Zig VS D benchmarks

Current benchmark data was generated on Thu Feb 01 2024, 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
d 1.d 1779ms 2.9ms 312.5MB 1747ms 33ms ldc2 1.36.0
zig 1.zig 1782ms 14ms 49.1MB 1747ms 17ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
d 1.d 2563ms 15ms 314.0MB 2717ms 53ms dmd 2.106.1

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
d 1.d 163ms 0.8ms 208.7MB 133ms 13ms ldc2 1.36.0
zig 1.zig 176ms 52ms 7.1MB 163ms 0ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
d 1.d 224ms 4.1ms 210.7MB 193ms 13ms dmd 2.106.1

edigits

Input: 250001

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 2265ms 7.1ms 2.5MB 2237ms 13ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
d 1.d 2528ms 1.4ms 8.0MB 2513ms 3ms ldc2 1.36.0
d 1.d 2873ms 6.8ms 10.0MB 2863ms 3ms dmd 2.106.1

Input: 100000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 381ms 1.2ms 1.9MB 367ms 0ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
d 1.d 438ms 1.2ms 8.1MB 427ms 0ms ldc2 1.36.0
d 1.d 523ms 0.9ms 10.0MB 520ms 0ms dmd 2.106.1

fannkuch-redux

Input: 11

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
d 1-im.d 377ms 1.3ms 5.1MB 1410ms 0ms ldc2 1.36.0
zig 2-m.zig 639ms 6.1ms 3.5MB 2410ms 0ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
d 2-im.d 1098ms 3.6ms 5.1MB 4300ms 0ms ldc2 1.36.0
d 1-i.d 1487ms 3.8ms 2.9MB 1477ms 0ms ldc2 1.36.0
zig 3-i.zig 1769ms 3.5ms 1.1MB 1760ms 0ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
zig 2.zig 1999ms 9.9ms 1.1MB 1990ms 0ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
zig 1.zig 2839ms 2.3ms 1.1MB 2830ms 0ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
d 1.d 3201ms 46ms 2.8MB 3190ms 0ms ldc2 1.36.0
d 2-i.d 3209ms 2.9ms 2.9MB 3197ms 0ms ldc2 1.36.0
d 1.d 3516ms 4.8ms 4.5MB 3507ms 0ms dmd 2.106.1
d 1-im.d 4227ms 21ms 6.7MB 16463ms 7ms dmd 2.106.1
d 1-i.d timeout 0.0ms 4.4MB 4990ms 0ms dmd 2.106.1
d 2-i.d timeout 0.0ms 4.4MB 4990ms 0ms dmd 2.106.1
d 2-im.d timeout 0.0ms 8.7MB 19663ms 10ms dmd 2.106.1

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
d 1-im.d 39ms 1.4ms 5.2MB 107ms 0ms ldc2 1.36.0
zig 2-m.zig 63ms 0.3ms 3.6MB 203ms 0ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
d 2-im.d 96ms 1.8ms 6.9MB 343ms 0ms ldc2 1.36.0
d 1-i.d 124ms 0.1ms 2.8MB 110ms 0ms ldc2 1.36.0
zig 3-i.zig 148ms 0.3ms 1.1MB 140ms 0ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
zig 2.zig 167ms 0.7ms 1.1MB 160ms 0ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
zig 1.zig 248ms 13ms 1.1MB 237ms 0ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
d 2-i.d 265ms 0.5ms 2.9MB 250ms 0ms ldc2 1.36.0
d 1.d 267ms 3.3ms 2.8MB 253ms 0ms ldc2 1.36.0
d 1.d 296ms 1.6ms 4.5MB 290ms 0ms dmd 2.106.1
d 1-im.d 367ms 18ms 8.7MB 1340ms 0ms dmd 2.106.1
d 2-im.d 526ms 7.6ms 8.6MB 2000ms 0ms dmd 2.106.1
d 1-i.d 858ms 2.1ms 4.6MB 847ms 0ms dmd 2.106.1
d 2-i.d 1373ms 13ms 4.4MB 1357ms 0ms dmd 2.106.1

fasta

Input: 2500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 87ms 0.8ms 1.3MB 73ms 0ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
d 1.d 194ms 1.3ms 33.3MB 177ms 3ms ldc2 1.36.0
d 1.d 612ms 2.2ms 38.6MB 590ms 7ms dmd 2.106.1

Input: 250000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 11ms 0.8ms 1.3MB 0ms 0ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
d 1.d 25ms 1.1ms 10.3MB 20ms 0ms ldc2 1.36.0
d 1.d 65ms 0.2ms 12.3MB 57ms 0ms dmd 2.106.1

helloworld

Input: QwQ

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 1.0ms 0.0ms 1.3MB 0ms 0ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
d 1.d 1.7ms 0.1ms 3.0MB 0ms 0ms ldc2 1.36.0
d 1.d 2.2ms 0.1ms 4.9MB 0ms 0ms dmd 2.106.1

knucleotide

Input: 2500000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
d 1-m.d 685ms 10ms 52.1MB 2280ms 13ms ldc2 1.36.0
zig 1.zig 771ms 2.9ms 20.4MB 750ms 7ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
d 1-m.d 1894ms 13ms 54.0MB 5653ms 17ms dmd 2.106.1

Input: 250000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
d 1-m.d 88ms 3.2ms 39.2MB 237ms 7ms ldc2 1.36.0
zig 1.zig 90ms 2.1ms 7.0MB 80ms 0ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
d 1-m.d 196ms 5.4ms 41.5MB 583ms 13ms dmd 2.106.1

lru

Input: 1000 1000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 36ms 2.0ms 2.9MB 27ms 0ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
d 1.d 130ms 1.5ms 5.8MB 120ms 3ms ldc2 1.36.0
d 1.d 175ms 2.6ms 7.8MB 160ms 7ms dmd 2.106.1

Input: 1000 3000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 98ms 0.8ms 2.9MB 90ms 0ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
d 1.d 373ms 2.0ms 4.1MB 360ms 13ms ldc2 1.36.0
d 1.d 508ms 1.6ms 7.8MB 497ms 10ms dmd 2.106.1

Input: 100 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 17ms 1.4ms 1.4MB 10ms 0ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
d 1.d 57ms 1.4ms 5.8MB 50ms 0ms ldc2 1.36.0
d 1.d 81ms 0.6ms 7.8MB 77ms 0ms dmd 2.106.1

mandelbrot

Input: 5000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 247ms 1.0ms 4.2MB 237ms 0ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
d 1.d 322ms 1.3ms 7.4MB 310ms 0ms ldc2 1.36.0
d 1.d 2117ms 11ms 9.0MB 2103ms 0ms dmd 2.106.1

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 13ms 2.0ms 1.3MB 0ms 0ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
d 1.d 16ms 0.3ms 3.0MB 10ms 0ms ldc2 1.36.0
d 1.d 97ms 11ms 4.4MB 87ms 0ms dmd 2.106.1

merkletrees

Input: 17

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 867ms 9.1ms 41.1MB 840ms 10ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
d 1.d 976ms 4.9ms 312.5MB 930ms 43ms ldc2 1.36.0
d 1.d 1649ms 16ms 314.4MB 1770ms 37ms dmd 2.106.1

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 176ms 3.9ms 11.1MB 163ms 0ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
d 1.d 205ms 2.4ms 312.7MB 163ms 27ms ldc2 1.36.0
d 1.d 322ms 2.9ms 314.4MB 293ms 17ms dmd 2.106.1

nbody

Input: 5000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2.zig 276ms 0.5ms 1.1MB 267ms 0ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
zig 1.zig 314ms 0.6ms 1.3MB 310ms 0ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
d 2.d 359ms 0.7ms 2.9MB 350ms 0ms ldc2 1.36.0
d 1.d 361ms 0.8ms 2.9MB 350ms 0ms ldc2 1.36.0
d 1.d 673ms 1.2ms 4.4MB 660ms 0ms dmd 2.106.1
d 2.d 2011ms 6.9ms 4.5MB 2000ms 0ms dmd 2.106.1

Input: 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2.zig 29ms 0.0ms 1.1MB 20ms 0ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
zig 1.zig 33ms 0.3ms 1.3MB 23ms 0ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
d 1.d 39ms 0.6ms 2.9MB 30ms 0ms ldc2 1.36.0
d 2.d 39ms 0.4ms 2.9MB 27ms 0ms ldc2 1.36.0
d 1.d 71ms 1.0ms 4.5MB 60ms 0ms dmd 2.106.1
d 2.d 206ms 3.5ms 4.4MB 193ms 0ms dmd 2.106.1

nsieve

Input: 12

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 273ms 3.3ms 40.3MB 257ms 0ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
d 1.d 315ms 1.5ms 43.8MB 300ms 3ms ldc2 1.36.0
zig 2.zig 335ms 1.6ms 6.1MB 323ms 0ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
d 1.d 340ms 4.4ms 77.1MB 320ms 7ms dmd 2.106.1
d 2.d 812ms 0.6ms 47.7MB 787ms 10ms ldc2 1.36.0
d 2.d 1117ms 1.8ms 49.3MB 1093ms 7ms dmd 2.106.1

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 55ms 1.5ms 11.0MB 47ms 0ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
d 1.d 65ms 0.3ms 13.8MB 53ms 0ms ldc2 1.36.0
d 1.d 73ms 2.1ms 23.8MB 63ms 0ms dmd 2.106.1
zig 2.zig 82ms 1.3ms 2.4MB 70ms 0ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
d 2.d 202ms 0.7ms 15.7MB 183ms 3ms ldc2 1.36.0
d 2.d 280ms 1.1ms 17.4MB 267ms 3ms dmd 2.106.1

pidigits

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
d 1.d 2398ms 6.8ms 8.1MB 2340ms 393ms ldc2 1.36.0
zig 1.zig 2449ms 3.4ms 2.3MB 2423ms 10ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
d 1.d 4263ms 7.9ms 10.1MB 4213ms 427ms dmd 2.106.1

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 567ms 2.5ms 1.8MB 557ms 0ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
d 1.d 578ms 1.2ms 8.0MB 550ms 97ms ldc2 1.36.0
d 1.d 1015ms 2.9ms 10.0MB 1003ms 87ms dmd 2.106.1

spectral-norm

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2-m.zig 475ms 1.1ms 3.8MB 1780ms 7ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
zig 2.zig 917ms 2.4ms 1.5MB 910ms 0ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
d 1.d 3582ms 3.5ms 3.9MB 3567ms 0ms ldc2 1.36.0
d 1.d 3609ms 12ms 5.8MB 3600ms 0ms dmd 2.106.1
zig 1.zig 3668ms 10ms 1.4MB 3657ms 0ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2-m.zig 126ms 0.3ms 3.7MB 427ms 7ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
zig 2.zig 230ms 0.9ms 1.4MB 220ms 0ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
d 1.d 897ms 1.0ms 3.5MB 880ms 0ms ldc2 1.36.0
d 1.d 907ms 1.8ms 5.3MB 900ms 0ms dmd 2.106.1
zig 1.zig 920ms 1.8ms 1.3MB 910ms 0ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2-m.zig 38ms 0.0ms 3.7MB 97ms 3ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
zig 2.zig 60ms 1.0ms 1.4MB 50ms 0ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
d 1.d 229ms 0.4ms 3.1MB 217ms 0ms ldc2 1.36.0
zig 1.zig 232ms 1.1ms 1.3MB 223ms 0ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
d 1.d 232ms 2.4ms 5.0MB 223ms 0ms dmd 2.106.1