Programming Language and compiler
Benchmarks

Nim VS V benchmarks

Current benchmark data was generated on Thu Jul 13 2023, full log can be found HERE

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[x86_64][2 cores] Intel(R) Xeon(R) Platinum 8370C CPU @ 2.80GHz (Model 106)

* -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
v 1.v 1082ms 11ms 37.1MB 1063ms 0ms v/clang 0.4.0
v 1.v 1092ms 6.8ms 37.0MB 1070ms 7ms v/clang+gc 0.4.0
nim 2.nim 1955ms 2.8ms 34.1MB 1930ms 10ms nim 1.6.14
nim 2.nim 2105ms 6.7ms 35.0MB 2087ms 7ms nim/clang 1.6.14

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
v 1.v 90ms 1.7ms 5.6MB 80ms 0ms v/clang 0.4.0
v 1.v 91ms 1.2ms 5.6MB 80ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.4.0
nim 2.nim 186ms 1.2ms 5.6MB 177ms 0ms nim 1.6.14
nim 2.nim 194ms 3.4ms 5.7MB 183ms 0ms nim/clang 1.6.14

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 423.4MB 3330ms 1317ms nim 1.6.14
nim 1.nim timeout 0.0ms 424.2MB 3350ms 1300ms nim/clang 1.6.14
v 1.v timeout 0.0ms 21.1MB 5210ms 4150ms v/clang 0.4.0
v 1.v timeout 0.0ms 16.9MB 5247ms 4167ms v/clang+gc 0.4.0

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
v 1-m.v 3611ms 865ms 16.6MB 3743ms 2970ms v/clang+gc 0.4.0
v 1-m.v 4091ms 389ms 16.9MB 4267ms 3377ms v/clang 0.4.0
nim 1.nim timeout 0.0ms 421.6MB 3370ms 1283ms nim 1.6.14
nim 1.nim timeout 0.0ms 423.3MB 3447ms 1203ms nim/clang 1.6.14

edigits

Input: 250001

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim timeout 0.0ms 3.0MB 4990ms 0ms nim 1.6.14
nim 1.nim timeout 0.0ms 3.0MB 4983ms 0ms nim/clang 1.6.14
v 1.v timeout 0.0ms 27.3MB 4977ms 3ms v/clang+gc 0.4.0

Input: 100000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim timeout 0.0ms 2.3MB 4990ms 0ms nim 1.6.14
nim 1.nim timeout 0.0ms 2.2MB 4983ms 0ms nim/clang 1.6.14
v 1.v timeout 0.0ms 13.0MB 4980ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.4.0

fasta

Input: 2500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 2.nim 259ms 0.7ms 1.0MB 250ms 0ms nim 1.6.14
nim 2.nim 346ms 1.7ms 1.3MB 330ms 0ms nim/clang 1.6.14
v 1.v 628ms 0.1ms 2.0MB 620ms 0ms v/clang 0.4.0
v 1.v 631ms 3.5ms 2.0MB 620ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.4.0
nim 1.nim 785ms 2.8ms 1.0MB 687ms 83ms nim 1.6.14
nim 1.nim 799ms 1.3ms 1.2MB 690ms 90ms nim/clang 1.6.14

Input: 250000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 2.nim 28ms 0.5ms 1.0MB 20ms 0ms nim 1.6.14
nim 2.nim 36ms 0.3ms 1.3MB 30ms 0ms nim/clang 1.6.14
v 1.v 66ms 0.7ms 2.0MB 60ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.4.0
v 1.v 67ms 2.4ms 2.0MB 57ms 0ms v/clang 0.4.0
nim 1.nim 81ms 0.5ms 1.0MB 60ms 7ms nim 1.6.14
nim 1.nim 83ms 0.8ms 1.2MB 70ms 0ms nim/clang 1.6.14

helloworld

Input: QwQ

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim 1.2ms 0.1ms 1.0MB 0ms 0ms nim 1.6.14
v 1.v 2.0ms 0.4ms 1.9MB 0ms 0ms v/clang 0.4.0
v 1.v 2.2ms 0.3ms 2.1MB 0ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.4.0
nim 1.nim 2.9ms 2.0ms 1.2MB 0ms 0ms nim/clang 1.6.14

http-server

Input: 3000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim 718ms 6.0ms 94.6MB 340ms 347ms nim/clang 1.6.14
nim 1.nim 722ms 2.7ms 94.2MB 313ms 377ms nim 1.6.14
v 1.v 844ms 25ms 6.7MB 567ms 667ms v/clang+gc 0.4.0

Input: 500

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim 121ms 1.3ms 18.3MB 50ms 53ms nim/clang 1.6.14
nim 1.nim 124ms 2.1ms 18.0MB 57ms 53ms nim 1.6.14
v 1.v 144ms 5.0ms 5.6MB 83ms 113ms v/clang+gc 0.4.0

lru

Input: 1000 1000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 2.nim 145ms 0.9ms 1.2MB 137ms 0ms nim/clang 1.6.14
nim 2.nim 152ms 0.8ms 1.1MB 140ms 0ms nim 1.6.14
v 1.v 397ms 1.1ms 2.2MB 387ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.4.0
v 1.v 425ms 1.0ms 2.3MB 413ms 0ms v/clang 0.4.0
nim 1.nim timeout 0.0ms 1.1MB 4990ms 0ms nim 1.6.14
nim 1.nim timeout 0.0ms 1.2MB 4983ms 0ms nim/clang 1.6.14

Input: 1000 3000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 2.nim 428ms 0.6ms 1.3MB 417ms 0ms nim/clang 1.6.14
nim 2.nim 450ms 0.8ms 1.1MB 440ms 0ms nim 1.6.14
v 1.v 1182ms 1.4ms 2.3MB 1170ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.4.0
v 1.v 1268ms 1.7ms 2.3MB 1257ms 0ms v/clang 0.4.0
nim 1.nim timeout 0.0ms 1.0MB 4987ms 0ms nim 1.6.14
nim 1.nim timeout 0.0ms 1.3MB 4987ms 0ms nim/clang 1.6.14

Input: 100 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 2.nim 63ms 0.5ms 1.2MB 50ms 0ms nim/clang 1.6.14
nim 2.nim 65ms 1.7ms 1.0MB 57ms 0ms nim 1.6.14
v 1.v 132ms 0.1ms 2.3MB 120ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.4.0
v 1.v 139ms 1.8ms 2.2MB 130ms 0ms v/clang 0.4.0
nim 1.nim 389ms 5.3ms 1.2MB 373ms 0ms nim/clang 1.6.14
nim 1.nim 444ms 3.1ms 1.0MB 430ms 0ms nim 1.6.14

mandelbrot

Input: 5000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim 656ms 0.7ms 4.8MB 647ms 0ms nim/clang 1.6.14
nim 1.nim 983ms 0.4ms 4.3MB 970ms 0ms nim 1.6.14

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim 30ms 0.7ms 1.2MB 20ms 0ms nim/clang 1.6.14
nim 1.nim 43ms 0.7ms 1.1MB 30ms 0ms nim 1.6.14

merkletrees

Input: 17

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim 992ms 2.9ms 34.7MB 977ms 0ms nim 1.6.14
nim 1.nim 1065ms 6.2ms 34.5MB 1047ms 3ms nim/clang 1.6.14

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim 211ms 1.7ms 9.3MB 197ms 0ms nim 1.6.14
nim 1.nim 229ms 2.5ms 9.5MB 217ms 0ms nim/clang 1.6.14

nbody

Input: 5000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 2.nim 382ms 0.6ms 1.3MB 370ms 0ms nim 1.6.14
nim 2.nim 411ms 0.8ms 1.3MB 400ms 0ms nim/clang 1.6.14
v 1.v 874ms 0.8ms 2.3MB 860ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.4.0
v 1.v 878ms 10.0ms 2.3MB 863ms 0ms v/clang 0.4.0

Input: 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 2.nim 41ms 0.3ms 1.3MB 30ms 0ms nim 1.6.14
nim 2.nim 43ms 0.0ms 1.2MB 30ms 0ms nim/clang 1.6.14
v 1.v 90ms 1.7ms 2.4MB 80ms 0ms v/clang 0.4.0
v 1.v 96ms 10.0ms 2.2MB 87ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.4.0

nsieve

Input: 12

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
v 2.v 507ms 7.4ms 10.8MB 493ms 0ms v/clang 0.4.0
v 2.v 514ms 7.9ms 10.6MB 500ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.4.0
v 1.v 546ms 16ms 41.2MB 527ms 0ms v/clang 0.4.0
nim 1.nim 568ms 14ms 40.3MB 550ms 0ms nim 1.6.14
v 1.v 591ms 49ms 41.1MB 570ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.4.0
nim 2.nim 608ms 6.1ms 6.5MB 597ms 0ms nim/clang 1.6.14
nim 2.nim 633ms 1.1ms 6.1MB 617ms 0ms nim 1.6.14
nim 1.nim 758ms 55ms 41.3MB 743ms 0ms nim/clang 1.6.14

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
v 2.v 116ms 0.7ms 4.0MB 100ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.4.0
v 2.v 117ms 0.6ms 4.1MB 107ms 0ms v/clang 0.4.0
v 1.v 124ms 4.9ms 20.2MB 113ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.4.0
v 1.v 126ms 4.9ms 20.8MB 110ms 0ms v/clang 0.4.0
nim 1.nim 129ms 0.5ms 11.0MB 120ms 0ms nim 1.6.14
nim 1.nim 136ms 0.4ms 11.3MB 123ms 0ms nim/clang 1.6.14
nim 2.nim 142ms 1.0ms 3.3MB 130ms 0ms nim/clang 1.6.14
nim 2.nim 148ms 0.7ms 3.0MB 140ms 0ms nim 1.6.14

pidigits

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
v 1.v 3883ms 46ms 3.0MB 3857ms 10ms v/clang+gc 0.4.0
nim 1.nim timeout 0.0ms 5.9MB 4990ms 0ms nim 1.6.14
nim 1.nim timeout 0.0ms 6.0MB 4990ms 0ms nim/clang 1.6.14
v 1.v timeout 0.0ms 4.0MB 4983ms 0ms v/clang 0.4.0
v 2.v timeout 0.0ms 3.3MB 4987ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.4.0

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
v 1.v 964ms 7.4ms 2.8MB 950ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.4.0
v 1.v 1413ms 27ms 2.9MB 1393ms 0ms v/clang 0.4.0
v 2.v 1802ms 7.2ms 3.1MB 1783ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.4.0
nim 1.nim timeout 0.0ms 5.8MB 4990ms 0ms nim 1.6.14
nim 1.nim timeout 0.0ms 6.1MB 4983ms 0ms nim/clang 1.6.14

regex-redux

Input: 2500000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim 2492ms 6.4ms 168.0MB 2437ms 37ms nim/clang 1.6.14
nim 1.nim 2557ms 7.1ms 167.1MB 2500ms 37ms nim 1.6.14
v 1.v timeout 0.0ms 93.4MB 4963ms 17ms v/clang+gc 0.4.0

Input: 250000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim 255ms 0.2ms 17.2MB 240ms 0ms nim/clang 1.6.14
nim 1.nim 264ms 1.1ms 16.8MB 250ms 0ms nim 1.6.14
v 1.v 4207ms 3.5ms 27.8MB 4187ms 3ms v/clang+gc 0.4.0

spectral-norm

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim 4117ms 0.5ms 1.2MB 4103ms 0ms nim/clang 1.6.14
nim 1.nim 4119ms 0.2ms 1.3MB 4110ms 0ms nim 1.6.14
v 1.v timeout 0.0ms 3.1MB 4990ms 0ms v/clang 0.4.0
v 1.v timeout 0.0ms 3.0MB 4990ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.4.0

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim 1031ms 0.5ms 1.3MB 1020ms 0ms nim/clang 1.6.14
nim 1.nim 1034ms 3.4ms 1.3MB 1020ms 0ms nim 1.6.14
v 1.v 1550ms 0.3ms 2.8MB 1537ms 0ms v/clang 0.4.0
v 1.v 1550ms 0.7ms 2.8MB 1540ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.4.0

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
nim 1.nim 261ms 0.8ms 1.3MB 250ms 0ms nim/clang 1.6.14
nim 1.nim 261ms 1.1ms 1.3MB 250ms 0ms nim 1.6.14
v 1.v 391ms 0.7ms 2.5MB 380ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.4.0
v 1.v 392ms 1.3ms 2.5MB 380ms 0ms v/clang 0.4.0