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Zig VS Kotlin benchmarks

Current benchmark data was generated on Sat Nov 16 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
kotlin 1.kt 475ms 17ms 579.4MB 547ms 97ms kotlin/jvm 21
zig 1.zig 1720ms 11ms 49.1MB 1690ms 13ms zig 0.13.0
kotlin 1-m.kt 3085ms 72ms 252.5MB 5140ms 680ms kotlin/native 1.8.21

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
kotlin 1.kt 102ms 2.5ms 160.0MB 107ms 27ms kotlin/jvm 21
zig 1.zig 149ms 4.1ms 7.1MB 137ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
kotlin 1-m.kt 266ms 3.6ms 32.5MB 413ms 67ms kotlin/native 1.8.21

edigits

Input: 250001

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 2266ms 2.1ms 2.5MB 2237ms 10ms zig 0.13.0

Input: 100000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 384ms 0.9ms 1.9MB 367ms 0ms 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 647ms 7.0ms 3.5MB 2430ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
zig 3-i.zig 1788ms 1.5ms 1.1MB 1780ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
zig 2.zig 2455ms 43ms 1.1MB 2440ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
zig 1.zig 2862ms 0.8ms 1.1MB 2850ms 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 63ms 0.3ms 3.6MB 190ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
zig 3-i.zig 149ms 0.0ms 1.3MB 140ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
zig 2.zig 201ms 5.1ms 1.1MB 193ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
zig 1.zig 241ms 0.5ms 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 0.5ms 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 11ms 0.7ms 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 1.0ms 0.0ms 1.3MB 0ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
kotlin 1.kt 2.3ms 0.2ms 4.7MB 0ms 0ms kotlin/native 1.8.21
kotlin 1.kt 55ms 4.0ms 47.5MB 58ms 14ms kotlin/jvm 21

knucleotide

Input: 2500000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 801ms 16ms 21.0MB 777ms 10ms zig 0.13.0

Input: 250000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 91ms 1.0ms 7.5MB 77ms 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 34ms 0.7ms 2.9MB 27ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
kotlin 1-m.kt 179ms 2.4ms 96.4MB 293ms 27ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 2-m.kt 193ms 1.1ms 103.4MB 407ms 40ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 2.kt 304ms 3.0ms 7.9MB 427ms 13ms kotlin/native 1.8.21
kotlin 1.kt 515ms 18ms 7.8MB 623ms 3ms kotlin/native 1.8.21

Input: 1000 3000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 95ms 2.2ms 2.9MB 87ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
kotlin 2-m.kt 304ms 11ms 212.8MB 533ms 40ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 1.kt 325ms 2.9ms 202.8MB 440ms 27ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 2.kt 898ms 0.8ms 7.8MB 1297ms 43ms kotlin/native 1.8.21
kotlin 1.kt 1591ms 14ms 7.9MB 1973ms 20ms kotlin/native 1.8.21

Input: 100 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 15ms 0.2ms 1.4MB 10ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
kotlin 1-m.kt 140ms 3.1ms 90.2MB 267ms 27ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 2.kt 142ms 3.9ms 5.7MB 200ms 0ms kotlin/native 1.8.21
kotlin 2-m.kt 154ms 12ms 98.0MB 293ms 37ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 1.kt 170ms 6.0ms 5.7MB 210ms 3ms kotlin/native 1.8.21

mandelbrot

Input: 5000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 246ms 0.7ms 4.2MB 240ms 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
kotlin 1.kt 350ms 2.1ms 679.4MB 383ms 77ms kotlin/jvm 21
zig 1.zig 840ms 21ms 41.1MB 813ms 10ms zig 0.13.0
kotlin 1-m.kt 1501ms 11ms 136.5MB 2307ms 327ms kotlin/native 1.8.21

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
kotlin 1.kt 127ms 2.6ms 206.6MB 150ms 40ms kotlin/jvm 21
zig 1.zig 168ms 1.1ms 11.1MB 157ms 3ms zig 0.13.0
kotlin 1-m.kt 314ms 24ms 40.5MB 453ms 73ms kotlin/native 1.8.21

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 314ms 0.9ms 1.3MB 300ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
kotlin 1n.kt 407ms 3.5ms 4.6MB 397ms 0ms kotlin/native 1.8.21
kotlin 1.kt 443ms 2.0ms 49.1MB 483ms 17ms kotlin/jvm 21

Input: 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2.zig 30ms 1.5ms 1.1MB 20ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
zig 1.zig 34ms 0.6ms 1.3MB 23ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
kotlin 1n.kt 45ms 1.6ms 4.6MB 33ms 0ms kotlin/native 1.8.21
kotlin 1.kt 118ms 1.0ms 49.6MB 160ms 17ms kotlin/jvm 21

nsieve

Input: 12

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 256ms 0.6ms 40.3MB 240ms 3ms zig 0.13.0
zig 2.zig 331ms 0.1ms 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 49ms 1.5ms 11.0MB 40ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
zig 2.zig 81ms 0.6ms 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 2456ms 3.3ms 2.3MB 2427ms 10ms zig 0.13.0
kotlin 1.kt 3780ms 66ms 353.7MB 4587ms 93ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 1n.kt timeout 0.0ms 7.6MB 6390ms 297ms kotlin/native 1.8.21
kotlin 2n.kt timeout 0.0ms 8.2MB 4990ms 167ms kotlin/native 1.8.21

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 567ms 4.0ms 1.8MB 557ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
kotlin 1-m.kt 992ms 31ms 352.8MB 1700ms 87ms kotlin/jvm 21
kotlin 1n.kt timeout 0.0ms 7.3MB 6427ms 263ms kotlin/native 1.8.21
kotlin 2n.kt timeout 0.0ms 8.2MB 5007ms 150ms kotlin/native 1.8.21

spectral-norm

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2-m.zig 473ms 0.3ms 3.8MB 1590ms 7ms zig 0.13.0
zig 2.zig 918ms 5.7ms 1.5MB 903ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
zig 1.zig 3679ms 26ms 1.5MB 3670ms 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 126ms 0.9ms 3.7MB 267ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
zig 2.zig 232ms 0.2ms 1.4MB 220ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
zig 1.zig 922ms 1.3ms 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 1.0ms 3.7MB 37ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
zig 2.zig 60ms 0.9ms 1.4MB 50ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
zig 1.zig 234ms 2.0ms 1.4MB 223ms 0ms zig 0.13.0