.zig 59ms 0.3ms 1.4MB 200ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
zig 3-i.zig 147ms 0.4ms 1.0MB 140ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
v 1.v 189ms 1.9ms 1.9MB 180ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.4.11
v 1.v 192ms 0.3ms 1.1MB 180ms 0ms v/clang 0.4.11
zig 1.zig 229ms 0.3ms 1.0MB 220ms 0ms zig 0.14.1

fasta

Input: 2500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 89ms 0.7ms 1.0MB 80ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
v 1.v 502ms 4.4ms 1.3MB 493ms 0ms v/clang 0.4.11
v 1.v 517ms 6.9ms 2.1MB 503ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.4.11

Input: 250000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 11ms 0.7ms 1.0MB 0ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
v 1.v 53ms 0.1ms 1.3MB 43ms 0ms v/clang 0.4.11
v 1.v 56ms 1.0ms 2.1MB 50ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.4.11

helloworld

Input: QwQ

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 0.9ms 0.0ms 1.1MB 0ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
v 1.v 1.0ms 0.0ms 1.4MB 0ms 0ms v/clang 0.4.11
v 1.v 1.3ms 0.1ms 1.9MB 0ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.4.11

lru

Input: 1000 1000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 33ms 1.4ms 2.8MB 23ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
v 1.v 240ms 1.6ms 1.3MB 230ms 0ms v/clang 0.4.11
v 1.v 258ms 2.6ms 2.1MB 250ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.4.11

Input: 1000 3000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 94ms 3.0ms 2.8MB 87ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
v 1.v 718ms 2.5ms 1.3MB 710ms 0ms v/clang 0.4.11
v 1.v 771ms 1.0ms 2.1MB 760ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.4.11

Input: 100 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 15ms 0.5ms 1.3MB 10ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
v 1.v 91ms 1.5ms 1.3MB 80ms 0ms v/clang 0.4.11
v 1.v 102ms 5.3ms 2.1MB 93ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.4.11

nbody

Input: 5000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 3.zig 198ms 0.5ms 1.0MB 190ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
zig 2.zig 279ms 0.5ms 1.0MB 270ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
v 1.v 312ms 1.0ms 2.3MB 300ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.4.11
v 1.v 314ms 1.2ms 1.6MB 307ms 0ms v/clang 0.4.11
zig 1.zig 315ms 0.9ms 1.1MB 310ms 0ms zig 0.14.1

Input: 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 3.zig 22ms 0.4ms 1.0MB 10ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
zig 2.zig 30ms 0.1ms 1.0MB 20ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
v 1.v 33ms 0.3ms 1.6MB 30ms 0ms v/clang 0.4.11
zig 1.zig 33ms 0.3ms 1.1MB 30ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
v 1.v 33ms 0.3ms 2.3MB 30ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.4.11

nsieve

Input: 12

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 267ms 6.8ms 40.2MB 250ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
v 1.v 299ms 7.9ms 41.2MB 287ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.4.11
v 1.v 301ms 3.8ms 40.3MB 287ms 0ms v/clang 0.4.11
zig 2.zig 328ms 0.3ms 6.0MB 320ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
v 2.v 332ms 2.5ms 6.1MB 323ms 0ms v/clang 0.4.11
v 2.v 333ms 5.6ms 6.9MB 323ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.4.11

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 55ms 1.6ms 10.9MB 43ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
v 1.v 61ms 2.3ms 19.0MB 50ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.4.11
v 1.v 62ms 1.5ms 11.0MB 50ms 0ms v/clang 0.4.11
zig 2.zig 81ms 1.3ms 2.3MB 70ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
v 2.v 82ms 1.6ms 2.4MB 70ms 0ms v/clang 0.4.11
v 2.v 83ms 1.9ms 3.1MB 73ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.4.11

pidigits

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 2446ms 4.8ms 2.2MB 2420ms 10ms zig 0.14.1
v 2.v 3247ms 51ms 3.5MB 3227ms 3ms v/clang+gc 0.4.11

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 570ms 5.8ms 1.8MB 563ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
v 2.v 813ms 36ms 3.1MB 803ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.4.11

regex-redux

Input: 2500000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
v 1.v timeout 0.0ms 83.1MB 4980ms 3ms v/clang+gc 0.4.11

Input: 250000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
v 1.v 3509ms 13ms 26.0MB 3493ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.4.11

spectral-norm

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 3687ms 4.1ms 1.4MB 3677ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
v 1.v timeout 0.0ms 1.6MB 4990ms 0ms v/clang 0.4.11
v 1.v timeout 0.0ms 2.8MB 4990ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.4.11

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 928ms 2.8ms 1.3MB 920ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
v 1.v 1287ms 3.1ms 1.5MB 1277ms 0ms v/clang 0.4.11
v 1.v 1300ms 2.7ms 2.5MB 1290ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.4.11

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 232ms 0.3ms 1.3MB 220ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
v 1.v 325ms 2.3ms 1.5MB 317ms 0ms v/clang 0.4.11
v 1.v 327ms 0.9ms 2.5MB 320ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.4.11