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Go VS Zig benchmarks

Current benchmark data was generated on Tue Dec 31 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
zig 1.zig 1616ms 20ms 49.1MB 1590ms 10ms zig 0.13.0
go 1-m.go 2534ms 14ms 41.9MB 5390ms 50ms go 1.23.4
go 1.go 2615ms 48ms 52.2MB 2603ms 0ms tinygo 0.35.0

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 142ms 0.5ms 7.1MB 130ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
go 1.go 219ms 1.4ms 6.8MB 210ms 0ms tinygo 0.35.0
go 1-m.go 225ms 0.9ms 7.9MB 373ms 13ms go 1.23.4

coro-prime-sieve

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1-m.go 472ms 45ms 15.6MB 1830ms 3ms go 1.23.4
go 1.go 1209ms 15ms 256.6MB 1177ms 20ms tinygo 0.35.0

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1-m.go 39ms 6.3ms 7.5MB 127ms 0ms go 1.23.4
go 1.go 214ms 5.5ms 65.8MB 200ms 3ms tinygo 0.35.0

edigits

Input: 250001

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1.go 113ms 2.3ms 8.5MB 107ms 0ms go 1.23.4
zig 1.zig 2162ms 6.9ms 2.5MB 2130ms 13ms zig 0.13.0

Input: 100000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1.go 35ms 1.8ms 8.2MB 27ms 0ms go 1.23.4
zig 1.zig 368ms 1.2ms 1.9MB 347ms 10ms zig 0.13.0

fannkuch-redux

Input: 11

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2-m.zig 614ms 3.4ms 3.6MB 2297ms 3ms zig 0.13.0
go 3-m.go 686ms 4.4ms 3.5MB 2637ms 3ms go 1.23.4
zig 3-i.zig 1689ms 4.7ms 1.1MB 1680ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
go 3.go 2155ms 14ms 50.1MB 2147ms 0ms tinygo 0.35.0
zig 2.zig 2336ms 14ms 1.1MB 2327ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
zig 1.zig 2710ms 6.9ms 1.1MB 2700ms 0ms zig 0.13.0

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2-m.zig 60ms 2.7ms 3.5MB 183ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
go 3-m.go 73ms 1.5ms 3.5MB 193ms 0ms go 1.23.4
zig 3-i.zig 142ms 1.7ms 1.1MB 130ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
zig 2.zig 190ms 3.5ms 1.1MB 180ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
zig 1.zig 227ms 2.4ms 1.1MB 220ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
go 3.go 459ms 3.7ms 48.8MB 447ms 0ms tinygo 0.35.0

fasta

Input: 2500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 81ms 0.5ms 1.1MB 70ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
go 3-m.go 123ms 1.8ms 5.4MB 377ms 7ms go 1.23.4

Input: 250000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 10ms 0.6ms 1.1MB 0ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
go 3-m.go 17ms 0.2ms 5.4MB 30ms 0ms go 1.23.4

helloworld

Input: QwQ

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1.go 0.5ms 0.0ms 0.1MB 0ms 0ms tinygo 0.35.0
zig 1.zig 0.9ms 0.0ms 1.3MB 0ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
go 1.go 1.3ms 0.1ms 3.4MB 0ms 0ms go 1.23.4

http-server

Input: 3000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1-http2.go 107ms 6.3ms 59.5MB 310ms 60ms go 1.23.4
go 1-m.go 457ms 4.6ms 172.4MB 660ms 590ms go 1.23.4
go 2-m.go 464ms 18ms 178.4MB 627ms 640ms go 1.23.4

Input: 500

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1-http2.go 20ms 10ms 26.8MB 45ms 20ms go 1.23.4
go 2-m.go 98ms 14ms 40.3MB 67ms 110ms go 1.23.4
go 1-m.go 112ms 11ms 44.6MB 123ms 120ms go 1.23.4

json-serde

Input: sample 5000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 2-ffi.go 42ms 0.5ms 42.9MB 40ms 0ms go 1.23.4
go 1.go 135ms 3.3ms 18.4MB 123ms 0ms go 1.23.4

Input: canada 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 2-ffi.go 237ms 12ms 150.0MB 220ms 43ms go 1.23.4
go 1.go 742ms 2.7ms 104.7MB 723ms 20ms go 1.23.4

knucleotide

Input: 2500000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 7-m.go 745ms 2.7ms 42.1MB 2660ms 20ms go 1.23.4
zig 1.zig 746ms 5.8ms 21.8MB 720ms 10ms zig 0.13.0

Input: 250000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 84ms 2.3ms 7.5MB 67ms 3ms zig 0.13.0
go 7-m.go 139ms 3.0ms 29.7MB 357ms 37ms go 1.23.4

lru

Input: 1000 1000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 33ms 1.3ms 2.9MB 23ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
go 3.go 121ms 2.6ms 0.3MB 113ms 0ms tinygo 0.35.0
go 3.go 122ms 1.2ms 3.4MB 110ms 0ms go 1.23.4

Input: 1000 3000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 90ms 3.0ms 2.9MB 83ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
go 3.go 361ms 0.7ms 2.3MB 350ms 0ms tinygo 0.35.0
go 3.go 366ms 2.2ms 3.4MB 357ms 0ms go 1.23.4

Input: 100 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 14ms 0.1ms 1.4MB 10ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
go 3.go 61ms 0.9ms 0.1MB 50ms 0ms tinygo 0.35.0
go 3.go 66ms 2.1ms 5.5MB 60ms 0ms go 1.23.4

mandelbrot

Input: 5000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 237ms 4.1ms 4.2MB 227ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
go 1.go 2525ms 9.4ms 7.5MB 2513ms 0ms go 1.23.4
go 1.go 3539ms 17ms 4.4MB 3527ms 0ms tinygo 0.35.0

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 12ms 0.1ms 1.3MB 0ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
go 1.go 110ms 3.5ms 3.4MB 103ms 0ms go 1.23.4
go 1.go 146ms 1.3ms 2.1MB 140ms 0ms tinygo 0.35.0

merkletrees

Input: 17

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 790ms 14ms 41.1MB 763ms 10ms zig 0.13.0
go 1-m.go 1523ms 5.6ms 36.8MB 3107ms 37ms go 1.23.4
go 2-m.go 1741ms 13ms 43.1MB 3667ms 37ms go 1.23.4
go 1.go 1890ms 41ms 52.1MB 1877ms 0ms tinygo 0.35.0
go 2.go 2426ms 14ms 120.4MB 2400ms 10ms tinygo 0.35.0

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 160ms 1.9ms 11.1MB 147ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
go 1-m.go 349ms 4.9ms 14.1MB 667ms 23ms go 1.23.4
go 1.go 358ms 5.5ms 13.6MB 347ms 0ms tinygo 0.35.0
go 2-m.go 388ms 1.9ms 14.2MB 777ms 27ms go 1.23.4
go 2.go 523ms 7.2ms 22.8MB 510ms 0ms tinygo 0.35.0

nbody

Input: 5000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2.zig 258ms 1.8ms 1.1MB 247ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
zig 1.zig 300ms 6.3ms 1.3MB 290ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
go 1.go 331ms 6.3ms 0.1MB 323ms 0ms tinygo 0.35.0
go 1.go 344ms 2.0ms 3.4MB 337ms 0ms go 1.23.4

Input: 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2.zig 27ms 0.1ms 1.1MB 20ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
zig 1.zig 33ms 0.3ms 1.3MB 23ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
go 1.go 34ms 0.8ms 0.1MB 20ms 0ms tinygo 0.35.0
go 1.go 38ms 0.5ms 3.4MB 30ms 0ms go 1.23.4

nsieve

Input: 12

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 240ms 5.5ms 40.3MB 223ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
go 1.go 283ms 2.3ms 73.6MB 270ms 0ms go 1.23.4
zig 2.zig 316ms 1.6ms 6.1MB 303ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
go 1.go 317ms 10.0ms 43.3MB 307ms 0ms tinygo 0.35.0
go 2.go 413ms 8.6ms 17.3MB 403ms 0ms tinygo 0.35.0
go 2.go 742ms 11ms 21.8MB 727ms 7ms go 1.23.4

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 49ms 1.2ms 11.0MB 33ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
go 1.go 54ms 2.1ms 21.6MB 43ms 0ms go 1.23.4
go 1.go 65ms 0.1ms 13.3MB 53ms 0ms tinygo 0.35.0
zig 2.zig 78ms 0.3ms 2.4MB 70ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
go 2.go 101ms 1.3ms 4.9MB 90ms 0ms tinygo 0.35.0
go 2.go 188ms 1.4ms 5.9MB 177ms 0ms go 1.23.4

pidigits

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 8.go 1054ms 8.1ms 8.5MB 1043ms 0ms go 1.23.4
zig 1.zig 2339ms 5.6ms 2.2MB 2307ms 17ms zig 0.13.0

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 8.go 254ms 6.5ms 8.4MB 243ms 0ms go 1.23.4
zig 1.zig 536ms 2.8ms 1.8MB 520ms 0ms zig 0.13.0

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 122.4MB 4977ms 47ms go 1.23.4
go 3.go timeout 0.0ms 106.6MB 4983ms 3ms tinygo 0.35.0

Input: 250000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 3.go 1730ms 61ms 20.3MB 1703ms 27ms go 1.23.4
go 3.go 2365ms 25ms 28.8MB 2350ms 0ms tinygo 0.35.0

secp256k1

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 0-ffi.go 135ms 2.4ms 12.0MB 130ms 0ms go 1.23.4

Input: 500

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 0-ffi.go 43ms 1.0ms 9.5MB 33ms 0ms go 1.23.4

spectral-norm

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2-m.zig 450ms 8.0ms 3.8MB 1500ms 7ms zig 0.13.0
zig 2.zig 872ms 1.5ms 1.5MB 860ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
go 4-m.go 1818ms 34ms 5.4MB 6960ms 13ms go 1.23.4
zig 1.zig 3472ms 17ms 1.5MB 3463ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
go 1.go 3496ms 38ms 5.5MB 3487ms 0ms go 1.23.4
go 1.go timeout 0.0ms 0.5MB 4990ms 0ms tinygo 0.35.0

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2-m.zig 119ms 0.9ms 3.7MB 250ms 3ms zig 0.13.0
zig 2.zig 218ms 2.6ms 1.4MB 203ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
go 4-m.go 453ms 6.4ms 5.4MB 1723ms 0ms go 1.23.4
zig 1.zig 875ms 2.0ms 1.4MB 867ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
go 1.go 887ms 4.1ms 3.4MB 873ms 0ms go 1.23.4
go 1.go 1335ms 3.6ms 2.1MB 1323ms 0ms tinygo 0.35.0

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2-m.zig 37ms 1.7ms 3.7MB 30ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
zig 2.zig 56ms 0.1ms 1.4MB 50ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
go 4-m.go 117ms 0.9ms 5.4MB 417ms 0ms go 1.23.4
zig 1.zig 224ms 2.6ms 1.4MB 213ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
go 1.go 224ms 4.2ms 3.4MB 217ms 0ms go 1.23.4
go 1.go 333ms 7.4ms 0.3MB 323ms 0ms tinygo 0.35.0