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Rust VS Zig benchmarks

Current benchmark data was generated on Mon Feb 06 2023, full log can be found HERE

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[x86_64][2 cores] Intel(R) Xeon(R) Platinum 8272CL CPU @ 2.60GHz (Model 85)

* -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.)

fasta

Input: 2500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 136ms 0.7ms 1.0MB 123ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1577+11cc1c16f
rust 5c-m.rs 177ms 2.2ms 1.7MB 310ms 0ms rustc 1.69.0-nightly
rust 5-m.rs 196ms 3.3ms 1.7MB 347ms 0ms rustc 1.67.0
rust 1c.rs 213ms 0.5ms 1.1MB 200ms 0ms rustc 1.69.0-nightly
rust 1.rs 272ms 8.0ms 1.0MB 260ms 0ms rustc 1.67.0

Input: 250000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 16ms 0.5ms 0.9MB 10ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1577+11cc1c16f
rust 1c.rs 25ms 0.5ms 1.0MB 17ms 0ms rustc 1.69.0-nightly
rust 5c-m.rs 29ms 1.4ms 1.7MB 27ms 0ms rustc 1.69.0-nightly
rust 1.rs 30ms 0.5ms 1.1MB 20ms 0ms rustc 1.67.0
rust 5-m.rs 31ms 0.8ms 1.8MB 40ms 0ms rustc 1.67.0

helloworld

Input: QwQ

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 1.5ms 0.7ms 0.9MB 0ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1577+11cc1c16f
rust 1.rs 1.8ms 0.6ms 1.7MB 0ms 0ms rustc 1.69.0-nightly
rust 1.rs 2.4ms 0.7ms 1.0MB 0ms 0ms rustc 1.67.0

mandelbrot

Input: 5000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 9.rs 360ms 0.4ms 4.6MB 347ms 0ms rustc 1.69.0-nightly
zig 1.zig 371ms 1.3ms 4.2MB 357ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1577+11cc1c16f
rust 8.rs 428ms 0.1ms 4.9MB 420ms 0ms rustc 1.67.0

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 9.rs 19ms 0.3ms 1.0MB 10ms 0ms rustc 1.69.0-nightly
zig 1.zig 19ms 0.9ms 1.0MB 10ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1577+11cc1c16f
rust 8.rs 20ms 0.1ms 1.0MB 10ms 0ms rustc 1.67.0

nbody

Input: 5000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 4-i.rs 213ms 0.6ms 1.0MB 200ms 0ms rustc 1.67.0
zig 2.zig 262ms 4.7ms 1.1MB 253ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1577+11cc1c16f
rust 7-i.rs 310ms 0.5ms 1.1MB 300ms 0ms rustc 1.67.0
rust 2.rs 344ms 0.2ms 1.1MB 333ms 0ms rustc 1.67.0
rust 3.rs 347ms 1.3ms 1.1MB 330ms 0ms rustc 1.69.0-nightly
zig 1.zig 388ms 4.0ms 1.0MB 380ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1577+11cc1c16f
rust 1.rs 421ms 4.5ms 1.0MB 407ms 0ms rustc 1.67.0

Input: 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 4-i.rs 24ms 0.3ms 1.0MB 10ms 0ms rustc 1.67.0
zig 2.zig 28ms 0.8ms 1.1MB 20ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1577+11cc1c16f
rust 7-i.rs 34ms 0.3ms 1.1MB 23ms 0ms rustc 1.67.0
rust 2.rs 37ms 0.1ms 1.0MB 27ms 0ms rustc 1.67.0
rust 3.rs 37ms 0.2ms 1.1MB 30ms 0ms rustc 1.69.0-nightly
zig 1.zig 41ms 0.9ms 1.0MB 30ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1577+11cc1c16f
rust 1.rs 45ms 0.6ms 1.0MB 33ms 0ms rustc 1.67.0

spectral-norm

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 8-m.rs 897ms 2.7ms 2.5MB 1733ms 0ms rustc 1.69.0-nightly
rust 7-m.rs 900ms 3.1ms 2.3MB 1733ms 3ms rustc 1.67.0
zig 2-m.zig 911ms 3.8ms 1.2MB 1750ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1577+11cc1c16f
rust 8.rs 1724ms 0.3ms 2.4MB 1710ms 0ms rustc 1.69.0-nightly
rust 7.rs 1731ms 0.8ms 1.1MB 1717ms 0ms rustc 1.67.0
zig 2.zig 1734ms 3.5ms 1.0MB 1720ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1577+11cc1c16f
rust 2-m.rs 1827ms 1.5ms 2.3MB 3553ms 0ms rustc 1.67.0
zig 1.zig 3917ms 53ms 1.0MB 3900ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1577+11cc1c16f
rust 2.rs timeout 0.0ms 2.2MB 4987ms 0ms rustc 1.67.0

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 8-m.rs 236ms 3.3ms 2.3MB 427ms 0ms rustc 1.69.0-nightly
rust 7-m.rs 238ms 2.4ms 1.0MB 430ms 0ms rustc 1.67.0
zig 2-m.zig 241ms 2.7ms 1.2MB 427ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1577+11cc1c16f
rust 8.rs 434ms 0.3ms 2.2MB 423ms 0ms rustc 1.69.0-nightly
rust 7.rs 436ms 0.4ms 1.1MB 427ms 0ms rustc 1.67.0
zig 2.zig 436ms 0.8ms 1.1MB 423ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1577+11cc1c16f
rust 2-m.rs 481ms 9.7ms 2.1MB 897ms 0ms rustc 1.67.0
zig 1.zig 970ms 23ms 1.1MB 960ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1577+11cc1c16f
rust 2.rs 1631ms 3.2ms 1.1MB 1620ms 0ms rustc 1.67.0

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 8-m.rs 65ms 1.0ms 1.0MB 107ms 0ms rustc 1.69.0-nightly
rust 7-m.rs 66ms 2.1ms 1.1MB 103ms 0ms rustc 1.67.0
zig 2-m.zig 68ms 1.7ms 1.2MB 107ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1577+11cc1c16f
rust 8.rs 111ms 0.3ms 1.0MB 100ms 0ms rustc 1.69.0-nightly
rust 7.rs 111ms 0.4ms 1.8MB 100ms 0ms rustc 1.67.0
zig 2.zig 112ms 0.5ms 1.0MB 100ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1577+11cc1c16f
rust 2-m.rs 125ms 0.4ms 1.0MB 220ms 0ms rustc 1.67.0
zig 1.zig 244ms 2.4ms 1.1MB 230ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1577+11cc1c16f
rust 2.rs 410ms 0.4ms 1.0MB 400ms 0ms rustc 1.67.0

binarytrees

Input: 18

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 4.rs 1746ms 19ms 33.8MB 1717ms 13ms rustc 1.67.0
rust 5.rs 1946ms 27ms 33.7MB 1917ms 13ms rustc 1.67.0
rust 3.rs 2082ms 16ms 49.9MB 2047ms 20ms rustc 1.67.0
zig 1.zig 2435ms 26ms 49.1MB 2403ms 13ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1577+11cc1c16f

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 4.rs 153ms 0.2ms 5.7MB 140ms 0ms rustc 1.67.0
rust 5.rs 168ms 0.6ms 5.8MB 160ms 0ms rustc 1.67.0
rust 3.rs 177ms 2.0ms 7.8MB 167ms 0ms rustc 1.67.0
zig 1.zig 197ms 1.1ms 7.0MB 180ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1577+11cc1c16f

coro-prime-sieve

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 3-m.rs 1016ms 80ms 6.2MB 1933ms 33ms rustc 1.67.0
rust 5-m.rs 1190ms 249ms 4.3MB 2270ms 40ms rustc 1.67.0
rust 3.rs 2025ms 60ms 6.2MB 1983ms 27ms rustc 1.67.0
rust 4.rs 3020ms 14ms 4.4MB 3007ms 0ms rustc 1.67.0
rust 1-m.rs 3466ms 17ms 5.0MB 6697ms 97ms rustc 1.67.0

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 3-m.rs 98ms 17ms 2.8MB 140ms 3ms rustc 1.67.0
rust 3.rs 118ms 1.2ms 3.2MB 100ms 0ms rustc 1.67.0
rust 5-m.rs 119ms 15ms 2.6MB 197ms 10ms rustc 1.67.0
rust 4.rs 198ms 2.2ms 2.4MB 183ms 0ms rustc 1.67.0
rust 1-m.rs 232ms 0.0ms 2.8MB 413ms 17ms rustc 1.67.0

edigits

Input: 250001

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 1.rs 138ms 1.1ms 3.6MB 123ms 0ms rustc 1.67.0
rust 2.rs 575ms 1.0ms 3.7MB 563ms 0ms rustc 1.67.0
zig 1.zig 4850ms 3.9ms 2.6MB 4820ms 13ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1577+11cc1c16f

Input: 100000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 1.rs 39ms 0.3ms 2.9MB 30ms 0ms rustc 1.67.0
rust 2.rs 113ms 1.4ms 3.1MB 100ms 0ms rustc 1.67.0
zig 1.zig 800ms 0.6ms 1.9MB 780ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1577+11cc1c16f

fannkuch-redux

Input: 11

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 3-im.rs 626ms 1.5ms 1.1MB 1210ms 0ms rustc 1.67.0
rust 2-im.rs 965ms 0.1ms 1.0MB 1847ms 0ms rustc 1.67.0
zig 2-m.zig 1177ms 8.3ms 1.1MB 2280ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1577+11cc1c16f
rust 5-m.rs 1189ms 1.8ms 1.0MB 2307ms 0ms rustc 1.67.0
rust 3-i.rs 1234ms 1.2ms 1.1MB 1223ms 0ms rustc 1.67.0
zig 3-i.zig 1415ms 0.6ms 1.0MB 1403ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1577+11cc1c16f
rust 2-i.rs 1833ms 1.3ms 1.0MB 1820ms 0ms rustc 1.67.0
rust 1-m.rs 2361ms 23ms 1.1MB 4583ms 0ms rustc 1.67.0
zig 2.zig 2392ms 1.1ms 1.0MB 2380ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1577+11cc1c16f
zig 1.zig 3198ms 2.9ms 1.0MB 3183ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1577+11cc1c16f
rust 1.rs 3906ms 24ms 1.1MB 3893ms 0ms rustc 1.67.0

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 3-im.rs 60ms 0.8ms 1.0MB 100ms 0ms rustc 1.67.0
rust 2-im.rs 87ms 1.7ms 1.0MB 147ms 0ms rustc 1.67.0
rust 3-i.rs 105ms 0.3ms 1.0MB 97ms 0ms rustc 1.67.0
rust 5-m.rs 110ms 4.7ms 1.0MB 183ms 0ms rustc 1.67.0
zig 2-m.zig 112ms 0.5ms 1.0MB 190ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1577+11cc1c16f
zig 3-i.zig 121ms 0.8ms 0.9MB 110ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1577+11cc1c16f
rust 2-i.rs 156ms 0.9ms 1.0MB 147ms 0ms rustc 1.67.0
zig 2.zig 203ms 0.2ms 1.0MB 190ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1577+11cc1c16f
rust 1-m.rs 211ms 0.5ms 1.0MB 380ms 0ms rustc 1.67.0
zig 1.zig 262ms 1.1ms 1.0MB 250ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1577+11cc1c16f
rust 1.rs 328ms 1.7ms 1.0MB 313ms 0ms rustc 1.67.0

http-server

Input: 3000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 1.rs 137ms 24ms 20.8MB 60ms 100ms rustc 1.67.0
rust 2-http2.rs 302ms 40ms 33.4MB 407ms 90ms rustc 1.67.0
rust 2-m.rs 581ms 13ms 103.2MB 297ms 597ms rustc 1.67.0
rust 1-http2.rs 1017ms 139ms 74.1MB 1243ms 530ms rustc 1.67.0

Input: 500

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 1.rs 77ms 22ms 18.9MB 17ms 33ms rustc 1.67.0
rust 2.rs 140ms 11ms 24.4MB 57ms 87ms rustc 1.67.0
rust 1-http2.rs 312ms 54ms 26.8MB 383ms 117ms rustc 1.67.0
rust 2-http2.rs 393ms 7.3ms 25.6MB 540ms 127ms rustc 1.67.0

json-serde

Input: sample 5000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 2.rs 80ms 0.2ms 38.1MB 57ms 7ms rustc 1.67.0
rust 3.rs 83ms 1.8ms 36.3MB 53ms 13ms rustc 1.67.0
zig 1.zig 117ms 0.7ms 14.4MB 100ms 7ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1577+11cc1c16f
rust 1.rs 146ms 8.2ms 75.5MB 87ms 43ms rustc 1.67.0

Input: canada 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 2.rs 505ms 1.3ms 257.9MB 367ms 117ms rustc 1.67.0
rust 3.rs 519ms 1.0ms 258.7MB 390ms 113ms rustc 1.67.0
zig 1.zig 705ms 2.2ms 75.0MB 647ms 37ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1577+11cc1c16f
rust 1.rs 926ms 1.8ms 605.6MB 653ms 257ms rustc 1.67.0

knucleotide

Input: 2500000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 8-m.rs 470ms 114ms 30.1MB 693ms 10ms rustc 1.67.0
rust 8.rs 646ms 17ms 24.1MB 627ms 10ms rustc 1.67.0
zig 1.zig 1090ms 12ms 25.7MB 1057ms 13ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1577+11cc1c16f

Input: 250000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 8-m.rs 52ms 3.2ms 16.5MB 73ms 0ms rustc 1.67.0
rust 8.rs 81ms 2.0ms 11.6MB 63ms 3ms rustc 1.67.0
zig 1.zig 121ms 1.3ms 7.5MB 110ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1577+11cc1c16f

lru

Input: 1000 1000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 47ms 0.2ms 2.8MB 40ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1577+11cc1c16f
rust 0-unsafe.rs 58ms 2.0ms 1.1MB 50ms 0ms rustc 1.67.0
rust 1.rs 74ms 0.5ms 1.0MB 63ms 0ms rustc 1.67.0

Input: 1000 3000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 138ms 0.8ms 2.7MB 130ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1577+11cc1c16f
rust 0-unsafe.rs 195ms 7.8ms 1.0MB 180ms 0ms rustc 1.67.0
rust 1.rs 296ms 0.9ms 1.0MB 283ms 0ms rustc 1.67.0

Input: 100 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 22ms 0.4ms 0.9MB 10ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1577+11cc1c16f
rust 0-unsafe.rs 33ms 1.1ms 1.7MB 20ms 0ms rustc 1.67.0
rust 1.rs 48ms 0.4ms 1.1MB 40ms 0ms rustc 1.67.0

merkletrees

Input: 17

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 1.rs 949ms 11ms 34.0MB 920ms 13ms rustc 1.67.0
zig 1.zig 1311ms 114ms 41.1MB 1280ms 13ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1577+11cc1c16f

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 1.rs 192ms 1.1ms 9.9MB 180ms 0ms rustc 1.67.0
zig 1.zig 229ms 0.2ms 10.9MB 213ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1577+11cc1c16f

nsieve

Input: 12

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2.zig 386ms 4.7ms 6.0MB 370ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1577+11cc1c16f
rust 2.rs 460ms 4.8ms 6.6MB 443ms 3ms rustc 1.67.0
zig 1.zig 1042ms 96ms 40.2MB 1017ms 10ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1577+11cc1c16f
rust 1.rs 1406ms 28ms 40.7MB 1373ms 17ms rustc 1.67.0

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2.zig 80ms 0.4ms 2.2MB 70ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1577+11cc1c16f
rust 2.rs 102ms 1.2ms 3.1MB 90ms 0ms rustc 1.67.0
zig 1.zig 118ms 1.9ms 11.0MB 107ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1577+11cc1c16f
rust 1.rs 167ms 15ms 11.6MB 150ms 0ms rustc 1.67.0

pidigits

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 2.rs 1651ms 1.0ms 2.8MB 1583ms 47ms rustc 1.67.0
rust 1.rs 1705ms 3.0ms 2.8MB 1520ms 170ms rustc 1.67.0
zig 1.zig 2010ms 3.2ms 2.3MB 1980ms 10ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1577+11cc1c16f

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 1.rs 368ms 1.1ms 2.5MB 350ms 7ms rustc 1.67.0
rust 2.rs 374ms 0.9ms 2.6MB 360ms 0ms rustc 1.67.0
zig 1.zig 461ms 0.9ms 1.9MB 450ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1577+11cc1c16f

regex-redux

Input: 2500000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 7.rs 568ms 7.4ms 77.6MB 733ms 17ms rustc 1.67.0

Input: 250000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 7.rs 65ms 1.4ms 11.6MB 67ms 3ms rustc 1.67.0

secp256k1

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 0.rs 137ms 0.2ms 1.1MB 130ms 0ms rustc 1.67.0
rust 1.rs 1900ms 67ms 1.0MB 1890ms 0ms rustc 1.67.0

Input: 500

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 0.rs 37ms 0.4ms 1.0MB 27ms 0ms rustc 1.67.0
rust 1.rs 466ms 0.4ms 1.1MB 453ms 0ms rustc 1.67.0