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Zig VS Haxe benchmarks

Current benchmark data was generated on Tue Mar 25 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 1335ms 6.0ms 144.0MB 1527ms 77ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
zig 1.zig 1906ms 32ms 49.0MB 1873ms 17ms zig 0.14.0
haxe 2.hx 4499ms 74ms 495.1MB 5100ms 253ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 48.6MB 5677ms 400ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 2.hx timeout 0.0ms 83.0MB 5143ms 663ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 50.6MB 7870ms 427ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0
haxe 2.hx timeout 0.0ms 131.0MB 7410ms 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 91ms 0.6ms 25.6MB 83ms 10ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
zig 1.zig 153ms 1.1ms 7.0MB 140ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
haxe 2.hx 404ms 2.0ms 58.3MB 440ms 30ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 645ms 1.8ms 8.8MB 620ms 40ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 682ms 5.5ms 11.2MB 740ms 63ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0
haxe 2.hx 935ms 9.3ms 13.6MB 807ms 173ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 2.hx 1121ms 11ms 25.0MB 1130ms 173ms 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 2275ms 0.2ms 2.5MB 2243ms 17ms zig 0.14.0

Input: 100000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 384ms 2.2ms 1.9MB 370ms 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 637ms 0.7ms 1.4MB 2403ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
zig 3-i.zig 1766ms 4.1ms 1.0MB 1753ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
zig 1.zig 2713ms 3.8ms 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 0.8ms 1.4MB 200ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
zig 3-i.zig 148ms 0.2ms 1.0MB 140ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
zig 1.zig 230ms 0.3ms 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 1.2ms 1.0MB 80ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
haxe 1.hx 2412ms 14ms 25.5MB 2307ms 240ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 3.2MB 4323ms 897ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 3.6MB 4360ms 887ms 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 259ms 1.1ms 25.6MB 227ms 33ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 672ms 0.9ms 3.3MB 560ms 130ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 681ms 2.0ms 3.9MB 603ms 100ms 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 1.0ms 0.0ms 1.1MB 0ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
haxe 1.hx 2.0ms 0.3ms 2.9MB 0ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 2.5ms 0.2ms 4.5MB 0ms 0ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 3.6ms 0.3ms 2.9MB 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.zig 500ms 4.6ms 26.3MB 480ms 7ms zig 0.14.0

Input: 250000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 66ms 0.7ms 15.3MB 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 33ms 0.3ms 2.8MB 23ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
haxe 1.hx 137ms 1.9ms 20.4MB 120ms 3ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 137ms 2.1ms 3.1MB 130ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 156ms 1.3ms 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 95ms 2.4ms 2.8MB 87ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
haxe 1.hx 379ms 2.6ms 25.5MB 363ms 7ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 400ms 2.0ms 3.0MB 387ms 3ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 460ms 8.1ms 3.8MB 447ms 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 1.3ms 1.3MB 10ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
haxe 1.hx 64ms 2.3ms 12.3MB 57ms 0ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 67ms 0.6ms 3.0MB 60ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 80ms 1.0ms 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 0.1ms 4.0MB 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 0.2ms 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 878ms 6.2ms 41.0MB 853ms 10ms zig 0.14.0
haxe 1.hx 921ms 13ms 95.0MB 1030ms 47ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 32.6MB 5003ms 510ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 55.1MB 6120ms 473ms 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 176ms 6.0ms 26.6MB 180ms 10ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
zig 1.zig 181ms 5.2ms 11.0MB 167ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
haxe 1.hx 1311ms 3.0ms 10.8MB 1260ms 130ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 1435ms 19ms 20.4MB 1457ms 143ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0

nbody

Input: 5000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2.zig 280ms 0.4ms 1.0MB 270ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
zig 1.zig 315ms 1.2ms 1.1MB 303ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
haxe 2.hx 854ms 0.2ms 3.0MB 843ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 1074ms 5.4ms 3.0MB 1063ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 3.hx 1406ms 6.4ms 25.6MB 1630ms 37ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 2.hx 2407ms 2.7ms 3.6MB 2397ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0
haxe 1.hx 2472ms 1.5ms 3.6MB 2460ms 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 4.4MB 4990ms 0ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 3.hx timeout 0.0ms 3.3MB 3970ms 1537ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 3.hx timeout 0.0ms 3.8MB 4167ms 1297ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0

Input: 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2.zig 30ms 0.1ms 1.0MB 20ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
zig 1.zig 34ms 0.4ms 1.1MB 27ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
haxe 2.hx 90ms 0.8ms 3.0MB 80ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 113ms 3.1ms 3.0MB 103ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 3.hx 156ms 1.6ms 25.6MB 163ms 10ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 2.hx 248ms 0.6ms 3.6MB 240ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0
haxe 1.hx 253ms 1.7ms 3.6MB 240ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0
haxe 2.hx 675ms 4.9ms 4.4MB 667ms 0ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 3.hx 678ms 1.9ms 3.1MB 530ms 210ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 3.hx 790ms 3.6ms 4.0MB 663ms 187ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0
haxe 1.hx 811ms 2.4ms 4.4MB 800ms 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 283ms 4.4ms 40.1MB 270ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
zig 2.zig 331ms 3.8ms 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 56ms 2.5ms 10.8MB 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 27ms 2.2MB 2440ms 17ms zig 0.14.0

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 569ms 3.4ms 1.8MB 557ms 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 3697ms 9.3ms 1.4MB 3690ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
haxe 1.hx 3940ms 1.3ms 3.3MB 3927ms 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 3.9MB 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 925ms 2.3ms 1.3MB 917ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
haxe 1.hx 1002ms 14ms 3.2MB 990ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 2399ms 0.3ms 6.5MB 2390ms 0ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx timeout 0.0ms 3.9MB 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 234ms 0.2ms 1.3MB 230ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
haxe 1.hx 254ms 3.0ms 3.2MB 243ms 0ms haxe/hl/c 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 603ms 0.6ms 5.3MB 590ms 0ms haxe/cpp 4.3.6
haxe 1.hx 2314ms 14ms 3.8MB 2303ms 0ms haxe/hl/jit 1.15.0