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Zig VS Python benchmarks

Current benchmark data was generated on Mon Apr 14 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
python 1.py 1213ms 9.6ms 96.3MB 1153ms 47ms pypy 3.10.16
zig 1.zig 1894ms 41ms 49.0MB 1867ms 17ms zig 0.14.0
python 1.py timeout 0.0ms 40.9MB 4967ms 17ms cpython 3.13.3
python 1.py timeout 0.0ms 40.5MB 4760ms 227ms pyston 3.8.12

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
python 1.py 97ms 0.7ms 68.7MB 70ms 20ms pypy 3.10.16
zig 1.zig 152ms 2.5ms 7.0MB 140ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
python 1.py 477ms 2.7ms 11.9MB 450ms 10ms pyston 3.8.12
python 1.py 732ms 10.0ms 12.8MB 720ms 0ms cpython 3.13.3

edigits

Input: 250001

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
python 1.py 249ms 0.9ms 83.6MB 213ms 20ms pypy 3.10.16
python 1.py 364ms 4.3ms 12.6MB 350ms 0ms cpython 3.13.3
python 1.py 2004ms 3.1ms 9.6MB 1990ms 0ms pyston 3.8.12
zig 1.zig 2266ms 7.9ms 2.5MB 2240ms 17ms zig 0.14.0

Input: 100000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
python 1.py 101ms 1.7ms 63.4MB 73ms 13ms pypy 3.10.16
python 1.py 112ms 3.3ms 12.4MB 97ms 0ms cpython 3.13.3
python 1.py 350ms 3.1ms 8.8MB 340ms 0ms pyston 3.8.12
zig 1.zig 382ms 1.2ms 1.9MB 367ms 0ms 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 631ms 8.0ms 1.4MB 2400ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
zig 3-i.zig 1768ms 2.0ms 1.0MB 1760ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
zig 1.zig 2714ms 7.8ms 1.1MB 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 1.2ms 1.4MB 200ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
zig 3-i.zig 148ms 1.0ms 1.0MB 140ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
zig 1.zig 229ms 0.7ms 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 87ms 0.7ms 1.0MB 80ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
python 1.py 1856ms 3.7ms 88.7MB 1810ms 33ms pypy 3.10.16
python 5-m.py 2281ms 14ms 65.4MB 3517ms 857ms pypy 3.10.16
python 5-m.py 2454ms 16ms 12.5MB 3597ms 933ms pyston 3.8.12
python 1.py 3039ms 6.1ms 8.1MB 3027ms 0ms pyston 3.8.12
python 5-m.py 3378ms 6.8ms 13.9MB 4507ms 907ms cpython 3.13.3
python 1.py 4717ms 37ms 8.9MB 4703ms 0ms cpython 3.13.3

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
python 1.py 253ms 4.7ms 63.3MB 227ms 10ms pypy 3.10.16
python 5-m.py 311ms 6.2ms 12.5MB 407ms 143ms pyston 3.8.12
python 1.py 313ms 1.7ms 8.1MB 300ms 0ms pyston 3.8.12
python 5-m.py 410ms 4.8ms 13.8MB 487ms 147ms cpython 3.13.3
python 5-m.py 451ms 3.7ms 65.4MB 747ms 310ms pypy 3.10.16
python 1.py 498ms 22ms 8.9MB 483ms 0ms cpython 3.13.3

helloworld

Input: QwQ

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 1.0ms 0.0ms 1.0MB 0ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
python 1.py 11ms 0.9ms 7.8MB 0ms 0ms pyston 3.8.12
python 1.py 14ms 1.3ms 8.6MB 10ms 0ms cpython 3.13.3
python 1.py 28ms 0.4ms 51.6MB 10ms 10ms pypy 3.10.16

knucleotide

Input: 2500000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1-m.zig 338ms 12ms 65.3MB 910ms 23ms zig 0.14.0
zig 1.zig 506ms 2.3ms 26.2MB 487ms 7ms zig 0.14.0
python 3-m.py 2479ms 7.2ms 136.3MB 8417ms 323ms pypy 3.10.16
python 3-m.py 3176ms 41ms 34.3MB 12123ms 117ms pyston 3.8.12
python 3.py timeout 0.0ms 35.7MB 93ms 20ms cpython 3.13.3

Input: 250000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1-m.zig 66ms 2.0ms 54.3MB 140ms 27ms zig 0.14.0
zig 1.zig 67ms 2.4ms 15.3MB 53ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
python 3-m.py 389ms 2.2ms 75.7MB 997ms 157ms pypy 3.10.16
python 3-m.py 395ms 1.5ms 14.3MB 1307ms 67ms pyston 3.8.12
python 3-m.py 691ms 2.2ms 15.2MB 2443ms 60ms cpython 3.13.3

lru

Input: 1000 1000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 34ms 1.8ms 2.8MB 23ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
python 2.py 145ms 1.4ms 58.3MB 120ms 10ms pypy 3.10.16
python 1.py 178ms 1.3ms 59.3MB 150ms 10ms pypy 3.10.16
python 1.py 726ms 8.6ms 8.9MB 717ms 0ms pyston 3.8.12
python 2.py 840ms 8.8ms 8.5MB 830ms 0ms pyston 3.8.12
python 1.py 1148ms 17ms 9.5MB 1137ms 0ms cpython 3.13.3
python 2.py 1347ms 2.0ms 9.3MB 1333ms 0ms cpython 3.13.3

Input: 1000 3000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 93ms 2.6ms 2.8MB 87ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
python 2.py 344ms 7.2ms 59.2MB 320ms 10ms pypy 3.10.16
python 1.py 380ms 1.8ms 60.3MB 357ms 10ms pypy 3.10.16
python 1.py 2133ms 11ms 8.9MB 2120ms 0ms pyston 3.8.12
python 2.py 2493ms 11ms 8.5MB 2480ms 0ms pyston 3.8.12
python 1.py 3395ms 51ms 9.5MB 3383ms 0ms cpython 3.13.3
python 2.py 3992ms 18ms 9.1MB 3980ms 0ms cpython 3.13.3

Input: 100 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 15ms 0.2ms 1.3MB 10ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
python 2.py 104ms 2.3ms 58.1MB 87ms 7ms pypy 3.10.16
python 1.py 122ms 4.0ms 58.7MB 100ms 13ms pypy 3.10.16
python 1.py 349ms 7.4ms 8.5MB 337ms 0ms pyston 3.8.12
python 2.py 390ms 5.2ms 8.1MB 377ms 0ms pyston 3.8.12
python 1.py 552ms 6.4ms 9.3MB 540ms 0ms cpython 3.13.3
python 2.py 649ms 7.0ms 8.8MB 637ms 0ms cpython 3.13.3

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 905ms 67ms 41.0MB 880ms 10ms zig 0.14.0
python 1.py 2227ms 9.2ms 202.8MB 2113ms 100ms pypy 3.10.16
python 1.py timeout 0.0ms 94.0MB 4960ms 27ms cpython 3.13.3
python 1.py timeout 0.0ms 130.4MB 4937ms 47ms pyston 3.8.12

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 178ms 2.5ms 11.0MB 170ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
python 1.py 384ms 2.6ms 105.2MB 327ms 43ms pypy 3.10.16
python 1.py 3481ms 73ms 37.3MB 3450ms 20ms cpython 3.13.3
python 1.py timeout 0.0ms 48.9MB 4957ms 30ms pyston 3.8.12

nbody

Input: 5000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 3.zig 198ms 0.4ms 1.0MB 190ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
zig 2.zig 280ms 0.3ms 1.0MB 270ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
zig 1.zig 315ms 0.5ms 1.1MB 307ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
python 2.py 1350ms 3.5ms 57.9MB 1327ms 10ms pypy 3.10.16
python 1.py 2654ms 20ms 57.2MB 2627ms 13ms pypy 3.10.16
python 1.py timeout 0.0ms 8.9MB 4990ms 0ms cpython 3.13.3
python 2.py timeout 0.0ms 8.9MB 4990ms 0ms cpython 3.13.3
python 1.py timeout 0.0ms 8.3MB 4990ms 0ms pyston 3.8.12
python 2.py timeout 0.0ms 8.1MB 4990ms 0ms pyston 3.8.12

Input: 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 3.zig 22ms 0.2ms 1.0MB 10ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
zig 2.zig 30ms 0.1ms 1.0MB 20ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
zig 1.zig 34ms 0.4ms 1.1MB 30ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
python 2.py 177ms 2.0ms 57.9MB 157ms 10ms pypy 3.10.16
python 1.py 309ms 11ms 57.1MB 287ms 7ms pypy 3.10.16
python 1.py 1009ms 134ms 8.3MB 997ms 0ms pyston 3.8.12
python 2.py 1304ms 5.0ms 8.3MB 1293ms 0ms pyston 3.8.12
python 1.py 2984ms 72ms 8.8MB 2970ms 0ms cpython 3.13.3
python 2.py 3398ms 9.8ms 8.9MB 3387ms 0ms cpython 3.13.3

nsieve

Input: 12

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 263ms 1.3ms 40.1MB 250ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
zig 2.zig 328ms 2.0ms 6.0MB 320ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
python 1.py 2598ms 14ms 369.5MB 2527ms 60ms pypy 3.10.16
python 2.py 3071ms 19ms 633.0MB 2897ms 157ms pyston 3.8.12
python 1.py 4831ms 76ms 320.4MB 4770ms 47ms pyston 3.8.12
python 1.py timeout 0.0ms 321.3MB 4960ms 27ms cpython 3.13.3
python 2.py timeout 0.0ms 633.8MB 4833ms 150ms cpython 3.13.3
python 2.py timeout 0.0ms 959.7MB 4723ms 260ms pypy 3.10.16

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 50ms 1.1ms 10.8MB 40ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
zig 2.zig 80ms 0.0ms 2.3MB 70ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
python 1.py 545ms 16ms 135.2MB 510ms 20ms pypy 3.10.16
python 2.py 746ms 6.9ms 164.2MB 707ms 27ms pyston 3.8.12
python 1.py 1093ms 21ms 86.0MB 1070ms 10ms pyston 3.8.12
python 2.py 1471ms 14ms 165.0MB 1430ms 30ms cpython 3.13.3
python 2.py 1569ms 31ms 290.2MB 1480ms 77ms pypy 3.10.16
python 1.py 2775ms 8.1ms 86.9MB 2750ms 10ms cpython 3.13.3

pidigits

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
python 4.py 1925ms 11ms 8.9MB 1877ms 33ms pyston 3.8.12
python 4.py 1996ms 9.8ms 9.5MB 1940ms 43ms cpython 3.13.3
python 4.py 2190ms 2.9ms 89.4MB 2150ms 27ms pypy 3.10.16
zig 1.zig 2458ms 14ms 2.2MB 2430ms 13ms zig 0.14.0

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
python 4.py 451ms 0.8ms 8.6MB 440ms 0ms pyston 3.8.12
python 4.py 476ms 4.0ms 9.3MB 467ms 0ms cpython 3.13.3
python 4.py 553ms 5.0ms 83.9MB 513ms 23ms pypy 3.10.16
zig 1.zig 568ms 5.0ms 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 3690ms 5.3ms 1.4MB 3680ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
python 8.py timeout 0.0ms 14.8MB 40ms 7ms cpython 3.13.3
python 8.py timeout 0.0ms 96.8MB 803ms 73ms pypy 3.10.16
python 8.py timeout 0.0ms 14.1MB 33ms 10ms pyston 3.8.12

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 923ms 2.2ms 1.3MB 913ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
python 8.py timeout 0.0ms 14.6MB 50ms 10ms cpython 3.13.3
python 8.py timeout 0.0ms 96.2MB 1303ms 180ms pypy 3.10.16
python 8.py timeout 0.0ms 13.7MB 57ms 20ms pyston 3.8.12

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 234ms 1.1ms 1.3MB 230ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
python 8-m.py 1955ms 10ms 93.2MB 6330ms 253ms pypy 3.10.16
python 8.py timeout 0.0ms 14.3MB 90ms 13ms cpython 3.13.3
python 8.py timeout 0.0ms 13.1MB 127ms 37ms pyston 3.8.12