Programming Language and compiler
Benchmarks

C VS Java benchmarks

Current benchmark data was generated on Sun Jul 13 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 1.0ms 0.0ms 1.3MB 0ms 0ms zigcc 0.14.1
c 1.c 1.2ms 0.1ms 2.1MB 0ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 1.c 1.2ms 0.0ms 2.1MB 0ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
java 1.java 62ms 2.2ms 52.9MB 66ms 18ms graal/jvm 17.0.8
java 1.java 67ms 7.0ms 43.8MB 74ms 18ms openjdk 21
java 1.java 71ms 5.3ms 44.7MB 74ms 16ms openjdk 23
java 1.java 193ms 7.2ms 42.8MB 82ms 136ms openjdk/zgc 21

knucleotide

Input: 2500000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 1-m.c 172ms 4.3ms 23.6MB 400ms 10ms gcc 15.1.0
c 1-m.c 295ms 5.0ms 25.7MB 1007ms 33ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
java 3-m.java 1030ms 58ms 127.6MB 3553ms 33ms openjdk 21
java 3-m.java 1084ms 15ms 158.2MB 3720ms 43ms openjdk 23
java 3-m.java 1100ms 49ms 179.0MB 3693ms 73ms graal/jvm 17.0.8
java 3-m.java 1449ms 55ms 179.3MB 4600ms 200ms openjdk/zgc 21

Input: 250000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 1-m.c 28ms 0.6ms 12.6MB 57ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 1-m.c 37ms 1.7ms 15.0MB 107ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
java 3-m.java 338ms 53ms 96.3MB 993ms 50ms openjdk 21
java 3-m.java 341ms 21ms 136.0MB 907ms 60ms graal/jvm 17.0.8
java 3-m.java 345ms 34ms 88.9MB 1023ms 40ms openjdk 23
java 3-m.java 426ms 6.6ms 98.2MB 890ms 170ms openjdk/zgc 21

mandelbrot

Input: 5000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 1-mffi.c 223ms 10ms 7.6MB 830ms 13ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 1-mffi.c 266ms 5.3ms 6.5MB 813ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 1-ffi.c 330ms 1.2ms 6.0MB 320ms 0ms zigcc 0.14.1
c 1-mffi.c 331ms 2.9ms 6.0MB 320ms 0ms zigcc 0.14.1
c 1-ffi.c 453ms 1.4ms 6.7MB 443ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 1-ffi.c 544ms 3.5ms 6.6MB 533ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
java 1b.java 1148ms 3.6ms 54.4MB 1243ms 23ms openjdk 21
java 1b.java 1151ms 11ms 55.3MB 1253ms 23ms openjdk 23
java 1b.java 1176ms 8.9ms 104.9MB 1347ms 40ms graal/jvm 17.0.8
java 1.java 1253ms 4.6ms 134.0MB 1370ms 43ms graal/jvm 17.0.8
java 1b.java 1270ms 3.9ms 51.2MB 1247ms 143ms openjdk/zgc 21
java 1a.java 1659ms 4.1ms 56.1MB 1757ms 23ms openjdk 23
java 1a.java 1664ms 3.0ms 54.6MB 1767ms 23ms openjdk 21
java 1a.java 1682ms 5.1ms 102.5MB 1793ms 40ms graal/jvm 17.0.8
java 1.java 1699ms 4.8ms 202.4MB 1773ms 37ms openjdk 21
java 1.java 1719ms 5.3ms 339.5MB 1780ms 57ms openjdk 23
java 1a.java 1779ms 9.0ms 51.9MB 1757ms 140ms openjdk/zgc 21
java 1.java 2364ms 7.9ms 840.5MB 1793ms 677ms openjdk/zgc 21
java 2.java timeout 0.0ms 667.9MB 5287ms 113ms openjdk 21
java 2.java timeout 0.0ms 832.8MB 5270ms 133ms openjdk 23
java 2.java timeout 0.0ms 3268.7MB 3443ms 1920ms openjdk/zgc 21

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 1-mffi.c 16ms 0.5ms 4.5MB 30ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 1-ffi.c 16ms 0.1ms 3.0MB 10ms 0ms zigcc 0.14.1
c 1-mffi.c 16ms 0.4ms 3.0MB 10ms 0ms zigcc 0.14.1
c 1-mffi.c 19ms 2.4ms 3.6MB 47ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 1-ffi.c 22ms 0.6ms 3.5MB 10ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 1-ffi.c 26ms 0.6ms 3.8MB 20ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
java 1b-m.java 182ms 16ms 51.0MB 290ms 20ms openjdk 23
java 1b-m.java 184ms 23ms 49.7MB 300ms 20ms openjdk 21
java 1-m.java 189ms 0.7ms 81.7MB 263ms 30ms openjdk 21
java 1-m.java 190ms 1.4ms 87.0MB 263ms 27ms openjdk 23
java 1a-m.java 190ms 0.9ms 50.8MB 293ms 17ms openjdk 21
java 1a-m.java 192ms 1.9ms 52.4MB 297ms 23ms openjdk 23
java 1-m.java 198ms 1.9ms 112.3MB 303ms 43ms graal/jvm 17.0.8
java 1a-m.java 205ms 5.5ms 98.8MB 313ms 43ms graal/jvm 17.0.8
java 1b-m.java 220ms 15ms 102.1MB 373ms 37ms graal/jvm 17.0.8
java 1a.java 311ms 2.1ms 49.0MB 293ms 137ms openjdk/zgc 21
java 1b.java 323ms 14ms 47.7MB 327ms 137ms openjdk/zgc 21
java 1.java 329ms 3.3ms 114.4MB 267ms 157ms openjdk/zgc 21
java 2-m.java 565ms 6.3ms 660.9MB 850ms 93ms openjdk 21
java 2-m.java 567ms 4.7ms 757.4MB 843ms 110ms openjdk 23
java 2.java 1585ms 8.4ms 1334.6MB 847ms 1037ms openjdk/zgc 21

nbody

Input: 5000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 8-i.c 267ms 0.8ms 1.5MB 260ms 0ms zigcc 0.14.1
c 8-i.c 301ms 1.4ms 2.1MB 290ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 2.c 309ms 1.5ms 2.3MB 300ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 5.c 313ms 1.4ms 2.3MB 303ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 2.c 313ms 1.7ms 1.5MB 307ms 0ms zigcc 0.14.1
c 5.c 316ms 0.6ms 2.1MB 310ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 5.c 316ms 2.1ms 1.5MB 310ms 0ms zigcc 0.14.1
c 2.c 319ms 2.0ms 2.1MB 310ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 8-i.c 336ms 1.3ms 2.3MB 330ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
java 1.java 442ms 1.0ms 45.1MB 480ms 17ms openjdk 21
java 1.java 444ms 3.9ms 48.3MB 480ms 23ms openjdk 23
java 1.java 454ms 0.5ms 81.1MB 490ms 30ms graal/jvm 17.0.8
java 1.java 563ms 6.0ms 44.7MB 483ms 133ms openjdk/zgc 21
java 2.java 1235ms 3.8ms 571.4MB 1363ms 87ms openjdk 21
java 2.java 1310ms 91ms 794.4MB 1433ms 93ms openjdk 23
java 2.java 3270ms 60ms 2461.0MB 1670ms 1817ms openjdk/zgc 21

Input: 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 8-i.c 29ms 0.3ms 1.5MB 20ms 0ms zigcc 0.14.1
c 8-i.c 32ms 0.5ms 2.1MB 20ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 2.c 33ms 0.4ms 1.5MB 30ms 0ms zigcc 0.14.1
c 5.c 33ms 0.6ms 2.3MB 30ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 2.c 34ms 0.7ms 2.3MB 30ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 5.c 34ms 0.4ms 2.1MB 30ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 5.c 35ms 0.6ms 1.5MB 30ms 0ms zigcc 0.14.1
c 8-i.c 36ms 0.5ms 2.3MB 30ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 2.c 36ms 3.1ms 2.1MB 30ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
java 1.java 116ms 4.0ms 45.4MB 143ms 23ms openjdk 21
java 1.java 119ms 2.3ms 81.5MB 150ms 27ms graal/jvm 17.0.8
java 1.java 120ms 2.0ms 47.9MB 157ms 13ms openjdk 23
java 1.java 240ms 5.7ms 44.7MB 153ms 140ms openjdk/zgc 21
java 2-m.java 294ms 9.4ms 366.4MB 437ms 50ms openjdk 21
java 2-m.java 317ms 4.3ms 397.4MB 450ms 67ms openjdk 23
java 2.java 674ms 5.7ms 533.2MB 460ms 400ms openjdk/zgc 21

nsieve

Input: 12

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 1.c 267ms 3.7ms 41.0MB 253ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 1.c 277ms 11ms 40.9MB 257ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 1.c 282ms 4.5ms 40.3MB 267ms 0ms zigcc 0.14.1
java 1.java 390ms 0.8ms 118.4MB 430ms 23ms openjdk 23
java 1.java 391ms 5.0ms 115.1MB 447ms 23ms openjdk 21
java 1.java 561ms 6.7ms 112.6MB 463ms 160ms openjdk/zgc 21
java 1-m.java 626ms 57ms 271.3MB 907ms 73ms graal/jvm 17.0.8
java 2.java 779ms 2.8ms 57.2MB 837ms 23ms openjdk 21
java 2.java 783ms 1.4ms 60.2MB 830ms 20ms openjdk 23
java 2.java 853ms 0.8ms 53.3MB 780ms 147ms openjdk/zgc 21
java 2-m.java 1413ms 80ms 290.5MB 2513ms 117ms graal/jvm 17.0.8

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 1.c 56ms 2.7ms 11.8MB 43ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 1.c 59ms 2.7ms 11.7MB 47ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 1.c 64ms 1.3ms 11.0MB 50ms 0ms zigcc 0.14.1
java 1.java 152ms 2.2ms 64.8MB 200ms 20ms openjdk 21
java 1.java 154ms 3.8ms 68.1MB 203ms 20ms openjdk 23
java 1-m.java 212ms 3.8ms 133.8MB 293ms 47ms graal/jvm 17.0.8
java 2.java 262ms 8.9ms 50.3MB 310ms 20ms openjdk 23
java 2.java 263ms 4.7ms 49.3MB 330ms 20ms openjdk 21
java 1.java 278ms 4.5ms 61.5MB 197ms 143ms openjdk/zgc 21
java 2.java 368ms 3.9ms 47.5MB 307ms 143ms openjdk/zgc 21
java 2-m.java 483ms 1.9ms 140.6MB 857ms 63ms graal/jvm 17.0.8

spectral-norm

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 3-m.c 735ms 1.2ms 2.0MB 2887ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 6-im.c 969ms 27ms 2.0MB 3773ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 4-m.c 996ms 15ms 2.0MB 3907ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 6-im.c 1002ms 1.1ms 3.1MB 3943ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 4-m.c 1119ms 3.6ms 3.4MB 4407ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 5-im.c 1141ms 0.4ms 2.0MB 4510ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 5-im.c 1326ms 1.0ms 3.1MB 5233ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 3-m.c 1841ms 29ms 3.3MB 7233ms 7ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
java 2-m.java 1988ms 6.6ms 47.8MB 7613ms 23ms openjdk 21
java 2-m.java 1996ms 1.7ms 48.5MB 7643ms 30ms openjdk 23
java 2-m.java 2127ms 4.4ms 45.5MB 7673ms 153ms openjdk/zgc 21
java 2-m.java 2508ms 27ms 94.1MB 9400ms 37ms graal/jvm 17.0.8

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 3-m.c 194ms 0.5ms 2.0MB 740ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 6-im.c 245ms 0.6ms 2.0MB 947ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 4-m.c 258ms 0.9ms 2.1MB 990ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 6-im.c 260ms 1.0ms 3.3MB 990ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 4-m.c 287ms 0.9ms 3.3MB 1103ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 5-im.c 298ms 7.7ms 2.0MB 1147ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 5-im.c 341ms 2.4ms 3.3MB 1313ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 3-m.c 468ms 9.9ms 3.3MB 1807ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
java 2-m.java 602ms 2.3ms 47.5MB 2150ms 17ms openjdk 21
java 2-m.java 612ms 9.6ms 48.6MB 2137ms 20ms openjdk 23
java 2-m.java 737ms 8.8ms 45.3MB 2157ms 143ms openjdk/zgc 21
java 2-m.java 761ms 18ms 94.5MB 2673ms 37ms graal/jvm 17.0.8

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 3-m.c 55ms 1.3ms 2.3MB 197ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 4-m.c 72ms 0.1ms 2.0MB 260ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 6-im.c 73ms 8.3ms 2.0MB 250ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 6-im.c 75ms 7.4ms 3.3MB 257ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 4-m.c 78ms 0.6ms 3.3MB 280ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 5-im.c 81ms 1.3ms 2.0MB 293ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 5-im.c 95ms 6.8ms 3.1MB 340ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 3-m.c 124ms 3.1ms 3.3MB 450ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
java 2-m.java 253ms 12ms 47.6MB 770ms 17ms openjdk 21
java 2-m.java 255ms 4.3ms 48.5MB 763ms 20ms openjdk 23
java 2-m.java 328ms 5.5ms 93.3MB 1020ms 40ms graal/jvm 17.0.8
java 2-m.java 381ms 12ms 45.7MB 770ms 147ms openjdk/zgc 21