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Go VS Acton benchmarks

Current benchmark data was generated on Mon Jun 23 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
go 1.go 1752ms 19ms 51.9MB 1730ms 10ms tinygo 0.38.0
go 1-m.go 2372ms 7.5ms 42.0MB 5283ms 43ms go 1.24.4
acton 1.act timeout 0.0ms 67.0MB 5897ms 97ms actonc 0.26.0

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1.go 154ms 0.3ms 5.0MB 140ms 0ms tinygo 0.38.0
go 1-m.go 209ms 2.0ms 7.9MB 373ms 7ms go 1.24.4
acton 1.act 931ms 26ms 12.0MB 1060ms 73ms actonc 0.26.0

coro-prime-sieve

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1-m.go 521ms 70ms 15.5MB 2027ms 3ms go 1.24.4
go 1.go timeout 0.0ms 13.3MB 2440ms 17150ms tinygo 0.38.0

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1-m.go 47ms 13ms 7.4MB 160ms 0ms go 1.24.4
go 1-m.go 619ms 19ms 4.3MB 277ms 1990ms tinygo 0.38.0

edigits

Input: 250001

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1.go 118ms 1.1ms 8.5MB 107ms 0ms go 1.24.4
acton 1.act 230ms 8.9ms 7.9MB 213ms 30ms actonc 0.26.0

Input: 100000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1.go 34ms 0.1ms 8.2MB 30ms 0ms go 1.24.4
acton 1.act 77ms 6.0ms 6.0MB 63ms 13ms actonc 0.26.0

fannkuch-redux

Input: 11

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 3-m.go 673ms 1.0ms 5.6MB 2600ms 0ms go 1.24.4
go 3-m.go 726ms 2.7ms 2.9MB 2673ms 37ms tinygo 0.38.0

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 3-m.go 74ms 0.2ms 5.5MB 197ms 0ms go 1.24.4
go 3-m.go 102ms 2.8ms 2.9MB 187ms 33ms tinygo 0.38.0

fasta

Input: 2500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 3-m.go 125ms 0.3ms 7.5MB 380ms 0ms go 1.24.4

Input: 250000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 3-m.go 17ms 0.6ms 7.6MB 30ms 0ms go 1.24.4

helloworld

Input: QwQ

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1.go 0.7ms 0.0ms 0.3MB 0ms 0ms tinygo 0.38.0
go 1.go 1.4ms 0.1ms 3.4MB 0ms 0ms go 1.24.4
acton 1.act 3.7ms 0.2ms 4.1MB 0ms 0ms actonc 0.26.0

http-server

Input: 3000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1-http2.go 117ms 4.2ms 50.2MB 330ms 83ms go 1.24.4
go 1-m.go 371ms 8.7ms 171.0MB 663ms 577ms go 1.24.4
go 2-m.go 410ms 5.9ms 174.9MB 743ms 647ms go 1.24.4

Input: 500

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1-http2.go 22ms 12ms 23.5MB 55ms 15ms go 1.24.4
go 1-m.go 64ms 2.6ms 30.5MB 87ms 93ms go 1.24.4
go 2-m.go 68ms 5.4ms 38.9MB 87ms 93ms go 1.24.4

json-serde

Input: sample 5000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 2-ffi.go 46ms 0.4ms 41.2MB 37ms 7ms go 1.24.4
go 1.go 141ms 2.5ms 18.6MB 133ms 0ms go 1.24.4

Input: canada 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 2-ffi.go 253ms 3.8ms 153.2MB 243ms 40ms go 1.24.4
go 1.go 742ms 5.5ms 105.0MB 730ms 13ms go 1.24.4

knucleotide

Input: 2500000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 7-m.go 676ms 7.8ms 38.9MB 2393ms 23ms go 1.24.4

Input: 250000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 7-m.go 130ms 2.8ms 23.9MB 343ms 23ms go 1.24.4

lru

Input: 1000 1000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 3.go 121ms 1.2ms 3.5MB 113ms 0ms go 1.24.4
go 3.go 132ms 2.6ms 0.4MB 127ms 0ms tinygo 0.38.0

Input: 1000 3000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 3.go 383ms 2.1ms 0.4MB 373ms 0ms tinygo 0.38.0
go 3.go 394ms 12ms 3.5MB 387ms 0ms go 1.24.4

Input: 100 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 3.go 51ms 1.2ms 3.5MB 40ms 0ms go 1.24.4
go 3.go 67ms 2.9ms 0.3MB 60ms 0ms tinygo 0.38.0

mandelbrot

Input: 5000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1.go 3227ms 6.6ms 7.7MB 3220ms 0ms go 1.24.4
go 1.go 3605ms 41ms 3.3MB 3593ms 0ms tinygo 0.38.0

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1.go 137ms 3.0ms 3.6MB 130ms 0ms go 1.24.4
go 1.go 152ms 4.4ms 0.4MB 143ms 0ms tinygo 0.38.0

merkletrees

Input: 17

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1.go 1049ms 0.9ms 35.4MB 1030ms 0ms tinygo 0.38.0
go 2.go 1343ms 6.2ms 51.9MB 1317ms 10ms tinygo 0.38.0
go 1-m.go 1463ms 6.3ms 38.9MB 3117ms 33ms go 1.24.4
go 2-m.go 1677ms 22ms 40.9MB 3687ms 33ms go 1.24.4
acton 1.act 3685ms 246ms 84.6MB 4110ms 77ms actonc 0.26.0

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1.go 211ms 4.8ms 11.6MB 197ms 0ms tinygo 0.38.0
go 2.go 258ms 3.7ms 15.4MB 247ms 0ms tinygo 0.38.0
go 1-m.go 340ms 9.7ms 12.1MB 670ms 23ms go 1.24.4
go 2-m.go 372ms 0.6ms 14.0MB 787ms 20ms go 1.24.4
acton 1.act 755ms 11ms 23.9MB 830ms 40ms actonc 0.26.0

nbody

Input: 5000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1.go 346ms 1.4ms 0.3MB 337ms 0ms tinygo 0.38.0
go 1.go 349ms 1.6ms 3.5MB 340ms 0ms go 1.24.4

Input: 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1.go 36ms 0.4ms 0.3MB 30ms 0ms tinygo 0.38.0
go 1.go 37ms 0.1ms 3.5MB 30ms 0ms go 1.24.4

nsieve

Input: 12

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1.go 300ms 4.8ms 71.7MB 287ms 0ms go 1.24.4
go 1.go 349ms 21ms 39.5MB 337ms 0ms tinygo 0.38.0
go 2.go 469ms 3.1ms 20.0MB 457ms 0ms tinygo 0.38.0
go 2.go 747ms 5.8ms 21.7MB 733ms 10ms go 1.24.4
acton 1.act timeout 0.0ms 561.0MB 6610ms 77ms actonc 0.26.0

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1.go 57ms 3.3ms 21.5MB 50ms 0ms go 1.24.4
go 1.go 64ms 4.2ms 10.1MB 53ms 0ms tinygo 0.38.0
go 2.go 117ms 4.5ms 4.1MB 110ms 0ms tinygo 0.38.0
go 2.go 187ms 2.3ms 6.3MB 177ms 0ms go 1.24.4
acton 1.act 2558ms 15ms 192.4MB 3067ms 57ms actonc 0.26.0

pidigits

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 8.go 1174ms 6.0ms 10.6MB 1160ms 3ms go 1.24.4
acton 1-m.act 3432ms 124ms 6.9MB 3533ms 2347ms actonc 0.26.0

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 8.go 278ms 2.4ms 8.6MB 267ms 0ms go 1.24.4
acton 1-m.act 993ms 33ms 6.0MB 937ms 727ms actonc 0.26.0

regex-redux

Input: 2500000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 3.go timeout 0.0ms 122.3MB 4983ms 43ms go 1.24.4
go 3.go timeout 0.0ms 85.0MB 4973ms 10ms tinygo 0.38.0

Input: 250000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 3.go 1798ms 95ms 20.2MB 1780ms 27ms go 1.24.4
go 3.go 2264ms 20ms 23.3MB 2247ms 0ms tinygo 0.38.0

secp256k1

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 0-ffi.go 92ms 1.0ms 5.2MB 90ms 0ms go 1.24.4

Input: 500

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 0-ffi.go 26ms 0.6ms 5.2MB 20ms 0ms go 1.24.4

spectral-norm

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 4-m.go 1917ms 15ms 5.5MB 7387ms 13ms go 1.24.4
go 1.go 3646ms 8.0ms 5.6MB 3637ms 0ms go 1.24.4
go 1.go timeout 0.0ms 0.5MB 4990ms 0ms tinygo 0.38.0

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 4-m.go 481ms 1.8ms 5.6MB 1843ms 0ms go 1.24.4
go 1.go 915ms 1.3ms 3.5MB 907ms 0ms go 1.24.4
go 1.go 1397ms 1.7ms 0.4MB 1387ms 0ms tinygo 0.38.0

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 4-m.go 126ms 0.7ms 5.6MB 450ms 0ms go 1.24.4
go 1.go 231ms 1.9ms 3.5MB 220ms 0ms go 1.24.4
go 1.go 351ms 0.1ms 0.4MB 340ms 0ms tinygo 0.38.0