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Zig VS Haxe benchmarks

Current benchmark data was generated on Wed Jan 22 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
haxe 1.hx 1321ms 20ms 145.9MB 1507ms 70ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
zig 1.zig 1729ms 12ms 49.1MB 1700ms 13ms zig 0.13.0
haxe 2.hx 4434ms 85ms 495.3MB 5067ms 240ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 50.6MB 5500ms 407ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 2.hx timeout 0.0ms 85.0MB 5020ms 703ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 52.4MB 7647ms 430ms haxe/hl/jit 1.14.0
haxe 2.hx timeout 0.0ms 133.0MB 7440ms 810ms haxe/hl/jit 1.14.0

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
haxe 1.hx 94ms 2.6ms 27.5MB 90ms 7ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
zig 1.zig 146ms 1.2ms 7.1MB 137ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
haxe 2.hx 406ms 6.6ms 58.3MB 430ms 37ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 633ms 3.4ms 10.8MB 597ms 53ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 685ms 25ms 13.2MB 743ms 57ms haxe/hl/jit 1.14.0
haxe 2.hx 927ms 18ms 15.7MB 807ms 160ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 2.hx 1160ms 86ms 27.0MB 1173ms 200ms haxe/hl/jit 1.14.0

edigits

Input: 250001

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 2269ms 5.3ms 2.5MB 2230ms 23ms zig 0.13.0

Input: 100000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 384ms 2.4ms 1.9MB 370ms 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 661ms 18ms 3.5MB 2427ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
zig 3-i.zig 1788ms 0.6ms 1.1MB 1777ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
zig 2.zig 2476ms 64ms 1.1MB 2467ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
zig 1.zig 2868ms 9.8ms 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 2.2ms 3.5MB 190ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
zig 3-i.zig 149ms 0.2ms 1.1MB 140ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
zig 2.zig 199ms 5.9ms 1.1MB 190ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
zig 1.zig 239ms 0.8ms 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 0.6ms 1.1MB 80ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
haxe 1.hx 2444ms 20ms 27.5MB 2297ms 270ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 5.3MB 4280ms 930ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 5.5MB 4340ms 887ms haxe/hl/jit 1.14.0

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
haxe 1.hx 260ms 0.3ms 27.5MB 220ms 40ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 653ms 2.7ms 5.4MB 547ms 123ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 691ms 7.5ms 5.7MB 580ms 127ms haxe/hl/jit 1.14.0

helloworld

Input: QwQ

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 1.0ms 0.1ms 1.3MB 0ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
haxe 1.hx 2.2ms 0.2ms 4.9MB 0ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 2.6ms 0.1ms 4.3MB 0ms 0ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 3.6ms 0.2ms 4.8MB 0ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.14.0

knucleotide

Input: 2500000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 788ms 2.8ms 20.8MB 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 89ms 1.6ms 7.5MB 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 1.1ms 2.9MB 30ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
haxe 1.hx 134ms 1.1ms 20.4MB 127ms 0ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 135ms 0.4ms 5.0MB 127ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 152ms 0.4ms 5.7MB 140ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.14.0

Input: 1000 3000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 97ms 2.2ms 2.9MB 83ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
haxe 1.hx 375ms 1.6ms 25.5MB 363ms 7ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 403ms 6.2ms 5.0MB 393ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 451ms 3.3ms 5.7MB 437ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.14.0

Input: 100 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 16ms 0.6ms 1.4MB 10ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
haxe 1.hx 64ms 0.5ms 12.4MB 53ms 0ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 67ms 1.0ms 5.0MB 60ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 78ms 1.0ms 5.7MB 70ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.14.0

mandelbrot

Input: 5000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 247ms 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 0.2ms 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 831ms 6.3ms 41.1MB 800ms 17ms zig 0.13.0
haxe 1.hx 917ms 8.2ms 96.9MB 1023ms 43ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 34.5MB 4907ms 497ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 59.1MB 6110ms 440ms haxe/hl/jit 1.14.0

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 170ms 0.9ms 11.1MB 153ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
haxe 1.hx 174ms 3.9ms 28.6MB 173ms 10ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 1287ms 11ms 12.8MB 1217ms 143ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 1312ms 13ms 22.2MB 1310ms 143ms haxe/hl/jit 1.14.0

nbody

Input: 5000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2.zig 274ms 0.5ms 1.1MB 270ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
zig 1.zig 313ms 0.7ms 1.3MB 300ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
haxe 2.hx 852ms 3.3ms 5.1MB 840ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 1050ms 8.1ms 5.0MB 1033ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 3.hx 1410ms 33ms 25.6MB 1583ms 50ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 2.hx 2407ms 6.7ms 5.7MB 2393ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.14.0
haxe 1.hx 2445ms 1.3ms 5.7MB 2430ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.14.0
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 4.4MB 4987ms 0ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 2.hx timeout 0.0ms 4.4MB 4983ms 0ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 3.hx timeout 0.0ms 5.2MB 3890ms 1607ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 3.hx timeout 0.0ms 6.0MB 4097ms 1367ms haxe/hl/jit 1.14.0

Input: 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2.zig 29ms 0.0ms 1.1MB 20ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
zig 1.zig 34ms 0.3ms 1.3MB 27ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
haxe 2.hx 91ms 1.0ms 5.0MB 80ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 111ms 2.6ms 5.0MB 100ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 3.hx 156ms 5.2ms 27.6MB 157ms 7ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 2.hx 244ms 0.6ms 5.7MB 230ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.14.0
haxe 1.hx 250ms 1.0ms 5.7MB 240ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.14.0
haxe 2.hx 669ms 3.4ms 4.4MB 660ms 0ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 3.hx 679ms 29ms 5.2MB 517ms 213ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 3.hx 773ms 1.8ms 5.8MB 627ms 207ms haxe/hl/jit 1.14.0
haxe 1.hx 823ms 17ms 4.4MB 813ms 0ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6

nsieve

Input: 12

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 268ms 1.7ms 40.3MB 247ms 3ms zig 0.13.0
zig 2.zig 334ms 8.4ms 6.1MB 323ms 0ms zig 0.13.0

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 50ms 1.6ms 11.0MB 37ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
zig 2.zig 81ms 1.4ms 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 2472ms 10ms 2.3MB 2437ms 17ms zig 0.13.0

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 566ms 0.6ms 1.8MB 553ms 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 1.2ms 3.9MB 1583ms 7ms zig 0.13.0
zig 2.zig 916ms 1.6ms 1.5MB 903ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
zig 1.zig 3670ms 6.3ms 1.5MB 3660ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
haxe 1.hx 3914ms 2.8ms 5.3MB 3900ms 3ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 7.0MB 4990ms 0ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 5.9MB 4983ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.14.0

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2-m.zig 125ms 0.3ms 3.7MB 273ms 3ms zig 0.13.0
zig 2.zig 231ms 2.4ms 1.4MB 220ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
zig 1.zig 921ms 1.9ms 1.4MB 910ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
haxe 1.hx 991ms 6.4ms 5.1MB 973ms 3ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 2391ms 1.5ms 6.5MB 2380ms 0ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 5.8MB 4983ms 3ms haxe/hl/jit 1.14.0

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2-m.zig 39ms 1.5ms 3.7MB 33ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
zig 2.zig 60ms 0.8ms 1.4MB 50ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
zig 1.zig 232ms 0.8ms 1.4MB 220ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
haxe 1.hx 253ms 2.4ms 5.0MB 243ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 602ms 1.7ms 5.4MB 587ms 0ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 2305ms 4.5ms 5.8MB 2297ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.14.0