Programming Language and compiler
Benchmarks

C VS C# benchmarks

Current benchmark data was generated on Mon May 19 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.)

helloworld

Input: QwQ

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 1.c 0.9ms 0.0ms 1.4MB 0ms 0ms zigcc 0.14.0
c 1.c 1.2ms 0.1ms 2.1MB 0ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 1.c 1.3ms 0.0ms 2.1MB 0ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
csharp 1.cs 7.5ms 2.9ms 9.6MB 0ms 0ms dotnet/aot 9.0.300
csharp 1.cs 32ms 1.0ms 23.9MB 20ms 2ms mono 6.12.0
csharp 1.cs 35ms 0.3ms 26.1MB 20ms 0ms dotnet 9.0.300

knucleotide

Input: 2500000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 1-m.c 171ms 2.2ms 23.3MB 400ms 10ms gcc 15.1.0
c 1-m.c 304ms 9.4ms 25.6MB 1047ms 27ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
csharp 6-m.cs 488ms 3.5ms 46.2MB 1320ms 20ms dotnet/aot 9.0.300
csharp 6-m.cs 722ms 26ms 68.3MB 1957ms 30ms dotnet 9.0.300
csharp 6-m.cs 1021ms 12ms 69.9MB 2960ms 30ms mono 6.12.0

Input: 250000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 1-m.c 28ms 0.6ms 12.9MB 60ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 1-m.c 38ms 1.4ms 14.9MB 110ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
csharp 6-m.cs 100ms 5.3ms 36.6MB 170ms 17ms dotnet/aot 9.0.300
csharp 6-m.cs 188ms 5.7ms 58.6MB 290ms 27ms dotnet 9.0.300
csharp 6-m.cs 194ms 4.9ms 51.0MB 377ms 17ms mono 6.12.0

mandelbrot

Input: 5000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 1-mffi.c 211ms 5.6ms 7.5MB 787ms 13ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 1-mffi.c 270ms 9.6ms 6.6MB 820ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 1-mffi.c 329ms 0.2ms 6.0MB 320ms 0ms zigcc 0.14.0
c 1-ffi.c 331ms 2.0ms 6.0MB 320ms 0ms zigcc 0.14.0
csharp 4.cs 393ms 90ms 37.2MB 370ms 10ms dotnet 9.0.300
c 1-ffi.c 460ms 4.3ms 6.7MB 447ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
csharp 2.cs 542ms 30ms 39.8MB 513ms 17ms dotnet 9.0.300
c 1-ffi.c 542ms 0.1ms 6.8MB 530ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
csharp 1.cs 2032ms 8.7ms 36.5MB 2003ms 10ms dotnet 9.0.300
csharp 3.cs 2353ms 7.5ms 16.5MB 2340ms 0ms dotnet/aot 9.0.300
csharp 3.cs 2458ms 7.7ms 36.8MB 2430ms 13ms dotnet 9.0.300
csharp 1.cs 3952ms 112ms 16.2MB 3937ms 0ms dotnet/aot 9.0.300
csharp 1.cs timeout 0.0ms 24.1MB 4983ms 3ms mono 6.12.0

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 1-mffi.c 15ms 0.3ms 4.6MB 30ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 1-ffi.c 16ms 0.4ms 3.0MB 10ms 0ms zigcc 0.14.0
c 1-mffi.c 16ms 0.2ms 3.0MB 10ms 0ms zigcc 0.14.0
c 1-mffi.c 18ms 2.4ms 3.8MB 47ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 1-ffi.c 22ms 0.4ms 3.8MB 13ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 1-ffi.c 26ms 1.0ms 3.6MB 20ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
csharp 4.cs 80ms 2.2ms 34.4MB 57ms 10ms dotnet 9.0.300
csharp 3.cs 110ms 2.9ms 13.5MB 100ms 0ms dotnet/aot 9.0.300
csharp 2.cs 111ms 4.3ms 36.8MB 87ms 13ms dotnet 9.0.300
csharp 1.cs 138ms 2.6ms 33.5MB 117ms 10ms dotnet 9.0.300
csharp 3.cs 175ms 5.6ms 33.8MB 150ms 10ms dotnet 9.0.300
csharp 1.cs 175ms 5.9ms 13.5MB 163ms 0ms dotnet/aot 9.0.300
csharp 1.cs 574ms 7.0ms 23.7MB 557ms 3ms mono 6.12.0

nbody

Input: 5000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 8-i.c 266ms 0.1ms 1.5MB 260ms 0ms zigcc 0.14.0
c 8-i.c 301ms 2.3ms 2.1MB 290ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 2.c 308ms 0.2ms 2.3MB 300ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 5.c 313ms 0.9ms 2.3MB 300ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 2.c 315ms 2.1ms 1.5MB 307ms 0ms zigcc 0.14.0
c 5.c 316ms 0.9ms 1.5MB 310ms 0ms zigcc 0.14.0
c 5.c 317ms 1.4ms 2.1MB 310ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 2.c 320ms 3.6ms 2.1MB 310ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 8-i.c 337ms 0.3ms 2.3MB 330ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
csharp 9.cs 363ms 3.7ms 27.6MB 340ms 7ms dotnet 9.0.300
csharp 8.cs 372ms 0.9ms 9.8MB 360ms 0ms dotnet/aot 9.0.300
csharp 8.cs 423ms 2.3ms 27.6MB 403ms 3ms dotnet 9.0.300
csharp 8.cs 1252ms 5.3ms 22.4MB 1240ms 0ms mono 6.12.0

Input: 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 8-i.c 29ms 0.6ms 1.5MB 20ms 0ms zigcc 0.14.0
c 8-i.c 33ms 0.7ms 2.1MB 23ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 2.c 33ms 0.4ms 2.3MB 30ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 5.c 33ms 0.1ms 2.3MB 27ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 5.c 34ms 0.4ms 2.1MB 27ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 2.c 34ms 1.0ms 1.5MB 30ms 0ms zigcc 0.14.0
c 5.c 34ms 0.7ms 1.5MB 30ms 0ms zigcc 0.14.0
c 8-i.c 36ms 0.4ms 2.3MB 30ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 2.c 38ms 2.0ms 2.1MB 30ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
csharp 8.cs 46ms 0.5ms 9.8MB 30ms 0ms dotnet/aot 9.0.300
csharp 9.cs 93ms 1.5ms 27.8MB 73ms 10ms dotnet 9.0.300
csharp 8.cs 95ms 2.7ms 27.6MB 77ms 7ms dotnet 9.0.300
csharp 8.cs 162ms 0.3ms 22.8MB 150ms 0ms mono 6.12.0

nsieve

Input: 12

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 1.c 282ms 11ms 40.9MB 263ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 1.c 303ms 3.8ms 40.8MB 287ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 1.c 307ms 13ms 40.3MB 290ms 0ms zigcc 0.14.0
csharp 1.cs 325ms 6.5ms 78.7MB 307ms 3ms dotnet/aot 9.0.300
csharp 1.cs 361ms 8.4ms 96.1MB 333ms 13ms dotnet 9.0.300
csharp 2.cs 394ms 2.3ms 17.5MB 377ms 0ms dotnet/aot 9.0.300
csharp 2.cs 399ms 6.4ms 35.4MB 380ms 7ms dotnet 9.0.300
csharp 1.cs 560ms 6.0ms 82.0MB 540ms 10ms mono 6.12.0
csharp 2.cs 1908ms 73ms 29.5MB 1887ms 3ms mono 6.12.0

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 1.c 52ms 2.8ms 11.8MB 40ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 1.c 53ms 2.1ms 11.7MB 40ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 1.c 58ms 3.4ms 11.0MB 47ms 0ms zigcc 0.14.0
csharp 1.cs 63ms 0.6ms 24.8MB 47ms 0ms dotnet/aot 9.0.300
csharp 1.cs 99ms 2.3ms 42.3MB 77ms 7ms dotnet 9.0.300
csharp 2.cs 102ms 1.9ms 11.9MB 90ms 0ms dotnet/aot 9.0.300
csharp 2.cs 129ms 0.7ms 29.9MB 113ms 7ms dotnet 9.0.300
csharp 1.cs 144ms 1.4ms 36.4MB 130ms 3ms mono 6.12.0
csharp 2.cs 494ms 11ms 21.5MB 480ms 0ms mono 6.12.0

spectral-norm

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 3-m.c 736ms 1.0ms 2.3MB 2893ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 6-im.c 952ms 1.7ms 2.0MB 3753ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 4-m.c 989ms 1.3ms 2.1MB 3890ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 6-im.c 1001ms 0.7ms 3.1MB 3933ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 4-m.c 1118ms 0.5ms 3.3MB 4400ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 5-im.c 1174ms 26ms 2.3MB 4553ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 5-im.c 1341ms 14ms 3.3MB 5260ms 3ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 3-m.c 1846ms 16ms 3.3MB 7243ms 10ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
csharp 3-m.cs 1877ms 33ms 10.4MB 7243ms 3ms dotnet/aot 9.0.300
csharp 3-m.cs 1988ms 108ms 30.3MB 7253ms 20ms dotnet 9.0.300
csharp 3-m.cs 4713ms 116ms 24.7MB 18030ms 17ms mono 6.12.0

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 3-m.c 195ms 2.3ms 2.0MB 737ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 6-im.c 246ms 1.4ms 2.0MB 947ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 6-im.c 258ms 0.3ms 3.4MB 987ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 4-m.c 259ms 0.8ms 2.1MB 993ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 4-m.c 289ms 1.6ms 3.3MB 1107ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 5-im.c 298ms 7.8ms 2.0MB 1143ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 5-im.c 340ms 1.4ms 3.3MB 1310ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 3-m.c 466ms 4.2ms 3.4MB 1800ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
csharp 3-m.cs 475ms 1.5ms 10.5MB 1810ms 0ms dotnet/aot 9.0.300
csharp 3-m.cs 535ms 3.2ms 30.1MB 1887ms 10ms dotnet 9.0.300
csharp 3-m.cs 1236ms 42ms 25.8MB 4650ms 7ms mono 6.12.0

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 3-m.c 57ms 1.9ms 2.3MB 193ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 6-im.c 72ms 3.1ms 3.4MB 250ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 4-m.c 73ms 0.8ms 2.0MB 260ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 6-im.c 73ms 7.6ms 2.0MB 260ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 4-m.c 78ms 1.0ms 3.1MB 277ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 5-im.c 81ms 0.3ms 2.0MB 290ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 5-im.c 92ms 0.5ms 3.1MB 330ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 3-m.c 124ms 1.7ms 3.3MB 457ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
csharp 3-m.cs 128ms 1.5ms 10.5MB 450ms 0ms dotnet/aot 9.0.300
csharp 3-m.cs 176ms 1.1ms 28.5MB 503ms 10ms dotnet 9.0.300
csharp 3-m.cs 356ms 11ms 25.4MB 1197ms 3ms mono 6.12.0