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Zig VS Haxe benchmarks

Current benchmark data was generated on Sat Jan 28 2023, full log can be found HERE

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[x86_64][2 cores] Intel(R) Xeon(R) Platinum 8370C CPU @ 2.80GHz (Model 106)

* -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 1664ms 24ms 146.0MB 1903ms 83ms haxe/cpp 4.2.5
zig 1.zig 2472ms 47ms 49.1MB 2443ms 13ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1479+97b1a9bb6
haxe 2.hx 4554ms 27ms 497.1MB 5670ms 267ms haxe/cpp 4.2.5
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 48.6MB 4713ms 267ms haxe/hl/c 4.2.5
haxe 2.hx timeout 0.0ms 83.0MB 4397ms 587ms haxe/hl/c 4.2.5
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 49.0MB 4723ms 257ms haxe/hl/jit 1.13.0
haxe 2.hx timeout 0.0ms 130.3MB 4463ms 517ms haxe/hl/jit 1.13.0

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
haxe 1.hx 110ms 5.1ms 27.7MB 103ms 3ms haxe/cpp 4.2.5
zig 1.zig 187ms 2.1ms 7.1MB 173ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1479+97b1a9bb6
haxe 2.hx 416ms 5.7ms 60.4MB 453ms 27ms haxe/cpp 4.2.5
haxe 1.hx 782ms 2.8ms 8.6MB 747ms 17ms haxe/hl/c 4.2.5
haxe 1.hx 932ms 15ms 11.1MB 883ms 30ms haxe/hl/jit 1.13.0
haxe 2.hx 1153ms 13ms 13.4MB 1010ms 120ms haxe/hl/c 4.2.5
haxe 2.hx 1294ms 5.6ms 25.0MB 1167ms 110ms haxe/hl/jit 1.13.0

edigits

Input: 250001

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 3837ms 6.8ms 2.5MB 3807ms 13ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1479+97b1a9bb6

Input: 100000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 635ms 0.5ms 2.0MB 610ms 10ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1479+97b1a9bb6

fannkuch-redux

Input: 11

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2-m.zig 1309ms 14ms 1.1MB 2527ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1479+97b1a9bb6
zig 3-i.zig 1555ms 2.2ms 1.0MB 1550ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1479+97b1a9bb6
zig 2.zig 2527ms 0.9ms 1.0MB 2517ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1479+97b1a9bb6
zig 1.zig 3491ms 11ms 0.9MB 3473ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1479+97b1a9bb6

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2-m.zig 121ms 3.8ms 1.1MB 210ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1479+97b1a9bb6
zig 3-i.zig 131ms 0.2ms 1.0MB 120ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1479+97b1a9bb6
zig 2.zig 219ms 0.2ms 1.0MB 210ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1479+97b1a9bb6
zig 1.zig 290ms 3.7ms 1.0MB 277ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1479+97b1a9bb6

fasta

Input: 2500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 157ms 3.1ms 1.0MB 147ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1479+97b1a9bb6
haxe 1.hx 3417ms 46ms 27.6MB 3310ms 237ms haxe/cpp 4.2.5
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 3.4MB 4647ms 337ms haxe/hl/c 4.2.5
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 3.8MB 4703ms 273ms haxe/hl/jit 1.13.0

Input: 250000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 18ms 0.7ms 1.0MB 10ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1479+97b1a9bb6
haxe 1.hx 356ms 2.1ms 27.5MB 330ms 20ms haxe/cpp 4.2.5
haxe 1.hx 780ms 0.7ms 3.2MB 727ms 40ms haxe/hl/c 4.2.5
haxe 1.hx 830ms 0.2ms 3.7MB 770ms 40ms haxe/hl/jit 1.13.0

helloworld

Input: QwQ

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 1.7ms 0.7ms 1.0MB 0ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1479+97b1a9bb6
haxe 1.hx 2.0ms 0.6ms 2.3MB 0ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.2.5
haxe 1.hx 2.8ms 0.7ms 3.2MB 0ms 0ms haxe/cpp 4.2.5
haxe 1.hx 4.5ms 0.7ms 2.9MB 0ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.13.0

json-serde

Input: sample 5000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 124ms 2.7ms 14.4MB 107ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1479+97b1a9bb6

Input: canada 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 725ms 6.2ms 75.1MB 677ms 30ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1479+97b1a9bb6

knucleotide

Input: 2500000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 1177ms 15ms 25.7MB 1147ms 13ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1479+97b1a9bb6

Input: 250000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 130ms 0.1ms 7.5MB 117ms 3ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1479+97b1a9bb6

lru

Input: 1000 1000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 45ms 1.7ms 2.8MB 37ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1479+97b1a9bb6
haxe 1.hx 184ms 2.9ms 22.4MB 167ms 3ms haxe/cpp 4.2.5
haxe 1.hx 195ms 1.3ms 2.8MB 183ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.2.5
haxe 1.hx 237ms 2.6ms 3.7MB 223ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.13.0

Input: 1000 3000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 128ms 0.5ms 2.7MB 120ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1479+97b1a9bb6
haxe 1.hx 524ms 6.4ms 27.5MB 513ms 3ms haxe/cpp 4.2.5
haxe 1.hx 577ms 10ms 2.9MB 563ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.2.5
haxe 1.hx 692ms 1.0ms 3.7MB 680ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.13.0

Input: 100 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 21ms 0.6ms 1.0MB 10ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1479+97b1a9bb6
haxe 1.hx 85ms 0.3ms 14.1MB 67ms 3ms haxe/cpp 4.2.5
haxe 1.hx 97ms 3.5ms 2.9MB 83ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.2.5
haxe 1.hx 119ms 2.9ms 3.7MB 110ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.13.0

mandelbrot

Input: 5000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 429ms 1.3ms 4.1MB 417ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1479+97b1a9bb6

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 21ms 1.1ms 1.0MB 10ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1479+97b1a9bb6

merkletrees

Input: 17

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
haxe 1.hx 1106ms 10ms 96.9MB 1260ms 43ms haxe/cpp 4.2.5
zig 1.zig 1254ms 52ms 41.1MB 1230ms 3ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1479+97b1a9bb6
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 32.6MB 4567ms 417ms haxe/hl/c 4.2.5
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 54.5MB 4650ms 330ms haxe/hl/jit 1.13.0

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
haxe 1.hx 207ms 6.3ms 28.7MB 200ms 3ms haxe/cpp 4.2.5
zig 1.zig 229ms 7.2ms 11.0MB 210ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1479+97b1a9bb6
haxe 1.hx 1515ms 3.4ms 10.9MB 1390ms 103ms haxe/hl/c 4.2.5
haxe 1.hx 1682ms 5.2ms 20.2MB 1557ms 113ms haxe/hl/jit 1.13.0

nbody

Input: 5000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2.zig 303ms 0.0ms 1.0MB 290ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1479+97b1a9bb6
zig 1.zig 370ms 1.0ms 1.1MB 360ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1479+97b1a9bb6
haxe 2.hx 994ms 40ms 2.3MB 980ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.2.5
haxe 1.hx 1247ms 2.7ms 2.3MB 1233ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.2.5
haxe 3.hx 1406ms 28ms 27.6MB 1567ms 33ms haxe/cpp 4.2.5
haxe 2.hx 2363ms 105ms 3.3MB 2347ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.13.0
haxe 1.hx 2512ms 18ms 3.2MB 2500ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.13.0
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 3.2MB 4990ms 0ms haxe/cpp 4.2.5
haxe 2.hx timeout 0.0ms 3.3MB 4987ms 0ms haxe/cpp 4.2.5
haxe 3.hx timeout 0.0ms 3.3MB 4527ms 457ms haxe/hl/c 4.2.5
haxe 3.hx timeout 0.0ms 3.7MB 4650ms 333ms haxe/hl/jit 1.13.0

Input: 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2.zig 34ms 1.3ms 1.0MB 20ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1479+97b1a9bb6
zig 1.zig 40ms 0.4ms 1.1MB 30ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1479+97b1a9bb6
haxe 2.hx 104ms 3.2ms 2.3MB 93ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.2.5
haxe 1.hx 135ms 7.0ms 2.3MB 127ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.2.5
haxe 3.hx 162ms 6.8ms 27.7MB 163ms 10ms haxe/cpp 4.2.5
haxe 2.hx 240ms 3.7ms 3.3MB 230ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.13.0
haxe 1.hx 272ms 6.7ms 3.2MB 257ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.13.0
haxe 3.hx 640ms 11ms 3.2MB 577ms 47ms haxe/hl/c 4.2.5
haxe 3.hx 777ms 5.9ms 3.7MB 703ms 53ms haxe/hl/jit 1.13.0
haxe 2.hx 852ms 0.5ms 3.2MB 840ms 0ms haxe/cpp 4.2.5
haxe 1.hx 1045ms 1.8ms 3.2MB 1033ms 0ms haxe/cpp 4.2.5

nsieve

Input: 12

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2.zig 432ms 1.8ms 6.0MB 420ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1479+97b1a9bb6
zig 1.zig 1184ms 219ms 40.2MB 1150ms 13ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1479+97b1a9bb6

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2.zig 96ms 0.3ms 2.3MB 90ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1479+97b1a9bb6
zig 1.zig 144ms 9.1ms 11.0MB 130ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1479+97b1a9bb6

pidigits

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 2315ms 1.3ms 2.3MB 2283ms 13ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1479+97b1a9bb6

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 519ms 0.2ms 1.8MB 507ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1479+97b1a9bb6

spectral-norm

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2-m.zig 1077ms 4.0ms 1.2MB 2070ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1479+97b1a9bb6
zig 2.zig 2063ms 0.5ms 1.1MB 2050ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1479+97b1a9bb6
zig 1.zig 4583ms 1.2ms 1.1MB 4570ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1479+97b1a9bb6
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 6.9MB 4983ms 0ms haxe/cpp 4.2.5
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 3.0MB 4990ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.2.5
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 3.7MB 4990ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.13.0

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2-m.zig 281ms 0.8ms 1.2MB 507ms 3ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1479+97b1a9bb6
zig 2.zig 518ms 0.4ms 1.0MB 510ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1479+97b1a9bb6
zig 1.zig 1153ms 2.0ms 1.0MB 1140ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1479+97b1a9bb6
haxe 1.hx 1304ms 0.9ms 3.1MB 1297ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.2.5
haxe 1.hx 2338ms 1.4ms 6.7MB 2327ms 0ms haxe/cpp 4.2.5
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 3.6MB 4987ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.13.0

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2-m.zig 79ms 0.2ms 1.2MB 130ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1479+97b1a9bb6
zig 2.zig 132ms 0.2ms 1.0MB 120ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1479+97b1a9bb6
zig 1.zig 293ms 0.5ms 1.0MB 280ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1479+97b1a9bb6
haxe 1.hx 330ms 0.8ms 2.8MB 317ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.2.5
haxe 1.hx 589ms 0.5ms 5.3MB 573ms 0ms haxe/cpp 4.2.5
haxe 1.hx 3427ms 6.5ms 3.6MB 3410ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.13.0