Programming Language and compiler
Benchmarks

Chapel VS D 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.)

binarytrees

Input: 18

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
chapel 4.chpl 1953ms 3.7ms 62.3MB 1943ms 0ms chpl 1.31.0
chapel 3.chpl 2034ms 7.2ms 62.3MB 2027ms 0ms chpl 1.31.0
d 1.d 2199ms 4.7ms 312.4MB 2163ms 43ms ldc2 1.41.0
d 1.d 3022ms 5.5ms 314.5MB 3190ms 57ms dmd 2.111.0

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
chapel 4.chpl 183ms 1.2ms 32.4MB 180ms 0ms chpl 1.31.0
chapel 3.chpl 184ms 0.6ms 32.3MB 180ms 0ms chpl 1.31.0
d 1.d 205ms 3.7ms 207.6MB 177ms 17ms ldc2 1.41.0
d 1.d 262ms 2.2ms 211.2MB 230ms 17ms dmd 2.111.0

coro-prime-sieve

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
chapel 1-m.chpl 2252ms 44ms 799.1MB 4370ms 97ms chpl 1.31.0
d 1.d timeout 0.0ms 16.5MB 4960ms 30ms dmd 2.111.0
d 1.d timeout 0.0ms 15.3MB 4970ms 20ms ldc2 1.41.0

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
chapel 1-m.chpl 220ms 8.1ms 759.6MB 343ms 67ms chpl 1.31.0
d 1.d 1063ms 16ms 10.2MB 1037ms 13ms ldc2 1.41.0
d 1.d 1368ms 10ms 12.1MB 1350ms 10ms dmd 2.111.0

edigits

Input: 250001

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
chapel 1.chpl 71ms 3.0ms 32.5MB 70ms 0ms chpl 1.31.0
d 1.d 2551ms 4.2ms 8.1MB 2540ms 0ms ldc2 1.41.0
d 1.d 2867ms 4.2ms 10.3MB 2857ms 0ms dmd 2.111.0

Input: 100000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
chapel 1.chpl 33ms 1.6ms 30.5MB 30ms 0ms chpl 1.31.0
d 1.d 441ms 0.9ms 8.1MB 430ms 0ms ldc2 1.41.0
d 1.d 521ms 1.5ms 10.4MB 510ms 0ms dmd 2.111.0

fasta

Input: 2500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
chapel 5-m.chpl 106ms 1.6ms 28.4MB 190ms 0ms chpl 1.31.0
d 1.d 111ms 2.1ms 2.9MB 100ms 0ms ldc2 1.41.0
d 1.d 640ms 2.7ms 4.6MB 630ms 0ms dmd 2.111.0

Input: 250000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
d 1.d 14ms 0.5ms 2.9MB 10ms 0ms ldc2 1.41.0
chapel 5.chpl 21ms 1.9ms 28.4MB 20ms 0ms chpl 1.31.0
d 1.d 68ms 0.4ms 4.8MB 60ms 0ms dmd 2.111.0

helloworld

Input: QwQ

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
d 1.d 1.6ms 0.1ms 3.0MB 0ms 0ms ldc2 1.41.0
d 1.d 2.1ms 0.2ms 5.1MB 0ms 0ms dmd 2.111.0
chapel 1.chpl 11ms 0.6ms 28.8MB 0ms 0ms chpl 1.31.0

knucleotide

Input: 2500000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
d 1-m.d 643ms 26ms 48.5MB 2040ms 13ms ldc2 1.41.0
chapel 3-m.chpl 758ms 2.5ms 86.9MB 1433ms 10ms chpl 1.31.0
d 1-m.d 1937ms 33ms 50.0MB 5567ms 10ms dmd 2.111.0

Input: 250000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
d 1-m.d 95ms 8.6ms 39.5MB 253ms 23ms ldc2 1.41.0
chapel 3-m.chpl 117ms 1.8ms 87.0MB 203ms 3ms chpl 1.31.0
d 1-m.d 211ms 7.1ms 39.9MB 597ms 10ms dmd 2.111.0

nbody

Input: 5000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
chapel 2.chpl 322ms 1.9ms 28.9MB 317ms 0ms chpl 1.31.0
d 1.d 360ms 0.2ms 2.9MB 350ms 0ms ldc2 1.41.0
d 2.d 361ms 1.9ms 2.9MB 350ms 0ms ldc2 1.41.0
d 1.d 678ms 2.2ms 4.6MB 670ms 0ms dmd 2.111.0
d 2.d 2033ms 7.7ms 4.8MB 2023ms 0ms dmd 2.111.0

Input: 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
d 2.d 38ms 0.3ms 2.9MB 30ms 0ms ldc2 1.41.0
d 1.d 39ms 0.4ms 2.9MB 30ms 0ms ldc2 1.41.0
chapel 2.chpl 43ms 0.4ms 28.8MB 40ms 0ms chpl 1.31.0
d 1.d 72ms 0.1ms 4.8MB 60ms 0ms dmd 2.111.0
d 2.d 207ms 2.8ms 4.8MB 197ms 0ms dmd 2.111.0

pidigits

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
chapel 2.chpl 446ms 0.8ms 28.3MB 440ms 0ms chpl 1.31.0
d 1.d 2431ms 4.5ms 8.1MB 2407ms 407ms ldc2 1.41.0
d 1.d 4429ms 9.8ms 10.5MB 4377ms 480ms dmd 2.111.0

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
chapel 2.chpl 115ms 1.5ms 30.4MB 110ms 0ms chpl 1.31.0
d 1.d 584ms 4.3ms 8.1MB 563ms 103ms ldc2 1.41.0
d 1.d 1055ms 3.8ms 10.3MB 1050ms 97ms dmd 2.111.0

regex-redux

Input: 2500000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
d 3.d 583ms 1.9ms 174.2MB 767ms 27ms ldc2 1.41.0
d 3.d 1212ms 9.4ms 177.2MB 1397ms 27ms dmd 2.111.0
chapel 3.chpl 1387ms 2.0ms 246.2MB 1340ms 40ms chpl 1.31.0

Input: 250000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
d 3.d 65ms 0.3ms 27.6MB 77ms 0ms ldc2 1.41.0
d 3.d 126ms 1.3ms 31.7MB 133ms 7ms dmd 2.111.0
chapel 3.chpl 162ms 2.3ms 48.9MB 143ms 10ms chpl 1.31.0

secp256k1

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
chapel 1.chpl 1210ms 43ms 29.0MB 1203ms 0ms chpl 1.31.0
d 1.d 4782ms 7.8ms 4.0MB 4757ms 360ms ldc2 1.41.0
d 1.d timeout 0.0ms 6.5MB 4963ms 290ms dmd 2.111.0

Input: 500

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
chapel 1.chpl 315ms 12ms 29.1MB 310ms 0ms chpl 1.31.0
d 1.d 1196ms 6.4ms 3.9MB 1190ms 77ms ldc2 1.41.0
d 1.d 2035ms 6.3ms 6.8MB 2023ms 110ms dmd 2.111.0

spectral-norm

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
chapel 1-m.chpl 1924ms 19ms 28.9MB 3823ms 0ms chpl 1.31.0
d 1.d 3594ms 2.3ms 4.0MB 3583ms 0ms ldc2 1.41.0
d 1.d 3630ms 25ms 5.9MB 3620ms 0ms dmd 2.111.0
chapel 1.chpl 3743ms 29ms 28.8MB 3740ms 0ms chpl 1.31.0

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
chapel 1-m.chpl 492ms 2.1ms 28.9MB 953ms 0ms chpl 1.31.0
d 1.d 901ms 0.5ms 3.5MB 890ms 0ms ldc2 1.41.0
d 1.d 920ms 0.8ms 5.3MB 910ms 0ms dmd 2.111.0
chapel 1.chpl 939ms 3.2ms 28.8MB 933ms 0ms chpl 1.31.0

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
chapel 1-m.chpl 138ms 9.9ms 28.9MB 250ms 3ms chpl 1.31.0
d 1.d 227ms 0.1ms 3.3MB 220ms 0ms ldc2 1.41.0
d 1.d 233ms 1.1ms 4.9MB 220ms 0ms dmd 2.111.0
chapel 1.chpl 248ms 1.3ms 28.8MB 240ms 0ms chpl 1.31.0