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Rust VS Zig benchmarks

Current benchmark data was generated on Tue Jul 01 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
zig 1.zig 0.9ms 0.0ms 1.1MB 0ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
rust 1.rs 1.2ms 0.1ms 1.8MB 0ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0
rust 1.rs 1.2ms 0.0ms 1.9MB 0ms 0ms rustc 1.90.0-nightly

mandelbrot

Input: 5000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 9.rs 246ms 0.4ms 4.8MB 240ms 0ms rustc 1.90.0-nightly
zig 1.zig 249ms 1.1ms 4.1MB 240ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
rust 8.rs 293ms 0.9ms 4.8MB 283ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 12ms 0.3ms 1.1MB 0ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
rust 9.rs 12ms 0.1ms 1.9MB 0ms 0ms rustc 1.90.0-nightly
rust 8.rs 15ms 0.3ms 2.0MB 10ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0

nbody

Input: 5000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 4-i.rs 164ms 0.2ms 1.8MB 160ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0
zig 3.zig 198ms 1.0ms 1.0MB 190ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
rust 7-i.rs 219ms 1.1ms 1.8MB 210ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0
rust 1.rs 229ms 0.5ms 1.8MB 220ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0
rust 3.rs 279ms 0.7ms 1.9MB 270ms 0ms rustc 1.90.0-nightly
rust 2.rs 279ms 0.5ms 1.6MB 270ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0
zig 2.zig 279ms 0.3ms 1.0MB 270ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
zig 1.zig 315ms 1.5ms 1.1MB 307ms 0ms zig 0.14.1

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 1.88.0
zig 3.zig 22ms 0.1ms 1.0MB 10ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
rust 7-i.rs 24ms 0.5ms 1.8MB 20ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0
rust 1.rs 25ms 0.4ms 1.8MB 20ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0
zig 2.zig 30ms 0.0ms 1.0MB 20ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
rust 2.rs 30ms 0.2ms 1.8MB 20ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0
rust 3.rs 30ms 0.1ms 1.8MB 20ms 0ms rustc 1.90.0-nightly
zig 1.zig 33ms 0.1ms 1.1MB 30ms 0ms zig 0.14.1

spectral-norm

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 8-m.rs 493ms 0.8ms 2.5MB 1907ms 3ms rustc 1.90.0-nightly
rust 7-m.rs 493ms 0.4ms 2.1MB 1910ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0
rust 8.rs 994ms 2.7ms 2.4MB 983ms 0ms rustc 1.90.0-nightly
rust 7.rs 1927ms 5.1ms 1.9MB 1917ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0
rust 2-m.rs 2073ms 4.7ms 2.4MB 8130ms 10ms rustc 1.88.0
zig 1.zig 3691ms 6.4ms 1.4MB 3683ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
rust 2.rs 4274ms 5.2ms 2.0MB 4267ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 8-m.rs 127ms 0.4ms 2.3MB 467ms 3ms rustc 1.90.0-nightly
rust 7-m.rs 128ms 0.8ms 2.3MB 467ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0
rust 8.rs 251ms 0.7ms 2.1MB 240ms 0ms rustc 1.90.0-nightly
rust 7.rs 491ms 1.9ms 1.8MB 480ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0
rust 2-m.rs 521ms 0.5ms 2.1MB 2023ms 3ms rustc 1.88.0
zig 1.zig 925ms 2.3ms 1.3MB 913ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
rust 2.rs 1070ms 2.2ms 1.9MB 1060ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 8-m.rs 36ms 0.4ms 2.1MB 110ms 3ms rustc 1.90.0-nightly
rust 7-m.rs 36ms 0.4ms 2.0MB 110ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0
rust 8.rs 65ms 0.9ms 2.0MB 60ms 0ms rustc 1.90.0-nightly
rust 7.rs 125ms 1.8ms 1.8MB 120ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0
rust 2-m.rs 134ms 0.5ms 2.1MB 497ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0
zig 1.zig 233ms 1.3ms 1.3MB 223ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
rust 2.rs 270ms 1.5ms 1.9MB 260ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0

binarytrees

Input: 18

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 4.rs 1316ms 18ms 33.6MB 1293ms 10ms rustc 1.88.0
rust 5.rs 1480ms 41ms 33.8MB 1457ms 7ms rustc 1.88.0
rust 3.rs 1534ms 41ms 49.8MB 1507ms 17ms rustc 1.88.0
zig 1.zig 2079ms 56ms 49.0MB 2047ms 17ms zig 0.14.1

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 4.rs 123ms 1.4ms 5.6MB 110ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0
rust 5.rs 126ms 1.2ms 5.8MB 117ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0
rust 3.rs 135ms 4.9ms 7.8MB 123ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0
zig 1.zig 152ms 1.7ms 7.0MB 140ms 0ms zig 0.14.1

coro-prime-sieve

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 3-m.rs 527ms 34ms 9.1MB 1957ms 63ms rustc 1.88.0
rust 5-m.rs 700ms 11ms 5.5MB 2660ms 70ms rustc 1.88.0
rust 1-m.rs 942ms 2.5ms 7.1MB 3490ms 197ms rustc 1.88.0
rust 3.rs 1155ms 7.3ms 9.3MB 1120ms 20ms rustc 1.88.0
rust 4.rs 1957ms 2.4ms 6.9MB 1940ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 5-m.rs 54ms 2.3ms 3.1MB 160ms 10ms rustc 1.88.0
rust 3-m.rs 58ms 4.8ms 4.1MB 180ms 10ms rustc 1.88.0
rust 1-m.rs 72ms 0.4ms 3.5MB 233ms 20ms rustc 1.88.0
rust 3.rs 74ms 3.7ms 4.0MB 63ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0
rust 4.rs 119ms 2.9ms 3.1MB 110ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0

edigits

Input: 250001

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 1.rs 121ms 1.6ms 3.6MB 110ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0
rust 2.rs 425ms 1.3ms 3.6MB 413ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0
zig 1.zig 2256ms 12ms 2.5MB 2227ms 17ms zig 0.14.1

Input: 100000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 1.rs 34ms 1.4ms 2.9MB 30ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0
rust 2.rs 78ms 1.8ms 3.0MB 70ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0
zig 1.zig 380ms 2.7ms 1.9MB 363ms 0ms zig 0.14.1

fannkuch-redux

Input: 11

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 3-im.rs 411ms 5.2ms 2.0MB 1570ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0
rust 5-m.rs 551ms 4.1ms 2.0MB 2133ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0
zig 2-m.zig 634ms 3.4ms 1.4MB 2393ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
rust 2-im.rs 672ms 14ms 2.1MB 2573ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0
rust 1-m.rs 940ms 12ms 2.0MB 3637ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0
rust 3-i.rs 1508ms 1.0ms 1.9MB 1500ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0
zig 3-i.zig 1791ms 48ms 1.0MB 1780ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
rust 2-i.rs 2416ms 18ms 1.8MB 2407ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0
zig 1.zig 2728ms 20ms 1.0MB 2720ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
rust 1.rs 2785ms 14ms 1.8MB 2773ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 3-im.rs 38ms 0.1ms 2.0MB 120ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0
rust 5-m.rs 53ms 0.8ms 2.1MB 170ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0
zig 2-m.zig 60ms 0.4ms 1.4MB 200ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
rust 2-im.rs 62ms 0.1ms 2.0MB 203ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0
rust 1-m.rs 84ms 1.5ms 2.1MB 290ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0
rust 3-i.rs 126ms 0.3ms 1.9MB 120ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0
zig 3-i.zig 147ms 0.3ms 1.0MB 140ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
rust 2-i.rs 198ms 0.3ms 1.8MB 190ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0
zig 1.zig 228ms 1.0ms 1.0MB 220ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
rust 1.rs 229ms 3.3ms 1.8MB 223ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0

fasta

Input: 2500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 6.rs 88ms 1.4ms 1.9MB 80ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0
zig 1.zig 88ms 0.6ms 1.0MB 80ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
rust 5c-m.rs 90ms 0.0ms 3.4MB 260ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0
rust 5-m.rs 93ms 0.3ms 3.2MB 287ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0
rust 1c.rs 163ms 1.1ms 1.9MB 153ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0
rust 1.rs 196ms 1.1ms 1.9MB 187ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0

Input: 250000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 10ms 0.1ms 1.0MB 0ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
rust 6.rs 12ms 1.3ms 1.9MB 10ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0
rust 5-m.rs 16ms 0.4ms 3.2MB 27ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0
rust 5c-m.rs 17ms 0.2ms 3.2MB 23ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0
rust 1c.rs 18ms 0.2ms 1.9MB 10ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0
rust 1.rs 22ms 0.1ms 1.9MB 13ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0

http-server

Input: 3000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 2-http2.rs 251ms 18ms 47.9MB 490ms 320ms rustc 1.88.0
rust 1-m.rs 292ms 11ms 80.0MB 183ms 480ms rustc 1.88.0
rust 2-m.rs 367ms 69ms 70.6MB 230ms 817ms rustc 1.88.0
rust 1-http2.rs 575ms 112ms 62.5MB 1397ms 657ms rustc 1.88.0

Input: 500

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 1-m.rs 45ms 3.8ms 15.1MB 17ms 63ms rustc 1.88.0
rust 2-m.rs 77ms 8.3ms 21.0MB 40ms 160ms rustc 1.88.0
rust 1-http2.rs 166ms 59ms 25.4MB 380ms 173ms rustc 1.88.0
rust 2-http2.rs 187ms 53ms 26.0MB 477ms 163ms rustc 1.88.0

json-serde

Input: sample 5000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 5-i.rs 29ms 1.8ms 9.8MB 20ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0
rust 4-i.rs 31ms 1.0ms 7.9MB 20ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0
rust 2.rs 61ms 2.6ms 33.8MB 37ms 10ms rustc 1.88.0
rust 3.rs 63ms 2.9ms 32.0MB 40ms 10ms rustc 1.88.0
rust 1.rs 100ms 2.6ms 67.4MB 63ms 23ms rustc 1.88.0

Input: canada 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 5-i.rs 212ms 1.9ms 53.3MB 187ms 13ms rustc 1.88.0
rust 4-i.rs 260ms 2.6ms 54.3MB 207ms 40ms rustc 1.88.0
rust 2.rs 391ms 4.0ms 237.8MB 293ms 83ms rustc 1.88.0
rust 3.rs 406ms 5.9ms 238.1MB 303ms 90ms rustc 1.88.0
rust 1.rs 688ms 2.7ms 551.8MB 443ms 233ms rustc 1.88.0

knucleotide

Input: 2500000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 8-m.rs 211ms 3.3ms 28.2MB 630ms 10ms rustc 1.88.0
zig 1-m.zig 321ms 1.7ms 67.1MB 853ms 20ms zig 0.14.1
rust 8.rs 428ms 7.2ms 23.8MB 407ms 10ms rustc 1.88.0
zig 1.zig 504ms 4.0ms 27.9MB 480ms 13ms zig 0.14.1

Input: 250000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 8-m.rs 30ms 1.4ms 14.2MB 63ms 7ms rustc 1.88.0
rust 8.rs 57ms 2.1ms 11.4MB 40ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0
zig 1-m.zig 65ms 0.5ms 54.4MB 127ms 37ms zig 0.14.1
zig 1.zig 67ms 2.4ms 15.4MB 50ms 3ms zig 0.14.1

lru

Input: 1000 1000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 36ms 0.2ms 2.8MB 30ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
rust 0-unsafe.rs 36ms 6.0ms 1.8MB 27ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0
rust 1.rs 50ms 10ms 1.9MB 40ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0

Input: 1000 3000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 90ms 0.4ms 2.8MB 80ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
rust 0-unsafe.rs 145ms 6.3ms 1.8MB 137ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0
rust 1.rs 212ms 32ms 1.9MB 203ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0

Input: 100 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 14ms 0.1ms 1.3MB 10ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
rust 0-unsafe.rs 24ms 0.4ms 1.8MB 20ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0
rust 1.rs 30ms 0.9ms 1.8MB 20ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0

merkletrees

Input: 17

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 1.rs 720ms 21ms 33.8MB 697ms 10ms rustc 1.88.0
zig 1.zig 877ms 11ms 41.0MB 850ms 13ms zig 0.14.1

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 1.rs 154ms 3.2ms 9.8MB 143ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0
zig 1.zig 178ms 3.0ms 11.0MB 163ms 0ms zig 0.14.1

nsieve

Input: 12

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 274ms 3.8ms 40.2MB 257ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
rust 2.rs 304ms 3.2ms 6.6MB 293ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0
zig 2.zig 325ms 2.5ms 6.0MB 313ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
rust 1.rs 327ms 7.2ms 40.9MB 313ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 50ms 2.9ms 10.9MB 40ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
rust 1.rs 59ms 2.3ms 11.6MB 50ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0
rust 2.rs 78ms 1.2ms 2.9MB 70ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0
zig 2.zig 81ms 0.8ms 2.3MB 70ms 0ms zig 0.14.1

pidigits

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 1.rs 1528ms 7.9ms 2.7MB 1313ms 197ms rustc 1.88.0
rust 2.rs 1722ms 8.2ms 2.7MB 1643ms 67ms rustc 1.88.0
zig 1.zig 2453ms 3.5ms 2.2MB 2427ms 17ms zig 0.14.1

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 1.rs 321ms 2.4ms 2.4MB 297ms 10ms rustc 1.88.0
rust 2.rs 385ms 5.8ms 2.4MB 373ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0
zig 1.zig 564ms 2.2ms 1.8MB 553ms 0ms zig 0.14.1

regex-redux

Input: 2500000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 7.rs 454ms 7.3ms 78.4MB 463ms 17ms rustc 1.88.0

Input: 250000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 7.rs 64ms 5.1ms 11.6MB 57ms 3ms rustc 1.88.0

secp256k1

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 0.rs 118ms 3.7ms 1.9MB 110ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0
rust 1.rs 1433ms 14ms 1.9MB 1423ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0

Input: 500

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 0.rs 32ms 1.9ms 1.8MB 23ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0
rust 1.rs 366ms 4.2ms 1.9MB 353ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0