Programming Language and compiler
Benchmarks

Go VS Zig benchmarks

Current benchmark data was generated on Thu Jul 13 2023, full log can be found HERE

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[x86_64][2 cores] Intel(R) Xeon(R) Platinum 8370C CPU @ 2.80GHz (Model 106)

* -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
zig 1.zig 2111ms 26ms 49.1MB 2083ms 13ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e
go 1.go 3509ms 41ms 45.0MB 5013ms 43ms go 1.20.6
go 1.go 4400ms 25ms 50.6MB 4380ms 3ms tinygo 0.28.1

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 180ms 1.1ms 7.1MB 170ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e
go 1.go 308ms 4.5ms 8.1MB 397ms 0ms go 1.20.6
go 1.go 440ms 1.4ms 6.9MB 427ms 0ms tinygo 0.28.1

coro-prime-sieve

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1-m.go 930ms 108ms 13.5MB 1800ms 7ms go 1.20.6
go 1.go 3070ms 9.5ms 253.2MB 2970ms 77ms tinygo 0.28.1

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1-m.go 79ms 17ms 5.4MB 130ms 0ms go 1.20.6
go 1.go 477ms 0.5ms 65.4MB 457ms 3ms tinygo 0.28.1

edigits

Input: 250001

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1.go 163ms 1.2ms 8.3MB 153ms 0ms go 1.20.6
zig 1.zig 3821ms 0.4ms 2.7MB 3793ms 13ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e

Input: 100000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1.go 48ms 1.4ms 8.1MB 37ms 0ms go 1.20.6
zig 1.zig 635ms 1.5ms 2.0MB 617ms 3ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e

fannkuch-redux

Input: 11

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2-m.zig 1363ms 20ms 1.1MB 2657ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e
go 3-m.go 1447ms 30ms 4.9MB 2773ms 3ms go 1.20.6
zig 3-i.zig 1835ms 1.1ms 0.9MB 1823ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e
zig 2.zig 2441ms 4.8ms 1.0MB 2427ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e
go 3.go 3013ms 2.7ms 50.3MB 2997ms 3ms tinygo 0.28.1
zig 1.zig 3493ms 41ms 1.0MB 3477ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2-m.zig 128ms 2.6ms 1.2MB 230ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e
go 3-m.go 144ms 0.9ms 2.9MB 217ms 3ms go 1.20.6
zig 3-i.zig 154ms 1.9ms 1.0MB 143ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e
zig 2.zig 204ms 0.2ms 0.9MB 193ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e
zig 1.zig 288ms 1.0ms 1.0MB 280ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e
go 3.go 407ms 0.1ms 48.9MB 390ms 3ms tinygo 0.28.1

fasta

Input: 2500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 118ms 1.1ms 1.0MB 110ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e
go 3-m.go 255ms 4.3ms 2.9MB 457ms 0ms go 1.20.6

Input: 250000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 15ms 1.0ms 1.0MB 10ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e
go 3.go 31ms 0.6ms 2.9MB 40ms 0ms go 1.20.6

helloworld

Input: QwQ

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 1.6ms 0.6ms 1.0MB 0ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e
go 1.go 1.6ms 0.4ms 0.0MB 0ms 0ms tinygo 0.28.1
go 1.go 3.0ms 0.2ms 2.9MB 0ms 0ms go 1.20.6

http-server

Input: 3000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1-http2.go 11ms 2.3ms 17.3MB 0ms 0ms go 1.20.6
go 2-m.go 560ms 15ms 159.4MB 537ms 350ms go 1.20.6
go 1-m.go 610ms 23ms 175.2MB 570ms 397ms go 1.20.6

Input: 500

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1-http2.go 39ms 2.0ms 26.1MB 43ms 3ms go 1.20.6
go 1.go 122ms 7.7ms 37.4MB 87ms 50ms go 1.20.6
go 2.go 128ms 8.4ms 38.4MB 87ms 53ms go 1.20.6

json-serde

Input: sample 5000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 2-ffi.go 59ms 2.4ms 37.6MB 33ms 13ms go 1.20.6
zig 1.zig 76ms 0.7ms 18.8MB 63ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e
go 1.go 173ms 1.2ms 18.4MB 163ms 0ms go 1.20.6

Input: canada 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 2-ffi.go 389ms 3.3ms 174.9MB 350ms 97ms go 1.20.6
zig 1.zig 575ms 1.9ms 60.3MB 540ms 20ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e
go 1.go 1070ms 4.8ms 101.9MB 1040ms 63ms go 1.20.6

knucleotide

Input: 2500000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 1003ms 7.9ms 20.6MB 980ms 10ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e
go 7-m.go 1492ms 12ms 45.7MB 2787ms 23ms go 1.20.6

Input: 250000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 111ms 0.2ms 7.3MB 97ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e
go 7-m.go 226ms 12ms 24.8MB 357ms 23ms go 1.20.6

lru

Input: 1000 1000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 44ms 0.2ms 2.7MB 33ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e
go 3.go 174ms 0.2ms 0.4MB 160ms 0ms tinygo 0.28.1
go 3.go 177ms 1.4ms 3.4MB 163ms 0ms go 1.20.6

Input: 1000 3000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 126ms 0.6ms 2.8MB 117ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e
go 3.go 516ms 1.1ms 0.4MB 503ms 0ms tinygo 0.28.1
go 3.go 519ms 1.6ms 3.4MB 503ms 0ms go 1.20.6

Input: 100 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 21ms 0.9ms 1.3MB 10ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e
go 3.go 85ms 0.8ms 0.0MB 70ms 0ms tinygo 0.28.1
go 3.go 93ms 3.6ms 3.6MB 80ms 0ms go 1.20.6

mandelbrot

Input: 5000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 422ms 0.1ms 4.2MB 410ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e
go 1.go 4379ms 2.8ms 7.3MB 4363ms 0ms go 1.20.6
go 1.go timeout 0.0ms 5.4MB 4983ms 0ms tinygo 0.28.1

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 20ms 0.2ms 0.9MB 10ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e
go 1.go 182ms 0.2ms 2.9MB 170ms 0ms go 1.20.6
go 1.go 243ms 0.5ms 0.0MB 230ms 0ms tinygo 0.28.1

merkletrees

Input: 17

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 1096ms 4.9ms 41.1MB 1067ms 17ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e
go 1.go 2080ms 20ms 37.6MB 2947ms 27ms go 1.20.6
go 2.go 2382ms 46ms 49.9MB 3403ms 57ms go 1.20.6
go 1.go 2858ms 2.3ms 51.9MB 2840ms 3ms tinygo 0.28.1
go 2.go 4300ms 6.9ms 120.1MB 4273ms 10ms tinygo 0.28.1

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 220ms 2.2ms 11.0MB 203ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e
go 1.go 444ms 5.6ms 12.3MB 607ms 7ms go 1.20.6
go 2.go 510ms 1.8ms 13.2MB 720ms 7ms go 1.20.6
go 1.go 607ms 1.8ms 13.1MB 593ms 0ms tinygo 0.28.1
go 2.go 833ms 2.9ms 29.9MB 820ms 0ms tinygo 0.28.1

nbody

Input: 5000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2.zig 305ms 0.0ms 1.1MB 300ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e
zig 1.zig 367ms 4.1ms 1.0MB 357ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e
go 1.go 430ms 0.7ms 0.0MB 420ms 0ms tinygo 0.28.1
go 1.go 456ms 1.6ms 2.9MB 450ms 0ms go 1.20.6

Input: 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2.zig 32ms 0.5ms 1.0MB 20ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e
zig 1.zig 39ms 0.6ms 1.0MB 30ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e
go 1.go 45ms 0.7ms 0.0MB 37ms 0ms tinygo 0.28.1
go 1.go 52ms 0.6ms 2.9MB 40ms 0ms go 1.20.6

nsieve

Input: 12

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2.zig 430ms 5.5ms 6.0MB 413ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e
zig 1.zig 524ms 19ms 40.3MB 497ms 10ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e
go 1.go 600ms 68ms 43.8MB 580ms 7ms tinygo 0.28.1
go 1.go 633ms 64ms 72.4MB 607ms 7ms go 1.20.6
go 2.go 640ms 9.9ms 16.3MB 627ms 0ms tinygo 0.28.1
go 2.go 915ms 12ms 21.8MB 887ms 10ms go 1.20.6

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2.zig 94ms 0.1ms 2.3MB 87ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e
zig 1.zig 117ms 0.6ms 11.1MB 107ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e
go 1.go 136ms 2.3ms 21.5MB 117ms 0ms go 1.20.6
go 1.go 138ms 4.4ms 13.4MB 127ms 0ms tinygo 0.28.1
go 2.go 153ms 3.0ms 5.6MB 143ms 0ms tinygo 0.28.1
go 2.go 217ms 1.8ms 7.3MB 207ms 0ms go 1.20.6

pidigits

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 8.go 1388ms 2.0ms 8.5MB 1373ms 0ms go 1.20.6
zig 1.zig 2115ms 3.9ms 2.4MB 2087ms 13ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 8.go 334ms 0.9ms 8.5MB 320ms 0ms go 1.20.6
zig 1.zig 488ms 0.5ms 2.0MB 477ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e

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 125.9MB 4963ms 93ms go 1.20.6
go 3.go timeout 0.0ms 104.1MB 4960ms 20ms tinygo 0.28.1

Input: 250000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 3.go 2500ms 12ms 20.9MB 2480ms 20ms go 1.20.6
go 3.go 3216ms 9.2ms 30.0MB 3193ms 7ms tinygo 0.28.1

secp256k1

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 0-ffi.go 170ms 2.7ms 9.4MB 163ms 3ms go 1.20.6

Input: 500

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 0-ffi.go 55ms 1.5ms 9.4MB 43ms 0ms go 1.20.6

spectral-norm

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2-m.zig 1059ms 1.7ms 1.3MB 2053ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e
zig 2.zig 2061ms 1.0ms 1.0MB 2047ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e
go 4-m.go 2512ms 26ms 5.5MB 4843ms 0ms go 1.20.6
zig 1.zig 4479ms 3.5ms 1.0MB 4460ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e
go 1.go 4902ms 6.8ms 5.5MB 4893ms 0ms go 1.20.6
go 1.go timeout 0.0ms 2.0MB 4990ms 0ms tinygo 0.28.1

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2-m.zig 275ms 0.5ms 1.3MB 510ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e
zig 2.zig 517ms 1.3ms 1.1MB 510ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e
go 4-m.go 631ms 3.4ms 3.4MB 1200ms 0ms go 1.20.6
zig 1.zig 1122ms 0.3ms 1.1MB 1110ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e
go 1.go 1228ms 11ms 2.9MB 1213ms 0ms go 1.20.6
go 1.go 2577ms 1.8ms 0.0MB 2560ms 0ms tinygo 0.28.1

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2-m.zig 75ms 1.3ms 1.2MB 127ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e
zig 2.zig 132ms 0.9ms 1.1MB 120ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e
go 4-m.go 167ms 1.5ms 3.4MB 297ms 0ms go 1.20.6
zig 1.zig 285ms 1.6ms 1.0MB 270ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e
go 1.go 312ms 3.2ms 2.9MB 300ms 0ms go 1.20.6
go 1.go 646ms 1.0ms 0.0MB 637ms 0ms tinygo 0.28.1