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Go VS C++ benchmarks

Current benchmark data was generated on Sun Jun 01 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 1201ms 11ms 55.0MB 1180ms 10ms tinygo 0.37.0
go 1-m.go 2364ms 13ms 41.9MB 5290ms 33ms go 1.24.3

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1.go 113ms 2.0ms 5.6MB 100ms 0ms tinygo 0.37.0
go 1-m.go 209ms 2.8ms 8.1MB 367ms 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 485ms 69ms 13.5MB 1843ms 0ms go 1.24.3
go 1.go 715ms 1.6ms 269.3MB 653ms 50ms tinygo 0.37.0

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1-m.go 39ms 4.1ms 7.5MB 127ms 0ms go 1.24.3
go 1.go 64ms 0.8ms 68.0MB 43ms 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 117ms 0.4ms 8.8MB 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 34ms 1.3ms 8.4MB 27ms 0ms go 1.24.3

fannkuch-redux

Input: 11

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
cpp 1-im.cpp 396ms 4.5ms 2.5MB 1533ms 0ms g++ 11.4.0
cpp 1-im.cpp 402ms 5.0ms 4.0MB 1557ms 0ms clang++ 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
go 3-m.go 683ms 22ms 5.5MB 2597ms 0ms go 1.24.3
go 3.go 2009ms 15ms 49.0MB 1987ms 10ms tinygo 0.37.0

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
cpp 1-im.cpp 40ms 0.6ms 4.0MB 130ms 0ms clang++ 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
cpp 1-im.cpp 40ms 2.9ms 2.5MB 133ms 0ms g++ 11.4.0
go 3-m.go 73ms 0.3ms 5.5MB 200ms 0ms go 1.24.3
go 3.go 189ms 1.2ms 49.4MB 170ms 7ms 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 124ms 0.9ms 5.6MB 373ms 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 0.4ms 5.6MB 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 0.1ms 0.4MB 0ms 0ms tinygo 0.37.0
cpp 1.cpp 1.0ms 0.0ms 1.4MB 0ms 0ms g++ 11.4.0
cpp 1.cpp 1.4ms 0.1ms 2.3MB 0ms 0ms clang++ 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
go 1.go 1.4ms 0.0ms 3.4MB 0ms 0ms go 1.24.3

http-server

Input: 3000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1-http2.go 117ms 4.7ms 58.2MB 340ms 73ms go 1.24.3
go 2-m.go 359ms 31ms 172.9MB 633ms 593ms go 1.24.3
go 1-m.go 390ms 0.5ms 178.5MB 717ms 630ms go 1.24.3

Input: 500

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1-http2.go 31ms 2.7ms 25.5MB 57ms 17ms go 1.24.3
go 2-m.go 64ms 7.2ms 37.0MB 83ms 87ms go 1.24.3
go 1-m.go 65ms 9.9ms 37.0MB 83ms 93ms 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 45ms 0.9ms 41.2MB 40ms 0ms go 1.24.3
go 1.go 142ms 3.5ms 18.6MB 137ms 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 253ms 11ms 163.1MB 243ms 47ms go 1.24.3
go 1.go 738ms 4.5ms 105.1MB 727ms 10ms 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 679ms 12ms 39.2MB 2393ms 20ms 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 131ms 1.0ms 32.2MB 350ms 20ms 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 4.7ms 3.5MB 113ms 0ms go 1.24.3
go 3.go 132ms 2.8ms 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 384ms 3.9ms 0.5MB 373ms 0ms tinygo 0.37.0
go 3.go 392ms 5.4ms 3.5MB 383ms 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 2.7ms 3.5MB 40ms 0ms go 1.24.3
go 3.go 64ms 1.5ms 0.4MB 57ms 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 3230ms 12ms 7.7MB 3223ms 0ms go 1.24.3
go 1.go 4079ms 17ms 3.4MB 4070ms 0ms tinygo 0.37.0

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1.go 139ms 3.4ms 3.6MB 130ms 0ms go 1.24.3
go 1.go 172ms 3.3ms 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 877ms 10ms 63.2MB 857ms 10ms tinygo 0.37.0
go 2.go 1100ms 11ms 55.0MB 1080ms 10ms tinygo 0.37.0
go 1-m.go 1481ms 35ms 41.1MB 3197ms 37ms go 1.24.3
go 2-m.go 1665ms 17ms 43.1MB 3667ms 40ms go 1.24.3

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1.go 173ms 0.8ms 9.8MB 160ms 0ms tinygo 0.37.0
go 2.go 205ms 6.1ms 17.1MB 190ms 0ms tinygo 0.37.0
go 1-m.go 333ms 1.3ms 12.2MB 673ms 23ms go 1.24.3
go 2-m.go 373ms 2.6ms 13.9MB 797ms 23ms go 1.24.3

nbody

Input: 5000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
cpp 0-i.cpp 167ms 0.4ms 1.5MB 160ms 0ms g++ 11.4.0
cpp 0-i.cpp 171ms 0.7ms 2.4MB 160ms 0ms clang++ 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
cpp 1.cpp 314ms 2.2ms 1.8MB 303ms 0ms g++ 11.4.0
cpp 1.cpp 318ms 0.4ms 2.3MB 310ms 0ms clang++ 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
go 1.go 347ms 4.4ms 0.4MB 340ms 0ms tinygo 0.37.0
go 1.go 351ms 3.3ms 3.5MB 343ms 0ms go 1.24.3

Input: 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
cpp 0-i.cpp 18ms 0.0ms 1.5MB 10ms 0ms g++ 11.4.0
cpp 0-i.cpp 19ms 0.1ms 2.3MB 10ms 0ms clang++ 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
cpp 1.cpp 34ms 0.4ms 1.9MB 30ms 0ms g++ 11.4.0
cpp 1.cpp 34ms 0.1ms 2.3MB 23ms 0ms clang++ 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
go 1.go 38ms 1.2ms 0.4MB 30ms 0ms tinygo 0.37.0
go 1.go 38ms 0.5ms 3.5MB 30ms 0ms go 1.24.3

nsieve

Input: 12

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1.go 277ms 8.7ms 39.8MB 267ms 0ms tinygo 0.37.0
go 1.go 291ms 2.9ms 71.6MB 277ms 3ms go 1.24.3
go 2.go 424ms 4.8ms 21.3MB 413ms 0ms tinygo 0.37.0
cpp 1.cpp 485ms 1.3ms 7.3MB 473ms 0ms g++ 11.4.0
cpp 1.cpp 526ms 2.2ms 7.8MB 517ms 0ms clang++ 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
go 2.go 739ms 2.5ms 21.6MB 723ms 10ms go 1.24.3

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1.go 57ms 1.1ms 10.3MB 50ms 0ms tinygo 0.37.0
go 1.go 58ms 2.3ms 21.6MB 50ms 0ms go 1.24.3
go 2.go 107ms 2.9ms 4.9MB 97ms 0ms tinygo 0.37.0
cpp 1.cpp 120ms 1.4ms 3.6MB 110ms 0ms g++ 11.4.0
cpp 1.cpp 131ms 0.7ms 4.0MB 120ms 0ms clang++ 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
go 2.go 180ms 1.4ms 5.9MB 170ms 0ms go 1.24.3

pidigits

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 8.go 1178ms 8.3ms 8.6MB 1163ms 7ms go 1.24.3

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 8.go 276ms 1.1ms 8.6MB 267ms 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 4983ms 50ms go 1.24.3
go 3.go timeout 0.0ms 133.0MB 4973ms 13ms tinygo 0.37.0

Input: 250000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 3.go 1756ms 39ms 20.0MB 1740ms 17ms go 1.24.3
go 3.go 2260ms 24ms 26.2MB 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 92ms 0.1ms 5.2MB 90ms 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 25ms 0.6ms 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
cpp 8-m.cpp 469ms 3.7ms 3.5MB 1823ms 0ms clang++ 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
cpp 8-m.cpp 482ms 1.3ms 2.1MB 1887ms 0ms g++ 11.4.0
cpp 6-im.cpp 917ms 0.3ms 3.4MB 3603ms 0ms clang++ 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
cpp 6-im.cpp 920ms 1.7ms 2.1MB 3617ms 0ms g++ 11.4.0
go 4-m.go 1909ms 15ms 5.6MB 7397ms 7ms go 1.24.3
go 1.go 3690ms 9.5ms 5.6MB 3687ms 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
cpp 8-m.cpp 123ms 0.4ms 3.4MB 457ms 0ms clang++ 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
cpp 8-m.cpp 128ms 0.5ms 2.0MB 480ms 0ms g++ 11.4.0
cpp 6-im.cpp 236ms 0.8ms 3.4MB 900ms 0ms clang++ 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
cpp 6-im.cpp 238ms 0.2ms 2.1MB 920ms 0ms g++ 11.4.0
go 4-m.go 481ms 1.5ms 5.5MB 1840ms 0ms go 1.24.3
go 1.go 929ms 22ms 3.5MB 923ms 0ms go 1.24.3
go 1.go 1397ms 0.5ms 0.5MB 1390ms 0ms tinygo 0.37.0

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
cpp 8-m.cpp 39ms 0.4ms 2.0MB 130ms 0ms g++ 11.4.0
cpp 8-m.cpp 41ms 8.7ms 3.5MB 120ms 0ms clang++ 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
cpp 6-im.cpp 65ms 1.3ms 3.4MB 230ms 0ms clang++ 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
cpp 6-im.cpp 66ms 0.2ms 2.0MB 240ms 0ms g++ 11.4.0
go 4-m.go 125ms 0.3ms 5.5MB 453ms 0ms go 1.24.3
go 1.go 231ms 0.6ms 3.5MB 220ms 0ms go 1.24.3
go 1.go 351ms 0.3ms 0.4MB 340ms 0ms tinygo 0.37.0