Programming Language and compiler
Benchmarks

C VS Rust 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
rust 1.rs 1.2ms 0.0ms 1.8MB 0ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
c 1.c 1.3ms 0.0ms 2.1MB 0ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
rust 1.rs 1.7ms 0.6ms 1.8MB 0ms 0ms rustc 1.89.0-nightly

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
rust 8-m.rs 211ms 4.2ms 27.7MB 623ms 10ms rustc 1.87.0
c 1-m.c 304ms 9.4ms 25.6MB 1047ms 27ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
rust 8.rs 427ms 19ms 24.0MB 407ms 7ms rustc 1.87.0

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
rust 8-m.rs 29ms 0.6ms 15.4MB 60ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
c 1-m.c 38ms 1.4ms 14.9MB 110ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
rust 8.rs 56ms 2.1ms 11.4MB 40ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0

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
rust 9.rs 265ms 15ms 4.9MB 253ms 0ms rustc 1.89.0-nightly
c 1-mffi.c 270ms 9.6ms 6.6MB 820ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
rust 8.rs 291ms 0.6ms 4.8MB 280ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
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
c 1-ffi.c 460ms 4.3ms 6.7MB 447ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 1-ffi.c 542ms 0.1ms 6.8MB 530ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 9.rs 13ms 0.5ms 2.0MB 10ms 0ms rustc 1.89.0-nightly
rust 8.rs 14ms 0.2ms 1.9MB 10ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
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

nbody

Input: 5000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 4-i.rs 164ms 0.6ms 1.8MB 160ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 7-i.rs 218ms 0.5ms 1.8MB 210ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 1.rs 229ms 1.1ms 1.8MB 220ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
c 8-i.c 266ms 0.1ms 1.5MB 260ms 0ms zigcc 0.14.0
rust 2.rs 279ms 0.0ms 1.8MB 270ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 3.rs 279ms 0.5ms 1.8MB 270ms 0ms rustc 1.89.0-nightly
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

Input: 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 4-i.rs 18ms 0.1ms 1.8MB 10ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 7-i.rs 24ms 0.4ms 1.8MB 20ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 1.rs 25ms 0.4ms 1.8MB 20ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
c 8-i.c 29ms 0.6ms 1.5MB 20ms 0ms zigcc 0.14.0
rust 2.rs 30ms 0.0ms 1.6MB 20ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 3.rs 30ms 0.1ms 1.8MB 20ms 0ms rustc 1.89.0-nightly
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

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
rust 2.rs 301ms 0.2ms 6.6MB 290ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
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
rust 1.rs 331ms 4.3ms 40.9MB 317ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0

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
rust 1.rs 67ms 0.1ms 11.6MB 57ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 2.rs 77ms 2.0ms 2.9MB 70ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0

spectral-norm

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 8-m.rs 493ms 0.6ms 2.5MB 1910ms 0ms rustc 1.89.0-nightly
rust 7-m.rs 493ms 0.7ms 2.1MB 1910ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
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
rust 8.rs 993ms 1.0ms 2.3MB 983ms 0ms rustc 1.89.0-nightly
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
rust 7.rs 1961ms 4.4ms 1.9MB 1950ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 2-m.rs 2070ms 3.8ms 2.3MB 8130ms 10ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 2.rs 4266ms 1.8ms 2.1MB 4257ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 8-m.rs 127ms 0.5ms 2.3MB 467ms 3ms rustc 1.89.0-nightly
rust 7-m.rs 128ms 0.3ms 2.1MB 467ms 3ms rustc 1.87.0
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
rust 8.rs 251ms 0.6ms 2.0MB 240ms 0ms rustc 1.89.0-nightly
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
rust 7.rs 493ms 1.4ms 1.8MB 480ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 2-m.rs 521ms 0.9ms 2.3MB 2030ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 2.rs 1069ms 4.4ms 2.0MB 1063ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 8-m.rs 35ms 0.1ms 2.1MB 107ms 3ms rustc 1.89.0-nightly
rust 7-m.rs 36ms 0.6ms 2.0MB 113ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
c 3-m.c 57ms 1.9ms 2.3MB 193ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
rust 8.rs 65ms 0.9ms 1.9MB 60ms 0ms rustc 1.89.0-nightly
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
rust 7.rs 128ms 2.5ms 1.8MB 120ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 2-m.rs 134ms 0.7ms 2.1MB 490ms 3ms rustc 1.87.0
rust 2.rs 269ms 1.2ms 1.9MB 260ms 0ms rustc 1.87.0