Programming Language and compiler
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Nim VS C# benchmarks

Current benchmark data was generated on Sun Dec 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
nim 2.nim 793ms 24ms 34.9MB 777ms 3ms nim 2.2.0
csharp 1.cs 960ms 14ms 181.9MB 970ms 120ms dotnet/aot 9.0.100
nim 2.nim 986ms 7.4ms 34.2MB 967ms 7ms nim/clang 2.2.0
csharp 1.cs 1111ms 56ms 201.7MB 1013ms 177ms dotnet 9.0.100
csharp 1.cs 1775ms 93ms 101.7MB 2017ms 210ms mono 6.12.0

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 2.nim 72ms 1.1ms 5.5MB 60ms 0ms nim 2.2.0
nim 2.nim 94ms 2.8ms 5.8MB 80ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.0
csharp 1.cs 134ms 12ms 40.8MB 70ms 47ms dotnet/aot 9.0.100
csharp 1.cs 145ms 2.2ms 48.1MB 120ms 13ms mono 6.12.0
csharp 1.cs 202ms 6.0ms 58.2MB 147ms 47ms dotnet 9.0.100

coro-prime-sieve

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
csharp 1-m.cs 2131ms 158ms 64.3MB 7320ms 87ms dotnet/aot 9.0.100
csharp 1-m.cs 2544ms 83ms 88.7MB 8743ms 133ms dotnet 9.0.100
nim 1.nim timeout 0.0ms 545.3MB 2497ms 2050ms nim 2.2.0
nim 1.nim timeout 0.0ms 552.6MB 2520ms 2020ms nim/clang 2.2.0

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
csharp 1-m.cs 169ms 15ms 31.1MB 443ms 23ms dotnet/aot 9.0.100
csharp 1-m.cs 299ms 25ms 49.4MB 797ms 27ms dotnet 9.0.100
nim 1.nim 4405ms 8.9ms 519.8MB 2203ms 1773ms nim/clang 2.2.0
nim 1.nim 4519ms 16ms 519.3MB 2230ms 1857ms nim 2.2.0

fasta

Input: 2500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
csharp 5-m.cs 127ms 4.5ms 34.2MB 353ms 77ms dotnet/aot 9.0.100
nim 2.nim 188ms 0.7ms 1.5MB 177ms 0ms nim 2.2.0
csharp 5-m.cs 204ms 5.4ms 48.8MB 460ms 110ms dotnet 9.0.100
nim 2.nim 239ms 2.9ms 1.8MB 227ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.0
csharp 5-m.cs 247ms 11ms 53.3MB 680ms 113ms mono 6.12.0
nim 1.nim 569ms 1.0ms 1.8MB 433ms 123ms nim/clang 2.2.0
nim 1.nim 596ms 1.0ms 1.5MB 467ms 113ms nim 2.2.0

Input: 250000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 2.nim 21ms 0.6ms 1.5MB 10ms 0ms nim 2.2.0
nim 2.nim 26ms 0.4ms 1.6MB 17ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.0
csharp 5-m.cs 27ms 1.1ms 25.1MB 37ms 13ms dotnet/aot 9.0.100
nim 1.nim 60ms 1.1ms 1.8MB 40ms 7ms nim/clang 2.2.0
nim 1.nim 63ms 1.0ms 1.5MB 43ms 7ms nim 2.2.0
csharp 5-m.cs 65ms 4.3ms 46.5MB 80ms 23ms dotnet 9.0.100
csharp 5-m.cs 71ms 1.3ms 39.4MB 100ms 20ms mono 6.12.0

helloworld

Input: QwQ

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim 1.2ms 0.0ms 1.8MB 0ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.0
nim 1.nim 1.2ms 0.2ms 1.6MB 0ms 0ms nim 2.2.0
csharp 1.cs 9.1ms 5.1ms 13.5MB 0ms 0ms dotnet/aot 9.0.100
csharp 1.cs 32ms 0.8ms 23.7MB 20ms 0ms mono 6.12.0
csharp 1.cs 37ms 0.4ms 32.6MB 20ms 4ms dotnet 9.0.100

http-server

Input: 3000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
csharp 2-http2.cs 543ms 21ms 120.8MB 740ms 163ms dotnet 9.0.100
csharp 2-http3.cs 691ms 14ms 157.1MB 1143ms 237ms dotnet 9.0.100
csharp 2-m.cs 700ms 8.0ms 150.5MB 797ms 573ms dotnet 9.0.100
csharp 1-m.cs 799ms 31ms 172.0MB 1093ms 723ms dotnet 9.0.100
nim 1.nim 996ms 14ms 99.4MB 277ms 693ms nim/clang 2.2.0
nim 1.nim 1015ms 23ms 99.2MB 290ms 693ms nim 2.2.0

Input: 500

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim 159ms 2.7ms 17.8MB 37ms 103ms nim 2.2.0
nim 1.nim 166ms 6.9ms 18.1MB 37ms 113ms nim/clang 2.2.0
csharp 2.cs 410ms 18ms 99.1MB 407ms 197ms dotnet 9.0.100
csharp 1-m.cs 447ms 15ms 109.7MB 547ms 233ms dotnet 9.0.100
csharp 2-http2.cs 452ms 6.3ms 99.7MB 507ms 97ms dotnet 9.0.100
csharp 2-http3.cs 515ms 19ms 109.8MB 607ms 120ms dotnet 9.0.100

lru

Input: 1000 1000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
csharp 2.cs 94ms 2.1ms 13.8MB 80ms 0ms dotnet/aot 9.0.100
nim 2.nim 110ms 2.7ms 1.6MB 100ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.0
nim 2.nim 116ms 2.9ms 1.3MB 107ms 0ms nim 2.2.0
csharp 2.cs 150ms 3.6ms 24.7MB 137ms 0ms mono 6.12.0
csharp 2.cs 257ms 15ms 35.6MB 233ms 7ms dotnet 9.0.100
csharp 1.cs 1062ms 8.1ms 17.1MB 1037ms 10ms dotnet/aot 9.0.100
csharp 1.cs 1361ms 54ms 37.1MB 1357ms 3ms dotnet 9.0.100
csharp 1.cs 3397ms 88ms 45.7MB 3350ms 33ms mono 6.12.0
nim 1.nim timeout 0.0ms 1.3MB 4987ms 0ms nim 2.2.0
nim 1.nim timeout 0.0ms 1.5MB 4990ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.0

Input: 1000 3000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
csharp 2.cs 265ms 4.1ms 13.9MB 250ms 0ms dotnet/aot 9.0.100
nim 2.nim 322ms 3.0ms 1.9MB 313ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.0
nim 2.nim 335ms 1.0ms 1.3MB 323ms 0ms nim 2.2.0
csharp 2.cs 358ms 3.2ms 24.3MB 340ms 7ms mono 6.12.0
csharp 2.cs 401ms 1.0ms 35.5MB 377ms 13ms dotnet 9.0.100
csharp 1.cs 3170ms 34ms 17.2MB 3147ms 13ms dotnet/aot 9.0.100
csharp 1.cs 3581ms 8.0ms 39.1MB 3553ms 30ms dotnet 9.0.100
csharp 1.cs timeout 0.0ms 47.7MB 4940ms 50ms mono 6.12.0
nim 1.nim timeout 0.0ms 1.3MB 4987ms 0ms nim 2.2.0
nim 1.nim timeout 0.0ms 1.5MB 4990ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.0

Input: 100 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 2.nim 49ms 1.7ms 1.5MB 40ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.0
nim 2.nim 51ms 0.5ms 1.3MB 40ms 0ms nim 2.2.0
csharp 2.cs 51ms 1.5ms 13.5MB 37ms 3ms dotnet/aot 9.0.100
csharp 2.cs 92ms 0.6ms 27.2MB 80ms 0ms mono 6.12.0
csharp 2.cs 190ms 12ms 35.5MB 153ms 0ms dotnet 9.0.100
nim 1.nim 489ms 3.0ms 1.5MB 480ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.0
nim 1.nim 490ms 1.1ms 1.3MB 480ms 0ms nim 2.2.0
csharp 1.cs 1618ms 7.3ms 36.6MB 1607ms 13ms dotnet 9.0.100
csharp 1.cs 1808ms 9.3ms 17.0MB 1787ms 3ms dotnet/aot 9.0.100
csharp 1.cs 1811ms 3.9ms 28.8MB 1797ms 0ms mono 6.12.0

mandelbrot

Input: 5000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim 386ms 2.1ms 4.8MB 373ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.0
nim 1.nim 573ms 1.8ms 4.5MB 563ms 0ms nim 2.2.0
csharp 2.cs 1064ms 69ms 45.8MB 1037ms 17ms dotnet 9.0.100
csharp 1.cs 2088ms 51ms 42.6MB 2050ms 10ms dotnet 9.0.100
csharp 3.cs 2463ms 14ms 42.8MB 2437ms 10ms dotnet 9.0.100
csharp 3.cs 2526ms 7.2ms 20.2MB 2510ms 0ms dotnet/aot 9.0.100
csharp 1.cs 3551ms 14ms 20.3MB 3537ms 0ms dotnet/aot 9.0.100
csharp 1.cs timeout 0.0ms 22.5MB 4987ms 0ms mono 6.12.0

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim 19ms 0.2ms 1.9MB 10ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.0
nim 1.nim 27ms 0.7ms 1.6MB 20ms 0ms nim 2.2.0
csharp 3.cs 117ms 2.1ms 19.4MB 107ms 0ms dotnet/aot 9.0.100
csharp 2.cs 137ms 15ms 43.0MB 107ms 10ms dotnet 9.0.100
csharp 1.cs 140ms 2.5ms 39.7MB 123ms 3ms dotnet 9.0.100
csharp 1.cs 157ms 1.0ms 19.7MB 143ms 3ms dotnet/aot 9.0.100
csharp 3.cs 169ms 1.1ms 40.0MB 150ms 10ms dotnet 9.0.100
csharp 1.cs 565ms 2.5ms 25.9MB 550ms 0ms mono 6.12.0

merkletrees

Input: 17

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim 556ms 11ms 34.4MB 540ms 0ms nim 2.2.0
csharp 2.cs 562ms 1.0ms 123.8MB 487ms 100ms dotnet/aot 9.0.100
csharp 1.cs 592ms 5.3ms 153.5MB 543ms 123ms dotnet/aot 9.0.100
nim 1.nim 619ms 4.0ms 35.2MB 600ms 7ms nim/clang 2.2.0
csharp 2.cs 703ms 2.1ms 142.3MB 653ms 90ms dotnet 9.0.100
csharp 1.cs 777ms 8.8ms 172.2MB 700ms 137ms dotnet 9.0.100
csharp 1.cs 1424ms 29ms 146.6MB 1683ms 207ms mono 6.12.0

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim 122ms 2.0ms 9.6MB 107ms 0ms nim 2.2.0
nim 1.nim 131ms 4.4ms 9.9MB 120ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.0
csharp 2.cs 143ms 0.7ms 65.3MB 103ms 37ms dotnet/aot 9.0.100
csharp 1.cs 159ms 1.7ms 81.8MB 110ms 60ms dotnet/aot 9.0.100
csharp 1.cs 269ms 7.6ms 69.4MB 233ms 40ms mono 6.12.0
csharp 2.cs 272ms 10ms 84.7MB 233ms 33ms dotnet 9.0.100
csharp 1.cs 275ms 3.5ms 99.2MB 240ms 63ms dotnet 9.0.100

nbody

Input: 5000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 2.nim 319ms 1.8ms 1.8MB 310ms 0ms nim 2.2.0
nim 2.nim 339ms 0.8ms 2.0MB 330ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.0
csharp 9.cs 362ms 1.8ms 33.9MB 337ms 13ms dotnet 9.0.100
csharp 8.cs 370ms 2.0ms 15.7MB 350ms 0ms dotnet/aot 9.0.100
csharp 8.cs 436ms 9.8ms 33.7MB 410ms 3ms dotnet 9.0.100
csharp 8.cs 1249ms 3.5ms 24.2MB 1233ms 0ms mono 6.12.0

Input: 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 2.nim 34ms 0.6ms 1.8MB 23ms 0ms nim 2.2.0
nim 2.nim 36ms 0.2ms 2.0MB 27ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.0
csharp 8.cs 48ms 0.3ms 15.7MB 33ms 0ms dotnet/aot 9.0.100
csharp 8.cs 96ms 0.6ms 31.9MB 70ms 10ms dotnet 9.0.100
csharp 9.cs 97ms 7.6ms 34.1MB 67ms 13ms dotnet 9.0.100
csharp 8.cs 166ms 2.5ms 24.2MB 150ms 0ms mono 6.12.0

nsieve

Input: 12

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim 291ms 18ms 41.5MB 273ms 0ms nim 2.2.0
nim 1.nim 317ms 14ms 41.8MB 307ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.0
csharp 1.cs 352ms 5.4ms 53.0MB 323ms 13ms dotnet/aot 9.0.100
csharp 1.cs 382ms 18ms 76.9MB 350ms 20ms dotnet 9.0.100
csharp 2.cs 396ms 2.5ms 39.9MB 377ms 7ms dotnet 9.0.100
csharp 2.cs 426ms 2.0ms 21.8MB 407ms 0ms dotnet/aot 9.0.100
csharp 1.cs 555ms 7.7ms 87.7MB 530ms 10ms mono 6.12.0
csharp 2.cs 1860ms 3.7ms 29.4MB 1840ms 7ms mono 6.12.0

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim 53ms 2.9ms 11.5MB 43ms 0ms nim 2.2.0
nim 1.nim 64ms 4.0ms 11.8MB 57ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.0
csharp 1.cs 69ms 2.0ms 25.5MB 50ms 7ms dotnet/aot 9.0.100
csharp 1.cs 105ms 4.4ms 45.3MB 77ms 17ms dotnet 9.0.100
csharp 2.cs 111ms 1.2ms 17.8MB 93ms 0ms dotnet/aot 9.0.100
csharp 2.cs 128ms 1.6ms 36.1MB 113ms 0ms dotnet 9.0.100
csharp 1.cs 149ms 4.9ms 40.2MB 133ms 3ms mono 6.12.0
csharp 2.cs 482ms 4.3ms 23.1MB 467ms 7ms mono 6.12.0

regex-redux

Input: 2500000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim 1629ms 16ms 152.2MB 1600ms 17ms nim/clang 2.2.0
nim 1.nim 1651ms 7.0ms 152.1MB 1620ms 17ms nim 2.2.0
csharp 6.cs 1763ms 7.0ms 426.0MB 1673ms 140ms dotnet/aot 9.0.100
csharp 5.cs 2089ms 43ms 458.3MB 2153ms 177ms dotnet 9.0.100
csharp 6.cs 2779ms 77ms 450.3MB 2717ms 193ms dotnet 9.0.100
csharp 5.cs 4277ms 14ms 428.0MB 4177ms 153ms dotnet/aot 9.0.100

Input: 250000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim 173ms 3.9ms 17.6MB 153ms 7ms nim/clang 2.2.0
nim 1.nim 175ms 2.2ms 16.5MB 163ms 0ms nim 2.2.0
csharp 6.cs 194ms 4.0ms 54.2MB 163ms 17ms dotnet/aot 9.0.100
csharp 5.cs 309ms 13ms 80.6MB 273ms 23ms dotnet 9.0.100
csharp 6.cs 410ms 7.1ms 78.3MB 377ms 30ms dotnet 9.0.100
csharp 5.cs 444ms 2.4ms 56.4MB 417ms 17ms dotnet/aot 9.0.100

spectral-norm

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
csharp 3-m.cs 1876ms 14ms 18.4MB 7223ms 10ms dotnet/aot 9.0.100
csharp 3-m.cs 1941ms 14ms 38.2MB 7280ms 23ms dotnet 9.0.100
nim 1.nim 3574ms 1.3ms 1.6MB 3563ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.0
nim 1.nim 3593ms 7.6ms 1.4MB 3583ms 0ms nim 2.2.0
csharp 3-m.cs 4666ms 74ms 28.5MB 17763ms 20ms mono 6.12.0

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
csharp 3-m.cs 476ms 0.7ms 18.1MB 1800ms 0ms dotnet/aot 9.0.100
csharp 3-m.cs 754ms 13ms 37.5MB 1653ms 30ms dotnet 9.0.100
nim 1.nim 896ms 0.8ms 1.5MB 887ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.0
nim 1.nim 904ms 3.3ms 1.3MB 893ms 0ms nim 2.2.0
csharp 3-m.cs 1224ms 32ms 30.7MB 4513ms 7ms mono 6.12.0

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
csharp 3-m.cs 129ms 0.8ms 18.3MB 443ms 3ms dotnet/aot 9.0.100
nim 1.nim 226ms 0.6ms 1.5MB 213ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.0
nim 1.nim 228ms 1.3ms 1.3MB 220ms 0ms nim 2.2.0
csharp 3-m.cs 250ms 3.1ms 36.7MB 457ms 13ms dotnet 9.0.100
csharp 3-m.cs 345ms 2.9ms 28.4MB 1153ms 10ms mono 6.12.0