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Zig VS Dart 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
dart 1.dart 756ms 4.2ms 80.6MB 723ms 37ms dart/exe 3.5.4
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
dart 1.dart 79ms 0.9ms 42.5MB 53ms 13ms dart/exe 3.5.4
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
dart 1.dart 3594ms 14ms 17.8MB 3547ms 43ms dart/exe 3.5.4

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
dart 1.dart 584ms 4.5ms 10.1MB 560ms 17ms dart/exe 3.5.4

fannkuch-redux

Input: 11

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
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
dart 2.dart 2916ms 28ms 6.0MB 2903ms 0ms dart/exe 3.5.4

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
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
dart 2.dart 244ms 13ms 6.0MB 233ms 0ms dart/exe 3.5.4

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
dart 1.dart 365ms 4.4ms 9.1MB 347ms 0ms dart/exe 3.5.4

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
dart 1.dart 44ms 1.6ms 8.4MB 33ms 3ms dart/exe 3.5.4

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
dart 1.dart 4.1ms 0.2ms 6.1MB 0ms 0ms dart/exe 3.5.4

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
dart 3-m.dart 1567ms 5.9ms 279.8MB 4740ms 100ms dart/exe 3.5.4

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
dart 3-m.dart 262ms 5.4ms 195.2MB 680ms 60ms dart/exe 3.5.4

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
dart 2.dart 162ms 2.4ms 9.3MB 153ms 0ms dart/exe 3.5.4
dart 1.dart 491ms 6.8ms 9.5MB 483ms 0ms dart/exe 3.5.4

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
dart 2.dart 472ms 1.6ms 9.3MB 457ms 3ms dart/exe 3.5.4
dart 1.dart 1450ms 3.8ms 9.3MB 1430ms 7ms dart/exe 3.5.4

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
dart 2.dart 79ms 4.7ms 9.4MB 70ms 0ms dart/exe 3.5.4
dart 1.dart 115ms 0.9ms 9.4MB 100ms 0ms dart/exe 3.5.4

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
dart 1.dart 329ms 3.4ms 63.5MB 303ms 27ms dart/exe 3.5.4
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
dart 1.dart 86ms 1.2ms 43.4MB 60ms 17ms dart/exe 3.5.4
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
zig 2.zig 273ms 0.3ms 1.1MB 263ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
zig 1.zig 313ms 0.6ms 1.3MB 300ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
dart 3.dart 415ms 2.7ms 5.9MB 403ms 0ms dart/exe 3.5.4

Input: 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2.zig 29ms 0.1ms 1.3MB 20ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
zig 1.zig 33ms 0.2ms 1.3MB 23ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
dart 3.dart 46ms 0.4ms 5.9MB 37ms 0ms dart/exe 3.5.4

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

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

pidigits

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
dart 2.dart 1243ms 4.1ms 15.0MB 1203ms 40ms dart/exe 3.5.4
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
dart 2.dart 318ms 3.7ms 15.0MB 297ms 17ms dart/exe 3.5.4
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
zig 2-m.zig 476ms 6.6ms 3.8MB 1563ms 3ms zig 0.13.0
zig 2.zig 917ms 5.5ms 1.5MB 907ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
zig 1.zig 3670ms 5.0ms 1.5MB 3663ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
dart 1.dart 3848ms 84ms 6.4MB 3837ms 0ms dart/exe 3.5.4
dart 2.dart 4213ms 3.0ms 6.1MB 4203ms 0ms dart/exe 3.5.4

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
zig 2.zig 230ms 0.8ms 1.4MB 220ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
zig 1.zig 924ms 1.5ms 1.4MB 910ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
dart 1.dart 959ms 8.0ms 6.1MB 950ms 0ms dart/exe 3.5.4
dart 2.dart 1064ms 8.2ms 6.3MB 1053ms 0ms dart/exe 3.5.4

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
zig 2.zig 60ms 0.3ms 1.4MB 50ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
zig 1.zig 232ms 0.9ms 1.4MB 220ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
dart 1.dart 244ms 3.4ms 5.9MB 233ms 0ms dart/exe 3.5.4
dart 2.dart 274ms 2.7ms 6.1MB 263ms 0ms dart/exe 3.5.4