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Zig VS C benchmarks

Current benchmark data was generated on Sat Nov 16 2024, 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
zig 1.zig 1720ms 11ms 49.1MB 1690ms 13ms zig 0.13.0

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 149ms 4.1ms 7.1MB 137ms 0ms zig 0.13.0

edigits

Input: 250001

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 2266ms 2.1ms 2.5MB 2237ms 10ms zig 0.13.0

Input: 100000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 384ms 0.9ms 1.9MB 367ms 0ms zig 0.13.0

fannkuch-redux

Input: 11

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2-m.zig 647ms 7.0ms 3.5MB 2430ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
zig 3-i.zig 1788ms 1.5ms 1.1MB 1780ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
zig 2.zig 2455ms 43ms 1.1MB 2440ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
zig 1.zig 2862ms 0.8ms 1.1MB 2850ms 0ms zig 0.13.0

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2-m.zig 63ms 0.3ms 3.6MB 190ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
zig 3-i.zig 149ms 0.0ms 1.3MB 140ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
zig 2.zig 201ms 5.1ms 1.1MB 193ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
zig 1.zig 241ms 0.5ms 1.1MB 230ms 0ms zig 0.13.0

fasta

Input: 2500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 87ms 0.5ms 1.1MB 80ms 0ms zig 0.13.0

Input: 250000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 11ms 0.7ms 1.1MB 0ms 0ms zig 0.13.0

helloworld

Input: QwQ

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 1.0ms 0.0ms 1.3MB 0ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
c 1.c 1.1ms 0.1ms 1.4MB 0ms 0ms zigcc 0.13.0
c 1.c 1.2ms 0.1ms 2.1MB 0ms 0ms gcc 14.2.0
c 1.c 1.4ms 0.3ms 2.1MB 0ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1

knucleotide

Input: 2500000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 1-m.c 181ms 12ms 25.6MB 417ms 13ms gcc 14.2.0
c 1-m.c 295ms 7.0ms 27.7MB 997ms 17ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
zig 1.zig 801ms 16ms 21.0MB 777ms 10ms zig 0.13.0

Input: 250000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 1-m.c 30ms 0.6ms 13.1MB 63ms 3ms gcc 14.2.0
c 1-m.c 37ms 1.4ms 15.0MB 103ms 3ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
zig 1.zig 91ms 1.0ms 7.5MB 77ms 0ms zig 0.13.0

lru

Input: 1000 1000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 34ms 0.7ms 2.9MB 27ms 0ms zig 0.13.0

Input: 1000 3000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 95ms 2.2ms 2.9MB 87ms 0ms zig 0.13.0

Input: 100 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 15ms 0.2ms 1.4MB 10ms 0ms zig 0.13.0

mandelbrot

Input: 5000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 246ms 0.7ms 4.2MB 240ms 0ms zig 0.13.0

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 12ms 0.2ms 1.3MB 0ms 0ms zig 0.13.0

merkletrees

Input: 17

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 840ms 21ms 41.1MB 813ms 10ms zig 0.13.0

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 168ms 1.1ms 11.1MB 157ms 3ms zig 0.13.0

nbody

Input: 5000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 8-i.c 247ms 0.9ms 1.5MB 233ms 0ms zigcc 0.13.0
zig 2.zig 273ms 0.3ms 1.1MB 263ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
c 5.c 299ms 0.1ms 1.5MB 290ms 0ms zigcc 0.13.0
c 8-i.c 302ms 2.2ms 2.1MB 290ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 2.c 308ms 0.9ms 2.3MB 300ms 0ms gcc 14.2.0
c 5.c 311ms 0.1ms 2.3MB 300ms 0ms gcc 14.2.0
zig 1.zig 314ms 0.9ms 1.3MB 300ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
c 5.c 315ms 1.9ms 2.3MB 303ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 2.c 316ms 8.2ms 1.5MB 307ms 0ms zigcc 0.13.0
c 2.c 318ms 2.4ms 2.1MB 307ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 8-i.c 332ms 0.7ms 2.3MB 320ms 0ms gcc 14.2.0

Input: 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 8-i.c 27ms 0.4ms 1.5MB 20ms 0ms zigcc 0.13.0
zig 2.zig 30ms 1.5ms 1.1MB 20ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
c 5.c 32ms 0.2ms 1.5MB 20ms 0ms zigcc 0.13.0
c 8-i.c 33ms 0.3ms 2.1MB 20ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 5.c 34ms 0.4ms 2.3MB 27ms 0ms gcc 14.2.0
zig 1.zig 34ms 0.6ms 1.3MB 23ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
c 2.c 34ms 0.1ms 2.3MB 27ms 0ms gcc 14.2.0
c 2.c 34ms 0.8ms 1.5MB 23ms 0ms zigcc 0.13.0
c 5.c 35ms 0.5ms 2.1MB 30ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 2.c 35ms 0.2ms 2.1MB 23ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 8-i.c 36ms 0.1ms 2.3MB 30ms 0ms gcc 14.2.0

nsieve

Input: 12

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 256ms 0.6ms 40.3MB 240ms 3ms zig 0.13.0
c 1.c 267ms 2.6ms 40.8MB 247ms 3ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 1.c 273ms 11ms 40.9MB 260ms 0ms gcc 14.2.0
c 1.c 284ms 0.5ms 40.3MB 263ms 3ms zigcc 0.13.0
zig 2.zig 331ms 0.1ms 6.1MB 320ms 0ms zig 0.13.0

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 49ms 1.5ms 11.0MB 40ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
c 1.c 52ms 3.3ms 11.6MB 40ms 0ms gcc 14.2.0
c 1.c 52ms 1.2ms 11.7MB 40ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 1.c 55ms 2.1ms 11.0MB 40ms 0ms zigcc 0.13.0
zig 2.zig 81ms 0.6ms 2.4MB 70ms 0ms zig 0.13.0

pidigits

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 2456ms 3.3ms 2.3MB 2427ms 10ms zig 0.13.0

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 567ms 4.0ms 1.8MB 557ms 0ms zig 0.13.0

spectral-norm

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2-m.zig 473ms 0.3ms 3.8MB 1590ms 7ms zig 0.13.0
zig 2.zig 918ms 5.7ms 1.5MB 903ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
c 4-m.c 971ms 0.9ms 4.0MB 3807ms 0ms gcc 14.2.0
c 6-im.c 973ms 27ms 4.1MB 3773ms 0ms gcc 14.2.0
c 6-im.c 1018ms 30ms 5.3MB 3953ms 7ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 5-im.c 1102ms 20ms 4.1MB 4300ms 3ms gcc 14.2.0
c 4-m.c 1127ms 17ms 7.2MB 4397ms 3ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 5-im.c 1327ms 0.2ms 7.3MB 5197ms 3ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 3-m.c 1824ms 3.8ms 5.3MB 7187ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 3-m.c 1982ms 14ms 4.1MB 7777ms 3ms gcc 14.2.0
zig 1.zig 3679ms 26ms 1.5MB 3670ms 0ms zig 0.13.0

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2-m.zig 126ms 0.9ms 3.7MB 267ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
zig 2.zig 232ms 0.2ms 1.4MB 220ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
c 6-im.c 250ms 2.0ms 4.0MB 950ms 0ms gcc 14.2.0
c 4-m.c 254ms 3.2ms 4.1MB 967ms 0ms gcc 14.2.0
c 6-im.c 261ms 2.3ms 5.3MB 970ms 3ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 5-im.c 285ms 3.0ms 4.0MB 1090ms 0ms gcc 14.2.0
c 4-m.c 288ms 0.1ms 5.1MB 1093ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 5-im.c 342ms 3.7ms 7.3MB 1313ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 3-m.c 469ms 2.2ms 5.4MB 1797ms 3ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 3-m.c 505ms 5.3ms 4.0MB 1953ms 0ms gcc 14.2.0
zig 1.zig 922ms 1.3ms 1.4MB 910ms 0ms zig 0.13.0

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2-m.zig 38ms 1.0ms 3.7MB 37ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
zig 2.zig 60ms 0.9ms 1.4MB 50ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
c 6-im.c 71ms 0.7ms 4.0MB 247ms 0ms gcc 14.2.0
c 4-m.c 72ms 0.7ms 4.1MB 253ms 0ms gcc 14.2.0
c 6-im.c 72ms 0.0ms 5.1MB 233ms 3ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 5-im.c 81ms 1.7ms 4.0MB 283ms 0ms gcc 14.2.0
c 4-m.c 82ms 4.3ms 5.1MB 280ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 5-im.c 108ms 26ms 7.1MB 367ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 3-m.c 126ms 3.5ms 7.2MB 450ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 3-m.c 136ms 2.4ms 4.0MB 500ms 0ms gcc 14.2.0
zig 1.zig 234ms 2.0ms 1.4MB 223ms 0ms zig 0.13.0