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Zig VS Go 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
go 1-m.go 2710ms 23ms 43.6MB 5730ms 53ms go 1.23.3
go 1.go 3491ms 59ms 52.2MB 3473ms 3ms tinygo 0.34.0

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
go 1.go 229ms 5.1ms 5.6MB 213ms 0ms tinygo 0.34.0
go 1-m.go 238ms 2.0ms 8.2MB 400ms 7ms go 1.23.3

edigits

Input: 250001

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1.go 119ms 0.4ms 8.4MB 110ms 0ms go 1.23.3
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
go 1.go 36ms 1.0ms 8.3MB 27ms 0ms go 1.23.3
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
zig 2-m.zig 645ms 6.6ms 3.5MB 2427ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
go 3-m.go 737ms 23ms 5.5MB 2773ms 7ms go 1.23.3
zig 3-i.zig 1790ms 1.2ms 1.1MB 1780ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
go 3.go 2272ms 8.6ms 50.2MB 2253ms 0ms tinygo 0.34.0
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
zig 2-m.zig 60ms 2.3ms 3.5MB 193ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
go 3-m.go 75ms 0.6ms 5.5MB 200ms 3ms go 1.23.3
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
go 3.go 485ms 0.5ms 50.2MB 470ms 3ms tinygo 0.34.0

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
go 3-m.go 128ms 0.9ms 5.4MB 397ms 3ms go 1.23.3

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
go 3-m.go 18ms 0.2ms 5.5MB 37ms 0ms go 1.23.3

helloworld

Input: QwQ

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1.go 0.7ms 0.3ms 0.1MB 0ms 0ms tinygo 0.34.0
zig 1.zig 1.1ms 0.1ms 1.3MB 0ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
go 1.go 1.5ms 0.1ms 3.4MB 0ms 0ms go 1.23.3

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
go 7-m.go 794ms 3.9ms 40.6MB 2797ms 37ms go 1.23.3

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
go 7-m.go 147ms 0.5ms 25.9MB 380ms 27ms go 1.23.3

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
go 3.go 132ms 1.8ms 3.4MB 123ms 0ms go 1.23.3
go 3.go 135ms 3.9ms 0.3MB 127ms 0ms tinygo 0.34.0

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
go 3.go 380ms 0.4ms 3.4MB 370ms 0ms go 1.23.3
go 3.go 391ms 5.4ms 2.3MB 383ms 0ms tinygo 0.34.0

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
go 3.go 68ms 0.8ms 5.4MB 57ms 0ms go 1.23.3
go 3.go 69ms 1.6ms 0.1MB 60ms 0ms tinygo 0.34.0

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
go 1.go 2674ms 30ms 7.4MB 2667ms 0ms go 1.23.3
go 1.go 4013ms 30ms 5.4MB 4000ms 0ms tinygo 0.34.0

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
go 1.go 113ms 1.1ms 3.4MB 100ms 0ms go 1.23.3
go 1.go 169ms 3.0ms 0.3MB 160ms 0ms tinygo 0.34.0

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
go 1-m.go 1640ms 27ms 40.9MB 3297ms 47ms go 1.23.3
go 2-m.go 1886ms 10ms 43.0MB 3980ms 47ms go 1.23.3
go 1.go 1934ms 5.2ms 52.1MB 1923ms 0ms tinygo 0.34.0
go 2.go 3292ms 35ms 90.4MB 3277ms 0ms tinygo 0.34.0

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
go 1-m.go 365ms 2.1ms 14.1MB 707ms 20ms go 1.23.3
go 1.go 383ms 2.4ms 13.4MB 367ms 0ms tinygo 0.34.0
go 2-m.go 412ms 1.3ms 14.1MB 833ms 33ms go 1.23.3
go 2.go 634ms 12ms 29.7MB 623ms 0ms tinygo 0.34.0

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
go 1.go 344ms 0.4ms 0.1MB 337ms 0ms tinygo 0.34.0
go 1.go 361ms 1.5ms 3.4MB 347ms 0ms go 1.23.3

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
go 1.go 38ms 0.6ms 0.1MB 30ms 0ms tinygo 0.34.0
go 1.go 40ms 1.0ms 3.4MB 30ms 0ms go 1.23.3

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
go 1.go 312ms 0.7ms 73.6MB 293ms 3ms go 1.23.3
go 1.go 318ms 4.6ms 42.9MB 307ms 0ms tinygo 0.34.0
zig 2.zig 331ms 1.3ms 6.1MB 320ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
go 2.go 432ms 2.1ms 18.0MB 420ms 0ms tinygo 0.34.0
go 2.go 787ms 2.3ms 21.9MB 780ms 0ms go 1.23.3

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
go 1.go 57ms 0.9ms 13.7MB 47ms 0ms tinygo 0.34.0
go 1.go 60ms 4.2ms 21.6MB 50ms 0ms go 1.23.3
zig 2.zig 81ms 0.7ms 2.4MB 70ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
go 2.go 117ms 6.5ms 5.9MB 107ms 0ms tinygo 0.34.0
go 2.go 196ms 2.3ms 6.3MB 183ms 0ms go 1.23.3

pidigits

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 8.go 1129ms 4.6ms 8.4MB 1110ms 7ms go 1.23.3
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
go 8.go 272ms 4.4ms 8.4MB 263ms 0ms go 1.23.3
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
go 4-m.go 1907ms 17ms 5.4MB 7330ms 10ms go 1.23.3
zig 1.zig 3670ms 5.0ms 1.5MB 3663ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
go 1.go 3680ms 35ms 5.4MB 3673ms 0ms go 1.23.3
go 1.go timeout 0.0ms 0.5MB 4990ms 0ms tinygo 0.34.0

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
zig 2.zig 230ms 0.8ms 1.4MB 220ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
go 4-m.go 479ms 0.2ms 5.5MB 1817ms 3ms go 1.23.3
zig 1.zig 924ms 1.5ms 1.4MB 910ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
go 1.go 934ms 5.6ms 3.4MB 927ms 0ms go 1.23.3
go 1.go 1390ms 1.4ms 0.4MB 1380ms 0ms tinygo 0.34.0

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
zig 2.zig 60ms 0.3ms 1.4MB 50ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
go 4-m.go 126ms 0.7ms 5.4MB 447ms 0ms go 1.23.3
zig 1.zig 232ms 0.9ms 1.4MB 220ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
go 1.go 234ms 4.3ms 3.4MB 223ms 0ms go 1.23.3
go 1.go 349ms 0.1ms 0.3MB 340ms 0ms tinygo 0.34.0