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Zig VS Rust benchmarks

Current benchmark data was generated on Tue Dec 31 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
rust 4.rs 1176ms 7.2ms 33.8MB 1153ms 7ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 5.rs 1261ms 3.1ms 33.8MB 1233ms 10ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 3.rs 1415ms 35ms 49.8MB 1373ms 27ms rustc 1.83.0
zig 1.zig 1616ms 20ms 49.1MB 1590ms 10ms zig 0.13.0

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 4.rs 110ms 0.7ms 5.8MB 97ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 5.rs 119ms 3.8ms 5.8MB 107ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 3.rs 130ms 2.4ms 7.8MB 117ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
zig 1.zig 142ms 0.5ms 7.1MB 130ms 0ms zig 0.13.0

edigits

Input: 250001

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 1.rs 108ms 0.9ms 3.6MB 100ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 2.rs 389ms 4.7ms 3.6MB 380ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
zig 1.zig 2162ms 6.9ms 2.5MB 2130ms 13ms zig 0.13.0

Input: 100000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 1.rs 31ms 0.7ms 2.9MB 20ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 2.rs 71ms 1.3ms 3.0MB 60ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
zig 1.zig 368ms 1.2ms 1.9MB 347ms 10ms zig 0.13.0

fannkuch-redux

Input: 11

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 3-im.rs 394ms 5.6ms 6.0MB 1513ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 5-m.rs 538ms 7.1ms 4.0MB 2067ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 2-im.rs 597ms 11ms 4.0MB 2270ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
zig 2-m.zig 614ms 3.4ms 3.6MB 2297ms 3ms zig 0.13.0
rust 1-m.rs 928ms 3.9ms 4.0MB 3580ms 3ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 3-i.rs 1420ms 7.0ms 1.9MB 1410ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 2-i.rs 1659ms 11ms 1.8MB 1647ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
zig 3-i.zig 1689ms 4.7ms 1.1MB 1680ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
zig 2.zig 2336ms 14ms 1.1MB 2327ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
rust 1.rs 2517ms 13ms 1.8MB 2507ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
zig 1.zig 2710ms 6.9ms 1.1MB 2700ms 0ms zig 0.13.0

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 3-im.rs 38ms 1.2ms 4.0MB 120ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 5-m.rs 53ms 1.3ms 6.0MB 160ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
zig 2-m.zig 60ms 2.7ms 3.5MB 183ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
rust 2-im.rs 60ms 1.7ms 4.0MB 193ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 1-m.rs 87ms 2.7ms 6.0MB 293ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 3-i.rs 121ms 4.1ms 1.9MB 113ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
zig 3-i.zig 142ms 1.7ms 1.1MB 130ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
rust 2-i.rs 144ms 3.2ms 1.8MB 133ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
zig 2.zig 190ms 3.5ms 1.1MB 180ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
rust 1.rs 218ms 6.6ms 1.8MB 207ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
zig 1.zig 227ms 2.4ms 1.1MB 220ms 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 81ms 0.5ms 1.1MB 70ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
rust 5c-m.rs 85ms 1.4ms 4.8MB 237ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 5-m.rs 92ms 2.4ms 4.8MB 300ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 1c.rs 156ms 3.7ms 1.9MB 147ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 1.rs 189ms 6.0ms 1.9MB 177ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0

Input: 250000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 10ms 0.6ms 1.1MB 0ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
rust 5c-m.rs 15ms 0.7ms 4.8MB 23ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 5-m.rs 16ms 0.1ms 4.8MB 27ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 1c.rs 18ms 0.1ms 1.9MB 10ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 1.rs 21ms 0.3ms 1.9MB 10ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0

helloworld

Input: QwQ

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 0.9ms 0.0ms 1.3MB 0ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
rust 1.rs 1.2ms 0.1ms 1.8MB 0ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 1.rs 1.2ms 0.1ms 1.8MB 0ms 0ms rustc 1.85.0-nightly

knucleotide

Input: 2500000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 8-m.rs 228ms 4.6ms 30.5MB 650ms 10ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 8.rs 472ms 16ms 23.8MB 447ms 10ms rustc 1.83.0
zig 1.zig 746ms 5.8ms 21.8MB 720ms 10ms zig 0.13.0

Input: 250000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 8-m.rs 30ms 2.5ms 15.8MB 53ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 8.rs 58ms 2.1ms 11.5MB 43ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
zig 1.zig 84ms 2.3ms 7.5MB 67ms 3ms 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 33ms 1.3ms 2.9MB 23ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
rust 0-unsafe.rs 34ms 1.7ms 1.9MB 23ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 1.rs 46ms 4.3ms 2.0MB 33ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0

Input: 1000 3000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 90ms 3.0ms 2.9MB 83ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
rust 0-unsafe.rs 141ms 8.2ms 1.9MB 133ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 1.rs 170ms 7.7ms 2.0MB 157ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0

Input: 100 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 14ms 0.1ms 1.4MB 10ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
rust 0-unsafe.rs 23ms 0.5ms 1.9MB 10ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 1.rs 28ms 1.9ms 1.9MB 17ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0

mandelbrot

Input: 5000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 237ms 4.1ms 4.2MB 227ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
rust 9.rs 248ms 0.5ms 4.8MB 240ms 0ms rustc 1.85.0-nightly
rust 8.rs 291ms 2.6ms 4.9MB 277ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 12ms 0.1ms 1.3MB 0ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
rust 9.rs 12ms 0.4ms 1.9MB 0ms 0ms rustc 1.85.0-nightly
rust 8.rs 15ms 0.5ms 1.9MB 10ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0

merkletrees

Input: 17

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 1.rs 657ms 8.6ms 33.8MB 637ms 3ms rustc 1.83.0
zig 1.zig 790ms 14ms 41.1MB 763ms 10ms zig 0.13.0

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 1.rs 145ms 2.9ms 9.8MB 133ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
zig 1.zig 160ms 1.9ms 11.1MB 147ms 0ms zig 0.13.0

nbody

Input: 5000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 4-i.rs 160ms 3.5ms 1.8MB 150ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 7-i.rs 228ms 2.2ms 1.8MB 220ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 1.rs 228ms 5.2ms 1.8MB 213ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
zig 2.zig 258ms 1.8ms 1.1MB 247ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
rust 2.rs 263ms 1.3ms 1.8MB 253ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 3.rs 269ms 1.6ms 1.9MB 257ms 0ms rustc 1.85.0-nightly
zig 1.zig 300ms 6.3ms 1.3MB 290ms 0ms zig 0.13.0

Input: 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 4-i.rs 18ms 0.7ms 1.8MB 10ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 1.rs 25ms 0.4ms 1.8MB 17ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 7-i.rs 25ms 0.7ms 1.8MB 20ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
zig 2.zig 27ms 0.1ms 1.1MB 20ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
rust 2.rs 28ms 0.0ms 1.8MB 20ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 3.rs 28ms 0.1ms 1.8MB 20ms 0ms rustc 1.85.0-nightly
zig 1.zig 33ms 0.3ms 1.3MB 23ms 0ms zig 0.13.0

nsieve

Input: 12

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 240ms 5.5ms 40.3MB 223ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
rust 1.rs 277ms 3.8ms 40.9MB 267ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 2.rs 307ms 3.2ms 6.7MB 290ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
zig 2.zig 316ms 1.6ms 6.1MB 303ms 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 1.2ms 11.0MB 33ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
rust 1.rs 59ms 0.6ms 11.6MB 47ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 2.rs 75ms 0.2ms 2.9MB 70ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
zig 2.zig 78ms 0.3ms 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
rust 1.rs 1461ms 11ms 2.7MB 1253ms 183ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 2.rs 1636ms 13ms 2.8MB 1527ms 93ms rustc 1.83.0
zig 1.zig 2339ms 5.6ms 2.2MB 2307ms 17ms zig 0.13.0

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 1.rs 306ms 1.7ms 2.4MB 283ms 3ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 2.rs 367ms 5.1ms 2.5MB 353ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
zig 1.zig 536ms 2.8ms 1.8MB 520ms 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 450ms 8.0ms 3.8MB 1500ms 7ms zig 0.13.0
rust 8-m.rs 469ms 0.9ms 4.6MB 1810ms 0ms rustc 1.85.0-nightly
rust 7-m.rs 471ms 4.6ms 4.2MB 1817ms 3ms rustc 1.83.0
zig 2.zig 872ms 1.5ms 1.5MB 860ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
rust 8.rs 961ms 14ms 2.4MB 950ms 0ms rustc 1.85.0-nightly
rust 2-m.rs 1855ms 2.8ms 4.1MB 7283ms 7ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 7.rs 1994ms 3.4ms 1.9MB 1987ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
zig 1.zig 3472ms 17ms 1.5MB 3463ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
rust 2.rs 3948ms 11ms 2.0MB 3937ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2-m.zig 119ms 0.9ms 3.7MB 250ms 3ms zig 0.13.0
rust 7-m.rs 121ms 0.3ms 4.1MB 443ms 3ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 8-m.rs 123ms 3.8ms 4.4MB 443ms 0ms rustc 1.85.0-nightly
zig 2.zig 218ms 2.6ms 1.4MB 203ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
rust 8.rs 240ms 1.0ms 2.1MB 227ms 0ms rustc 1.85.0-nightly
rust 2-m.rs 468ms 6.0ms 4.1MB 1797ms 3ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 7.rs 498ms 3.3ms 1.8MB 490ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
zig 1.zig 875ms 2.0ms 1.4MB 867ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
rust 2.rs 1001ms 10ms 1.9MB 987ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 7-m.rs 34ms 0.6ms 4.1MB 103ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 8-m.rs 35ms 0.2ms 4.2MB 110ms 0ms rustc 1.85.0-nightly
zig 2-m.zig 37ms 1.7ms 3.7MB 30ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
zig 2.zig 56ms 0.1ms 1.4MB 50ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
rust 8.rs 63ms 1.0ms 2.1MB 50ms 0ms rustc 1.85.0-nightly
rust 2-m.rs 123ms 2.3ms 6.1MB 447ms 3ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 7.rs 135ms 1.1ms 1.8MB 123ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
zig 1.zig 224ms 2.6ms 1.4MB 213ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
rust 2.rs 256ms 5.0ms 1.9MB 247ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0