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Go VS Zig 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
zig 1.zig 1782ms 14ms 49.1MB 1747ms 17ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
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
zig 1.zig 176ms 52ms 7.1MB 163ms 0ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
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
zig 1.zig 2265ms 7.1ms 2.5MB 2237ms 13ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f

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
zig 1.zig 381ms 1.2ms 1.9MB 367ms 0ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f

fannkuch-redux

Input: 11

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2-m.zig 639ms 6.1ms 3.5MB 2410ms 0ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
go 3-m.go 720ms 0.8ms 3.3MB 2777ms 0ms go 1.21.6
zig 3-i.zig 1769ms 3.5ms 1.1MB 1760ms 0ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
zig 2.zig 1999ms 9.9ms 1.1MB 1990ms 0ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
go 3.go 2326ms 13ms 49.0MB 2310ms 3ms tinygo 0.30.0
zig 1.zig 2839ms 2.3ms 1.1MB 2830ms 0ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2-m.zig 63ms 0.3ms 3.6MB 203ms 0ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
go 3-m.go 75ms 0.3ms 5.3MB 203ms 0ms go 1.21.6
zig 3-i.zig 148ms 0.3ms 1.1MB 140ms 0ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
zig 2.zig 167ms 0.7ms 1.1MB 160ms 0ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
zig 1.zig 248ms 13ms 1.1MB 237ms 0ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
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
zig 1.zig 87ms 0.8ms 1.3MB 73ms 0ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
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
zig 1.zig 11ms 0.8ms 1.3MB 0ms 0ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
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
zig 1.zig 1.0ms 0.0ms 1.3MB 0ms 0ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
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
zig 1.zig 771ms 2.9ms 20.4MB 750ms 7ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
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
zig 1.zig 90ms 2.1ms 7.0MB 80ms 0ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
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
zig 1.zig 36ms 2.0ms 2.9MB 27ms 0ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
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
zig 1.zig 98ms 0.8ms 2.9MB 90ms 0ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
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
zig 1.zig 17ms 1.4ms 1.4MB 10ms 0ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
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
zig 1.zig 247ms 1.0ms 4.2MB 237ms 0ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
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
zig 1.zig 13ms 2.0ms 1.3MB 0ms 0ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
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
zig 1.zig 867ms 9.1ms 41.1MB 840ms 10ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
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
zig 1.zig 176ms 3.9ms 11.1MB 163ms 0ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
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
zig 2.zig 276ms 0.5ms 1.1MB 267ms 0ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
zig 1.zig 314ms 0.6ms 1.3MB 310ms 0ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
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
zig 2.zig 29ms 0.0ms 1.1MB 20ms 0ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
zig 1.zig 33ms 0.3ms 1.3MB 23ms 0ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
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
zig 1.zig 273ms 3.3ms 40.3MB 257ms 0ms zig 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
zig 2.zig 335ms 1.6ms 6.1MB 323ms 0ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
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
zig 1.zig 55ms 1.5ms 11.0MB 47ms 0ms zig 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
zig 2.zig 82ms 1.3ms 2.4MB 70ms 0ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
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
zig 1.zig 2449ms 3.4ms 2.3MB 2423ms 10ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f

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
zig 1.zig 567ms 2.5ms 1.8MB 557ms 0ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f

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
zig 2-m.zig 475ms 1.1ms 3.8MB 1780ms 7ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
zig 2.zig 917ms 2.4ms 1.5MB 910ms 0ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
go 4-m.go 1911ms 7.7ms 5.3MB 7327ms 0ms go 1.21.6
go 1.go 3639ms 25ms 5.4MB 3630ms 0ms go 1.21.6
zig 1.zig 3668ms 10ms 1.4MB 3657ms 0ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
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
zig 2-m.zig 126ms 0.3ms 3.7MB 427ms 7ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
zig 2.zig 230ms 0.9ms 1.4MB 220ms 0ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
go 4-m.go 479ms 0.9ms 5.3MB 1817ms 3ms go 1.21.6
zig 1.zig 920ms 1.8ms 1.3MB 910ms 0ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
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
zig 2-m.zig 38ms 0.0ms 3.7MB 97ms 3ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
zig 2.zig 60ms 1.0ms 1.4MB 50ms 0ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
go 4-m.go 126ms 1.3ms 5.3MB 437ms 0ms go 1.21.6
zig 1.zig 232ms 1.1ms 1.3MB 223ms 0ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
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