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Zig VS Haxe benchmarks

Current benchmark data was generated on Thu May 01 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
haxe 1.hx 1318ms 6.6ms 144.0MB 1503ms 67ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
zig 1.zig 1721ms 8.7ms 49.0MB 1690ms 17ms zig 0.14.0
haxe 2.hx 4426ms 25ms 495.3MB 5017ms 260ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 48.6MB 5480ms 430ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 2.hx timeout 0.0ms 83.0MB 4927ms 717ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 50.9MB 7453ms 437ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0
haxe 2.hx timeout 0.0ms 130.9MB 7437ms 773ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
haxe 1.hx 87ms 2.0ms 25.6MB 77ms 7ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
zig 1.zig 156ms 0.8ms 7.0MB 147ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
haxe 2.hx 384ms 6.8ms 58.3MB 420ms 27ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 641ms 2.0ms 8.8MB 607ms 47ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 678ms 3.2ms 11.2MB 757ms 47ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0
haxe 2.hx 920ms 11ms 13.6MB 810ms 157ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 2.hx 928ms 4.6ms 25.2MB 907ms 153ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0

edigits

Input: 250001

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 2257ms 3.8ms 2.5MB 2227ms 17ms zig 0.14.0

Input: 100000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 382ms 3.2ms 1.9MB 363ms 3ms zig 0.14.0

fannkuch-redux

Input: 11

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2-m.zig 632ms 6.8ms 1.4MB 2400ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
zig 3-i.zig 1765ms 2.1ms 1.0MB 1757ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
zig 1.zig 2717ms 3.5ms 1.0MB 2707ms 0ms zig 0.14.0

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2-m.zig 60ms 0.7ms 1.4MB 200ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
zig 3-i.zig 147ms 0.2ms 1.0MB 140ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
zig 1.zig 228ms 1.2ms 1.0MB 220ms 0ms zig 0.14.0

fasta

Input: 2500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 88ms 1.7ms 1.0MB 80ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
haxe 1.hx 2392ms 6.6ms 25.8MB 2233ms 233ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 3.2MB 4343ms 883ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 3.5MB 4377ms 877ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0

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 0.14.0
haxe 1.hx 255ms 1.6ms 25.6MB 223ms 27ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 658ms 5.3ms 3.3MB 570ms 107ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 683ms 4.8ms 3.6MB 593ms 117ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0

helloworld

Input: QwQ

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 1.1ms 0.2ms 1.1MB 0ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
haxe 1.hx 1.9ms 0.2ms 2.9MB 0ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 2.5ms 0.2ms 4.4MB 0ms 0ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 3.4ms 0.2ms 2.8MB 0ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0

knucleotide

Input: 2500000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1-m.zig 315ms 1.9ms 67.1MB 830ms 30ms zig 0.14.0
zig 1.zig 504ms 5.3ms 28.1MB 477ms 10ms zig 0.14.0

Input: 250000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1-m.zig 64ms 1.1ms 54.4MB 133ms 27ms zig 0.14.0
zig 1.zig 66ms 1.8ms 15.4MB 50ms 0ms zig 0.14.0

lru

Input: 1000 1000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 35ms 2.4ms 2.8MB 27ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
haxe 1.hx 136ms 3.5ms 20.4MB 123ms 3ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 138ms 2.4ms 3.1MB 127ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 154ms 1.6ms 3.8MB 147ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0

Input: 1000 3000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 91ms 1.2ms 2.8MB 80ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
haxe 1.hx 378ms 5.7ms 25.5MB 367ms 7ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 394ms 1.8ms 3.0MB 383ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 455ms 4.9ms 3.8MB 443ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0

Input: 100 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 16ms 1.2ms 1.3MB 10ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
haxe 1.hx 61ms 0.2ms 12.6MB 47ms 3ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 68ms 1.7ms 3.1MB 60ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 79ms 2.6ms 3.8MB 70ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0

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 0.14.0

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 12ms 0.0ms 1.1MB 10ms 0ms zig 0.14.0

merkletrees

Input: 17

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 858ms 3.7ms 41.0MB 830ms 13ms zig 0.14.0
haxe 1.hx 907ms 2.4ms 95.0MB 997ms 50ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 32.6MB 4920ms 533ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 57.2MB 5820ms 470ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
haxe 1.hx 169ms 2.7ms 26.6MB 167ms 10ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
zig 1.zig 180ms 6.0ms 11.0MB 163ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
haxe 1.hx 1299ms 6.1ms 10.7MB 1237ms 143ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 1319ms 7.8ms 20.4MB 1340ms 123ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0

nbody

Input: 5000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 3.zig 198ms 1.2ms 1.0MB 190ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
zig 2.zig 279ms 0.4ms 1.0MB 270ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
zig 1.zig 315ms 1.0ms 1.1MB 307ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
haxe 2.hx 856ms 3.2ms 3.0MB 847ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 1078ms 12ms 3.1MB 1070ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 3.hx 1411ms 41ms 25.6MB 1543ms 37ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 2.hx 2404ms 5.5ms 3.6MB 2397ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0
haxe 1.hx 2482ms 12ms 3.6MB 2473ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 4.4MB 4990ms 0ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 2.hx timeout 0.0ms 4.5MB 4990ms 0ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 3.hx timeout 0.0ms 3.2MB 3880ms 1650ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 3.hx timeout 0.0ms 3.9MB 4143ms 1347ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0

Input: 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 3.zig 22ms 0.3ms 1.1MB 10ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
zig 2.zig 30ms 0.1ms 1.0MB 20ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
zig 1.zig 34ms 0.6ms 1.1MB 23ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
haxe 2.hx 89ms 1.5ms 3.0MB 80ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 110ms 1.1ms 3.0MB 100ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 3.hx 152ms 0.6ms 25.8MB 147ms 10ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 2.hx 246ms 2.2ms 3.6MB 240ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0
haxe 1.hx 252ms 2.5ms 3.8MB 240ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0
haxe 3.hx 670ms 0.9ms 3.1MB 530ms 200ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 2.hx 677ms 8.5ms 4.4MB 670ms 0ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 3.hx 786ms 4.1ms 3.9MB 643ms 210ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0
haxe 1.hx 809ms 5.4ms 4.4MB 797ms 0ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6

nsieve

Input: 12

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 271ms 2.6ms 40.2MB 250ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
zig 2.zig 328ms 2.4ms 6.0MB 320ms 0ms zig 0.14.0

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 54ms 4.4ms 10.9MB 47ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
zig 2.zig 81ms 0.9ms 2.3MB 70ms 0ms zig 0.14.0

pidigits

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 2466ms 3.3ms 2.2MB 2437ms 13ms zig 0.14.0

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 567ms 2.8ms 1.8MB 553ms 0ms zig 0.14.0

spectral-norm

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 3689ms 4.3ms 1.4MB 3683ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
haxe 1.hx 3903ms 13ms 3.3MB 3887ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 7.0MB 4990ms 0ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 3.8MB 4990ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 923ms 3.3ms 1.3MB 913ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
haxe 1.hx 983ms 1.0ms 3.1MB 970ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 2399ms 1.5ms 6.5MB 2390ms 0ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 3.8MB 4990ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 232ms 0.1ms 1.3MB 220ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
haxe 1.hx 252ms 2.3ms 3.0MB 240ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 603ms 0.9ms 5.4MB 590ms 0ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 2297ms 2.9ms 3.8MB 2287ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0