Programming Language and compiler
Benchmarks

Go VS C benchmarks

Current benchmark data was generated on Thu Feb 01 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 2665ms 13ms 44.2MB 5553ms 47ms go 1.21.6
go 1.go 4172ms 25ms 51.6MB 4157ms 3ms tinygo 0.30.0

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1-m.go 237ms 1.8ms 7.8MB 393ms 3ms go 1.21.6
go 1.go 316ms 4.0ms 6.6MB 307ms 0ms tinygo 0.30.0

coro-prime-sieve

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1-m.go 464ms 54ms 15.4MB 1767ms 0ms go 1.21.6
go 1.go 2438ms 2.9ms 256.6MB 2400ms 23ms tinygo 0.30.0

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1-m.go 39ms 4.8ms 7.2MB 127ms 0ms go 1.21.6
go 1.go 387ms 1.7ms 65.8MB 373ms 0ms tinygo 0.30.0

edigits

Input: 250001

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1.go 119ms 0.4ms 10.2MB 110ms 0ms go 1.21.6

Input: 100000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1.go 35ms 1.4ms 8.3MB 27ms 0ms go 1.21.6

fannkuch-redux

Input: 11

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 3-m.go 720ms 0.8ms 3.3MB 2777ms 0ms go 1.21.6
go 3.go 2326ms 13ms 49.0MB 2310ms 3ms tinygo 0.30.0

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 3-m.go 75ms 0.3ms 5.3MB 203ms 0ms go 1.21.6
go 3.go 509ms 2.2ms 49.0MB 493ms 3ms tinygo 0.30.0

fasta

Input: 2500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 3-m.go 123ms 0.2ms 5.3MB 370ms 0ms go 1.21.6

Input: 250000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 3-m.go 17ms 0.4ms 5.3MB 30ms 0ms go 1.21.6

helloworld

Input: QwQ

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1.go 0.6ms 0.1ms 0.1MB 0ms 0ms tinygo 0.30.0
c 1.c 1.1ms 0.1ms 1.4MB 0ms 0ms zigcc 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
c 1.c 1.3ms 0.1ms 2.1MB 0ms 0ms gcc 13.2.0
c 1.c 1.5ms 0.3ms 2.1MB 0ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
go 1.go 1.5ms 0.1ms 3.1MB 0ms 0ms go 1.21.6

http-server

Input: 3000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1-http2.go 121ms 6.0ms 59.4MB 300ms 103ms go 1.21.6
go 2-m.go 445ms 7.9ms 175.9MB 593ms 670ms go 1.21.6
go 1-m.go 454ms 8.3ms 167.7MB 667ms 603ms go 1.21.6

Input: 500

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1-http2.go 25ms 14ms 25.4MB 50ms 30ms go 1.21.6
go 2-m.go 111ms 29ms 33.9MB 87ms 83ms go 1.21.6
go 1-m.go 112ms 8.6ms 38.1MB 97ms 97ms go 1.21.6

json-serde

Input: sample 5000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 2-ffi.go 45ms 1.3ms 39.9MB 30ms 10ms go 1.21.6
go 1.go 151ms 0.8ms 18.1MB 143ms 0ms go 1.21.6

Input: canada 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 2-ffi.go 242ms 7.8ms 180.2MB 230ms 30ms go 1.21.6
go 1.go 833ms 2.8ms 105.0MB 827ms 13ms go 1.21.6

knucleotide

Input: 2500000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 1-m.c 174ms 4.0ms 25.5MB 410ms 7ms gcc 13.2.0
c 1-m.c 306ms 28ms 29.7MB 1020ms 30ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
go 7-m.go 783ms 4.0ms 40.2MB 2817ms 27ms go 1.21.6

Input: 250000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 1-m.c 28ms 1.9ms 13.4MB 63ms 0ms gcc 13.2.0
c 1-m.c 41ms 4.7ms 16.8MB 107ms 7ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
go 7-m.go 147ms 4.5ms 30.6MB 373ms 37ms go 1.21.6

lru

Input: 1000 1000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 3.go 128ms 1.8ms 3.3MB 120ms 0ms go 1.21.6
go 3.go 135ms 4.0ms 0.3MB 127ms 0ms tinygo 0.30.0

Input: 1000 3000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 3.go 371ms 1.4ms 3.3MB 360ms 0ms go 1.21.6
go 3.go 388ms 1.8ms 2.3MB 380ms 0ms tinygo 0.30.0

Input: 100 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 3.go 63ms 0.8ms 3.1MB 53ms 0ms go 1.21.6
go 3.go 71ms 5.8ms 0.1MB 63ms 0ms tinygo 0.30.0

mandelbrot

Input: 5000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1.go 3215ms 5.5ms 7.3MB 3203ms 3ms go 1.21.6
go 1.go 4022ms 4.0ms 5.8MB 4013ms 0ms tinygo 0.30.0

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1.go 138ms 2.8ms 3.3MB 127ms 0ms go 1.21.6
go 1.go 168ms 2.2ms 0.3MB 160ms 0ms tinygo 0.30.0

merkletrees

Input: 17

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1-m.go 1632ms 20ms 39.1MB 3303ms 47ms go 1.21.6
go 2-m.go 1860ms 6.1ms 41.4MB 3863ms 37ms go 1.21.6
go 1.go 2314ms 36ms 51.7MB 2297ms 7ms tinygo 0.30.0
go 2.go 3797ms 21ms 119.4MB 3773ms 7ms tinygo 0.30.0

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1-m.go 365ms 1.8ms 13.8MB 710ms 13ms go 1.21.6
go 2-m.go 409ms 1.0ms 13.8MB 820ms 20ms go 1.21.6
go 1.go 445ms 1.4ms 13.8MB 433ms 0ms tinygo 0.30.0
go 2.go 684ms 10ms 39.5MB 670ms 0ms tinygo 0.30.0

nbody

Input: 5000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 8-i.c 245ms 0.5ms 1.5MB 233ms 0ms zigcc 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
c 8-i.c 255ms 1.1ms 2.3MB 243ms 0ms gcc 13.2.0
c 5.c 297ms 0.4ms 1.5MB 287ms 0ms zigcc 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
c 8-i.c 301ms 1.9ms 2.1MB 290ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 2.c 309ms 0.5ms 2.3MB 300ms 0ms gcc 13.2.0
c 2.c 311ms 1.1ms 1.5MB 300ms 0ms zigcc 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
c 5.c 311ms 1.0ms 2.3MB 300ms 0ms gcc 13.2.0
c 5.c 314ms 1.5ms 2.1MB 303ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 2.c 318ms 3.6ms 2.1MB 303ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
go 1.go 348ms 1.1ms 2.1MB 340ms 0ms tinygo 0.30.0
go 1.go 364ms 0.9ms 3.3MB 350ms 0ms go 1.21.6

Input: 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 8-i.c 27ms 0.1ms 1.5MB 20ms 0ms zigcc 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
c 8-i.c 28ms 0.5ms 2.3MB 20ms 0ms gcc 13.2.0
c 5.c 32ms 0.4ms 1.5MB 20ms 0ms zigcc 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
c 2.c 33ms 0.3ms 2.3MB 23ms 0ms gcc 13.2.0
c 8-i.c 33ms 1.6ms 2.1MB 27ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 5.c 33ms 0.5ms 2.3MB 27ms 0ms gcc 13.2.0
c 2.c 34ms 0.8ms 1.5MB 27ms 0ms zigcc 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
c 2.c 34ms 0.9ms 2.1MB 27ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 5.c 34ms 1.1ms 2.1MB 27ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
go 1.go 36ms 0.1ms 0.1MB 30ms 0ms tinygo 0.30.0
go 1.go 39ms 0.2ms 3.3MB 30ms 0ms go 1.21.6

nsieve

Input: 12

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 1.c 283ms 1.3ms 41.1MB 267ms 0ms gcc 13.2.0
c 1.c 287ms 7.5ms 40.8MB 273ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 1.c 295ms 2.4ms 40.3MB 273ms 3ms zigcc 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
go 1.go 311ms 4.6ms 72.5MB 297ms 0ms go 1.21.6
go 1.go 331ms 2.1ms 42.8MB 320ms 0ms tinygo 0.30.0
go 2.go 437ms 5.1ms 17.8MB 427ms 0ms tinygo 0.30.0
go 2.go 740ms 3.8ms 21.7MB 723ms 3ms go 1.21.6

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 1.c 54ms 0.5ms 11.8MB 40ms 0ms gcc 13.2.0
c 1.c 58ms 1.7ms 11.5MB 47ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 1.c 59ms 1.3ms 11.0MB 47ms 0ms zigcc 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
go 1.go 62ms 1.2ms 21.6MB 47ms 0ms go 1.21.6
go 1.go 66ms 1.0ms 12.6MB 53ms 0ms tinygo 0.30.0
go 2.go 110ms 2.0ms 4.6MB 100ms 0ms tinygo 0.30.0
go 2.go 181ms 1.7ms 7.2MB 170ms 0ms go 1.21.6

pidigits

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 8.go 1129ms 7.4ms 8.4MB 1110ms 7ms go 1.21.6

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 8.go 271ms 3.7ms 8.5MB 257ms 3ms go 1.21.6

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 128.0MB 4977ms 47ms go 1.21.6
go 3.go timeout 0.0ms 106.6MB 4980ms 7ms tinygo 0.30.0

Input: 250000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 3.go 1859ms 155ms 20.2MB 1833ms 33ms go 1.21.6
go 3.go 2681ms 113ms 30.4MB 2667ms 0ms tinygo 0.30.0

secp256k1

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 0-ffi.go 141ms 1.0ms 12.2MB 137ms 3ms go 1.21.6

Input: 500

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 0-ffi.go 46ms 1.0ms 11.9MB 40ms 0ms go 1.21.6

spectral-norm

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 4-m.c 947ms 11ms 4.1MB 3703ms 0ms gcc 13.2.0
c 6-im.c 981ms 47ms 4.1MB 3790ms 0ms gcc 13.2.0
c 6-im.c 1003ms 11ms 9.1MB 3920ms 3ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 4-m.c 1117ms 3.7ms 5.1MB 4367ms 10ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 5-im.c 1145ms 6.7ms 4.1MB 4493ms 0ms gcc 13.2.0
c 5-im.c 1335ms 18ms 5.3MB 5220ms 13ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 3-m.c 1825ms 3.8ms 7.3MB 7183ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
go 4-m.go 1911ms 7.7ms 5.3MB 7327ms 0ms go 1.21.6
c 3-m.c 1933ms 0.6ms 4.1MB 7637ms 3ms gcc 13.2.0
go 1.go 3639ms 25ms 5.4MB 3630ms 0ms go 1.21.6
go 1.go timeout 0.0ms 2.4MB 4990ms 0ms tinygo 0.30.0

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 4-m.c 246ms 0.5ms 4.1MB 937ms 0ms gcc 13.2.0
c 6-im.c 252ms 6.4ms 4.0MB 957ms 0ms gcc 13.2.0
c 6-im.c 258ms 0.1ms 9.2MB 973ms 3ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 4-m.c 288ms 1.9ms 7.0MB 1090ms 3ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 5-im.c 297ms 1.3ms 4.0MB 1130ms 0ms gcc 13.2.0
c 5-im.c 340ms 0.0ms 7.3MB 1300ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 3-m.c 462ms 0.4ms 5.3MB 1787ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
go 4-m.go 479ms 0.9ms 5.3MB 1817ms 3ms go 1.21.6
c 3-m.c 487ms 1.0ms 4.0MB 1893ms 0ms gcc 13.2.0
go 1.go 928ms 8.2ms 3.3MB 923ms 0ms go 1.21.6
go 1.go 1394ms 5.3ms 0.4MB 1383ms 0ms tinygo 0.30.0

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 4-m.c 69ms 0.7ms 4.1MB 243ms 0ms gcc 13.2.0
c 6-im.c 70ms 0.0ms 4.0MB 247ms 0ms gcc 13.2.0
c 6-im.c 72ms 1.1ms 7.1MB 247ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 4-m.c 80ms 0.5ms 5.1MB 280ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 5-im.c 83ms 0.5ms 4.0MB 300ms 0ms gcc 13.2.0
c 5-im.c 109ms 28ms 5.2MB 363ms 3ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 3-m.c 124ms 0.7ms 7.0MB 447ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
go 4-m.go 126ms 1.3ms 5.3MB 437ms 0ms go 1.21.6
c 3-m.c 129ms 1.4ms 4.0MB 480ms 0ms gcc 13.2.0
go 1.go 236ms 5.1ms 3.3MB 223ms 0ms go 1.21.6
go 1.go 349ms 0.4ms 0.3MB 340ms 0ms tinygo 0.30.0