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Zig VS Dart benchmarks

Current benchmark data was generated on Mon Dec 30 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
dart 1.dart 710ms 3.3ms 80.8MB 687ms 27ms dart/exe 3.6.0
zig 1.zig 1736ms 45ms 49.1MB 1697ms 17ms zig 0.13.0

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
dart 1.dart 79ms 0.8ms 42.6MB 50ms 17ms dart/exe 3.6.0
zig 1.zig 149ms 3.6ms 7.1MB 137ms 0ms zig 0.13.0

edigits

Input: 250001

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 2266ms 2.7ms 2.5MB 2230ms 23ms zig 0.13.0
dart 1.dart 3541ms 8.7ms 17.9MB 3510ms 27ms dart/exe 3.6.0

Input: 100000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 383ms 0.6ms 1.9MB 363ms 3ms zig 0.13.0
dart 1.dart 579ms 6.0ms 10.1MB 560ms 10ms dart/exe 3.6.0

fannkuch-redux

Input: 11

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2-m.zig 653ms 2.8ms 3.5MB 2430ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
zig 3-i.zig 1789ms 1.5ms 1.1MB 1780ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
zig 2.zig 2410ms 17ms 1.1MB 2397ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
dart 2.dart 2754ms 38ms 6.1MB 2743ms 0ms dart/exe 3.6.0
zig 1.zig 2865ms 5.6ms 1.1MB 2853ms 0ms zig 0.13.0

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2-m.zig 63ms 0.4ms 3.5MB 190ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
zig 3-i.zig 149ms 0.3ms 1.1MB 140ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
zig 2.zig 199ms 2.5ms 1.1MB 187ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
dart 2.dart 225ms 2.9ms 6.0MB 213ms 0ms dart/exe 3.6.0
zig 1.zig 239ms 0.4ms 1.1MB 230ms 0ms zig 0.13.0

fasta

Input: 2500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 87ms 0.7ms 1.1MB 80ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
dart 1.dart 360ms 1.4ms 8.6MB 347ms 0ms dart/exe 3.6.0

Input: 250000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 11ms 0.1ms 1.1MB 0ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
dart 1.dart 43ms 1.1ms 8.6MB 30ms 0ms dart/exe 3.6.0

helloworld

Input: QwQ

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 1.1ms 0.2ms 1.3MB 0ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
dart 1.dart 4.3ms 0.2ms 6.1MB 0ms 0ms dart/exe 3.6.0

knucleotide

Input: 2500000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 789ms 4.6ms 21.7MB 760ms 13ms zig 0.13.0
dart 3-m.dart 1081ms 25ms 279.5MB 3193ms 100ms dart/exe 3.6.0

Input: 250000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 90ms 1.9ms 7.3MB 80ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
dart 3-m.dart 218ms 10ms 195.4MB 497ms 73ms dart/exe 3.6.0

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 0.13.0
dart 2.dart 166ms 1.7ms 9.1MB 153ms 3ms dart/exe 3.6.0
dart 1.dart 511ms 2.3ms 9.1MB 490ms 7ms dart/exe 3.6.0

Input: 1000 3000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 97ms 3.9ms 2.9MB 87ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
dart 2.dart 479ms 6.4ms 9.1MB 467ms 0ms dart/exe 3.6.0
dart 1.dart 1517ms 2.0ms 9.1MB 1497ms 10ms dart/exe 3.6.0

Input: 100 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 16ms 0.6ms 1.4MB 10ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
dart 2.dart 77ms 1.3ms 9.1MB 70ms 0ms dart/exe 3.6.0
dart 1.dart 115ms 1.9ms 9.0MB 103ms 0ms dart/exe 3.6.0

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 0.13.0

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 12ms 0.1ms 1.3MB 0ms 0ms zig 0.13.0

merkletrees

Input: 17

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
dart 1.dart 328ms 2.6ms 63.6MB 300ms 27ms dart/exe 3.6.0
zig 1.zig 839ms 12ms 41.1MB 817ms 7ms zig 0.13.0

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
dart 1.dart 87ms 2.1ms 43.8MB 67ms 13ms dart/exe 3.6.0
zig 1.zig 172ms 3.8ms 11.1MB 160ms 0ms zig 0.13.0

nbody

Input: 5000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2.zig 273ms 0.3ms 1.1MB 260ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
zig 1.zig 313ms 1.5ms 1.3MB 300ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
dart 3.dart 408ms 1.4ms 6.3MB 393ms 0ms dart/exe 3.6.0

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 0.13.0
zig 1.zig 34ms 0.4ms 1.3MB 27ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
dart 3.dart 46ms 1.0ms 6.1MB 37ms 0ms dart/exe 3.6.0

nsieve

Input: 12

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 256ms 4.4ms 40.3MB 240ms 3ms zig 0.13.0
zig 2.zig 332ms 1.0ms 6.1MB 320ms 0ms zig 0.13.0

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 54ms 4.2ms 11.0MB 43ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
zig 2.zig 81ms 0.6ms 2.4MB 70ms 0ms zig 0.13.0

pidigits

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
dart 2.dart 1234ms 1.9ms 14.6MB 1203ms 33ms dart/exe 3.6.0
zig 1.zig 2448ms 3.5ms 2.3MB 2420ms 13ms zig 0.13.0

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
dart 2.dart 316ms 3.5ms 14.8MB 297ms 13ms dart/exe 3.6.0
zig 1.zig 567ms 3.3ms 1.8MB 560ms 0ms zig 0.13.0

spectral-norm

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2-m.zig 472ms 1.1ms 3.8MB 1593ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
zig 2.zig 916ms 0.9ms 1.5MB 900ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
zig 1.zig 3661ms 1.6ms 1.5MB 3650ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
dart 1.dart 3755ms 29ms 6.3MB 3740ms 0ms dart/exe 3.6.0
dart 2.dart 4360ms 24ms 6.5MB 4350ms 0ms dart/exe 3.6.0

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2-m.zig 125ms 0.2ms 3.7MB 280ms 3ms zig 0.13.0
zig 2.zig 231ms 2.4ms 1.4MB 220ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
zig 1.zig 918ms 3.2ms 1.4MB 910ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
dart 1.dart 937ms 4.0ms 6.1MB 923ms 0ms dart/exe 3.6.0
dart 2.dart 1091ms 5.2ms 6.4MB 1083ms 0ms dart/exe 3.6.0

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2-m.zig 39ms 1.1ms 3.7MB 30ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
zig 2.zig 59ms 0.6ms 1.4MB 50ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
zig 1.zig 233ms 1.9ms 1.4MB 223ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
dart 1.dart 240ms 3.0ms 6.1MB 233ms 0ms dart/exe 3.6.0
dart 2.dart 278ms 3.3ms 6.3MB 267ms 0ms dart/exe 3.6.0