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Zig VS C++ benchmarks

Current benchmark data was generated on Sun Dec 01 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 1869ms 58ms 49.1MB 1843ms 10ms zig 0.13.0

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 149ms 2.9ms 7.1MB 140ms 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 2268ms 2.9ms 2.5MB 2230ms 27ms zig 0.13.0

Input: 100000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 383ms 1.3ms 1.9MB 367ms 3ms zig 0.13.0

fannkuch-redux

Input: 11

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
cpp 1-im.cpp 404ms 2.2ms 4.5MB 1547ms 0ms g++ 11.4.0
cpp 1-im.cpp 408ms 0.7ms 5.9MB 1573ms 0ms clang++ 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
zig 2-m.zig 645ms 6.6ms 3.5MB 2427ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
zig 3-i.zig 1790ms 1.2ms 1.1MB 1780ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
zig 2.zig 2428ms 24ms 1.1MB 2420ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
zig 1.zig 2870ms 11ms 1.1MB 2857ms 0ms zig 0.13.0

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
cpp 1-im.cpp 43ms 1.1ms 7.9MB 130ms 0ms clang++ 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
cpp 1-im.cpp 44ms 0.2ms 4.5MB 140ms 0ms g++ 11.4.0
zig 2-m.zig 60ms 2.3ms 3.5MB 193ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
zig 3-i.zig 149ms 0.1ms 1.1MB 140ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
zig 2.zig 200ms 1.5ms 1.1MB 190ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
zig 1.zig 241ms 1.0ms 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 1.0ms 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 10ms 0.1ms 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 1.1ms 0.1ms 1.3MB 0ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
cpp 1.cpp 1.1ms 0.1ms 1.4MB 0ms 0ms g++ 11.4.0
cpp 1.cpp 1.5ms 0.2ms 2.3MB 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
zig 1.zig 787ms 3.8ms 20.4MB 767ms 7ms zig 0.13.0

Input: 250000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 88ms 0.8ms 7.6MB 73ms 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 35ms 1.7ms 2.9MB 23ms 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 98ms 2.2ms 2.9MB 90ms 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 16ms 1.3ms 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 0.8ms 4.2MB 237ms 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 0.1ms 1.3MB 10ms 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 829ms 2.4ms 41.1MB 803ms 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 1.4ms 11.1MB 157ms 0ms zig 0.13.0

nbody

Input: 5000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
cpp 0-i.cpp 167ms 0.6ms 1.5MB 157ms 0ms g++ 11.4.0
cpp 0-i.cpp 170ms 0.3ms 2.3MB 160ms 0ms clang++ 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
zig 2.zig 273ms 0.3ms 1.1MB 263ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
cpp 1.cpp 313ms 0.8ms 1.8MB 300ms 0ms g++ 11.4.0
zig 1.zig 313ms 0.6ms 1.3MB 300ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
cpp 1.cpp 314ms 1.2ms 2.4MB 303ms 0ms clang++ 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1

Input: 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
cpp 0-i.cpp 19ms 0.1ms 1.5MB 10ms 0ms g++ 11.4.0
cpp 0-i.cpp 20ms 0.2ms 2.3MB 10ms 0ms clang++ 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
zig 2.zig 29ms 0.1ms 1.3MB 20ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
cpp 1.cpp 33ms 0.2ms 1.8MB 20ms 0ms g++ 11.4.0
zig 1.zig 33ms 0.2ms 1.3MB 23ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
cpp 1.cpp 34ms 0.2ms 2.3MB 27ms 0ms clang++ 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1

nsieve

Input: 12

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 261ms 9.1ms 40.3MB 247ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
zig 2.zig 331ms 1.3ms 6.1MB 320ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
cpp 1.cpp 486ms 4.6ms 7.3MB 470ms 0ms g++ 11.4.0
cpp 1.cpp 530ms 4.9ms 7.7MB 517ms 0ms clang++ 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 54ms 5.1ms 11.0MB 43ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
zig 2.zig 81ms 0.7ms 2.4MB 70ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
cpp 1.cpp 119ms 0.3ms 3.6MB 110ms 0ms g++ 11.4.0
cpp 1.cpp 130ms 0.6ms 4.1MB 120ms 0ms clang++ 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1

pidigits

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 2452ms 1.2ms 2.3MB 2417ms 20ms zig 0.13.0

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 568ms 3.4ms 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
cpp 8-m.cpp 471ms 1.8ms 5.4MB 1820ms 0ms clang++ 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
zig 2-m.zig 476ms 6.6ms 3.8MB 1563ms 3ms zig 0.13.0
cpp 8-m.cpp 481ms 1.7ms 4.2MB 1863ms 0ms g++ 11.4.0
zig 2.zig 917ms 5.5ms 1.5MB 907ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
cpp 6-im.cpp 926ms 12ms 7.4MB 3607ms 10ms clang++ 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
cpp 6-im.cpp 929ms 8.1ms 4.2MB 3630ms 0ms g++ 11.4.0
zig 1.zig 3670ms 5.0ms 1.5MB 3663ms 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 125ms 0.4ms 3.7MB 273ms 7ms zig 0.13.0
cpp 8-m.cpp 126ms 0.4ms 7.4MB 450ms 3ms clang++ 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
cpp 8-m.cpp 133ms 6.0ms 4.1MB 487ms 0ms g++ 11.4.0
zig 2.zig 230ms 0.8ms 1.4MB 220ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
cpp 6-im.cpp 240ms 3.2ms 7.4MB 900ms 0ms clang++ 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
cpp 6-im.cpp 240ms 0.9ms 4.1MB 907ms 3ms g++ 11.4.0
zig 1.zig 924ms 1.5ms 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 0.6ms 3.7MB 37ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
cpp 8-m.cpp 38ms 0.8ms 9.1MB 110ms 3ms clang++ 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
cpp 8-m.cpp 39ms 0.5ms 4.0MB 123ms 0ms g++ 11.4.0
zig 2.zig 60ms 0.3ms 1.4MB 50ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
cpp 6-im.cpp 67ms 0.2ms 7.4MB 220ms 0ms clang++ 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
cpp 6-im.cpp 79ms 17ms 4.0MB 260ms 0ms g++ 11.4.0
zig 1.zig 232ms 0.9ms 1.4MB 220ms 0ms zig 0.13.0