Programming Language and compiler
Benchmarks

Nim VS C benchmarks

Current benchmark data was generated on Wed May 25 2022, full log can be found HERE

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[x86_64][2 cores] Intel(R) Xeon(R) Platinum 8272CL CPU @ 2.60GHz (Model 85)

* -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
nim 2.nim 3281ms 50ms 35.2MB 3253ms 13ms nim 1.6.6
nim 2.nim 3344ms 37ms 34.2MB 3320ms 3ms nim/clang 1.6.6

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 2.nim 288ms 21ms 5.7MB 273ms 0ms nim/clang 1.6.6
nim 2.nim 304ms 1.5ms 5.5MB 290ms 0ms nim 1.6.6

coro-prime-sieve

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim timeout 0.0ms 0.0MB 0ms 0ms nim 1.6.6
nim 1.nim timeout 0.0ms 0.0MB 0ms 0ms nim/clang 1.6.6

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim timeout 0.0ms 0.0MB 0ms 0ms nim 1.6.6
nim 1.nim timeout 0.0ms 0.0MB 0ms 0ms nim/clang 1.6.6

edigits

Input: 250001

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim timeout 0.0ms 0.0MB 0ms 0ms nim 1.6.6
nim 1.nim timeout 0.0ms 0.0MB 0ms 0ms nim/clang 1.6.6

Input: 100000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim timeout 0.0ms 0.0MB 0ms 0ms nim 1.6.6
nim 1.nim timeout 0.0ms 0.0MB 0ms 0ms nim/clang 1.6.6

fasta

Input: 2500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 2.nim 235ms 16ms 0.7MB 223ms 0ms nim 1.6.6
nim 2.nim 284ms 20ms 0.9MB 270ms 0ms nim/clang 1.6.6
nim 1.nim 642ms 2.5ms 1.0MB 560ms 70ms nim/clang 1.6.6
nim 1.nim 686ms 49ms 0.7MB 600ms 70ms nim 1.6.6

Input: 250000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 2.nim 24ms 0.5ms 0.7MB 13ms 0ms nim 1.6.6
nim 2.nim 28ms 0.1ms 0.9MB 20ms 0ms nim/clang 1.6.6
nim 1.nim 71ms 4.9ms 0.7MB 57ms 0ms nim 1.6.6
nim 1.nim 76ms 1.0ms 0.9MB 57ms 3ms nim/clang 1.6.6

helloworld

Input: QwQ

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim 1.5ms 0.3ms 2.0MB 0ms 0ms nim/clang 1.6.6
nim 1.nim 1.7ms 0.6ms 0.7MB 0ms 0ms nim 1.6.6
c 1.c 1.8ms 0.7ms 0.9MB 0ms 0ms gcc 12.1.0
c 1.c 2.2ms 0.7ms 1.1MB 0ms 0ms clang 11.0.0
c 1.c 2.9ms 1.6ms 0.6MB 0ms 0ms zigcc 0.10.0

http-server

Input: 3000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim 899ms 3.5ms 94.4MB 447ms 420ms nim/clang 1.6.6
nim 1.nim 926ms 6.7ms 94.0MB 493ms 397ms nim 1.6.6

Input: 500

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim 134ms 8.4ms 18.7MB 60ms 57ms nim/clang 1.6.6
nim 1.nim 145ms 1.0ms 17.8MB 70ms 60ms nim 1.6.6

lru

Input: 1000 1000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 2.nim 148ms 0.5ms 0.9MB 140ms 0ms nim/clang 1.6.6
nim 2.nim 159ms 0.7ms 0.7MB 150ms 0ms nim 1.6.6
nim 1.nim timeout 0.0ms 0.0MB 0ms 0ms nim 1.6.6
nim 1.nim timeout 0.0ms 0.0MB 0ms 0ms nim/clang 1.6.6

Input: 1000 3000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 2.nim 422ms 30ms 0.9MB 405ms 0ms nim/clang 1.6.6
nim 2.nim 467ms 0.4ms 0.7MB 460ms 0ms nim 1.6.6
nim 1.nim timeout 0.0ms 0.0MB 0ms 0ms nim 1.6.6
nim 1.nim timeout 0.0ms 0.0MB 0ms 0ms nim/clang 1.6.6

Input: 100 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 2.nim 65ms 0.1ms 0.9MB 53ms 0ms nim/clang 1.6.6
nim 2.nim 68ms 0.3ms 0.7MB 60ms 0ms nim 1.6.6
nim 1.nim 467ms 0.9ms 0.7MB 457ms 0ms nim 1.6.6
nim 1.nim 485ms 0.9ms 0.9MB 473ms 0ms nim/clang 1.6.6

mandelbrot

Input: 5000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim 485ms 35ms 4.9MB 470ms 0ms nim/clang 1.6.6
nim 1.nim 883ms 1.7ms 4.4MB 870ms 0ms nim 1.6.6

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim 22ms 1.9ms 1.0MB 10ms 0ms nim/clang 1.6.6
nim 1.nim 40ms 1.2ms 0.7MB 30ms 0ms nim 1.6.6

merkletrees

Input: 17

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim 1385ms 10ms 35.0MB 1363ms 3ms nim 1.6.6
nim 1.nim 1590ms 8.8ms 35.1MB 1563ms 7ms nim/clang 1.6.6

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim 322ms 21ms 9.3MB 307ms 0ms nim 1.6.6
nim 1.nim 338ms 0.6ms 10.0MB 323ms 0ms nim/clang 1.6.6

nbody

Input: 5000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 8-i.c 318ms 4.5ms 1.1MB 300ms 0ms clang 11.0.0
c 8-i.c 320ms 17ms 1.0MB 310ms 0ms gcc 12.1.0
c 5.c 334ms 0.4ms 1.0MB 320ms 0ms gcc 12.1.0
c 8-i.c 339ms 0.3ms 0.6MB 330ms 0ms zigcc 0.10.0
c 5.c 361ms 4.0ms 1.1MB 350ms 0ms clang 11.0.0
nim 2.nim 418ms 30ms 0.9MB 403ms 0ms nim 1.6.6
c 5.c 426ms 0.4ms 0.6MB 413ms 0ms zigcc 0.10.0
c 2.c 431ms 3.8ms 0.6MB 420ms 0ms zigcc 0.10.0
nim 2.nim 437ms 11ms 0.9MB 427ms 0ms nim/clang 1.6.6
c 2.c 458ms 12ms 1.1MB 437ms 0ms clang 11.0.0
c 2.c 478ms 5.8ms 1.0MB 467ms 0ms gcc 12.1.0

Input: 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 8-i.c 36ms 0.4ms 0.6MB 30ms 0ms zigcc 0.10.0
c 8-i.c 36ms 0.3ms 0.9MB 23ms 0ms gcc 12.1.0
c 8-i.c 37ms 2.3ms 1.1MB 23ms 0ms clang 11.0.0
c 5.c 37ms 2.9ms 1.1MB 30ms 0ms clang 11.0.0
c 5.c 37ms 2.0ms 1.0MB 23ms 0ms gcc 12.1.0
nim 2.nim 43ms 4.2ms 1.0MB 33ms 0ms nim 1.6.6
c 5.c 45ms 0.2ms 0.6MB 37ms 0ms zigcc 0.10.0
c 2.c 45ms 0.1ms 0.6MB 33ms 0ms zigcc 0.10.0
nim 2.nim 46ms 0.8ms 1.0MB 37ms 0ms nim/clang 1.6.6
c 2.c 47ms 3.4ms 1.1MB 37ms 0ms clang 11.0.0
c 2.c 50ms 0.4ms 1.0MB 40ms 0ms gcc 12.1.0

nsieve

Input: 12

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 2.nim 663ms 1.3ms 6.6MB 650ms 0ms nim/clang 1.6.6
nim 2.nim 776ms 0.8ms 6.1MB 760ms 0ms nim 1.6.6
c 1.c 1127ms 26ms 41.1MB 1097ms 13ms gcc 12.1.0
c 1.c 1128ms 19ms 40.2MB 1097ms 13ms zigcc 0.10.0
c 1.c 1187ms 31ms 40.9MB 1150ms 20ms clang 11.0.0
nim 1.nim 1202ms 31ms 41.5MB 1180ms 7ms nim/clang 1.6.6
nim 1.nim 1255ms 71ms 40.4MB 1233ms 7ms nim 1.6.6

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 1.c 117ms 1.8ms 11.6MB 103ms 0ms clang 11.0.0
c 1.c 117ms 5.1ms 11.8MB 100ms 0ms gcc 12.1.0
c 1.c 117ms 3.6ms 10.9MB 100ms 0ms zigcc 0.10.0
nim 1.nim 126ms 0.4ms 11.1MB 110ms 0ms nim 1.6.6
nim 1.nim 130ms 0.8ms 11.4MB 120ms 0ms nim/clang 1.6.6
nim 2.nim 152ms 1.1ms 3.3MB 140ms 0ms nim/clang 1.6.6
nim 2.nim 180ms 0.1ms 3.0MB 167ms 0ms nim 1.6.6

pidigits

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim timeout 0.0ms 0.0MB 0ms 0ms nim 1.6.6
nim 1.nim timeout 0.0ms 0.0MB 0ms 0ms nim/clang 1.6.6

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim timeout 0.0ms 0.0MB 0ms 0ms nim 1.6.6
nim 1.nim timeout 0.0ms 0.0MB 0ms 0ms nim/clang 1.6.6

spectral-norm

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 4-m.c 1271ms 6.7ms 1.0MB 2483ms 0ms gcc 12.1.0
c 6-im.c 1437ms 4.1ms 3.1MB 2810ms 3ms clang 11.0.0
c 6-im.c 1518ms 1.7ms 0.9MB 2970ms 0ms gcc 12.1.0
c 4-m.c 1537ms 7.1ms 3.0MB 3007ms 3ms clang 11.0.0
c 5-im.c 1582ms 3.4ms 1.0MB 3097ms 0ms gcc 12.1.0
c 5-im.c 1742ms 4.8ms 3.1MB 3407ms 0ms clang 11.0.0
c 3-m.c 1874ms 2.0ms 0.9MB 3670ms 3ms gcc 12.1.0
c 3-m.c 1889ms 6.2ms 3.0MB 3700ms 0ms clang 11.0.0
nim 1.nim 3300ms 230ms 1.9MB 3287ms 0ms nim 1.6.6
nim 1.nim 3433ms 1.4ms 1.8MB 3420ms 0ms nim/clang 1.6.6

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 4-m.c 329ms 6.5ms 2.4MB 620ms 0ms gcc 12.1.0
c 6-im.c 372ms 3.6ms 3.1MB 703ms 0ms clang 11.0.0
c 4-m.c 395ms 2.9ms 2.9MB 757ms 0ms clang 11.0.0
c 6-im.c 401ms 15ms 0.9MB 747ms 0ms gcc 12.1.0
c 5-im.c 411ms 1.9ms 1.0MB 787ms 0ms gcc 12.1.0
c 5-im.c 453ms 15ms 3.1MB 857ms 0ms clang 11.0.0
c 3-m.c 484ms 2.2ms 1.0MB 920ms 0ms gcc 12.1.0
c 3-m.c 488ms 12ms 3.1MB 927ms 0ms clang 11.0.0
nim 1.nim 861ms 0.9ms 0.9MB 850ms 0ms nim/clang 1.6.6
nim 1.nim 862ms 1.5ms 0.9MB 850ms 0ms nim 1.6.6

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 4-m.c 90ms 0.5ms 1.0MB 160ms 0ms gcc 12.1.0
c 6-im.c 101ms 1.2ms 2.9MB 180ms 0ms clang 11.0.0
c 6-im.c 105ms 0.8ms 1.0MB 190ms 0ms gcc 12.1.0
c 4-m.c 107ms 0.4ms 3.0MB 190ms 0ms clang 11.0.0
c 5-im.c 111ms 0.5ms 1.0MB 200ms 0ms gcc 12.1.0
c 5-im.c 128ms 9.1ms 2.9MB 220ms 0ms clang 11.0.0
c 3-m.c 130ms 1.0ms 0.9MB 233ms 0ms gcc 12.1.0
c 3-m.c 132ms 4.3ms 3.1MB 230ms 0ms clang 11.0.0
nim 1.nim 210ms 15ms 1.0MB 200ms 0ms nim/clang 1.6.6
nim 1.nim 218ms 0.5ms 0.9MB 207ms 0ms nim 1.6.6