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Zig VS Javascript 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
javascript 1-m.js 934ms 12ms 179.4MB 1463ms 247ms bun 1.1.38
javascript 1-m.js 1245ms 11ms 292.8MB 2167ms 173ms node 23.3.0
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
javascript 1.js 95ms 0.9ms 78.8MB 67ms 30ms bun 1.1.38
javascript 1.js 124ms 1.3ms 82.1MB 123ms 20ms node 23.3.0
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
javascript 1.js 275ms 2.6ms 66.4MB 273ms 37ms node 23.3.0
javascript 1.js 651ms 2.3ms 77.2MB 620ms 27ms bun 1.1.38
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
javascript 1.js 125ms 1.1ms 65.4MB 143ms 13ms node 23.3.0
zig 1.zig 383ms 1.3ms 1.9MB 367ms 3ms zig 0.13.0
javascript 1.js 549ms 51ms 67.0MB 523ms 20ms bun 1.1.38

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

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

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
javascript 1.js 12ms 0.4ms 31.8MB 0ms 10ms bun 1.1.38
javascript 1.js 31ms 0.3ms 51.9MB 16ms 4ms node 23.3.0

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
javascript 2.js 307ms 1.5ms 66.6MB 293ms 17ms node 23.3.0
javascript 1.js 556ms 4.1ms 64.6MB 543ms 7ms node 23.3.0
javascript 2.js 654ms 2.5ms 122.6MB 690ms 73ms bun 1.1.38
javascript 1.js 879ms 2.7ms 110.8MB 957ms 87ms bun 1.1.38

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
javascript 2.js 850ms 3.9ms 71.8MB 830ms 23ms node 23.3.0
javascript 1.js 1581ms 2.8ms 71.0MB 1560ms 17ms node 23.3.0
javascript 2.js 1821ms 23ms 122.0MB 1977ms 60ms bun 1.1.38
javascript 1.js 2555ms 37ms 110.8MB 2857ms 143ms bun 1.1.38

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
javascript 2.js 166ms 2.5ms 60.1MB 163ms 3ms node 23.3.0
javascript 1.js 172ms 16ms 61.8MB 157ms 10ms node 23.3.0
javascript 1.js 323ms 4.0ms 119.0MB 360ms 73ms bun 1.1.38
javascript 2.js 352ms 4.1ms 125.4MB 380ms 47ms bun 1.1.38

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
javascript 1-m.js 510ms 1.8ms 138.7MB 657ms 147ms bun 1.1.38
javascript 1.js 538ms 0.3ms 134.0MB 627ms 60ms node 23.3.0
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
javascript 1.js 124ms 3.0ms 86.3MB 103ms 37ms bun 1.1.38
javascript 1.js 162ms 1.2ms 101.8MB 160ms 37ms node 23.3.0
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
javascript 6.js 460ms 5.9ms 59.6MB 447ms 7ms node 23.3.0
javascript 6.js 672ms 15ms 44.9MB 667ms 3ms bun 1.1.38

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
javascript 6.js 77ms 1.7ms 59.5MB 67ms 3ms node 23.3.0
javascript 6.js 87ms 1.8ms 44.9MB 80ms 10ms bun 1.1.38

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
zig 1.zig 2452ms 1.2ms 2.3MB 2417ms 20ms zig 0.13.0
javascript 3.js 4746ms 11ms 91.6MB 4717ms 33ms node 23.3.0

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
javascript 3.js 1029ms 1.4ms 74.0MB 1013ms 17ms node 23.3.0

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
javascript 6-m.js 2167ms 20ms 117.7MB 8173ms 63ms node 23.3.0
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
zig 2.zig 230ms 0.8ms 1.4MB 220ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
javascript 6-m.js 643ms 4.2ms 117.0MB 2300ms 43ms node 23.3.0
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
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
javascript 6-m.js 262ms 0.7ms 112.9MB 813ms 47ms node 23.3.0