Programming Language and compiler
Benchmarks

Zig VS V benchmarks

Current benchmark data was generated on Sun Jun 01 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
v 1.v 775ms 3.4ms 22.2MB 760ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.4.10
zig 1.zig 1718ms 14ms 49.0MB 1683ms 20ms zig 0.14.1
v 1.v 2160ms 14ms 2086.6MB 1263ms 880ms v/clang 0.4.10

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
v 1.v 70ms 1.1ms 4.6MB 60ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.4.10
zig 1.zig 150ms 2.1ms 7.0MB 140ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
v 1.v 206ms 5.6ms 197.9MB 120ms 73ms v/clang 0.4.10

edigits

Input: 250001

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 2257ms 7.3ms 2.5MB 2230ms 10ms zig 0.14.1
v 1.v timeout 0.0ms 8.3MB 4990ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.4.10

Input: 100000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 384ms 5.4ms 1.9MB 370ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
v 1.v timeout 0.0ms 4.8MB 4990ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.4.10

fannkuch-redux

Input: 11

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2-m.zig 638ms 2.2ms 1.4MB 2400ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
zig 3-i.zig 1764ms 0.6ms 1.0MB 1753ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
v 1.v 2198ms 7.2ms 1.9MB 2187ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.4.10
v 1.v 2294ms 1.6ms 1.1MB 2283ms 0ms v/clang 0.4.10
zig 1.zig 2716ms 5.8ms 1.0MB 2707ms 0ms zig 0.14.1

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2-m.zig 60ms 0.3ms 1.4MB 200ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
zig 3-i.zig 147ms 0.4ms 1.0MB 140ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
v 1.v 187ms 1.9ms 1.9MB 180ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.4.10
v 1.v 194ms 1.9ms 1.1MB 187ms 0ms v/clang 0.4.10
zig 1.zig 229ms 0.8ms 1.0MB 220ms 0ms zig 0.14.1

fasta

Input: 2500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 87ms 1.4ms 1.0MB 80ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
v 1.v 503ms 4.3ms 1.3MB 493ms 0ms v/clang 0.4.10
v 1.v 522ms 1.0ms 2.1MB 510ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.4.10

Input: 250000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 10ms 0.1ms 1.0MB 0ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
v 1.v 52ms 0.5ms 1.3MB 43ms 0ms v/clang 0.4.10
v 1.v 56ms 2.0ms 2.1MB 50ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.4.10

helloworld

Input: QwQ

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
v 1.v 1.0ms 0.0ms 1.4MB 0ms 0ms v/clang 0.4.10
zig 1.zig 1.1ms 0.4ms 1.1MB 0ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
v 1.v 1.3ms 0.0ms 1.9MB 0ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.4.10

knucleotide

Input: 2500000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1-m.zig 314ms 1.1ms 66.5MB 827ms 30ms zig 0.14.1
zig 1.zig 500ms 5.4ms 28.0MB 483ms 7ms zig 0.14.1

Input: 250000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1-m.zig 63ms 0.5ms 54.3MB 123ms 33ms zig 0.14.1
zig 1.zig 66ms 1.0ms 15.5MB 50ms 0ms zig 0.14.1

lru

Input: 1000 1000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 35ms 0.8ms 2.8MB 30ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
v 1.v 243ms 6.1ms 1.3MB 233ms 0ms v/clang 0.4.10
v 1.v 256ms 1.5ms 2.1MB 250ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.4.10

Input: 1000 3000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 95ms 3.4ms 2.8MB 87ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
v 1.v 717ms 0.9ms 1.3MB 710ms 0ms v/clang 0.4.10
v 1.v 768ms 2.8ms 2.1MB 760ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.4.10

Input: 100 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 15ms 0.4ms 1.3MB 10ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
v 1.v 90ms 2.6ms 1.5MB 80ms 0ms v/clang 0.4.10
v 1.v 103ms 2.0ms 2.1MB 93ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.4.10

mandelbrot

Input: 5000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 247ms 0.8ms 4.1MB 240ms 0ms zig 0.14.1

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 12ms 0.2ms 1.1MB 10ms 0ms zig 0.14.1

merkletrees

Input: 17

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 856ms 8.4ms 41.0MB 830ms 10ms zig 0.14.1

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 178ms 3.3ms 11.0MB 167ms 0ms zig 0.14.1

nbody

Input: 5000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 3.zig 198ms 1.0ms 1.0MB 190ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
zig 2.zig 279ms 0.5ms 1.0MB 270ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
v 1.v 310ms 1.3ms 1.6MB 300ms 0ms v/clang 0.4.10
v 1.v 311ms 1.1ms 2.3MB 300ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.4.10
zig 1.zig 315ms 0.7ms 1.1MB 310ms 0ms zig 0.14.1

Input: 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 3.zig 21ms 0.2ms 1.0MB 10ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
zig 2.zig 30ms 0.1ms 1.0MB 20ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
v 1.v 33ms 0.6ms 1.6MB 27ms 0ms v/clang 0.4.10
v 1.v 34ms 0.5ms 2.3MB 30ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.4.10
zig 1.zig 34ms 0.6ms 1.1MB 30ms 0ms zig 0.14.1

nsieve

Input: 12

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 255ms 8.2ms 40.2MB 240ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
v 1.v 304ms 5.3ms 40.3MB 283ms 0ms v/clang 0.4.10
v 1.v 320ms 3.2ms 41.2MB 307ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.4.10
zig 2.zig 328ms 2.8ms 6.0MB 320ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
v 2.v 330ms 2.8ms 6.7MB 320ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.4.10
v 2.v 332ms 2.3ms 6.1MB 320ms 0ms v/clang 0.4.10

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 55ms 1.4ms 10.9MB 43ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
v 1.v 62ms 3.3ms 11.9MB 53ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.4.10
v 1.v 65ms 1.9ms 11.0MB 57ms 0ms v/clang 0.4.10
zig 2.zig 81ms 1.1ms 2.3MB 70ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
v 2.v 82ms 1.2ms 2.4MB 73ms 0ms v/clang 0.4.10
v 2.v 82ms 1.3ms 3.1MB 70ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.4.10

pidigits

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 2458ms 11ms 2.3MB 2430ms 17ms zig 0.14.1
v 2.v 3198ms 26ms 3.4MB 3177ms 7ms v/clang+gc 0.4.10

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 565ms 4.7ms 1.8MB 553ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
v 2.v 782ms 13ms 2.6MB 770ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.4.10

spectral-norm

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 3684ms 1.8ms 1.4MB 3670ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
v 1.v timeout 0.0ms 1.6MB 4990ms 0ms v/clang 0.4.10
v 1.v timeout 0.0ms 2.8MB 4990ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.4.10

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 927ms 2.1ms 1.3MB 920ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
v 1.v 1285ms 5.0ms 1.5MB 1277ms 0ms v/clang 0.4.10
v 1.v 1330ms 15ms 2.5MB 1320ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.4.10

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 232ms 0.3ms 1.3MB 220ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
v 1.v 326ms 1.3ms 1.5MB 320ms 0ms v/clang 0.4.10
v 1.v 332ms 2.2ms 2.5MB 323ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.4.10