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Zig VS C# benchmarks

Current benchmark data was generated on Sun Jul 13 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
csharp 1.cs 931ms 8.3ms 181.9MB 933ms 137ms dotnet 9.0.302
csharp 1.cs 942ms 11ms 168.9MB 943ms 137ms dotnet/aot 9.0.302
csharp 1.cs 1685ms 22ms 103.4MB 1870ms 203ms mono 6.12.0
zig 1.zig 1872ms 186ms 49.0MB 1840ms 17ms zig 0.14.1

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
csharp 1.cs 118ms 10ms 31.4MB 80ms 27ms dotnet/aot 9.0.302
csharp 1.cs 141ms 3.1ms 44.2MB 120ms 13ms mono 6.12.0
zig 1.zig 152ms 2.9ms 7.0MB 140ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
csharp 1.cs 191ms 3.1ms 51.1MB 157ms 30ms dotnet 9.0.302

edigits

Input: 250001

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 2260ms 7.9ms 2.5MB 2237ms 10ms zig 0.14.1
csharp 1.cs 4089ms 6.5ms 18.6MB 4063ms 10ms dotnet/aot 9.0.302
csharp 1.cs 4970ms 3.7ms 37.8MB 4943ms 20ms dotnet 9.0.302

Input: 100000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 382ms 1.1ms 1.9MB 367ms 3ms zig 0.14.1
csharp 1.cs 679ms 3.5ms 14.6MB 660ms 3ms dotnet/aot 9.0.302
csharp 1.cs 865ms 3.0ms 33.8MB 843ms 10ms dotnet 9.0.302

fannkuch-redux

Input: 11

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2-m.zig 637ms 8.5ms 1.4MB 2413ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
zig 3-i.zig 1765ms 1.9ms 1.0MB 1757ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
zig 1.zig 2719ms 3.6ms 1.0MB 2710ms 0ms zig 0.14.1

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2-m.zig 60ms 0.6ms 1.4MB 200ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
zig 3-i.zig 147ms 0.3ms 1.0MB 140ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
zig 1.zig 229ms 2.1ms 1.0MB 220ms 0ms zig 0.14.1

fasta

Input: 2500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 88ms 0.8ms 1.0MB 80ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
csharp 5-m.cs 127ms 6.3ms 25.3MB 360ms 83ms dotnet/aot 9.0.302
csharp 5-m.cs 191ms 3.3ms 37.6MB 470ms 120ms dotnet 9.0.302
csharp 5-m.cs 241ms 16ms 47.5MB 667ms 120ms mono 6.12.0

Input: 250000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 11ms 0.8ms 1.0MB 0ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
csharp 5-m.cs 26ms 1.6ms 16.6MB 37ms 17ms dotnet/aot 9.0.302
csharp 5-m.cs 62ms 1.9ms 37.9MB 90ms 13ms dotnet 9.0.302
csharp 5-m.cs 71ms 2.1ms 30.6MB 103ms 20ms mono 6.12.0

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
csharp 1.cs 6.3ms 0.2ms 9.4MB 0ms 0ms dotnet/aot 9.0.302
csharp 1.cs 33ms 1.2ms 21.3MB 20ms 0ms mono 6.12.0
csharp 1.cs 35ms 1.0ms 26.0MB 20ms 8ms dotnet 9.0.302

knucleotide

Input: 2500000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1-m.zig 318ms 0.8ms 67.1MB 840ms 23ms zig 0.14.1
csharp 6-m.cs 459ms 14ms 46.3MB 1217ms 20ms dotnet/aot 9.0.302
zig 1.zig 499ms 2.8ms 28.0MB 477ms 13ms zig 0.14.1
csharp 6-m.cs 748ms 18ms 68.5MB 2110ms 23ms dotnet 9.0.302
csharp 6-m.cs 1011ms 2.7ms 66.6MB 2913ms 20ms mono 6.12.0

Input: 250000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1-m.zig 65ms 1.8ms 54.3MB 133ms 33ms zig 0.14.1
zig 1.zig 66ms 2.2ms 15.4MB 50ms 3ms zig 0.14.1
csharp 6-m.cs 91ms 6.2ms 34.7MB 153ms 13ms dotnet/aot 9.0.302
csharp 6-m.cs 178ms 6.7ms 57.0MB 263ms 30ms dotnet 9.0.302
csharp 6-m.cs 199ms 4.8ms 55.2MB 377ms 20ms mono 6.12.0

lru

Input: 1000 1000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 33ms 1.2ms 2.8MB 27ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
csharp 2.cs 99ms 1.5ms 9.8MB 90ms 0ms dotnet/aot 9.0.302
csharp 2.cs 152ms 4.6ms 23.3MB 140ms 0ms mono 6.12.0
csharp 2.cs 247ms 1.0ms 29.3MB 230ms 10ms dotnet 9.0.302
csharp 1.cs 1041ms 11ms 13.3MB 1020ms 3ms dotnet/aot 9.0.302
csharp 1.cs 1339ms 31ms 32.9MB 1333ms 10ms dotnet 9.0.302
csharp 1.cs 3318ms 30ms 45.6MB 3273ms 33ms mono 6.12.0

Input: 1000 3000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 95ms 1.5ms 2.8MB 87ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
csharp 2.cs 276ms 2.6ms 9.8MB 263ms 0ms dotnet/aot 9.0.302
csharp 2.cs 359ms 6.7ms 22.7MB 347ms 0ms mono 6.12.0
csharp 2.cs 398ms 1.0ms 29.5MB 387ms 3ms dotnet 9.0.302
csharp 1.cs 3104ms 7.7ms 13.1MB 3077ms 13ms dotnet/aot 9.0.302
csharp 1.cs 3707ms 175ms 33.1MB 3690ms 20ms dotnet 9.0.302
csharp 1.cs timeout 0.0ms 41.7MB 4950ms 50ms mono 6.12.0

Input: 100 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 16ms 1.1ms 1.3MB 10ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
csharp 2.cs 53ms 0.2ms 9.8MB 40ms 0ms dotnet/aot 9.0.302
csharp 2.cs 93ms 3.2ms 21.2MB 80ms 0ms mono 6.12.0
csharp 2.cs 164ms 2.8ms 29.4MB 147ms 10ms dotnet 9.0.302
csharp 1.cs 1619ms 6.9ms 32.6MB 1613ms 10ms dotnet 9.0.302
csharp 1.cs 1815ms 7.4ms 29.0MB 1800ms 0ms mono 6.12.0
csharp 1.cs 1835ms 5.8ms 12.9MB 1817ms 3ms dotnet/aot 9.0.302

mandelbrot

Input: 5000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 247ms 0.5ms 4.1MB 240ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
csharp 4.cs 343ms 11ms 37.3MB 320ms 10ms dotnet 9.0.302
csharp 2.cs 518ms 24ms 40.0MB 493ms 17ms dotnet 9.0.302
csharp 1.cs 2040ms 17ms 36.7MB 2020ms 10ms dotnet 9.0.302
csharp 3.cs 2349ms 7.9ms 16.4MB 2337ms 0ms dotnet/aot 9.0.302
csharp 3.cs 2461ms 15ms 36.8MB 2437ms 7ms dotnet 9.0.302
csharp 1.cs 3976ms 72ms 16.4MB 3963ms 0ms dotnet/aot 9.0.302
csharp 1.cs timeout 0.0ms 24.1MB 4983ms 0ms mono 6.12.0

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 12ms 0.2ms 1.1MB 10ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
csharp 4.cs 80ms 3.6ms 34.5MB 60ms 10ms dotnet 9.0.302
csharp 3.cs 106ms 0.9ms 13.5MB 93ms 0ms dotnet/aot 9.0.302
csharp 2.cs 125ms 2.8ms 37.3MB 97ms 10ms dotnet 9.0.302
csharp 1.cs 139ms 3.5ms 33.8MB 120ms 10ms dotnet 9.0.302
csharp 3.cs 168ms 5.2ms 34.0MB 147ms 7ms dotnet 9.0.302
csharp 1.cs 177ms 7.1ms 13.5MB 160ms 0ms dotnet/aot 9.0.302
csharp 1.cs 568ms 2.5ms 23.5MB 553ms 3ms mono 6.12.0

merkletrees

Input: 17

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
csharp 2.cs 526ms 4.9ms 121.3MB 493ms 87ms dotnet/aot 9.0.302
csharp 1.cs 564ms 6.4ms 142.8MB 523ms 117ms dotnet/aot 9.0.302
csharp 2.cs 679ms 6.1ms 137.4MB 627ms 103ms dotnet 9.0.302
csharp 1.cs 711ms 59ms 163.7MB 657ms 127ms dotnet 9.0.302
zig 1.zig 866ms 9.9ms 41.0MB 833ms 17ms zig 0.14.1
csharp 1.cs 1278ms 6.5ms 140.5MB 1483ms 150ms mono 6.12.0

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
csharp 2.cs 133ms 7.7ms 56.9MB 103ms 33ms dotnet/aot 9.0.302
csharp 1.cs 154ms 2.2ms 73.2MB 117ms 47ms dotnet/aot 9.0.302
zig 1.zig 175ms 2.1ms 11.0MB 160ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
csharp 2.cs 257ms 2.2ms 76.0MB 230ms 33ms dotnet 9.0.302
csharp 1.cs 265ms 3.1ms 69.4MB 233ms 40ms mono 6.12.0
csharp 1.cs 278ms 5.2ms 90.1MB 253ms 50ms dotnet 9.0.302

nbody

Input: 5000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 3.zig 198ms 1.1ms 1.0MB 190ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
zig 2.zig 280ms 0.5ms 1.0MB 270ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
zig 1.zig 315ms 0.8ms 1.1MB 303ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
csharp 9.cs 368ms 4.8ms 27.9MB 340ms 7ms dotnet 9.0.302
csharp 8.cs 372ms 3.5ms 9.9MB 357ms 0ms dotnet/aot 9.0.302
csharp 8.cs 419ms 3.4ms 27.9MB 403ms 7ms dotnet 9.0.302
csharp 8.cs 1250ms 3.2ms 22.1MB 1233ms 0ms mono 6.12.0

Input: 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 3.zig 22ms 0.3ms 1.0MB 10ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
zig 2.zig 30ms 0.1ms 1.0MB 20ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
zig 1.zig 34ms 0.6ms 1.1MB 30ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
csharp 8.cs 46ms 1.1ms 9.9MB 40ms 0ms dotnet/aot 9.0.302
csharp 9.cs 91ms 0.6ms 28.3MB 73ms 7ms dotnet 9.0.302
csharp 8.cs 97ms 3.8ms 27.6MB 80ms 7ms dotnet 9.0.302
csharp 8.cs 165ms 0.7ms 22.6MB 150ms 0ms mono 6.12.0

nsieve

Input: 12

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 270ms 5.1ms 40.2MB 257ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
csharp 1.cs 304ms 6.0ms 78.7MB 283ms 7ms dotnet/aot 9.0.302
zig 2.zig 330ms 3.2ms 6.0MB 320ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
csharp 1.cs 356ms 7.3ms 96.2MB 327ms 13ms dotnet 9.0.302
csharp 2.cs 400ms 5.0ms 35.6MB 380ms 10ms dotnet 9.0.302
csharp 2.cs 425ms 2.7ms 17.6MB 410ms 0ms dotnet/aot 9.0.302
csharp 1.cs 543ms 7.6ms 84.0MB 520ms 10ms mono 6.12.0
csharp 2.cs 1857ms 2.8ms 27.5MB 1840ms 0ms mono 6.12.0

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 52ms 2.0ms 10.9MB 40ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
csharp 1.cs 65ms 1.6ms 24.7MB 50ms 0ms dotnet/aot 9.0.302
zig 2.zig 80ms 1.1ms 2.3MB 70ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
csharp 1.cs 101ms 2.5ms 42.5MB 83ms 3ms dotnet 9.0.302
csharp 2.cs 106ms 0.6ms 12.0MB 97ms 0ms dotnet/aot 9.0.302
csharp 2.cs 131ms 4.7ms 29.9MB 110ms 10ms dotnet 9.0.302
csharp 1.cs 143ms 1.4ms 38.2MB 130ms 0ms mono 6.12.0
csharp 2.cs 480ms 0.7ms 21.1MB 463ms 0ms mono 6.12.0

pidigits

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 2450ms 12ms 2.2MB 2420ms 17ms zig 0.14.1
csharp 1.cs 3220ms 22ms 14.0MB 3130ms 93ms dotnet/aot 9.0.302
csharp 1.cs 3571ms 43ms 38.0MB 3593ms 117ms dotnet 9.0.302

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 569ms 4.0ms 1.8MB 560ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
csharp 1.cs 753ms 1.0ms 13.3MB 720ms 27ms dotnet/aot 9.0.302
csharp 1.cs 993ms 5.8ms 37.9MB 1077ms 40ms dotnet 9.0.302

spectral-norm

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
csharp 3-m.cs 1869ms 0.3ms 10.3MB 7317ms 7ms dotnet/aot 9.0.302
csharp 3-m.cs 1921ms 2.8ms 30.3MB 7360ms 10ms dotnet 9.0.302
zig 1.zig 3686ms 3.7ms 1.4MB 3677ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
csharp 3-m.cs 4724ms 142ms 25.7MB 18023ms 13ms mono 6.12.0

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
csharp 3-m.cs 494ms 15ms 10.5MB 1790ms 3ms dotnet/aot 9.0.302
csharp 3-m.cs 536ms 5.0ms 30.0MB 1870ms 10ms dotnet 9.0.302
zig 1.zig 925ms 2.6ms 1.3MB 917ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
csharp 3-m.cs 1202ms 28ms 25.4MB 4503ms 10ms mono 6.12.0

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
csharp 3-m.cs 128ms 0.7ms 10.3MB 450ms 3ms dotnet/aot 9.0.302
csharp 3-m.cs 179ms 3.7ms 28.5MB 503ms 10ms dotnet 9.0.302
zig 1.zig 235ms 0.4ms 1.3MB 230ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
csharp 3-m.cs 352ms 12ms 25.4MB 1193ms 10ms mono 6.12.0