Programming Language and compiler
Benchmarks

Zig VS D benchmarks

Current benchmark data was generated on Wed May 25 2022, full log can be found HERE

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[x86_64][2 cores] Intel(R) Xeon(R) Platinum 8272CL CPU @ 2.60GHz (Model 85)

* -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 3653ms 27ms 75.1MB 3940ms 20ms ldc2 1.29.0
d 1.d timeout 0.0ms 0.0MB 0ms 0ms dmd 2.100.0
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
d 1.d 300ms 2.5ms 15.1MB 290ms 0ms ldc2 1.29.0
d 1.d 469ms 8.4ms 16.3MB 457ms 3ms dmd 2.100.0
zig 1.zig 3757ms 23ms 8.0MB 3033ms 690ms zig 0.10.0

edigits

Input: 250001

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
d 1.d timeout 0.0ms 0.0MB 0ms 0ms dmd 2.100.0
d 1.d timeout 0.0ms 0.0MB 0ms 0ms ldc2 1.29.0
zig 1.zig timeout 0.0ms 0.0MB 0ms 0ms zig 0.10.0

Input: 100000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
d 1.d 894ms 50ms 6.8MB 883ms 0ms ldc2 1.29.0
zig 1.zig 907ms 1.0ms 0.5MB 813ms 77ms zig 0.10.0
d 1.d 1088ms 0.6ms 8.0MB 1073ms 0ms dmd 2.100.0

fannkuch-redux

Input: 11

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2-m.zig 1127ms 11ms 0.0MB 2177ms 0ms zig 0.10.0
zig 2.zig 2403ms 4.4ms 0.0MB 2387ms 3ms zig 0.10.0
zig 1.zig 3174ms 228ms 0.1MB 3163ms 0ms zig 0.10.0

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2-m.zig 99ms 0.3ms 0.0MB 170ms 0ms zig 0.10.0
zig 2.zig 197ms 14ms 0.0MB 183ms 0ms zig 0.10.0
zig 1.zig 269ms 8.6ms 0.1MB 257ms 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 138ms 0.7ms 0.0MB 120ms 0ms zig 0.10.0

Input: 250000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 16ms 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
zig 1.zig 1.8ms 0.8ms 0.1MB 0ms 0ms zig 0.10.0
d 1.d 2.7ms 0.6ms 4.0MB 0ms 0ms dmd 2.100.0
d 1.d 3.3ms 1.9ms 3.0MB 0ms 0ms ldc2 1.29.0

lru

Input: 1000 1000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 50ms 0.3ms 1.6MB 40ms 0ms zig 0.10.0
d 1.d 180ms 2.8ms 4.0MB 170ms 0ms ldc2 1.29.0
d 1.d 255ms 0.3ms 4.9MB 240ms 0ms dmd 2.100.0

Input: 1000 3000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 145ms 2.9ms 1.6MB 133ms 0ms zig 0.10.0
d 1.d 527ms 4.1ms 4.1MB 520ms 0ms ldc2 1.29.0
d 1.d 744ms 1.9ms 4.8MB 737ms 0ms dmd 2.100.0

Input: 100 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 24ms 0.2ms 0.0MB 10ms 0ms zig 0.10.0
d 1.d 76ms 1.8ms 3.8MB 60ms 0ms ldc2 1.29.0
d 1.d 111ms 0.9ms 5.2MB 100ms 0ms dmd 2.100.0

mandelbrot

Input: 5000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 349ms 20ms 3.1MB 337ms 0ms zig 0.10.0

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 17ms 1.0ms 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
d 1.d 1813ms 8.3ms 74.9MB 1880ms 23ms ldc2 1.29.0
d 1.d 2891ms 117ms 153.4MB 3213ms 47ms dmd 2.100.0
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
d 1.d 352ms 1.3ms 39.0MB 327ms 13ms ldc2 1.29.0
d 1.d 577ms 23ms 39.9MB 630ms 3ms dmd 2.100.0
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
zig 2.zig 255ms 2.2ms 0.0MB 240ms 0ms zig 0.10.0
zig 1.zig 383ms 3.0ms 0.0MB 370ms 0ms zig 0.10.0
d 1.d 463ms 9.0ms 1.2MB 450ms 0ms ldc2 1.29.0
d 2.d 487ms 1.8ms 1.2MB 473ms 0ms ldc2 1.29.0
d 1.d 1093ms 2.5ms 1.9MB 1080ms 0ms dmd 2.100.0
d 2.d 2903ms 0.8ms 2.0MB 2890ms 0ms dmd 2.100.0

Input: 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2.zig 29ms 2.9ms 0.0MB 20ms 0ms zig 0.10.0
zig 1.zig 41ms 1.0ms 0.0MB 30ms 0ms zig 0.10.0
d 1.d 51ms 0.7ms 1.2MB 40ms 0ms ldc2 1.29.0
d 2.d 52ms 0.3ms 1.2MB 40ms 0ms ldc2 1.29.0
d 1.d 127ms 0.4ms 2.0MB 120ms 0ms dmd 2.100.0
d 2.d 260ms 0.6ms 1.9MB 250ms 0ms dmd 2.100.0

nsieve

Input: 12

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2.zig 378ms 1.9ms 4.9MB 367ms 0ms zig 0.10.0
d 2.d 868ms 1.3ms 48.8MB 837ms 13ms ldc2 1.29.0
zig 1.zig 1136ms 42ms 39.1MB 1107ms 13ms zig 0.10.0
d 1.d 1293ms 6.4ms 44.0MB 1260ms 13ms ldc2 1.29.0
d 1.d 1304ms 41ms 75.1MB 1273ms 13ms dmd 2.100.0
d 2.d 1728ms 2.6ms 49.2MB 1700ms 13ms dmd 2.100.0

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2.zig 82ms 4.7ms 1.1MB 70ms 0ms zig 0.10.0
zig 1.zig 119ms 7.8ms 9.6MB 103ms 0ms zig 0.10.0
d 1.d 124ms 3.7ms 14.2MB 113ms 0ms ldc2 1.29.0
d 1.d 145ms 1.6ms 23.6MB 127ms 3ms dmd 2.100.0
d 2.d 205ms 0.2ms 15.2MB 187ms 3ms ldc2 1.29.0
d 2.d 430ms 0.4ms 15.9MB 410ms 7ms dmd 2.100.0

pidigits

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
d 1.d 3485ms 3.3ms 7.8MB 3513ms 30ms ldc2 1.29.0
d 1.d timeout 0.0ms 0.0MB 0ms 0ms dmd 2.100.0
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
d 1.d 833ms 2.2ms 8.0MB 830ms 0ms ldc2 1.29.0
d 1.d 1380ms 91ms 8.8MB 1380ms 0ms dmd 2.100.0
zig 1.zig 2845ms 10ms 0.4MB 1060ms 1770ms zig 0.10.0

spectral-norm

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2-m.zig 893ms 1.7ms 0.3MB 1660ms 0ms zig 0.10.0
zig 2.zig 1660ms 114ms 0.0MB 1650ms 0ms zig 0.10.0
zig 1.zig 3381ms 16ms 0.1MB 3370ms 0ms zig 0.10.0
d 1.d 3889ms 1.5ms 3.8MB 3877ms 0ms ldc2 1.29.0
d 1.d 4416ms 24ms 4.6MB 4400ms 0ms dmd 2.100.0

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2-m.zig 230ms 1.2ms 0.2MB 410ms 0ms zig 0.10.0
zig 2.zig 420ms 28ms 0.0MB 413ms 0ms zig 0.10.0
zig 1.zig 850ms 1.6ms 0.1MB 840ms 0ms zig 0.10.0
d 1.d 977ms 1.0ms 3.6MB 963ms 0ms ldc2 1.29.0
d 1.d 1104ms 0.1ms 4.5MB 1093ms 0ms dmd 2.100.0

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2-m.zig 65ms 2.2ms 0.2MB 93ms 0ms zig 0.10.0
zig 2.zig 100ms 0.4ms 0.0MB 90ms 0ms zig 0.10.0
zig 1.zig 226ms 22ms 0.1MB 213ms 0ms zig 0.10.0
d 1.d 248ms 1.6ms 3.2MB 233ms 0ms ldc2 1.29.0
d 1.d 281ms 1.1ms 3.9MB 270ms 0ms dmd 2.100.0