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Haxe VS Zig benchmarks

Current benchmark data was generated on Sat Mar 29 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
haxe 1.hx 1301ms 12ms 144.0MB 1493ms 73ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
zig 1.zig 2060ms 58ms 49.0MB 2023ms 20ms zig 0.14.0
haxe 2.hx 4443ms 22ms 495.1MB 5023ms 253ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 48.7MB 5697ms 393ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 2.hx timeout 0.0ms 83.0MB 5100ms 663ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 50.4MB 7860ms 443ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0
haxe 2.hx timeout 0.0ms 131.0MB 7477ms 797ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
haxe 1.hx 92ms 6.0ms 25.6MB 83ms 10ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
zig 1.zig 154ms 0.4ms 7.0MB 140ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
haxe 2.hx 401ms 15ms 58.3MB 433ms 27ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 649ms 11ms 8.7MB 620ms 43ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 678ms 13ms 11.2MB 723ms 63ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0
haxe 2.hx 939ms 16ms 13.7MB 830ms 153ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 2.hx 1009ms 1.4ms 25.0MB 983ms 177ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0

fasta

Input: 2500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 88ms 1.5ms 1.0MB 77ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
haxe 1.hx 2421ms 3.1ms 25.5MB 2330ms 223ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 3.2MB 4323ms 887ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 3.6MB 4357ms 880ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0

Input: 250000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 11ms 0.1ms 1.0MB 0ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
haxe 1.hx 259ms 2.1ms 25.6MB 227ms 33ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 674ms 3.8ms 3.3MB 563ms 127ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 691ms 12ms 3.6MB 607ms 107ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0

helloworld

Input: QwQ

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 1.1ms 0.1ms 1.1MB 0ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
haxe 1.hx 2.0ms 0.1ms 2.9MB 0ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 2.3ms 0.2ms 4.4MB 0ms 0ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 3.4ms 0.3ms 2.8MB 0ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0

lru

Input: 1000 1000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 34ms 1.0ms 2.8MB 23ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
haxe 1.hx 136ms 2.7ms 3.1MB 127ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 136ms 1.7ms 20.6MB 120ms 0ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 158ms 3.4ms 3.8MB 150ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0

Input: 1000 3000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 94ms 1.8ms 2.8MB 83ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
haxe 1.hx 381ms 2.3ms 25.6MB 363ms 10ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 401ms 1.9ms 3.1MB 387ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 457ms 5.8ms 3.8MB 447ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0

Input: 100 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 15ms 0.4ms 1.3MB 10ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
haxe 1.hx 62ms 2.2ms 12.6MB 50ms 0ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 67ms 0.3ms 3.0MB 60ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 79ms 1.5ms 3.8MB 70ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0

merkletrees

Input: 17

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 899ms 44ms 41.0MB 873ms 13ms zig 0.14.0
haxe 1.hx 933ms 22ms 95.0MB 1037ms 47ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 32.5MB 4943ms 503ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 55.0MB 6053ms 480ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
haxe 1.hx 172ms 1.2ms 26.8MB 177ms 10ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
zig 1.zig 179ms 3.2ms 11.0MB 167ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
haxe 1.hx 1301ms 12ms 10.8MB 1240ms 140ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 1444ms 22ms 20.4MB 1460ms 140ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0

nbody

Input: 5000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 3.zig 199ms 0.6ms 1.0MB 190ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
zig 2.zig 280ms 0.6ms 1.0MB 270ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
zig 1.zig 316ms 0.5ms 1.1MB 307ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
haxe 2.hx 857ms 10ms 3.0MB 850ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 1076ms 3.9ms 3.0MB 1063ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 3.hx 1404ms 10ms 25.6MB 1593ms 40ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 2.hx 2410ms 1.3ms 3.8MB 2400ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0
haxe 1.hx 2474ms 9.7ms 3.6MB 2463ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 4.4MB 4990ms 0ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 2.hx timeout 0.0ms 4.4MB 4990ms 0ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 3.hx timeout 0.0ms 3.4MB 3883ms 1613ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 3.hx timeout 0.0ms 3.8MB 4170ms 1280ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0

Input: 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 3.zig 22ms 0.2ms 1.1MB 10ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
zig 2.zig 30ms 0.1ms 1.0MB 20ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
zig 1.zig 34ms 0.4ms 1.1MB 30ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
haxe 2.hx 90ms 1.4ms 3.0MB 80ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 113ms 2.6ms 3.0MB 107ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 3.hx 155ms 0.5ms 25.6MB 157ms 7ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 2.hx 248ms 0.9ms 3.6MB 240ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0
haxe 1.hx 253ms 2.1ms 3.6MB 240ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0
haxe 3.hx 676ms 3.1ms 3.3MB 490ms 243ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 2.hx 679ms 4.7ms 4.4MB 670ms 0ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 3.hx 799ms 15ms 3.8MB 657ms 203ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0
haxe 1.hx 812ms 4.7ms 4.6MB 800ms 0ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6

spectral-norm

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 3693ms 9.0ms 1.4MB 3683ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
haxe 1.hx 3930ms 12ms 3.3MB 3917ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 6.9MB 4990ms 0ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 3.9MB 4990ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 923ms 1.3ms 1.3MB 913ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
haxe 1.hx 991ms 5.0ms 3.2MB 980ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 2401ms 2.0ms 6.6MB 2390ms 0ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 3.9MB 4990ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 239ms 8.0ms 1.3MB 230ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
haxe 1.hx 254ms 1.0ms 3.1MB 243ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 603ms 0.7ms 5.4MB 590ms 0ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 2320ms 3.3ms 3.6MB 2310ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0