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Zig VS C benchmarks

Current benchmark data was generated on Mon Oct 03 2022, 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 2047ms 16ms 49.2MB 2020ms 10ms zig 0.10.0-dev.4213+91b05ad47

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 175ms 1.3ms 7.1MB 160ms 0ms zig 0.10.0-dev.4213+91b05ad47

edigits

Input: 250001

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 3830ms 2.0ms 2.7MB 3800ms 13ms zig 0.10.0-dev.4213+91b05ad47

Input: 100000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 636ms 0.7ms 2.1MB 613ms 7ms zig 0.10.0-dev.4213+91b05ad47

fannkuch-redux

Input: 11

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2-m.zig 1322ms 17ms 0.7MB 2570ms 0ms zig 0.10.0-dev.4213+91b05ad47
zig 3-i.zig 1563ms 0.9ms 0.6MB 1550ms 0ms zig 0.10.0-dev.4213+91b05ad47
zig 2.zig 2503ms 2.0ms 0.6MB 2490ms 0ms zig 0.10.0-dev.4213+91b05ad47
zig 1.zig 3421ms 7.9ms 0.6MB 3410ms 0ms zig 0.10.0-dev.4213+91b05ad47

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2-m.zig 123ms 1.6ms 0.7MB 220ms 0ms zig 0.10.0-dev.4213+91b05ad47
zig 3-i.zig 132ms 0.4ms 0.6MB 120ms 0ms zig 0.10.0-dev.4213+91b05ad47
zig 2.zig 212ms 1.5ms 0.6MB 200ms 0ms zig 0.10.0-dev.4213+91b05ad47
zig 1.zig 285ms 1.0ms 0.6MB 273ms 0ms zig 0.10.0-dev.4213+91b05ad47

fasta

Input: 2500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 157ms 3.1ms 0.6MB 140ms 0ms zig 0.10.0-dev.4213+91b05ad47

Input: 250000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 18ms 0.3ms 0.6MB 10ms 0ms zig 0.10.0-dev.4213+91b05ad47

helloworld

Input: QwQ

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 1.c 1.9ms 0.7ms 1.0MB 0ms 0ms gcc 12.2.0
zig 1.zig 2.0ms 0.7ms 0.6MB 0ms 0ms zig 0.10.0-dev.4213+91b05ad47
c 1.c 2.4ms 0.7ms 0.6MB 0ms 0ms zigcc 0.10.0-dev.4213+91b05ad47
c 1.c 2.8ms 0.9ms 1.1MB 0ms 0ms clang 11.0.0

json-serde

Input: sample 5000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 113ms 0.8ms 12.0MB 97ms 0ms zig 0.10.0-dev.4213+91b05ad47

Input: canada 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 685ms 0.2ms 81.0MB 640ms 27ms zig 0.10.0-dev.4213+91b05ad47

knucleotide

Input: 2500000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 1-m.c 248ms 6.8ms 23.5MB 417ms 0ms gcc 12.2.0
c 1-m.c 556ms 87ms 20.2MB 833ms 20ms clang 11.0.0
zig 1.zig 1230ms 5.9ms 21.7MB 1200ms 13ms zig 0.10.0-dev.4213+91b05ad47

Input: 250000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
c 1.c 33ms 2.0ms 12.7MB 43ms 0ms gcc 12.2.0
c 1.c 65ms 7.2ms 9.7MB 90ms 0ms clang 11.0.0
zig 1.zig 136ms 1.3ms 9.2MB 120ms 0ms zig 0.10.0-dev.4213+91b05ad47

lru

Input: 1000 1000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 44ms 0.5ms 2.9MB 33ms 0ms zig 0.10.0-dev.4213+91b05ad47

Input: 1000 3000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 127ms 3.7ms 2.8MB 117ms 0ms zig 0.10.0-dev.4213+91b05ad47

Input: 100 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 21ms 0.6ms 1.6MB 10ms 0ms zig 0.10.0-dev.4213+91b05ad47

mandelbrot

Input: 5000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 422ms 0.6ms 4.3MB 410ms 0ms zig 0.10.0-dev.4213+91b05ad47

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 20ms 0.6ms 0.6MB 10ms 0ms zig 0.10.0-dev.4213+91b05ad47

merkletrees

Input: 17

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 1031ms 8.8ms 41.2MB 1007ms 7ms zig 0.10.0-dev.4213+91b05ad47

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 209ms 1.6ms 11.2MB 190ms 0ms zig 0.10.0-dev.4213+91b05ad47

nbody

Input: 5000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2.zig 302ms 0.2ms 0.7MB 290ms 0ms zig 0.10.0-dev.4213+91b05ad47
c 8-i.c 308ms 0.4ms 0.6MB 300ms 0ms zigcc 0.10.0-dev.4213+91b05ad47
c 5.c 320ms 0.4ms 1.0MB 310ms 0ms gcc 12.2.0
c 5.c 330ms 2.3ms 0.6MB 320ms 0ms zigcc 0.10.0-dev.4213+91b05ad47
c 2.c 337ms 0.0ms 0.6MB 330ms 0ms zigcc 0.10.0-dev.4213+91b05ad47
c 8-i.c 348ms 3.3ms 1.1MB 333ms 0ms clang 11.0.0
c 8-i.c 365ms 0.7ms 0.9MB 357ms 0ms gcc 12.2.0
zig 1.zig 368ms 3.6ms 0.7MB 357ms 0ms zig 0.10.0-dev.4213+91b05ad47
c 5.c 370ms 1.6ms 1.1MB 360ms 0ms clang 11.0.0
c 2.c 408ms 0.6ms 1.1MB 400ms 0ms clang 11.0.0
c 2.c 625ms 0.5ms 0.9MB 613ms 0ms gcc 12.2.0

Input: 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2.zig 33ms 0.4ms 0.7MB 23ms 0ms zig 0.10.0-dev.4213+91b05ad47
c 8-i.c 33ms 0.4ms 0.6MB 20ms 0ms zigcc 0.10.0-dev.4213+91b05ad47
c 5.c 35ms 0.4ms 1.0MB 30ms 0ms gcc 12.2.0
c 5.c 35ms 0.6ms 0.6MB 23ms 0ms zigcc 0.10.0-dev.4213+91b05ad47
c 2.c 36ms 0.5ms 0.6MB 30ms 0ms zigcc 0.10.0-dev.4213+91b05ad47
c 8-i.c 39ms 1.5ms 1.1MB 27ms 0ms clang 11.0.0
c 8-i.c 39ms 0.6ms 0.9MB 30ms 0ms gcc 12.2.0
zig 1.zig 39ms 1.1ms 0.7MB 30ms 0ms zig 0.10.0-dev.4213+91b05ad47
c 5.c 41ms 2.4ms 1.1MB 30ms 0ms clang 11.0.0
c 2.c 43ms 0.3ms 1.1MB 33ms 0ms clang 11.0.0
c 2.c 65ms 0.5ms 1.0MB 53ms 0ms gcc 12.2.0

nsieve

Input: 12

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2.zig 422ms 1.6ms 6.1MB 410ms 0ms zig 0.10.0-dev.4213+91b05ad47
c 1.c 650ms 12ms 41.1MB 620ms 17ms gcc 12.2.0
c 1.c 662ms 5.3ms 40.2MB 633ms 13ms zigcc 0.10.0-dev.4213+91b05ad47
c 1.c 736ms 9.4ms 41.0MB 697ms 13ms clang 11.0.0

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2.zig 94ms 0.5ms 2.5MB 87ms 0ms zig 0.10.0-dev.4213+91b05ad47
c 1.c 119ms 3.3ms 11.6MB 107ms 0ms clang 11.0.0
c 1.c 119ms 0.8ms 10.9MB 103ms 0ms zigcc 0.10.0-dev.4213+91b05ad47
c 1.c 122ms 5.9ms 11.7MB 110ms 0ms gcc 12.2.0

pidigits

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 2198ms 1.2ms 2.4MB 2177ms 7ms zig 0.10.0-dev.4213+91b05ad47

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 497ms 3.6ms 2.0MB 480ms 0ms zig 0.10.0-dev.4213+91b05ad47

spectral-norm

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2-m.zig 1066ms 3.0ms 1.8MB 2053ms 0ms zig 0.10.0-dev.4213+91b05ad47
c 4-m.c 1429ms 39ms 1.0MB 2740ms 0ms gcc 12.2.0
c 6-im.c 1589ms 17ms 1.0MB 3113ms 3ms gcc 12.2.0
c 6-im.c 1731ms 10.0ms 3.2MB 3390ms 0ms clang 11.0.0
c 4-m.c 1751ms 13ms 2.9MB 3413ms 7ms clang 11.0.0
c 5-im.c 1849ms 7.8ms 1.0MB 3633ms 0ms gcc 12.2.0
c 5-im.c 2037ms 18ms 3.2MB 3997ms 0ms clang 11.0.0
zig 2.zig 2063ms 2.2ms 1.6MB 2050ms 0ms zig 0.10.0-dev.4213+91b05ad47
c 3-m.c 2203ms 0.8ms 0.9MB 4330ms 0ms gcc 12.2.0
c 3-m.c 2211ms 7.3ms 2.9MB 4340ms 3ms clang 11.0.0
zig 1.zig 4578ms 0.9ms 1.6MB 4567ms 0ms zig 0.10.0-dev.4213+91b05ad47

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2-m.zig 277ms 0.8ms 0.7MB 507ms 0ms zig 0.10.0-dev.4213+91b05ad47
c 4-m.c 361ms 2.5ms 1.0MB 687ms 0ms gcc 12.2.0
c 6-im.c 405ms 0.6ms 0.9MB 777ms 0ms gcc 12.2.0
c 6-im.c 446ms 3.1ms 3.1MB 853ms 0ms clang 11.0.0
c 4-m.c 446ms 2.0ms 3.0MB 850ms 0ms clang 11.0.0
c 5-im.c 471ms 0.6ms 1.0MB 910ms 0ms gcc 12.2.0
zig 2.zig 519ms 2.7ms 0.7MB 510ms 0ms zig 0.10.0-dev.4213+91b05ad47
c 5-im.c 520ms 2.2ms 3.1MB 1000ms 0ms clang 11.0.0
c 3-m.c 569ms 14ms 1.0MB 1090ms 0ms gcc 12.2.0
c 3-m.c 574ms 11ms 3.0MB 1093ms 0ms clang 11.0.0
zig 1.zig 1148ms 1.1ms 0.7MB 1133ms 0ms zig 0.10.0-dev.4213+91b05ad47

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2-m.zig 78ms 3.8ms 0.8MB 120ms 0ms zig 0.10.0-dev.4213+91b05ad47
c 4-m.c 97ms 0.8ms 1.0MB 170ms 0ms gcc 12.2.0
c 6-im.c 110ms 2.4ms 1.0MB 193ms 0ms gcc 12.2.0
c 6-im.c 118ms 0.7ms 3.1MB 210ms 0ms clang 11.0.0
c 4-m.c 120ms 0.8ms 3.1MB 210ms 0ms clang 11.0.0
c 5-im.c 129ms 2.7ms 2.9MB 230ms 0ms gcc 12.2.0
zig 2.zig 132ms 0.3ms 0.7MB 120ms 0ms zig 0.10.0-dev.4213+91b05ad47
c 5-im.c 143ms 5.6ms 3.1MB 253ms 0ms clang 11.0.0
c 3-m.c 150ms 1.0ms 1.0MB 280ms 0ms gcc 12.2.0
c 3-m.c 152ms 1.8ms 2.9MB 270ms 0ms clang 11.0.0
zig 1.zig 289ms 0.1ms 0.7MB 280ms 0ms zig 0.10.0-dev.4213+91b05ad47