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Zig VS Go benchmarks

Current benchmark data was generated on Sat Nov 16 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
zig 1.zig 1720ms 11ms 49.1MB 1690ms 13ms zig 0.13.0
go 1-m.go 2720ms 34ms 46.1MB 5730ms 43ms go 1.23.3
go 1.go 3817ms 45ms 51.5MB 3800ms 0ms tinygo 0.34.0

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 149ms 4.1ms 7.1MB 137ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
go 1-m.go 239ms 2.7ms 8.1MB 393ms 13ms go 1.23.3
go 1.go 248ms 36ms 6.5MB 237ms 3ms tinygo 0.34.0

edigits

Input: 250001

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1.go 120ms 0.7ms 10.2MB 110ms 3ms go 1.23.3
zig 1.zig 2266ms 2.1ms 2.5MB 2237ms 10ms zig 0.13.0

Input: 100000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1.go 36ms 0.8ms 8.2MB 30ms 0ms go 1.23.3
zig 1.zig 384ms 0.9ms 1.9MB 367ms 0ms zig 0.13.0

fannkuch-redux

Input: 11

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2-m.zig 647ms 7.0ms 3.5MB 2430ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
go 3-m.go 722ms 0.7ms 5.6MB 2777ms 0ms go 1.23.3
zig 3-i.zig 1788ms 1.5ms 1.1MB 1780ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
go 3.go 2276ms 4.9ms 50.2MB 2260ms 0ms tinygo 0.34.0
zig 2.zig 2455ms 43ms 1.1MB 2440ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
zig 1.zig 2862ms 0.8ms 1.1MB 2850ms 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 0.3ms 3.6MB 190ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
go 3-m.go 75ms 0.2ms 5.5MB 207ms 0ms go 1.23.3
zig 3-i.zig 149ms 0.0ms 1.3MB 140ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
zig 2.zig 201ms 5.1ms 1.1MB 193ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
zig 1.zig 241ms 0.5ms 1.1MB 230ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
go 3.go 488ms 2.3ms 50.1MB 473ms 0ms tinygo 0.34.0

fasta

Input: 2500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 87ms 0.5ms 1.1MB 80ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
go 3-m.go 127ms 1.8ms 5.4MB 400ms 3ms go 1.23.3

Input: 250000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 11ms 0.7ms 1.1MB 0ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
go 3-m.go 18ms 0.1ms 5.4MB 37ms 0ms go 1.23.3

helloworld

Input: QwQ

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1.go 0.7ms 0.1ms 0.1MB 0ms 0ms tinygo 0.34.0
zig 1.zig 1.0ms 0.0ms 1.3MB 0ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
go 1.go 1.4ms 0.1ms 3.4MB 0ms 0ms go 1.23.3

knucleotide

Input: 2500000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 7-m.go 789ms 4.1ms 41.6MB 2813ms 27ms go 1.23.3
zig 1.zig 801ms 16ms 21.0MB 777ms 10ms zig 0.13.0

Input: 250000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 91ms 1.0ms 7.5MB 77ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
go 7-m.go 143ms 5.6ms 29.1MB 367ms 37ms go 1.23.3

lru

Input: 1000 1000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 34ms 0.7ms 2.9MB 27ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
go 3.go 131ms 3.4ms 3.4MB 123ms 0ms go 1.23.3
go 3.go 133ms 2.8ms 0.3MB 123ms 0ms tinygo 0.34.0

Input: 1000 3000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 95ms 2.2ms 2.9MB 87ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
go 3.go 385ms 6.1ms 3.4MB 377ms 0ms go 1.23.3
go 3.go 391ms 4.4ms 2.1MB 380ms 0ms tinygo 0.34.0

Input: 100 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 15ms 0.2ms 1.4MB 10ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
go 3.go 65ms 0.5ms 0.1MB 53ms 0ms tinygo 0.34.0
go 3.go 69ms 1.3ms 5.5MB 60ms 0ms go 1.23.3

mandelbrot

Input: 5000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 246ms 0.7ms 4.2MB 240ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
go 1.go 2682ms 19ms 7.5MB 2673ms 0ms go 1.23.3
go 1.go 4001ms 11ms 5.6MB 3990ms 0ms tinygo 0.34.0

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 12ms 0.2ms 1.3MB 0ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
go 1.go 115ms 3.4ms 3.4MB 103ms 0ms go 1.23.3
go 1.go 171ms 2.4ms 2.2MB 160ms 0ms tinygo 0.34.0

merkletrees

Input: 17

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 840ms 21ms 41.1MB 813ms 10ms zig 0.13.0
go 1-m.go 1612ms 18ms 36.6MB 3263ms 33ms go 1.23.3
go 2-m.go 1871ms 71ms 43.0MB 3923ms 27ms go 1.23.3
go 1.go 2050ms 9.5ms 52.0MB 2030ms 3ms tinygo 0.34.0
go 2.go 3360ms 7.7ms 90.6MB 3333ms 10ms tinygo 0.34.0

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 168ms 1.1ms 11.1MB 157ms 3ms zig 0.13.0
go 1-m.go 365ms 1.7ms 12.1MB 700ms 27ms go 1.23.3
go 2-m.go 410ms 1.5ms 13.9MB 847ms 13ms go 1.23.3
go 1.go 441ms 5.4ms 13.7MB 430ms 0ms tinygo 0.34.0
go 2.go 669ms 4.4ms 29.0MB 657ms 0ms tinygo 0.34.0

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 263ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
zig 1.zig 314ms 0.9ms 1.3MB 300ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
go 1.go 348ms 4.4ms 0.1MB 337ms 0ms tinygo 0.34.0
go 1.go 362ms 2.1ms 3.4MB 350ms 0ms go 1.23.3

Input: 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2.zig 30ms 1.5ms 1.1MB 20ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
zig 1.zig 34ms 0.6ms 1.3MB 23ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
go 1.go 37ms 1.4ms 2.1MB 30ms 0ms tinygo 0.34.0
go 1.go 40ms 0.4ms 3.4MB 30ms 0ms go 1.23.3

nsieve

Input: 12

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 256ms 0.6ms 40.3MB 240ms 3ms zig 0.13.0
go 1.go 302ms 4.7ms 71.7MB 287ms 3ms go 1.23.3
zig 2.zig 331ms 0.1ms 6.1MB 320ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
go 1.go 361ms 8.8ms 42.8MB 347ms 0ms tinygo 0.34.0
go 2.go 434ms 4.2ms 17.3MB 423ms 0ms tinygo 0.34.0
go 2.go 779ms 0.5ms 21.8MB 763ms 7ms go 1.23.3

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 49ms 1.5ms 11.0MB 40ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
go 1.go 60ms 0.6ms 21.6MB 47ms 0ms go 1.23.3
go 1.go 65ms 2.5ms 13.7MB 53ms 0ms tinygo 0.34.0
zig 2.zig 81ms 0.6ms 2.4MB 70ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
go 2.go 107ms 1.7ms 5.6MB 97ms 0ms tinygo 0.34.0
go 2.go 197ms 2.3ms 7.6MB 180ms 3ms go 1.23.3

pidigits

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 8.go 1125ms 7.4ms 8.4MB 1110ms 3ms go 1.23.3
zig 1.zig 2456ms 3.3ms 2.3MB 2427ms 10ms zig 0.13.0

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 8.go 270ms 2.8ms 8.4MB 253ms 3ms go 1.23.3
zig 1.zig 567ms 4.0ms 1.8MB 557ms 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 473ms 0.3ms 3.8MB 1590ms 7ms zig 0.13.0
zig 2.zig 918ms 5.7ms 1.5MB 903ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
go 4-m.go 1890ms 3.1ms 5.5MB 7367ms 0ms go 1.23.3
go 1.go 3654ms 21ms 5.5MB 3643ms 3ms go 1.23.3
zig 1.zig 3679ms 26ms 1.5MB 3670ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
go 1.go timeout 0.0ms 2.3MB 4990ms 0ms tinygo 0.34.0

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2-m.zig 126ms 0.9ms 3.7MB 267ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
zig 2.zig 232ms 0.2ms 1.4MB 220ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
go 4-m.go 479ms 3.5ms 5.5MB 1820ms 7ms go 1.23.3
zig 1.zig 922ms 1.3ms 1.4MB 910ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
go 1.go 922ms 9.4ms 3.4MB 913ms 0ms go 1.23.3
go 1.go 1392ms 2.1ms 0.4MB 1380ms 0ms tinygo 0.34.0

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2-m.zig 38ms 1.0ms 3.7MB 37ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
zig 2.zig 60ms 0.9ms 1.4MB 50ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
go 4-m.go 126ms 2.3ms 5.4MB 437ms 3ms go 1.23.3
zig 1.zig 234ms 2.0ms 1.4MB 223ms 0ms zig 0.13.0
go 1.go 235ms 4.7ms 3.4MB 227ms 0ms go 1.23.3
go 1.go 350ms 0.2ms 0.3MB 340ms 0ms tinygo 0.34.0