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Rust VS C benchmarks

Current benchmark data was generated on Mon Apr 14 2025, 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.)

helloworld

Input: QwQ

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 1.c 1.1ms 0.1ms 1.3MB 0ms 0ms zigcc 0.14.0
rust 1.rs 1.2ms 0.1ms 1.9MB 0ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
c 1.c 1.2ms 0.1ms 2.1MB 0ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 1.c 1.2ms 0.1ms 2.1MB 0ms 0ms gcc 14.2.0
rust 1.rs 1.2ms 0.1ms 1.8MB 0ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0-nightly

mandelbrot

Input: 5000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 1-mffi.c 230ms 12ms 7.4MB 857ms 17ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 1-mffi.c 265ms 1.9ms 6.7MB 807ms 0ms gcc 14.2.0
rust 9.rs 275ms 0.4ms 4.8MB 267ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0-nightly
rust 8.rs 293ms 2.0ms 4.8MB 283ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
c 1-ffi.c 330ms 1.2ms 5.9MB 320ms 0ms zigcc 0.14.0
c 1-mffi.c 330ms 0.9ms 5.9MB 320ms 0ms zigcc 0.14.0
c 1-ffi.c 452ms 1.5ms 6.4MB 440ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 1-ffi.c 542ms 1.6ms 6.7MB 530ms 0ms gcc 14.2.0

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 9.rs 13ms 0.5ms 1.9MB 10ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0-nightly
rust 8.rs 14ms 0.2ms 1.9MB 10ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
c 1-mffi.c 15ms 0.5ms 4.8MB 30ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 1-ffi.c 16ms 0.1ms 3.0MB 10ms 0ms zigcc 0.14.0
c 1-mffi.c 16ms 0.1ms 3.0MB 10ms 0ms zigcc 0.14.0
c 1-mffi.c 17ms 1.6ms 3.6MB 43ms 0ms gcc 14.2.0
c 1-ffi.c 22ms 0.3ms 3.6MB 10ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 1-ffi.c 26ms 0.9ms 3.6MB 20ms 0ms gcc 14.2.0

nbody

Input: 5000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 4-i.rs 163ms 0.5ms 1.8MB 160ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 7-i.rs 237ms 0.9ms 1.8MB 230ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 1.rs 240ms 0.4ms 1.8MB 230ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
c 8-i.c 267ms 0.5ms 1.5MB 260ms 0ms zigcc 0.14.0
rust 3.rs 279ms 0.7ms 1.9MB 270ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0-nightly
rust 2.rs 284ms 0.8ms 1.8MB 273ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
c 8-i.c 302ms 1.0ms 2.1MB 290ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 2.c 311ms 0.4ms 2.3MB 300ms 0ms gcc 14.2.0
c 5.c 315ms 0.7ms 2.3MB 303ms 0ms gcc 14.2.0
c 2.c 315ms 1.4ms 1.5MB 310ms 0ms zigcc 0.14.0
c 5.c 315ms 0.9ms 1.5MB 307ms 0ms zigcc 0.14.0
c 5.c 318ms 3.4ms 2.1MB 310ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 2.c 320ms 0.6ms 2.1MB 310ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 8-i.c 334ms 0.4ms 2.3MB 323ms 0ms gcc 14.2.0

Input: 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 4-i.rs 18ms 0.1ms 1.8MB 10ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 7-i.rs 26ms 0.5ms 1.9MB 20ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 1.rs 26ms 0.2ms 1.8MB 20ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
c 8-i.c 29ms 0.2ms 1.5MB 20ms 0ms zigcc 0.14.0
rust 3.rs 30ms 0.1ms 1.8MB 20ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0-nightly
rust 2.rs 31ms 0.2ms 1.8MB 20ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
c 8-i.c 33ms 0.4ms 2.1MB 23ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 5.c 34ms 0.3ms 2.3MB 30ms 0ms gcc 14.2.0
c 5.c 34ms 0.5ms 1.5MB 27ms 0ms zigcc 0.14.0
c 2.c 34ms 0.6ms 2.3MB 27ms 0ms gcc 14.2.0
c 2.c 34ms 0.2ms 1.5MB 30ms 0ms zigcc 0.14.0
c 2.c 35ms 0.8ms 2.1MB 30ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 5.c 35ms 0.7ms 2.1MB 30ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 8-i.c 36ms 0.2ms 2.3MB 30ms 0ms gcc 14.2.0

spectral-norm

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 8-m.rs 494ms 0.6ms 2.4MB 1910ms 3ms rustc 1.88.0-nightly
rust 7-m.rs 501ms 0.5ms 2.3MB 1937ms 3ms rustc 1.86.0
c 6-im.c 963ms 12ms 2.0MB 3780ms 0ms gcc 14.2.0
c 4-m.c 965ms 1.5ms 2.0MB 3797ms 0ms gcc 14.2.0
rust 8.rs 993ms 1.6ms 2.4MB 980ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0-nightly
c 6-im.c 1008ms 5.5ms 3.3MB 3950ms 3ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 5-im.c 1088ms 1.2ms 2.0MB 4290ms 0ms gcc 14.2.0
c 4-m.c 1122ms 3.5ms 3.3MB 4407ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 5-im.c 1342ms 23ms 3.3MB 5257ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 3-m.c 1834ms 11ms 3.1MB 7227ms 7ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
rust 2-m.rs 1965ms 1.7ms 2.4MB 7730ms 7ms rustc 1.86.0
c 3-m.c 1969ms 3.6ms 2.0MB 7777ms 0ms gcc 14.2.0
rust 7.rs 2063ms 2.7ms 2.0MB 2053ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 2.rs 4219ms 3.4ms 2.1MB 4207ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 8-m.rs 128ms 0.1ms 2.4MB 463ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0-nightly
rust 7-m.rs 130ms 0.6ms 2.3MB 473ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
c 6-im.c 247ms 1.3ms 2.0MB 947ms 0ms gcc 14.2.0
rust 8.rs 251ms 1.0ms 2.3MB 240ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0-nightly
c 4-m.c 255ms 2.8ms 2.0MB 973ms 0ms gcc 14.2.0
c 6-im.c 269ms 18ms 3.3MB 1007ms 3ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 5-im.c 284ms 3.3ms 2.0MB 1090ms 0ms gcc 14.2.0
c 4-m.c 289ms 1.8ms 3.1MB 1103ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 5-im.c 341ms 1.0ms 3.3MB 1310ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 3-m.c 467ms 6.6ms 3.3MB 1810ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
rust 2-m.rs 495ms 0.3ms 2.1MB 1910ms 7ms rustc 1.86.0
c 3-m.c 497ms 0.7ms 2.0MB 1937ms 0ms gcc 14.2.0
rust 7.rs 521ms 1.8ms 1.8MB 510ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 2.rs 1059ms 1.2ms 1.9MB 1050ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 8-m.rs 35ms 0.4ms 2.1MB 110ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0-nightly
rust 7-m.rs 36ms 0.2ms 2.1MB 107ms 3ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 8.rs 65ms 1.0ms 2.0MB 57ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0-nightly
c 6-im.c 69ms 0.2ms 2.0MB 250ms 0ms gcc 14.2.0
c 4-m.c 71ms 0.4ms 2.0MB 253ms 0ms gcc 14.2.0
c 6-im.c 71ms 1.3ms 3.3MB 250ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 4-m.c 78ms 0.9ms 3.1MB 280ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 5-im.c 79ms 1.7ms 2.0MB 283ms 0ms gcc 14.2.0
c 5-im.c 91ms 0.7ms 3.0MB 330ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 3-m.c 122ms 1.0ms 3.3MB 450ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
rust 2-m.rs 128ms 0.5ms 2.1MB 470ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
c 3-m.c 131ms 0.8ms 2.0MB 490ms 0ms gcc 14.2.0
rust 7.rs 133ms 2.1ms 1.9MB 127ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 2.rs 267ms 1.3ms 1.9MB 257ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0

binarytrees

Input: 18

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 4.rs 1281ms 5.2ms 33.6MB 1260ms 7ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 5.rs 1344ms 1.4ms 33.8MB 1317ms 10ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 3.rs 1480ms 48ms 49.8MB 1450ms 13ms rustc 1.86.0

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 4.rs 123ms 2.7ms 5.6MB 117ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 5.rs 127ms 1.9ms 5.8MB 120ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 3.rs 143ms 9.2ms 7.8MB 130ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0

coro-prime-sieve

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 3-m.rs 550ms 46ms 9.1MB 2070ms 70ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 5-m.rs 667ms 6.9ms 5.6MB 2517ms 67ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 1-m.rs 937ms 11ms 8.5MB 3437ms 210ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 3.rs 1112ms 2.4ms 9.3MB 1070ms 30ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 4.rs 1884ms 5.6ms 7.4MB 1867ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 5-m.rs 53ms 2.0ms 3.4MB 157ms 13ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 3-m.rs 57ms 2.2ms 4.3MB 180ms 10ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 3.rs 71ms 2.9ms 4.0MB 60ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 1-m.rs 72ms 0.7ms 3.8MB 227ms 23ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 4.rs 115ms 0.3ms 3.3MB 107ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0

edigits

Input: 250001

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 1.rs 119ms 2.2ms 3.6MB 110ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 2.rs 424ms 1.6ms 3.6MB 413ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0

Input: 100000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 1.rs 33ms 0.4ms 2.9MB 23ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 2.rs 76ms 0.5ms 3.0MB 70ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0

fannkuch-redux

Input: 11

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 3-im.rs 410ms 0.5ms 2.0MB 1573ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 5-m.rs 579ms 12ms 2.1MB 2190ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 2-im.rs 627ms 5.0ms 2.1MB 2440ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 1-m.rs 970ms 5.3ms 2.1MB 3770ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 3-i.rs 1508ms 2.6ms 1.9MB 1497ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 2-i.rs 1759ms 2.8ms 1.8MB 1750ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 1.rs 2692ms 4.5ms 1.8MB 2683ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 3-im.rs 38ms 0.5ms 2.1MB 120ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 5-m.rs 53ms 1.1ms 2.0MB 173ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 2-im.rs 60ms 1.3ms 2.0MB 200ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 1-m.rs 87ms 0.9ms 2.0MB 300ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 3-i.rs 127ms 0.8ms 1.9MB 120ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 2-i.rs 150ms 0.8ms 1.8MB 140ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 1.rs 229ms 0.2ms 1.9MB 220ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0

fasta

Input: 2500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 5c-m.rs 89ms 0.4ms 3.2MB 247ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 5-m.rs 93ms 1.6ms 3.2MB 277ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 6.rs 144ms 0.8ms 1.9MB 133ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 1c.rs 162ms 0.4ms 1.9MB 150ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 1.rs 194ms 0.5ms 2.0MB 183ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0

Input: 250000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 5c-m.rs 16ms 0.6ms 3.2MB 20ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 5-m.rs 16ms 0.3ms 3.2MB 20ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 6.rs 17ms 0.8ms 1.9MB 10ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 1c.rs 19ms 0.2ms 1.8MB 10ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 1.rs 22ms 0.3ms 1.9MB 13ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0

http-server

Input: 3000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 1-m.rs 306ms 70ms 84.5MB 163ms 513ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 2-m.rs 412ms 81ms 69.0MB 237ms 887ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 2-http2.rs 422ms 21ms 60.3MB 873ms 543ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 1-http2.rs 623ms 77ms 63.6MB 1497ms 697ms rustc 1.86.0

Input: 500

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 1-m.rs 43ms 6.4ms 17.5MB 17ms 60ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 2-m.rs 78ms 6.8ms 21.8MB 30ms 157ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 2-http2.rs 220ms 47ms 27.6MB 560ms 183ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 1-http2.rs 253ms 35ms 27.8MB 683ms 197ms rustc 1.86.0

json-serde

Input: sample 5000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 5-i.rs 28ms 1.1ms 9.8MB 20ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 4-i.rs 31ms 1.0ms 7.9MB 20ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 3.rs 62ms 0.9ms 32.0MB 40ms 10ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 2.rs 63ms 1.1ms 33.8MB 40ms 10ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 1.rs 100ms 1.6ms 67.4MB 63ms 23ms rustc 1.86.0

Input: canada 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 5-i.rs 209ms 2.5ms 52.6MB 183ms 13ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 4-i.rs 259ms 0.4ms 54.3MB 203ms 40ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 2.rs 409ms 4.6ms 237.6MB 307ms 90ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 3.rs 412ms 1.3ms 237.6MB 307ms 90ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 1.rs 686ms 5.4ms 550.2MB 447ms 227ms rustc 1.86.0

knucleotide

Input: 2500000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 1-m.c 182ms 2.9ms 24.5MB 420ms 7ms gcc 14.2.0
rust 8-m.rs 227ms 1.7ms 26.6MB 660ms 7ms rustc 1.86.0
c 1-m.c 291ms 5.0ms 25.9MB 980ms 17ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
rust 8.rs 468ms 3.0ms 22.3MB 450ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0

Input: 250000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 1-m.c 28ms 2.9ms 12.1MB 63ms 0ms gcc 14.2.0
rust 8-m.rs 30ms 3.1ms 16.4MB 67ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
c 1-m.c 35ms 0.6ms 15.1MB 100ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
rust 8.rs 58ms 1.1ms 11.6MB 47ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0

lru

Input: 1000 1000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 0-unsafe.rs 34ms 5.9ms 1.8MB 23ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 1.rs 57ms 5.3ms 1.9MB 47ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0

Input: 1000 3000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 0-unsafe.rs 135ms 6.2ms 1.8MB 123ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 1.rs 199ms 28ms 1.9MB 190ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0

Input: 100 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 0-unsafe.rs 23ms 0.4ms 1.8MB 17ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 1.rs 30ms 2.2ms 1.8MB 23ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0

merkletrees

Input: 17

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 1.rs 703ms 1.4ms 33.8MB 680ms 10ms rustc 1.86.0

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 1.rs 150ms 2.2ms 9.8MB 140ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0

nsieve

Input: 12

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 1.c 279ms 1.8ms 40.9MB 263ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 1.c 281ms 2.9ms 40.2MB 263ms 0ms zigcc 0.14.0
c 1.c 301ms 7.8ms 41.0MB 283ms 0ms gcc 14.2.0
rust 1.rs 308ms 4.4ms 40.9MB 293ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 2.rs 328ms 1.8ms 6.6MB 317ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 1.c 52ms 2.6ms 11.8MB 40ms 0ms gcc 14.2.0
c 1.c 53ms 0.9ms 11.5MB 40ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
rust 1.rs 59ms 2.9ms 11.6MB 47ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
c 1.c 59ms 3.0ms 11.0MB 50ms 0ms zigcc 0.14.0
rust 2.rs 83ms 1.0ms 2.9MB 70ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0

pidigits

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 1.rs 1514ms 7.3ms 2.7MB 1303ms 197ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 2.rs 1711ms 4.7ms 2.7MB 1623ms 70ms rustc 1.86.0

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 1.rs 320ms 0.7ms 2.4MB 293ms 13ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 2.rs 387ms 2.7ms 2.4MB 377ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0

regex-redux

Input: 2500000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 7.rs 439ms 6.7ms 77.6MB 457ms 13ms rustc 1.86.0

Input: 250000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 7.rs 48ms 0.7ms 12.6MB 40ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0

secp256k1

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 0.rs 116ms 0.4ms 1.6MB 110ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 1.rs 1477ms 11ms 1.9MB 1470ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0

Input: 500

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 0.rs 31ms 0.1ms 1.8MB 20ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 1.rs 366ms 0.8ms 1.9MB 360ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0