Programming Language and compiler
Benchmarks

Go VS C benchmarks

Current benchmark data was generated on Sat Nov 16 2024, 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-m.go 2720ms 34ms 46.1MB 5730ms 43ms go 1.23.3
go 1.go 3817ms 45ms 51.5MB 3800ms 0ms tinygo 0.34.0

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1-m.go 239ms 2.7ms 8.1MB 393ms 13ms go 1.23.3
go 1.go 248ms 36ms 6.5MB 237ms 3ms tinygo 0.34.0

coro-prime-sieve

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1-m.go 521ms 93ms 15.6MB 1973ms 3ms go 1.23.3
go 1.go 1415ms 5.8ms 256.7MB 1377ms 23ms tinygo 0.34.0

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1-m.go 50ms 18ms 7.5MB 163ms 0ms go 1.23.3
go 1.go 256ms 1.1ms 66.7MB 240ms 0ms tinygo 0.34.0

edigits

Input: 250001

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1.go 120ms 0.7ms 10.2MB 110ms 3ms go 1.23.3

Input: 100000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1.go 36ms 0.8ms 8.2MB 30ms 0ms go 1.23.3

fannkuch-redux

Input: 11

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 3-m.go 722ms 0.7ms 5.6MB 2777ms 0ms go 1.23.3
go 3.go 2276ms 4.9ms 50.2MB 2260ms 0ms tinygo 0.34.0

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 3-m.go 75ms 0.2ms 5.5MB 207ms 0ms go 1.23.3
go 3.go 488ms 2.3ms 50.1MB 473ms 0ms tinygo 0.34.0

fasta

Input: 2500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 3-m.go 127ms 1.8ms 5.4MB 400ms 3ms go 1.23.3

Input: 250000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 3-m.go 18ms 0.1ms 5.4MB 37ms 0ms go 1.23.3

helloworld

Input: QwQ

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1.go 0.7ms 0.1ms 0.1MB 0ms 0ms tinygo 0.34.0
c 1.c 1.1ms 0.1ms 1.4MB 0ms 0ms zigcc 0.13.0
c 1.c 1.2ms 0.1ms 2.1MB 0ms 0ms gcc 14.2.0
c 1.c 1.4ms 0.3ms 2.1MB 0ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
go 1.go 1.4ms 0.1ms 3.4MB 0ms 0ms go 1.23.3

http-server

Input: 3000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1-http2.go 109ms 2.4ms 57.5MB 300ms 73ms go 1.23.3
go 1-m.go 478ms 56ms 174.5MB 643ms 653ms go 1.23.3
go 2-m.go 485ms 29ms 172.5MB 660ms 647ms go 1.23.3

Input: 500

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1-http2.go 22ms 12ms 22.7MB 45ms 25ms go 1.23.3
go 2-m.go 98ms 17ms 40.5MB 73ms 113ms go 1.23.3
go 1-m.go 128ms 4.8ms 38.2MB 83ms 137ms go 1.23.3

json-serde

Input: sample 5000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 2-ffi.go 45ms 0.9ms 40.6MB 40ms 0ms go 1.23.3
go 1.go 142ms 3.4ms 18.4MB 127ms 3ms go 1.23.3

Input: canada 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 2-ffi.go 238ms 5.4ms 149.3MB 240ms 20ms go 1.23.3
go 1.go 775ms 3.8ms 104.7MB 763ms 10ms go 1.23.3

knucleotide

Input: 2500000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 1-m.c 181ms 12ms 25.6MB 417ms 13ms gcc 14.2.0
c 1-m.c 295ms 7.0ms 27.7MB 997ms 17ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
go 7-m.go 789ms 4.1ms 41.6MB 2813ms 27ms go 1.23.3

Input: 250000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 1-m.c 30ms 0.6ms 13.1MB 63ms 3ms gcc 14.2.0
c 1-m.c 37ms 1.4ms 15.0MB 103ms 3ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
go 7-m.go 143ms 5.6ms 29.1MB 367ms 37ms go 1.23.3

lru

Input: 1000 1000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 3.go 131ms 3.4ms 3.4MB 123ms 0ms go 1.23.3
go 3.go 133ms 2.8ms 0.3MB 123ms 0ms tinygo 0.34.0

Input: 1000 3000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 3.go 385ms 6.1ms 3.4MB 377ms 0ms go 1.23.3
go 3.go 391ms 4.4ms 2.1MB 380ms 0ms tinygo 0.34.0

Input: 100 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 3.go 65ms 0.5ms 0.1MB 53ms 0ms tinygo 0.34.0
go 3.go 69ms 1.3ms 5.5MB 60ms 0ms go 1.23.3

mandelbrot

Input: 5000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1.go 2682ms 19ms 7.5MB 2673ms 0ms go 1.23.3
go 1.go 4001ms 11ms 5.6MB 3990ms 0ms tinygo 0.34.0

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1.go 115ms 3.4ms 3.4MB 103ms 0ms go 1.23.3
go 1.go 171ms 2.4ms 2.2MB 160ms 0ms tinygo 0.34.0

merkletrees

Input: 17

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1-m.go 1612ms 18ms 36.6MB 3263ms 33ms go 1.23.3
go 2-m.go 1871ms 71ms 43.0MB 3923ms 27ms go 1.23.3
go 1.go 2050ms 9.5ms 52.0MB 2030ms 3ms tinygo 0.34.0
go 2.go 3360ms 7.7ms 90.6MB 3333ms 10ms tinygo 0.34.0

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1-m.go 365ms 1.7ms 12.1MB 700ms 27ms go 1.23.3
go 2-m.go 410ms 1.5ms 13.9MB 847ms 13ms go 1.23.3
go 1.go 441ms 5.4ms 13.7MB 430ms 0ms tinygo 0.34.0
go 2.go 669ms 4.4ms 29.0MB 657ms 0ms tinygo 0.34.0

nbody

Input: 5000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 8-i.c 247ms 0.9ms 1.5MB 233ms 0ms zigcc 0.13.0
c 5.c 299ms 0.1ms 1.5MB 290ms 0ms zigcc 0.13.0
c 8-i.c 302ms 2.2ms 2.1MB 290ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 2.c 308ms 0.9ms 2.3MB 300ms 0ms gcc 14.2.0
c 5.c 311ms 0.1ms 2.3MB 300ms 0ms gcc 14.2.0
c 5.c 315ms 1.9ms 2.3MB 303ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 2.c 316ms 8.2ms 1.5MB 307ms 0ms zigcc 0.13.0
c 2.c 318ms 2.4ms 2.1MB 307ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 8-i.c 332ms 0.7ms 2.3MB 320ms 0ms gcc 14.2.0
go 1.go 348ms 4.4ms 0.1MB 337ms 0ms tinygo 0.34.0
go 1.go 362ms 2.1ms 3.4MB 350ms 0ms go 1.23.3

Input: 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 8-i.c 27ms 0.4ms 1.5MB 20ms 0ms zigcc 0.13.0
c 5.c 32ms 0.2ms 1.5MB 20ms 0ms zigcc 0.13.0
c 8-i.c 33ms 0.3ms 2.1MB 20ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 5.c 34ms 0.4ms 2.3MB 27ms 0ms gcc 14.2.0
c 2.c 34ms 0.1ms 2.3MB 27ms 0ms gcc 14.2.0
c 2.c 34ms 0.8ms 1.5MB 23ms 0ms zigcc 0.13.0
c 5.c 35ms 0.5ms 2.1MB 30ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 2.c 35ms 0.2ms 2.1MB 23ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 8-i.c 36ms 0.1ms 2.3MB 30ms 0ms gcc 14.2.0
go 1.go 37ms 1.4ms 2.1MB 30ms 0ms tinygo 0.34.0
go 1.go 40ms 0.4ms 3.4MB 30ms 0ms go 1.23.3

nsieve

Input: 12

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 1.c 267ms 2.6ms 40.8MB 247ms 3ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 1.c 273ms 11ms 40.9MB 260ms 0ms gcc 14.2.0
c 1.c 284ms 0.5ms 40.3MB 263ms 3ms zigcc 0.13.0
go 1.go 302ms 4.7ms 71.7MB 287ms 3ms go 1.23.3
go 1.go 361ms 8.8ms 42.8MB 347ms 0ms tinygo 0.34.0
go 2.go 434ms 4.2ms 17.3MB 423ms 0ms tinygo 0.34.0
go 2.go 779ms 0.5ms 21.8MB 763ms 7ms go 1.23.3

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 1.c 52ms 3.3ms 11.6MB 40ms 0ms gcc 14.2.0
c 1.c 52ms 1.2ms 11.7MB 40ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 1.c 55ms 2.1ms 11.0MB 40ms 0ms zigcc 0.13.0
go 1.go 60ms 0.6ms 21.6MB 47ms 0ms go 1.23.3
go 1.go 65ms 2.5ms 13.7MB 53ms 0ms tinygo 0.34.0
go 2.go 107ms 1.7ms 5.6MB 97ms 0ms tinygo 0.34.0
go 2.go 197ms 2.3ms 7.6MB 180ms 3ms go 1.23.3

pidigits

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 8.go 1125ms 7.4ms 8.4MB 1110ms 3ms go 1.23.3

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 8.go 270ms 2.8ms 8.4MB 253ms 3ms go 1.23.3

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 122.2MB 4973ms 57ms go 1.23.3
go 3.go timeout 0.0ms 106.4MB 4977ms 10ms tinygo 0.34.0

Input: 250000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 3.go 1796ms 32ms 20.2MB 1780ms 23ms go 1.23.3
go 3.go 2422ms 21ms 30.3MB 2407ms 0ms tinygo 0.34.0

secp256k1

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 0-ffi.go 141ms 0.6ms 11.5MB 133ms 0ms go 1.23.3

Input: 500

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 0-ffi.go 46ms 0.7ms 11.9MB 40ms 0ms go 1.23.3

spectral-norm

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 4-m.c 971ms 0.9ms 4.0MB 3807ms 0ms gcc 14.2.0
c 6-im.c 973ms 27ms 4.1MB 3773ms 0ms gcc 14.2.0
c 6-im.c 1018ms 30ms 5.3MB 3953ms 7ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 5-im.c 1102ms 20ms 4.1MB 4300ms 3ms gcc 14.2.0
c 4-m.c 1127ms 17ms 7.2MB 4397ms 3ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 5-im.c 1327ms 0.2ms 7.3MB 5197ms 3ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 3-m.c 1824ms 3.8ms 5.3MB 7187ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
go 4-m.go 1890ms 3.1ms 5.5MB 7367ms 0ms go 1.23.3
c 3-m.c 1982ms 14ms 4.1MB 7777ms 3ms gcc 14.2.0
go 1.go 3654ms 21ms 5.5MB 3643ms 3ms go 1.23.3
go 1.go timeout 0.0ms 2.3MB 4990ms 0ms tinygo 0.34.0

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 6-im.c 250ms 2.0ms 4.0MB 950ms 0ms gcc 14.2.0
c 4-m.c 254ms 3.2ms 4.1MB 967ms 0ms gcc 14.2.0
c 6-im.c 261ms 2.3ms 5.3MB 970ms 3ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 5-im.c 285ms 3.0ms 4.0MB 1090ms 0ms gcc 14.2.0
c 4-m.c 288ms 0.1ms 5.1MB 1093ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 5-im.c 342ms 3.7ms 7.3MB 1313ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 3-m.c 469ms 2.2ms 5.4MB 1797ms 3ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
go 4-m.go 479ms 3.5ms 5.5MB 1820ms 7ms go 1.23.3
c 3-m.c 505ms 5.3ms 4.0MB 1953ms 0ms gcc 14.2.0
go 1.go 922ms 9.4ms 3.4MB 913ms 0ms go 1.23.3
go 1.go 1392ms 2.1ms 0.4MB 1380ms 0ms tinygo 0.34.0

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 6-im.c 71ms 0.7ms 4.0MB 247ms 0ms gcc 14.2.0
c 4-m.c 72ms 0.7ms 4.1MB 253ms 0ms gcc 14.2.0
c 6-im.c 72ms 0.0ms 5.1MB 233ms 3ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 5-im.c 81ms 1.7ms 4.0MB 283ms 0ms gcc 14.2.0
c 4-m.c 82ms 4.3ms 5.1MB 280ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 5-im.c 108ms 26ms 7.1MB 367ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
go 4-m.go 126ms 2.3ms 5.4MB 437ms 3ms go 1.23.3
c 3-m.c 126ms 3.5ms 7.2MB 450ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 3-m.c 136ms 2.4ms 4.0MB 500ms 0ms gcc 14.2.0
go 1.go 235ms 4.7ms 3.4MB 227ms 0ms go 1.23.3
go 1.go 350ms 0.2ms 0.3MB 340ms 0ms tinygo 0.34.0