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Zig VS Rust 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
rust 4.rs 1251ms 6.0ms 33.8MB 1233ms 7ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 5.rs 1378ms 31ms 33.8MB 1357ms 10ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 3.rs 1482ms 30ms 49.8MB 1443ms 23ms rustc 1.83.0
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
rust 5.rs 123ms 0.3ms 5.8MB 110ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 4.rs 129ms 19ms 5.8MB 120ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 3.rs 142ms 4.7ms 7.8MB 130ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
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
rust 1.rs 115ms 0.3ms 3.6MB 100ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 2.rs 414ms 5.1ms 3.5MB 400ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
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
rust 1.rs 33ms 0.7ms 2.9MB 20ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 2.rs 76ms 1.6ms 3.0MB 67ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
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
rust 3-im.rs 413ms 6.2ms 4.0MB 1573ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 5-m.rs 567ms 6.5ms 4.0MB 2143ms 3ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 2-im.rs 629ms 1.2ms 6.0MB 2387ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
zig 2-m.zig 645ms 6.6ms 3.5MB 2427ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
rust 1-m.rs 997ms 11ms 6.0MB 3850ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 3-i.rs 1489ms 1.2ms 1.9MB 1480ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 2-i.rs 1754ms 1.4ms 1.8MB 1740ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
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
rust 1.rs 2669ms 15ms 1.8MB 2657ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
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
rust 3-im.rs 38ms 0.3ms 4.0MB 117ms 3ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 5-m.rs 56ms 0.8ms 6.0MB 170ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
zig 2-m.zig 60ms 2.3ms 3.5MB 193ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
rust 2-im.rs 62ms 1.1ms 6.0MB 200ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 1-m.rs 88ms 1.9ms 6.0MB 307ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 3-i.rs 124ms 0.4ms 1.9MB 117ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 2-i.rs 149ms 0.8ms 1.8MB 140ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
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
rust 1.rs 223ms 0.6ms 1.8MB 210ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
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
rust 5c-m.rs 91ms 2.5ms 4.8MB 240ms 7ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 5-m.rs 98ms 0.2ms 6.5MB 320ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 1c.rs 162ms 0.1ms 1.9MB 150ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 1.rs 193ms 1.6ms 1.9MB 180ms 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 0.1ms 1.1MB 0ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
rust 5c-m.rs 16ms 0.2ms 4.8MB 20ms 3ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 5-m.rs 17ms 0.2ms 4.8MB 30ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 1c.rs 19ms 0.2ms 1.9MB 10ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 1.rs 22ms 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 1.1ms 0.1ms 1.3MB 0ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
rust 1.rs 1.3ms 0.0ms 1.8MB 0ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 1.rs 1.3ms 0.0ms 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 226ms 10ms 30.0MB 647ms 17ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 8.rs 503ms 36ms 23.9MB 480ms 7ms rustc 1.83.0
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
rust 8-m.rs 34ms 1.4ms 15.7MB 63ms 3ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 8.rs 60ms 0.3ms 11.5MB 47ms 3ms rustc 1.83.0
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
rust 0-unsafe.rs 42ms 1.1ms 1.9MB 30ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 1.rs 51ms 4.9ms 2.0MB 43ms 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 98ms 2.2ms 2.9MB 90ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
rust 0-unsafe.rs 156ms 1.9ms 1.9MB 150ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 1.rs 197ms 16ms 2.0MB 187ms 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 16ms 1.3ms 1.4MB 10ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
rust 0-unsafe.rs 26ms 0.5ms 1.9MB 20ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 1.rs 29ms 0.7ms 1.9MB 20ms 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 246ms 0.8ms 4.2MB 237ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
rust 9.rs 253ms 8.3ms 4.8MB 240ms 0ms rustc 1.85.0-nightly
rust 8.rs 308ms 1.6ms 4.9MB 300ms 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 10ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
rust 9.rs 13ms 0.2ms 2.0MB 0ms 0ms rustc 1.85.0-nightly
rust 8.rs 15ms 0.2ms 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 697ms 5.9ms 33.8MB 670ms 13ms rustc 1.83.0
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
rust 1.rs 150ms 2.8ms 9.8MB 137ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
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
rust 4-i.rs 165ms 3.7ms 1.9MB 153ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 7-i.rs 236ms 0.8ms 1.8MB 227ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 1.rs 238ms 0.5ms 1.8MB 230ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
zig 2.zig 273ms 0.3ms 1.1MB 263ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
rust 2.rs 279ms 0.3ms 1.8MB 267ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 3.rs 280ms 0.4ms 1.9MB 270ms 0ms rustc 1.85.0-nightly
zig 1.zig 313ms 0.6ms 1.3MB 300ms 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 19ms 0.4ms 1.8MB 10ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 1.rs 26ms 0.1ms 1.8MB 17ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 7-i.rs 26ms 0.2ms 1.8MB 13ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
zig 2.zig 29ms 0.1ms 1.3MB 20ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
rust 2.rs 30ms 0.1ms 1.8MB 20ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 3.rs 30ms 0.2ms 1.9MB 20ms 0ms rustc 1.85.0-nightly
zig 1.zig 33ms 0.2ms 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 261ms 9.1ms 40.3MB 247ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
rust 1.rs 308ms 10.0ms 40.9MB 293ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 2.rs 317ms 3.1ms 6.6MB 303ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
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
rust 1.rs 63ms 4.7ms 11.6MB 50ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
zig 2.zig 81ms 0.7ms 2.4MB 70ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
rust 2.rs 82ms 0.9ms 2.9MB 70ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0

pidigits

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 1.rs 1519ms 2.0ms 2.8MB 1257ms 243ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 2.rs 1706ms 6.4ms 2.8MB 1613ms 73ms rustc 1.83.0
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
rust 1.rs 320ms 1.6ms 2.4MB 290ms 17ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 2.rs 379ms 3.1ms 2.5MB 360ms 3ms rustc 1.83.0
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
rust 8-m.rs 498ms 0.9ms 6.5MB 1900ms 7ms rustc 1.85.0-nightly
rust 7-m.rs 498ms 1.8ms 4.2MB 1907ms 10ms rustc 1.83.0
zig 2.zig 917ms 5.5ms 1.5MB 907ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
rust 8.rs 1016ms 12ms 2.5MB 1003ms 0ms rustc 1.85.0-nightly
rust 2-m.rs 1952ms 2.2ms 6.2MB 7643ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 7.rs 2122ms 22ms 1.9MB 2117ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
zig 1.zig 3670ms 5.0ms 1.5MB 3663ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
rust 2.rs 4203ms 9.7ms 2.0MB 4193ms 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 125ms 0.4ms 3.7MB 273ms 7ms zig 0.13.0
rust 8-m.rs 128ms 0.4ms 6.2MB 470ms 3ms rustc 1.85.0-nightly
rust 7-m.rs 129ms 0.5ms 6.1MB 463ms 7ms rustc 1.83.0
zig 2.zig 230ms 0.8ms 1.4MB 220ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
rust 8.rs 255ms 1.5ms 2.3MB 243ms 0ms rustc 1.85.0-nightly
rust 2-m.rs 492ms 0.5ms 4.1MB 1890ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 7.rs 530ms 4.7ms 1.8MB 523ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
zig 1.zig 924ms 1.5ms 1.4MB 910ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
rust 2.rs 1051ms 1.9ms 1.9MB 1040ms 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 36ms 0.2ms 4.1MB 107ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 8-m.rs 36ms 0.5ms 4.1MB 117ms 0ms rustc 1.85.0-nightly
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
rust 8.rs 66ms 0.3ms 2.0MB 57ms 0ms rustc 1.85.0-nightly
rust 2-m.rs 127ms 0.6ms 4.1MB 457ms 7ms rustc 1.83.0
rust 7.rs 135ms 2.0ms 1.8MB 127ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0
zig 1.zig 232ms 0.9ms 1.4MB 220ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
rust 2.rs 266ms 1.0ms 1.9MB 253ms 0ms rustc 1.83.0