Programming Language and compiler
Benchmarks

V VS C benchmarks

Current benchmark data was generated on Sun Jun 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.)

binarytrees

Input: 18

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
v 1.v 775ms 3.4ms 22.2MB 760ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.4.10
v 1.v 2160ms 14ms 2086.6MB 1263ms 880ms v/clang 0.4.10

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
v 1.v 70ms 1.1ms 4.6MB 60ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.4.10
v 1.v 206ms 5.6ms 197.9MB 120ms 73ms v/clang 0.4.10

coro-prime-sieve

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
v 1.v timeout 0.0ms 18.1MB 8343ms 10870ms v/clang 0.4.10
v 1.v timeout 0.0ms 18.9MB 8547ms 10677ms v/clang+gc 0.4.10

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
v 1-m.v 1401ms 28ms 9.8MB 2270ms 3003ms v/clang 0.4.10
v 1-m.v 1467ms 100ms 10.4MB 2407ms 3117ms v/clang+gc 0.4.10

edigits

Input: 250001

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
v 1.v timeout 0.0ms 8.3MB 4990ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.4.10

Input: 100000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
v 1.v timeout 0.0ms 4.8MB 4990ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.4.10

fannkuch-redux

Input: 11

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
v 1.v 2198ms 7.2ms 1.9MB 2187ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.4.10
v 1.v 2294ms 1.6ms 1.1MB 2283ms 0ms v/clang 0.4.10

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
v 1.v 187ms 1.9ms 1.9MB 180ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.4.10
v 1.v 194ms 1.9ms 1.1MB 187ms 0ms v/clang 0.4.10

fasta

Input: 2500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
v 1.v 503ms 4.3ms 1.3MB 493ms 0ms v/clang 0.4.10
v 1.v 522ms 1.0ms 2.1MB 510ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.4.10

Input: 250000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
v 1.v 52ms 0.5ms 1.3MB 43ms 0ms v/clang 0.4.10
v 1.v 56ms 2.0ms 2.1MB 50ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.4.10

helloworld

Input: QwQ

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
v 1.v 1.0ms 0.0ms 1.4MB 0ms 0ms v/clang 0.4.10
c 1.c 1.0ms 0.0ms 1.4MB 0ms 0ms zigcc 0.14.1
c 1.c 1.2ms 0.0ms 2.1MB 0ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 1.c 1.2ms 0.0ms 2.1MB 0ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
v 1.v 1.3ms 0.0ms 1.9MB 0ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.4.10

lru

Input: 1000 1000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
v 1.v 243ms 6.1ms 1.3MB 233ms 0ms v/clang 0.4.10
v 1.v 256ms 1.5ms 2.1MB 250ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.4.10

Input: 1000 3000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
v 1.v 717ms 0.9ms 1.3MB 710ms 0ms v/clang 0.4.10
v 1.v 768ms 2.8ms 2.1MB 760ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.4.10

Input: 100 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
v 1.v 90ms 2.6ms 1.5MB 80ms 0ms v/clang 0.4.10
v 1.v 103ms 2.0ms 2.1MB 93ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.4.10

nbody

Input: 5000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 8-i.c 270ms 3.2ms 1.5MB 263ms 0ms zigcc 0.14.1
c 8-i.c 303ms 3.1ms 2.1MB 293ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 2.c 309ms 1.0ms 2.3MB 300ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
v 1.v 310ms 1.3ms 1.6MB 300ms 0ms v/clang 0.4.10
v 1.v 311ms 1.1ms 2.3MB 300ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.4.10
c 2.c 313ms 2.0ms 1.5MB 303ms 0ms zigcc 0.14.1
c 5.c 313ms 1.2ms 2.3MB 307ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 5.c 315ms 1.6ms 1.5MB 307ms 0ms zigcc 0.14.1
c 5.c 315ms 1.6ms 2.1MB 310ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 2.c 322ms 4.3ms 2.1MB 317ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 8-i.c 337ms 1.0ms 2.3MB 330ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0

Input: 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 8-i.c 29ms 0.6ms 1.5MB 20ms 0ms zigcc 0.14.1
c 8-i.c 33ms 0.2ms 2.1MB 20ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 2.c 33ms 0.3ms 1.5MB 30ms 0ms zigcc 0.14.1
c 5.c 33ms 0.3ms 2.3MB 30ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
v 1.v 33ms 0.6ms 1.6MB 27ms 0ms v/clang 0.4.10
v 1.v 34ms 0.5ms 2.3MB 30ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.4.10
c 5.c 34ms 0.4ms 1.5MB 27ms 0ms zigcc 0.14.1
c 2.c 34ms 0.9ms 2.3MB 27ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 5.c 34ms 1.0ms 2.1MB 30ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 2.c 34ms 0.7ms 2.1MB 30ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 8-i.c 35ms 0.1ms 2.3MB 30ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0

nsieve

Input: 12

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 1.c 261ms 9.0ms 40.9MB 243ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 1.c 271ms 2.2ms 41.0MB 257ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 1.c 285ms 5.2ms 40.3MB 270ms 0ms zigcc 0.14.1
v 1.v 304ms 5.3ms 40.3MB 283ms 0ms v/clang 0.4.10
v 1.v 320ms 3.2ms 41.2MB 307ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.4.10
v 2.v 330ms 2.8ms 6.7MB 320ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.4.10
v 2.v 332ms 2.3ms 6.1MB 320ms 0ms v/clang 0.4.10

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 1.c 53ms 3.0ms 11.7MB 40ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 1.c 55ms 2.4ms 11.6MB 43ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 1.c 58ms 2.2ms 11.0MB 47ms 0ms zigcc 0.14.1
v 1.v 62ms 3.3ms 11.9MB 53ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.4.10
v 1.v 65ms 1.9ms 11.0MB 57ms 0ms v/clang 0.4.10
v 2.v 82ms 1.2ms 2.4MB 73ms 0ms v/clang 0.4.10
v 2.v 82ms 1.3ms 3.1MB 70ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.4.10

pidigits

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
v 2.v 3198ms 26ms 3.4MB 3177ms 7ms v/clang+gc 0.4.10

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
v 2.v 782ms 13ms 2.6MB 770ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.4.10

regex-redux

Input: 2500000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
v 1.v timeout 0.0ms 83.1MB 4980ms 3ms v/clang+gc 0.4.10

Input: 250000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
v 1.v 3500ms 102ms 34.2MB 3487ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.4.10

spectral-norm

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 3-m.c 736ms 1.2ms 2.0MB 2897ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 6-im.c 951ms 0.7ms 2.0MB 3743ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 4-m.c 999ms 19ms 2.0MB 3907ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 6-im.c 1002ms 3.9ms 3.3MB 3943ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 4-m.c 1132ms 22ms 3.4MB 4423ms 7ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 5-im.c 1142ms 1.9ms 2.0MB 4507ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 5-im.c 1330ms 4.1ms 3.3MB 5240ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 3-m.c 1830ms 5.6ms 3.3MB 7220ms 10ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
v 1.v timeout 0.0ms 1.6MB 4990ms 0ms v/clang 0.4.10
v 1.v timeout 0.0ms 2.8MB 4990ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.4.10

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 3-m.c 193ms 1.4ms 2.0MB 737ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 6-im.c 247ms 2.2ms 2.0MB 943ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 4-m.c 258ms 0.8ms 2.0MB 990ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 6-im.c 259ms 2.3ms 3.3MB 983ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 4-m.c 290ms 4.2ms 3.1MB 1107ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 5-im.c 303ms 19ms 2.0MB 1153ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 5-im.c 341ms 2.7ms 3.4MB 1310ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 3-m.c 476ms 17ms 3.3MB 1823ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
v 1.v 1285ms 5.0ms 1.5MB 1277ms 0ms v/clang 0.4.10
v 1.v 1330ms 15ms 2.5MB 1320ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.4.10

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 3-m.c 55ms 1.1ms 2.0MB 193ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 6-im.c 70ms 0.8ms 3.3MB 250ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 4-m.c 72ms 0.8ms 2.1MB 260ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 6-im.c 72ms 6.7ms 2.0MB 257ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 4-m.c 78ms 0.4ms 3.1MB 280ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 5-im.c 81ms 0.6ms 2.0MB 297ms 0ms gcc 15.1.0
c 5-im.c 92ms 0.5ms 3.3MB 330ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
c 3-m.c 123ms 2.1ms 3.4MB 453ms 0ms clang 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
v 1.v 326ms 1.3ms 1.5MB 320ms 0ms v/clang 0.4.10
v 1.v 332ms 2.2ms 2.5MB 323ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.4.10