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Ruby VS Zig 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
zig 1.zig 2111ms 26ms 49.1MB 2083ms 13ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e
ruby 1.rb timeout 0.0ms 72.7MB 4953ms 33ms ruby 3.2.2
ruby 1.rb timeout 0.0ms 115.5MB 4917ms 63ms ruby/yjit 3.2.2
ruby 1.rb timeout 0.0ms 769.5MB 7713ms 377ms truffleruby 22.3.1

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 180ms 1.1ms 7.1MB 170ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e
ruby 1.rb 533ms 1.9ms 40.7MB 503ms 13ms ruby/yjit 3.2.2
ruby 1.rb 969ms 5.3ms 40.2MB 943ms 10ms ruby 3.2.2
ruby 1-m.rb 984ms 52ms 414.6MB 1597ms 140ms truffleruby 22.3.1

coro-prime-sieve

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
ruby 1.rb 3206ms 100ms 82.7MB 3143ms 47ms ruby/yjit 3.2.2
ruby 1.rb 3619ms 125ms 82.2MB 3550ms 53ms ruby 3.2.2
ruby 1.rb timeout 0.0ms 1163.0MB 4197ms 1267ms truffleruby 22.3.1

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
ruby 1.rb 224ms 4.0ms 44.8MB 180ms 27ms ruby/yjit 3.2.2
ruby 1.rb 233ms 1.7ms 44.4MB 207ms 10ms ruby 3.2.2
ruby 1.rb timeout 0.0ms 1158.9MB 4150ms 1270ms truffleruby 22.3.1

fasta

Input: 2500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 118ms 1.1ms 1.0MB 110ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e
ruby 6.rb 2359ms 7.6ms 43.6MB 2317ms 23ms ruby/yjit 3.2.2
ruby 6-m.rb 2525ms 40ms 381.9MB 4587ms 233ms truffleruby 22.3.1
ruby 6.rb 4204ms 50ms 43.0MB 4180ms 13ms ruby 3.2.2

Input: 250000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 15ms 1.0ms 1.0MB 10ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e
ruby 6.rb 307ms 0.5ms 35.0MB 280ms 10ms ruby/yjit 3.2.2
ruby 6.rb 494ms 8.7ms 34.5MB 467ms 13ms ruby 3.2.2
ruby 6-m.rb 806ms 12ms 314.0MB 1380ms 100ms truffleruby 22.3.1

helloworld

Input: QwQ

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 1.6ms 0.6ms 1.0MB 0ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e
ruby 1.rb 43ms 2.1ms 157.2MB 16ms 26ms truffleruby 22.3.1
ruby 1.rb 71ms 1.0ms 32.2MB 48ms 10ms ruby/yjit 3.2.2
ruby 1.rb 71ms 0.6ms 32.0MB 50ms 8ms ruby 3.2.2

json-serde

Input: sample 5000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 76ms 0.7ms 18.8MB 63ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e
ruby 1.rb 433ms 0.1ms 51.6MB 410ms 7ms ruby/yjit 3.2.2
ruby 1.rb 436ms 1.6ms 48.8MB 397ms 27ms ruby 3.2.2
ruby 1.rb timeout 0.0ms 453.7MB 9193ms 197ms truffleruby 22.3.1

Input: canada 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 575ms 1.9ms 60.3MB 540ms 20ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e
ruby 1.rb 3991ms 0.7ms 175.2MB 3900ms 77ms ruby 3.2.2
ruby 1.rb 4015ms 44ms 174.0MB 3923ms 73ms ruby/yjit 3.2.2
ruby 1.rb timeout 0.0ms 426.7MB 9293ms 180ms truffleruby 22.3.1

lru

Input: 1000 1000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 44ms 0.2ms 2.7MB 33ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e
ruby 1.rb 442ms 0.6ms 32.9MB 417ms 10ms ruby/yjit 3.2.2
ruby 1.rb 589ms 3.1ms 32.4MB 563ms 13ms ruby 3.2.2
ruby 1-m.rb 771ms 15ms 330.4MB 1130ms 100ms truffleruby 22.3.1

Input: 1000 3000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 126ms 0.6ms 2.8MB 117ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e
ruby 1.rb 1177ms 4.0ms 32.9MB 1150ms 13ms ruby/yjit 3.2.2
ruby 1.rb 1410ms 33ms 359.6MB 1697ms 150ms truffleruby 22.3.1
ruby 1.rb 1639ms 13ms 32.4MB 1613ms 10ms ruby 3.2.2

Input: 100 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 21ms 0.9ms 1.3MB 10ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e
ruby 1.rb 255ms 0.9ms 32.8MB 227ms 13ms ruby/yjit 3.2.2
ruby 1.rb 329ms 2.7ms 32.3MB 307ms 10ms ruby 3.2.2
ruby 1-m.rb 556ms 34ms 309.0MB 833ms 97ms truffleruby 22.3.1

merkletrees

Input: 17

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 1096ms 4.9ms 41.1MB 1067ms 17ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e
ruby 1.rb timeout 0.0ms 96.5MB 4927ms 60ms ruby 3.2.2
ruby 1.rb timeout 0.0ms 97.0MB 4930ms 50ms ruby/yjit 3.2.2
ruby 1.rb timeout 0.0ms 572.5MB 9213ms 233ms truffleruby 22.3.1

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 220ms 2.2ms 11.0MB 203ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e
ruby 1-m.rb 3266ms 25ms 595.8MB 5983ms 230ms truffleruby 22.3.1
ruby 1.rb 4134ms 16ms 53.6MB 4087ms 30ms ruby/yjit 3.2.2
ruby 1.rb 4915ms 13ms 52.8MB 4870ms 30ms ruby 3.2.2

nbody

Input: 5000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2.zig 305ms 0.0ms 1.1MB 300ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e
zig 1.zig 367ms 4.1ms 1.0MB 357ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e
ruby 2.rb 1022ms 5.5ms 306.4MB 1213ms 87ms truffleruby 22.3.1
ruby 2.rb timeout 0.0ms 32.2MB 4967ms 17ms ruby 3.2.2
ruby 2.rb timeout 0.0ms 32.9MB 4977ms 3ms ruby/yjit 3.2.2

Input: 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2.zig 32ms 0.5ms 1.0MB 20ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e
zig 1.zig 39ms 0.6ms 1.0MB 30ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e
ruby 2-m.rb 387ms 13ms 323.0MB 587ms 87ms truffleruby 22.3.1
ruby 2.rb 2106ms 0.9ms 32.9MB 2080ms 10ms ruby/yjit 3.2.2
ruby 2.rb 3217ms 21ms 32.3MB 3187ms 10ms ruby 3.2.2

nsieve

Input: 12

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2.zig 430ms 5.5ms 6.0MB 413ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e
zig 1.zig 524ms 19ms 40.3MB 497ms 10ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e
ruby 1.rb timeout 0.0ms 344.6MB 4853ms 123ms ruby 3.2.2
ruby 1.rb timeout 0.0ms 345.2MB 4850ms 127ms ruby/yjit 3.2.2
ruby 1.rb timeout 0.0ms 683.4MB 5050ms 130ms truffleruby 22.3.1

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2.zig 94ms 0.1ms 2.3MB 87ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e
zig 1.zig 117ms 0.6ms 11.1MB 107ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e
ruby 1.rb 2793ms 82ms 427.2MB 3267ms 127ms truffleruby 22.3.1
ruby 1.rb timeout 0.0ms 151.0MB 4927ms 50ms ruby 3.2.2
ruby 1.rb timeout 0.0ms 151.4MB 4923ms 60ms ruby/yjit 3.2.2

pidigits

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 2115ms 3.9ms 2.4MB 2087ms 13ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e
ruby 1.rb timeout 0.0ms 159.2MB 4917ms 60ms ruby 3.2.2
ruby 1.rb timeout 0.0ms 159.8MB 4930ms 57ms ruby/yjit 3.2.2
ruby 1.rb timeout 0.0ms 416.1MB 9323ms 203ms truffleruby 22.3.1

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 488ms 0.5ms 2.0MB 477ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e
ruby 1-m.rb 1948ms 37ms 408.1MB 3603ms 127ms truffleruby 22.3.1
ruby 1.rb 2372ms 5.3ms 159.8MB 2293ms 67ms ruby/yjit 3.2.2
ruby 1.rb 2392ms 10.0ms 159.3MB 2323ms 53ms ruby 3.2.2

spectral-norm

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2-m.zig 1059ms 1.7ms 1.3MB 2053ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e
zig 2.zig 2061ms 1.0ms 1.0MB 2047ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e
zig 1.zig 4479ms 3.5ms 1.0MB 4460ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e
ruby 4.rb timeout 0.0ms 32.1MB 4973ms 7ms ruby 3.2.2
ruby 4.rb timeout 0.0ms 32.7MB 4973ms 10ms ruby/yjit 3.2.2
ruby 4.rb timeout 0.0ms 533.5MB 5240ms 213ms truffleruby 22.3.1

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2-m.zig 275ms 0.5ms 1.3MB 510ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e
zig 2.zig 517ms 1.3ms 1.1MB 510ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e
zig 1.zig 1122ms 0.3ms 1.1MB 1110ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e
ruby 4.rb timeout 0.0ms 32.2MB 4977ms 3ms ruby 3.2.2
ruby 4.rb timeout 0.0ms 32.7MB 4973ms 7ms ruby/yjit 3.2.2
ruby 4.rb timeout 0.0ms 591.7MB 5390ms 237ms truffleruby 22.3.1

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2-m.zig 75ms 1.3ms 1.2MB 127ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e
zig 2.zig 132ms 0.9ms 1.1MB 120ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e
zig 1.zig 285ms 1.6ms 1.0MB 270ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e
ruby 4.rb 2469ms 3.3ms 477.2MB 2927ms 177ms truffleruby 22.3.1
ruby 4.rb timeout 0.0ms 32.4MB 4973ms 7ms ruby 3.2.2
ruby 4.rb timeout 0.0ms 32.8MB 4970ms 13ms ruby/yjit 3.2.2