Programming Language and compiler
Benchmarks

Zig VS C++ benchmarks

Current benchmark data was generated on Fri May 20 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 timeout 0.0ms 0.0MB 0ms 0ms zig 0.10.0

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 3043ms 18ms 8.0MB 2350ms 657ms zig 0.10.0

edigits

Input: 250001

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 4173ms 2.8ms 1.1MB 3853ms 303ms zig 0.10.0

Input: 100000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 729ms 1.2ms 0.5MB 637ms 77ms zig 0.10.0

fannkuch-redux

Input: 11

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
cpp 1-im.cpp 757ms 0.8ms 1.0MB 1457ms 0ms g++ 12.1.0
cpp 1-im.cpp 774ms 8.3ms 3.6MB 1503ms 0ms clang++ 11.0.0
zig 2-m.zig 1201ms 3.4ms 0.0MB 2350ms 0ms zig 0.10.0
zig 2.zig 2680ms 2.2ms 0.0MB 2670ms 0ms zig 0.10.0
zig 1.zig 3444ms 4.2ms 0.1MB 3430ms 0ms zig 0.10.0

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
cpp 1-im.cpp 72ms 0.6ms 1.0MB 123ms 0ms g++ 12.1.0
cpp 1-im.cpp 73ms 0.8ms 3.6MB 123ms 0ms clang++ 11.0.0
zig 2-m.zig 113ms 0.3ms 0.0MB 197ms 0ms zig 0.10.0
zig 2.zig 232ms 1.8ms 0.0MB 220ms 0ms zig 0.10.0
zig 1.zig 290ms 2.1ms 0.1MB 280ms 0ms zig 0.10.0

fasta

Input: 2500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 155ms 0.1ms 0.0MB 150ms 0ms zig 0.10.0

Input: 250000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 18ms 0.3ms 0.0MB 10ms 0ms zig 0.10.0

helloworld

Input: QwQ

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
cpp 1.cpp 2.0ms 0.6ms 0.9MB 0ms 0ms g++ 12.1.0
zig 1.zig 2.1ms 1.0ms 0.0MB 0ms 0ms zig 0.10.0
cpp 1.cpp 2.5ms 1.0ms 1.1MB 0ms 0ms clang++ 11.0.0

lru

Input: 1000 1000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 47ms 1.7ms 1.6MB 37ms 0ms zig 0.10.0

Input: 1000 3000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 132ms 0.3ms 1.6MB 120ms 0ms zig 0.10.0

Input: 100 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 23ms 1.7ms 0.3MB 10ms 0ms zig 0.10.0

mandelbrot

Input: 5000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 429ms 0.2ms 3.1MB 420ms 0ms zig 0.10.0

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 20ms 1.5ms 0.0MB 10ms 0ms zig 0.10.0

merkletrees

Input: 17

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig timeout 0.0ms 0.0MB 0ms 0ms zig 0.10.0

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig timeout 0.0ms 0.0MB 0ms 0ms zig 0.10.0

nbody

Input: 5000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
cpp 0-i.cpp 225ms 0.3ms 0.9MB 213ms 0ms g++ 12.1.0
cpp 0-i.cpp 258ms 0.6ms 1.1MB 247ms 0ms clang++ 11.0.0
zig 2.zig 303ms 0.6ms 0.0MB 290ms 0ms zig 0.10.0
cpp 1.cpp 339ms 0.4ms 0.9MB 330ms 0ms g++ 12.1.0
zig 1.zig 377ms 3.5ms 0.0MB 367ms 0ms zig 0.10.0
cpp 1.cpp 386ms 2.5ms 1.1MB 373ms 0ms clang++ 11.0.0

Input: 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
cpp 0-i.cpp 26ms 0.4ms 1.0MB 17ms 0ms g++ 12.1.0
cpp 0-i.cpp 29ms 0.6ms 1.1MB 20ms 0ms clang++ 11.0.0
zig 2.zig 33ms 1.6ms 0.0MB 20ms 0ms zig 0.10.0
cpp 1.cpp 36ms 0.7ms 0.9MB 23ms 0ms g++ 12.1.0
zig 1.zig 40ms 0.6ms 0.0MB 30ms 0ms zig 0.10.0
cpp 1.cpp 41ms 0.2ms 1.1MB 30ms 0ms clang++ 11.0.0

nsieve

Input: 12

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
cpp 1.cpp 422ms 5.1ms 7.4MB 403ms 0ms clang++ 11.0.0
zig 2.zig 423ms 0.2ms 4.9MB 410ms 0ms zig 0.10.0
cpp 1.cpp 648ms 1.2ms 7.7MB 637ms 0ms g++ 12.1.0
zig 1.zig 687ms 54ms 39.1MB 657ms 17ms zig 0.10.0

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
cpp 1.cpp 94ms 0.2ms 3.7MB 83ms 0ms clang++ 11.0.0
zig 2.zig 95ms 1.2ms 1.1MB 87ms 0ms zig 0.10.0
zig 1.zig 118ms 1.4ms 9.6MB 103ms 0ms zig 0.10.0
cpp 1.cpp 154ms 0.6ms 4.0MB 147ms 0ms g++ 12.1.0

pidigits

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig timeout 0.0ms 0.0MB 0ms 0ms zig 0.10.0

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 2699ms 13ms 0.4MB 980ms 1700ms zig 0.10.0

spectral-norm

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
cpp 8-m.cpp 1060ms 0.4ms 3.1MB 2070ms 0ms clang++ 11.0.0
cpp 7-m.cpp 1061ms 0.7ms 3.2MB 2073ms 0ms clang++ 11.0.0
cpp 8-m.cpp 1066ms 2.3ms 1.0MB 2083ms 0ms g++ 12.1.0
cpp 7-m.cpp 1067ms 1.7ms 0.9MB 2093ms 0ms g++ 12.1.0
zig 2-m.zig 1070ms 4.8ms 0.3MB 2047ms 0ms zig 0.10.0
zig 2.zig 2064ms 3.4ms 0.0MB 2050ms 0ms zig 0.10.0
cpp 6-im.cpp 2241ms 10.0ms 1.0MB 4400ms 0ms g++ 12.1.0
cpp 6-im.cpp 2242ms 13ms 3.2MB 4400ms 3ms clang++ 11.0.0
zig 1.zig 4576ms 0.2ms 0.1MB 4560ms 0ms zig 0.10.0

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
cpp 8-m.cpp 275ms 0.5ms 3.2MB 517ms 0ms clang++ 11.0.0
cpp 8-m.cpp 277ms 1.3ms 1.0MB 523ms 0ms g++ 12.1.0
cpp 7-m.cpp 277ms 1.7ms 3.2MB 520ms 0ms clang++ 11.0.0
zig 2-m.zig 278ms 2.3ms 0.2MB 510ms 0ms zig 0.10.0
cpp 7-m.cpp 279ms 2.1ms 1.0MB 527ms 0ms g++ 12.1.0
zig 2.zig 517ms 0.8ms 0.0MB 507ms 0ms zig 0.10.0
cpp 6-im.cpp 569ms 0.4ms 3.1MB 1097ms 0ms clang++ 11.0.0
cpp 6-im.cpp 571ms 3.0ms 1.0MB 1100ms 0ms g++ 12.1.0
zig 1.zig 1146ms 0.6ms 0.1MB 1133ms 0ms zig 0.10.0

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
cpp 8-m.cpp 76ms 0.5ms 3.3MB 130ms 0ms clang++ 11.0.0
cpp 7-m.cpp 77ms 1.9ms 3.2MB 130ms 0ms clang++ 11.0.0
zig 2-m.zig 77ms 1.5ms 0.2MB 123ms 0ms zig 0.10.0
cpp 8-m.cpp 78ms 3.3ms 1.0MB 133ms 0ms g++ 12.1.0
cpp 7-m.cpp 78ms 2.7ms 1.0MB 130ms 0ms g++ 12.1.0
zig 2.zig 131ms 2.0ms 0.0MB 120ms 0ms zig 0.10.0
cpp 6-im.cpp 151ms 1.3ms 1.0MB 280ms 0ms g++ 12.1.0
cpp 6-im.cpp 151ms 1.5ms 3.1MB 273ms 0ms clang++ 11.0.0
zig 1.zig 289ms 1.4ms 0.1MB 280ms 0ms zig 0.10.0