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Benchmarks

Go VS Codon 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.)

binarytrees

Input: 18

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1.go 1249ms 9.0ms 55.0MB 1227ms 10ms tinygo 0.37.0
go 1-m.go 2386ms 8.7ms 41.6MB 5307ms 40ms go 1.24.3

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1.go 113ms 1.7ms 5.6MB 100ms 0ms tinygo 0.37.0
go 1-m.go 210ms 2.2ms 8.1MB 370ms 10ms go 1.24.3

coro-prime-sieve

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1-m.go 545ms 34ms 15.5MB 2127ms 0ms go 1.24.3
go 1.go 739ms 8.5ms 268.3MB 683ms 43ms tinygo 0.37.0

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1-m.go 50ms 13ms 7.5MB 167ms 0ms go 1.24.3
go 1.go 70ms 0.3ms 68.6MB 50ms 10ms tinygo 0.37.0

edigits

Input: 250001

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1.go 118ms 0.8ms 10.2MB 110ms 0ms go 1.24.3

Input: 100000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1.go 35ms 1.6ms 8.2MB 30ms 0ms go 1.24.3

fannkuch-redux

Input: 11

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 3-m.go 672ms 1.3ms 5.5MB 2597ms 0ms go 1.24.3
go 3.go 2021ms 2.1ms 48.8MB 2003ms 3ms tinygo 0.37.0

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 3-m.go 73ms 0.4ms 5.5MB 193ms 0ms go 1.24.3
go 3.go 194ms 1.1ms 49.1MB 177ms 3ms tinygo 0.37.0

fasta

Input: 2500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 3-m.go 126ms 0.6ms 7.5MB 377ms 0ms go 1.24.3

Input: 250000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 3-m.go 17ms 0.0ms 7.6MB 30ms 0ms go 1.24.3

helloworld

Input: QwQ

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1.go 0.8ms 0.0ms 0.4MB 0ms 0ms tinygo 0.37.0
go 1.go 1.4ms 0.1ms 3.4MB 0ms 0ms go 1.24.3
codon 1-m.py 12ms 0.7ms 8.8MB 20ms 0ms codon 0.18.2

http-server

Input: 3000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1-http2.go 127ms 6.3ms 56.1MB 350ms 83ms go 1.24.3
go 2-m.go 394ms 6.3ms 174.8MB 710ms 633ms go 1.24.3
go 1-m.go 400ms 12ms 170.8MB 693ms 633ms go 1.24.3

Input: 500

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1-http2.go 30ms 1.2ms 27.6MB 60ms 17ms go 1.24.3
go 2-m.go 72ms 2.9ms 34.9MB 100ms 107ms go 1.24.3
go 1-m.go 75ms 0.8ms 36.6MB 103ms 110ms go 1.24.3

json-serde

Input: sample 5000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 2-ffi.go 47ms 1.2ms 40.9MB 40ms 7ms go 1.24.3
go 1.go 142ms 2.1ms 18.6MB 133ms 0ms go 1.24.3

Input: canada 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 2-ffi.go 254ms 1.3ms 159.2MB 237ms 53ms go 1.24.3
go 1.go 743ms 6.4ms 104.9MB 730ms 17ms go 1.24.3

knucleotide

Input: 2500000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 7-m.go 691ms 14ms 39.6MB 2427ms 27ms go 1.24.3

Input: 250000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 7-m.go 133ms 2.9ms 22.8MB 353ms 23ms go 1.24.3

lru

Input: 1000 1000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 3.go 120ms 3.2ms 3.5MB 113ms 0ms go 1.24.3
go 3.go 133ms 2.2ms 0.5MB 123ms 0ms tinygo 0.37.0

Input: 1000 3000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 3.go 386ms 1.4ms 0.5MB 380ms 0ms tinygo 0.37.0
go 3.go 390ms 6.6ms 3.5MB 380ms 0ms go 1.24.3

Input: 100 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 3.go 51ms 0.8ms 3.5MB 40ms 0ms go 1.24.3
go 3.go 65ms 2.7ms 0.4MB 60ms 0ms tinygo 0.37.0

mandelbrot

Input: 5000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1.go 3228ms 12ms 7.7MB 3223ms 0ms go 1.24.3
go 1.go 4064ms 9.9ms 3.4MB 4057ms 0ms tinygo 0.37.0

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1.go 136ms 1.0ms 3.7MB 130ms 0ms go 1.24.3
go 1.go 173ms 4.0ms 0.5MB 167ms 0ms tinygo 0.37.0

merkletrees

Input: 17

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1.go 820ms 45ms 63.1MB 800ms 10ms tinygo 0.37.0
go 2.go 1144ms 3.1ms 55.0MB 1120ms 3ms tinygo 0.37.0
go 1-m.go 1485ms 22ms 40.9MB 3127ms 40ms go 1.24.3
go 2-m.go 1732ms 20ms 47.1MB 3760ms 50ms go 1.24.3

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1.go 174ms 2.9ms 9.8MB 160ms 0ms tinygo 0.37.0
go 2.go 213ms 5.6ms 17.2MB 197ms 0ms tinygo 0.37.0
go 1-m.go 334ms 1.2ms 12.1MB 667ms 27ms go 1.24.3
go 2-m.go 375ms 1.6ms 13.9MB 780ms 33ms go 1.24.3

nbody

Input: 5000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1.go 349ms 0.2ms 3.5MB 340ms 0ms go 1.24.3
go 1.go 353ms 6.1ms 0.4MB 343ms 0ms tinygo 0.37.0
codon 1.py 1323ms 14ms 8.9MB 1630ms 0ms codon 0.18.2

Input: 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1.go 37ms 0.6ms 0.4MB 30ms 0ms tinygo 0.37.0
go 1.go 38ms 1.3ms 3.5MB 30ms 0ms go 1.24.3
codon 1-m.py 177ms 3.9ms 8.8MB 487ms 0ms codon 0.18.2

nsieve

Input: 12

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1.go 301ms 21ms 39.5MB 287ms 0ms tinygo 0.37.0
go 1.go 307ms 11ms 71.6MB 293ms 0ms go 1.24.3
go 2.go 427ms 3.7ms 20.4MB 413ms 0ms tinygo 0.37.0
codon 1-m.py 455ms 9.2ms 47.7MB 757ms 0ms codon 0.18.2
go 2.go 746ms 1.8ms 21.7MB 733ms 10ms go 1.24.3
codon 2.py 1561ms 6.3ms 100.8MB 1870ms 23ms codon 0.18.2

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1.go 53ms 2.6ms 10.1MB 43ms 0ms tinygo 0.37.0
go 1.go 58ms 1.1ms 21.6MB 50ms 0ms go 1.24.3
go 2.go 109ms 1.9ms 4.9MB 100ms 0ms tinygo 0.37.0
codon 1-m.py 126ms 3.4ms 18.4MB 433ms 0ms codon 0.18.2
go 2.go 181ms 2.1ms 5.8MB 170ms 0ms go 1.24.3
codon 2-m.py 398ms 2.8ms 27.2MB 707ms 10ms codon 0.18.2

pidigits

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 8.go 1191ms 8.1ms 8.6MB 1180ms 3ms go 1.24.3

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 8.go 283ms 4.5ms 8.6MB 273ms 0ms go 1.24.3

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 4987ms 50ms go 1.24.3
go 3.go timeout 0.0ms 123.4MB 4977ms 10ms tinygo 0.37.0

Input: 250000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 3.go 1750ms 14ms 20.3MB 1727ms 30ms go 1.24.3
go 3.go 2262ms 24ms 27.0MB 2247ms 0ms tinygo 0.37.0

secp256k1

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 0-ffi.go 91ms 2.0ms 5.1MB 87ms 0ms go 1.24.3

Input: 500

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 0-ffi.go 27ms 0.8ms 5.2MB 20ms 0ms go 1.24.3

spectral-norm

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 4-m.go 1909ms 16ms 5.6MB 7410ms 7ms go 1.24.3
go 1.go 3665ms 9.0ms 5.6MB 3663ms 0ms go 1.24.3
go 1.go timeout 0.0ms 0.5MB 4990ms 0ms tinygo 0.37.0

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 4-m.go 480ms 0.9ms 5.5MB 1843ms 0ms go 1.24.3
go 1.go 915ms 1.2ms 3.5MB 910ms 0ms go 1.24.3
go 1.go 1396ms 0.6ms 0.5MB 1390ms 0ms tinygo 0.37.0

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 4-m.go 125ms 0.1ms 5.5MB 450ms 0ms go 1.24.3
go 1.go 233ms 2.1ms 3.5MB 223ms 0ms go 1.24.3
go 1.go 352ms 1.1ms 0.4MB 340ms 0ms tinygo 0.37.0