Programming Language and compiler
Benchmarks

Nim VS C# 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
nim 2.nim 741ms 8.3ms 34.9MB 727ms 0ms nim 2.2.0
csharp 1.cs 886ms 4.1ms 166.1MB 870ms 127ms dotnet/aot 9.0.101
csharp 1.cs 889ms 12ms 194.2MB 897ms 133ms dotnet 9.0.101
nim 2.nim 919ms 4.1ms 34.7MB 900ms 7ms nim/clang 2.2.0
csharp 1.cs 1646ms 54ms 103.5MB 1847ms 210ms mono 6.12.0

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 2.nim 67ms 0.5ms 5.5MB 57ms 0ms nim 2.2.0
nim 2.nim 85ms 2.2ms 5.8MB 77ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.0
csharp 1.cs 117ms 12ms 45.7MB 77ms 30ms dotnet/aot 9.0.101
csharp 1.cs 136ms 3.4ms 44.2MB 107ms 17ms mono 6.12.0
csharp 1.cs 202ms 3.7ms 66.8MB 143ms 40ms dotnet 9.0.101

coro-prime-sieve

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
csharp 1-m.cs 2035ms 57ms 64.6MB 7020ms 97ms dotnet/aot 9.0.101
csharp 1-m.cs 2504ms 195ms 88.3MB 7747ms 103ms dotnet 9.0.101
nim 1.nim timeout 0.0ms 561.4MB 2450ms 2080ms nim 2.2.0
nim 1.nim timeout 0.0ms 570.6MB 2543ms 1987ms 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 154ms 8.5ms 31.8MB 397ms 23ms dotnet/aot 9.0.101
csharp 1-m.cs 255ms 8.9ms 49.5MB 703ms 13ms dotnet 9.0.101
nim 1.nim 4127ms 12ms 519.8MB 2037ms 1663ms nim/clang 2.2.0
nim 1.nim 4262ms 22ms 519.3MB 2010ms 1827ms 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 125ms 14ms 32.7MB 347ms 80ms dotnet/aot 9.0.101
nim 2.nim 174ms 1.9ms 1.5MB 160ms 0ms nim 2.2.0
csharp 5-m.cs 183ms 1.2ms 48.7MB 453ms 110ms dotnet 9.0.101
nim 2.nim 226ms 6.1ms 1.8MB 213ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.0
csharp 5-m.cs 239ms 14ms 59.0MB 640ms 97ms mono 6.12.0
nim 1.nim 542ms 6.4ms 1.8MB 420ms 110ms nim/clang 2.2.0
nim 1.nim 569ms 4.4ms 1.5MB 470ms 87ms nim 2.2.0

Input: 250000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 2.nim 20ms 0.4ms 1.5MB 10ms 0ms nim 2.2.0
nim 2.nim 25ms 1.4ms 1.8MB 17ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.0
csharp 5-m.cs 25ms 1.8ms 25.1MB 33ms 17ms dotnet/aot 9.0.101
nim 1.nim 58ms 0.7ms 1.8MB 30ms 17ms nim/clang 2.2.0
csharp 5-m.cs 59ms 1.5ms 44.6MB 63ms 30ms dotnet 9.0.101
nim 1.nim 60ms 2.1ms 1.5MB 37ms 10ms nim 2.2.0
csharp 5-m.cs 71ms 2.1ms 39.6MB 93ms 33ms mono 6.12.0

helloworld

Input: QwQ

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim 1.0ms 0.0ms 1.6MB 0ms 0ms nim 2.2.0
nim 1.nim 1.1ms 0.1ms 1.8MB 0ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.0
csharp 1.cs 18ms 11ms 15.5MB 0ms 0ms dotnet/aot 9.0.101
csharp 1.cs 30ms 0.2ms 23.4MB 18ms 2ms mono 6.12.0
csharp 1.cs 34ms 1.5ms 32.5MB 18ms 6ms dotnet 9.0.101

http-server

Input: 3000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
csharp 2-http2.cs 496ms 24ms 120.7MB 680ms 153ms dotnet 9.0.101
csharp 2-m.cs 619ms 9.7ms 152.3MB 680ms 523ms dotnet 9.0.101
csharp 2-http3.cs 660ms 21ms 157.7MB 1057ms 273ms dotnet 9.0.101
csharp 1-m.cs 750ms 12ms 176.3MB 1027ms 667ms dotnet 9.0.101
nim 1.nim 930ms 5.9ms 99.3MB 260ms 647ms nim 2.2.0
nim 1.nim 934ms 16ms 99.4MB 237ms 673ms nim/clang 2.2.0

Input: 500

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim 152ms 5.5ms 18.1MB 30ms 107ms nim/clang 2.2.0
nim 1.nim 155ms 3.4ms 18.2MB 37ms 100ms nim 2.2.0
csharp 2.cs 378ms 23ms 100.8MB 377ms 173ms dotnet 9.0.101
csharp 1-m.cs 423ms 8.7ms 109.1MB 483ms 233ms dotnet 9.0.101
csharp 2-http2.cs 423ms 15ms 98.0MB 457ms 97ms dotnet 9.0.101
csharp 2-http3.cs 474ms 16ms 104.5MB 530ms 143ms dotnet 9.0.101

lru

Input: 1000 1000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
csharp 2.cs 89ms 3.0ms 15.9MB 80ms 0ms dotnet/aot 9.0.101
nim 2.nim 105ms 4.1ms 1.6MB 97ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.0
nim 2.nim 108ms 2.2ms 1.8MB 100ms 0ms nim 2.2.0
csharp 2.cs 140ms 0.7ms 26.8MB 127ms 0ms mono 6.12.0
csharp 2.cs 243ms 1.1ms 33.6MB 230ms 10ms dotnet 9.0.101
csharp 1.cs 1019ms 10ms 16.9MB 997ms 7ms dotnet/aot 9.0.101
csharp 1.cs 1233ms 42ms 38.8MB 1220ms 10ms dotnet 9.0.101
csharp 1.cs 3162ms 77ms 51.6MB 3123ms 30ms 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 255ms 3.9ms 13.6MB 240ms 0ms dotnet/aot 9.0.101
nim 2.nim 307ms 6.6ms 1.6MB 297ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.0
nim 2.nim 319ms 3.0ms 1.4MB 310ms 0ms nim 2.2.0
csharp 2.cs 338ms 3.1ms 22.7MB 327ms 0ms mono 6.12.0
csharp 2.cs 390ms 13ms 33.4MB 363ms 13ms dotnet 9.0.101
csharp 1.cs 3020ms 20ms 17.1MB 2993ms 10ms dotnet/aot 9.0.101
csharp 1.cs 3573ms 79ms 39.3MB 3550ms 27ms dotnet 9.0.101
csharp 1.cs timeout 0.0ms 49.7MB 4940ms 50ms mono 6.12.0
nim 1.nim timeout 0.0ms 1.3MB 4990ms 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 46ms 1.6ms 1.8MB 40ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.0
nim 2.nim 49ms 1.9ms 1.5MB 40ms 0ms nim 2.2.0
csharp 2.cs 49ms 0.9ms 15.8MB 30ms 0ms dotnet/aot 9.0.101
csharp 2.cs 88ms 2.2ms 24.7MB 70ms 0ms mono 6.12.0
csharp 2.cs 159ms 4.8ms 33.6MB 133ms 7ms dotnet 9.0.101
nim 1.nim 463ms 5.7ms 1.5MB 450ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.0
nim 1.nim 467ms 5.4ms 1.3MB 453ms 0ms nim 2.2.0
csharp 1.cs 1533ms 8.5ms 38.8MB 1517ms 13ms dotnet 9.0.101
csharp 1.cs 1716ms 16ms 28.6MB 1703ms 0ms mono 6.12.0
csharp 1.cs 1729ms 2.9ms 16.9MB 1707ms 3ms dotnet/aot 9.0.101

mandelbrot

Input: 5000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim 366ms 3.5ms 4.8MB 353ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.0
nim 1.nim 542ms 1.7ms 4.5MB 533ms 0ms nim 2.2.0
csharp 2.cs 1032ms 65ms 46.1MB 1010ms 10ms dotnet 9.0.101
csharp 1.cs 1949ms 25ms 42.7MB 1913ms 13ms dotnet 9.0.101
csharp 3.cs 2330ms 12ms 42.8MB 2303ms 3ms dotnet 9.0.101
csharp 3.cs 2397ms 13ms 22.3MB 2383ms 0ms dotnet/aot 9.0.101
csharp 1.cs 3363ms 16ms 22.1MB 3350ms 0ms dotnet/aot 9.0.101
csharp 1.cs timeout 0.0ms 26.4MB 4987ms 3ms mono 6.12.0

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim 18ms 0.5ms 1.9MB 10ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.0
nim 1.nim 25ms 0.8ms 1.8MB 20ms 0ms nim 2.2.0
csharp 3.cs 112ms 2.9ms 19.4MB 100ms 0ms dotnet/aot 9.0.101
csharp 1.cs 130ms 1.9ms 39.8MB 110ms 7ms dotnet 9.0.101
csharp 2.cs 141ms 27ms 41.3MB 123ms 0ms dotnet 9.0.101
csharp 1.cs 150ms 3.4ms 17.0MB 133ms 0ms dotnet/aot 9.0.101
csharp 3.cs 156ms 4.5ms 39.9MB 140ms 3ms dotnet 9.0.101
csharp 1.cs 538ms 3.9ms 25.3MB 520ms 7ms mono 6.12.0

merkletrees

Input: 17

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim 520ms 10ms 34.9MB 497ms 7ms nim 2.2.0
csharp 2.cs 521ms 13ms 123.3MB 463ms 80ms dotnet/aot 9.0.101
csharp 1.cs 549ms 12ms 154.4MB 487ms 123ms dotnet/aot 9.0.101
nim 1.nim 578ms 6.2ms 34.7MB 553ms 10ms nim/clang 2.2.0
csharp 2.cs 657ms 22ms 142.9MB 603ms 97ms dotnet 9.0.101
csharp 1.cs 663ms 5.2ms 169.5MB 603ms 123ms dotnet 9.0.101
csharp 1.cs 1246ms 80ms 142.6MB 1450ms 163ms mono 6.12.0

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim 112ms 2.9ms 9.6MB 100ms 0ms nim 2.2.0
nim 1.nim 124ms 3.0ms 9.9MB 110ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.0
csharp 2.cs 129ms 11ms 62.5MB 93ms 33ms dotnet/aot 9.0.101
csharp 1.cs 147ms 8.4ms 80.9MB 113ms 43ms dotnet/aot 9.0.101
csharp 1.cs 247ms 3.2ms 71.3MB 207ms 43ms mono 6.12.0
csharp 1.cs 261ms 6.2ms 98.0MB 220ms 53ms dotnet 9.0.101
csharp 2.cs 268ms 26ms 80.7MB 217ms 40ms dotnet 9.0.101

nbody

Input: 5000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 2.nim 302ms 2.8ms 1.8MB 290ms 0ms nim 2.2.0
nim 2.nim 330ms 8.5ms 2.0MB 320ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.0
csharp 9.cs 342ms 4.6ms 34.1MB 320ms 7ms dotnet 9.0.101
csharp 8.cs 350ms 0.8ms 15.8MB 340ms 0ms dotnet/aot 9.0.101
csharp 8.cs 410ms 17ms 33.9MB 390ms 0ms dotnet 9.0.101
csharp 8.cs 1189ms 27ms 24.1MB 1163ms 7ms mono 6.12.0

Input: 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 2.nim 32ms 0.5ms 1.8MB 20ms 0ms nim 2.2.0
nim 2.nim 35ms 0.9ms 2.0MB 23ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.0
csharp 8.cs 44ms 0.9ms 15.7MB 30ms 0ms dotnet/aot 9.0.101
csharp 9.cs 96ms 16ms 34.0MB 70ms 7ms dotnet 9.0.101
csharp 8.cs 108ms 14ms 33.9MB 77ms 3ms dotnet 9.0.101
csharp 8.cs 155ms 4.8ms 22.5MB 143ms 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 252ms 0.5ms 41.5MB 240ms 0ms nim 2.2.0
csharp 1.cs 288ms 4.4ms 55.1MB 270ms 3ms dotnet/aot 9.0.101
nim 1.nim 293ms 2.6ms 41.8MB 280ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.0
csharp 1.cs 312ms 3.5ms 74.6MB 283ms 17ms dotnet 9.0.101
csharp 2.cs 376ms 1.5ms 39.9MB 357ms 7ms dotnet 9.0.101
csharp 2.cs 401ms 4.0ms 19.8MB 383ms 0ms dotnet/aot 9.0.101
csharp 1.cs 509ms 6.2ms 84.0MB 483ms 10ms mono 6.12.0
csharp 2.cs 1771ms 12ms 31.3MB 1753ms 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 2.2ms 11.5MB 40ms 0ms nim 2.2.0
nim 1.nim 60ms 3.6ms 11.8MB 50ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.0
csharp 1.cs 63ms 1.1ms 25.9MB 43ms 3ms dotnet/aot 9.0.101
csharp 1.cs 97ms 0.8ms 45.3MB 70ms 13ms dotnet 9.0.101
csharp 2.cs 103ms 1.4ms 17.9MB 87ms 3ms dotnet/aot 9.0.101
csharp 2.cs 120ms 3.1ms 35.9MB 107ms 3ms dotnet 9.0.101
csharp 1.cs 139ms 3.8ms 39.9MB 117ms 7ms mono 6.12.0
csharp 2.cs 462ms 9.6ms 27.1MB 450ms 0ms 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 1541ms 6.9ms 152.3MB 1513ms 13ms nim/clang 2.2.0
nim 1.nim 1567ms 8.6ms 151.5MB 1530ms 23ms nim 2.2.0
csharp 6.cs 1674ms 29ms 429.0MB 1580ms 140ms dotnet/aot 9.0.101
csharp 5.cs 1999ms 113ms 454.9MB 2007ms 180ms dotnet 9.0.101
csharp 6.cs 2674ms 130ms 449.7MB 2617ms 163ms dotnet 9.0.101
csharp 5.cs 4066ms 34ms 430.2MB 3957ms 153ms dotnet/aot 9.0.101

Input: 250000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim 162ms 0.2ms 17.6MB 143ms 3ms nim/clang 2.2.0
nim 1.nim 163ms 1.8ms 17.4MB 153ms 0ms nim 2.2.0
csharp 6.cs 179ms 2.1ms 55.1MB 157ms 13ms dotnet/aot 9.0.101
csharp 5.cs 278ms 16ms 80.5MB 237ms 30ms dotnet 9.0.101
csharp 6.cs 370ms 4.1ms 79.2MB 343ms 20ms dotnet 9.0.101
csharp 5.cs 415ms 1.9ms 56.8MB 393ms 10ms dotnet/aot 9.0.101

spectral-norm

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
csharp 3-m.cs 1779ms 35ms 18.5MB 6860ms 3ms dotnet/aot 9.0.101
csharp 3-m.cs 2081ms 305ms 38.1MB 6603ms 27ms dotnet 9.0.101
nim 1.nim 3383ms 20ms 1.6MB 3370ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.0
nim 1.nim 3439ms 35ms 1.4MB 3430ms 0ms nim 2.2.0
csharp 3-m.cs 4402ms 103ms 30.5MB 17000ms 13ms mono 6.12.0

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
csharp 3-m.cs 450ms 2.7ms 18.4MB 1703ms 7ms dotnet/aot 9.0.101
csharp 3-m.cs 536ms 66ms 37.8MB 1747ms 3ms dotnet 9.0.101
nim 1.nim 848ms 4.3ms 1.5MB 837ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.0
nim 1.nim 860ms 8.6ms 1.3MB 853ms 0ms nim 2.2.0
csharp 3-m.cs 1220ms 125ms 28.6MB 4300ms 13ms mono 6.12.0

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
csharp 3-m.cs 122ms 0.6ms 18.1MB 423ms 7ms dotnet/aot 9.0.101
csharp 3-m.cs 167ms 2.0ms 36.5MB 470ms 7ms dotnet 9.0.101
nim 1.nim 214ms 1.3ms 1.3MB 203ms 0ms nim 2.2.0
nim 1.nim 217ms 5.1ms 1.5MB 207ms 0ms nim/clang 2.2.0
csharp 3-m.cs 342ms 16ms 28.5MB 1147ms 10ms mono 6.12.0