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Zig VS Python benchmarks

Current benchmark data was generated on Thu Jul 13 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
python 1.py 1431ms 7.2ms 271.9MB 1300ms 110ms pypy 3.10.12
zig 1.zig 2111ms 26ms 49.1MB 2083ms 13ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e
python 1.py timeout 0.0ms 40.9MB 4970ms 10ms cpython 3.11.4
python 1.py timeout 0.0ms 40.3MB 4903ms 80ms pyston 3.8.12

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
python 1.py 119ms 16ms 80.1MB 83ms 13ms pypy 3.10.12
zig 1.zig 180ms 1.1ms 7.1MB 170ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e
python 1.py 610ms 3.8ms 12.0MB 587ms 7ms pyston 3.8.12
python 1.py 994ms 18ms 12.5MB 973ms 3ms cpython 3.11.4

edigits

Input: 250001

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
python 1.py 278ms 0.1ms 88.1MB 243ms 17ms pypy 3.10.12
python 1.py 1655ms 1.1ms 10.1MB 1640ms 0ms cpython 3.11.4
python 1.py 2783ms 0.3ms 9.7MB 2770ms 0ms pyston 3.8.12
zig 1.zig 3821ms 0.4ms 2.7MB 3793ms 13ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e

Input: 100000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
python 1.py 116ms 1.0ms 79.0MB 83ms 20ms pypy 3.10.12
python 1.py 301ms 0.2ms 9.3MB 290ms 0ms cpython 3.11.4
python 1.py 480ms 1.1ms 9.0MB 463ms 0ms pyston 3.8.12
zig 1.zig 635ms 1.5ms 2.0MB 617ms 3ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e

fannkuch-redux

Input: 11

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2-m.zig 1363ms 20ms 1.1MB 2657ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e
zig 3-i.zig 1835ms 1.1ms 0.9MB 1823ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e
zig 2.zig 2441ms 4.8ms 1.0MB 2427ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e
zig 1.zig 3493ms 41ms 1.0MB 3477ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2-m.zig 128ms 2.6ms 1.2MB 230ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e
zig 3-i.zig 154ms 1.9ms 1.0MB 143ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e
zig 2.zig 204ms 0.2ms 0.9MB 193ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e
zig 1.zig 288ms 1.0ms 1.0MB 280ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e

fasta

Input: 2500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 118ms 1.1ms 1.0MB 110ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e
python 1.py 2471ms 36ms 87.9MB 2433ms 20ms pypy 3.10.12
python 5-m.py 3926ms 65ms 83.2MB 4250ms 843ms pypy 3.10.12
python 5-m.py 3978ms 31ms 12.7MB 6003ms 1020ms pyston 3.8.12
python 5-m.py 4105ms 12ms 13.6MB 5733ms 1033ms cpython 3.11.4
python 1.py 4108ms 2.7ms 7.9MB 4093ms 0ms pyston 3.8.12
python 1.py timeout 0.0ms 8.6MB 4980ms 0ms cpython 3.11.4

Input: 250000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 15ms 1.0ms 1.0MB 10ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e
python 1.py 335ms 15ms 78.9MB 307ms 17ms pypy 3.10.12
python 1.py 428ms 4.2ms 8.0MB 407ms 3ms pyston 3.8.12
python 5-m.py 469ms 12ms 12.7MB 693ms 123ms pyston 3.8.12
python 5-m.py 472ms 1.7ms 13.6MB 607ms 133ms cpython 3.11.4
python 1.py 617ms 1.4ms 8.6MB 603ms 0ms cpython 3.11.4
python 5-m.py 769ms 8.0ms 82.7MB 833ms 440ms pypy 3.10.12

helloworld

Input: QwQ

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 1.6ms 0.6ms 1.0MB 0ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e
python 1.py 13ms 0.6ms 7.3MB 10ms 0ms pyston 3.8.12
python 1.py 14ms 1.4ms 8.5MB 10ms 0ms cpython 3.11.4
python 1.py 30ms 0.7ms 52.1MB 12ms 2ms pypy 3.10.12

json-serde

Input: sample 5000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 76ms 0.7ms 18.8MB 63ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e
python 1.py 249ms 0.4ms 38.4MB 213ms 20ms pyston 3.8.12
python 1.py 256ms 1.4ms 41.1MB 233ms 7ms cpython 3.11.4
python 1.py 399ms 1.9ms 106.6MB 367ms 17ms pypy 3.10.12

Input: canada 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 575ms 1.9ms 60.3MB 540ms 20ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e
python 1.py 2322ms 2.4ms 223.1MB 2223ms 80ms cpython 3.11.4
python 1.py 2332ms 3.8ms 220.6MB 2177ms 137ms pyston 3.8.12
python 1.py 2468ms 3.1ms 245.1MB 2380ms 70ms pypy 3.10.12

knucleotide

Input: 2500000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 1003ms 7.9ms 20.6MB 980ms 10ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e
python 3-m.py 3506ms 21ms 213.7MB 6197ms 340ms pypy 3.10.12
python 3-m.py 4859ms 118ms 34.3MB 9207ms 73ms pyston 3.8.12
python 3.py timeout 0.0ms 35.2MB 90ms 13ms cpython 3.11.4

Input: 250000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 111ms 0.2ms 7.3MB 97ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e
python 3-m.py 513ms 7.5ms 94.1MB 743ms 107ms pypy 3.10.12
python 3-m.py 562ms 2.8ms 17.9MB 987ms 30ms pyston 3.8.12
python 3-m.py 793ms 2.1ms 16.9MB 1430ms 30ms cpython 3.11.4

lru

Input: 1000 1000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 44ms 0.2ms 2.7MB 33ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e
python 2.py 196ms 0.4ms 77.2MB 170ms 10ms pypy 3.10.12
python 1.py 234ms 0.3ms 78.0MB 217ms 3ms pypy 3.10.12
python 1.py 981ms 0.5ms 9.0MB 967ms 0ms pyston 3.8.12
python 2.py 1165ms 1.0ms 8.7MB 1147ms 3ms pyston 3.8.12
python 1.py 1337ms 3.7ms 9.3MB 1323ms 0ms cpython 3.11.4
python 2.py 1548ms 20ms 9.1MB 1533ms 0ms cpython 3.11.4

Input: 1000 3000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 126ms 0.6ms 2.8MB 117ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e
python 2.py 459ms 4.4ms 77.7MB 433ms 10ms pypy 3.10.12
python 1.py 507ms 11ms 78.6MB 477ms 10ms pypy 3.10.12
python 1.py 2937ms 37ms 8.9MB 2920ms 0ms pyston 3.8.12
python 2.py 3476ms 17ms 8.7MB 3467ms 0ms pyston 3.8.12
python 1.py 3949ms 14ms 9.4MB 3937ms 0ms cpython 3.11.4
python 2.py 4639ms 19ms 9.1MB 4620ms 3ms cpython 3.11.4

Input: 100 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 21ms 0.9ms 1.3MB 10ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e
python 2.py 138ms 1.8ms 77.3MB 113ms 10ms pypy 3.10.12
python 1.py 156ms 2.2ms 78.1MB 127ms 13ms pypy 3.10.12
python 1.py 475ms 2.7ms 8.8MB 460ms 0ms pyston 3.8.12
python 2.py 542ms 1.7ms 8.2MB 530ms 0ms pyston 3.8.12
python 1.py 632ms 4.6ms 8.7MB 613ms 0ms cpython 3.11.4
python 2.py 773ms 8.4ms 8.4MB 757ms 3ms cpython 3.11.4

mandelbrot

Input: 5000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 422ms 0.1ms 4.2MB 410ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 20ms 0.2ms 0.9MB 10ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e

merkletrees

Input: 17

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 1096ms 4.9ms 41.1MB 1067ms 17ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e
python 1.py 2210ms 33ms 292.6MB 2010ms 183ms pypy 3.10.12
python 1.py timeout 0.0ms 93.2MB 4963ms 20ms cpython 3.11.4
python 1.py timeout 0.0ms 130.2MB 4930ms 47ms pyston 3.8.12

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 220ms 2.2ms 11.0MB 203ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e
python 1.py 310ms 2.7ms 137.0MB 247ms 53ms pypy 3.10.12
python 1.py 4349ms 24ms 37.3MB 4320ms 10ms cpython 3.11.4
python 1.py timeout 0.0ms 48.8MB 4947ms 33ms pyston 3.8.12

nbody

Input: 5000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2.zig 305ms 0.0ms 1.1MB 300ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e
zig 1.zig 367ms 4.1ms 1.0MB 357ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e
python 2.py 1880ms 4.6ms 77.3MB 1853ms 10ms pypy 3.10.12
python 1.py 3370ms 20ms 76.1MB 3337ms 13ms pypy 3.10.12
python 1.py timeout 0.0ms 8.4MB 4983ms 0ms cpython 3.11.4
python 2.py timeout 0.0ms 8.6MB 4983ms 0ms cpython 3.11.4
python 1.py timeout 0.0ms 8.3MB 4980ms 3ms pyston 3.8.12
python 2.py timeout 0.0ms 7.9MB 4980ms 0ms pyston 3.8.12

Input: 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2.zig 32ms 0.5ms 1.0MB 20ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e
zig 1.zig 39ms 0.6ms 1.0MB 30ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e
python 2.py 242ms 1.9ms 77.0MB 217ms 10ms pypy 3.10.12
python 1.py 381ms 1.2ms 76.4MB 360ms 7ms pypy 3.10.12
python 1.py 1202ms 7.3ms 8.4MB 1190ms 0ms pyston 3.8.12
python 2.py 1603ms 2.5ms 7.9MB 1590ms 0ms pyston 3.8.12
python 1.py 3302ms 19ms 8.4MB 3287ms 0ms cpython 3.11.4
python 2.py 3358ms 33ms 8.6MB 3343ms 0ms cpython 3.11.4

nsieve

Input: 12

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2.zig 430ms 5.5ms 6.0MB 413ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e
zig 1.zig 524ms 19ms 40.3MB 497ms 10ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e
python 1.py 3962ms 23ms 388.8MB 3823ms 117ms pypy 3.10.12
python 2.py 4945ms 31ms 633.0MB 4633ms 293ms pyston 3.8.12
python 1.py timeout 0.0ms 321.1MB 4937ms 50ms cpython 3.11.4
python 2.py timeout 0.0ms 633.6MB 4703ms 277ms cpython 3.11.4
python 2.py timeout 0.0ms 1013.9MB 4687ms 287ms pypy 3.10.12
python 1.py timeout 0.0ms 320.5MB 4910ms 73ms pyston 3.8.12

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2.zig 94ms 0.1ms 2.3MB 87ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e
zig 1.zig 117ms 0.6ms 11.1MB 107ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e
python 1.py 883ms 15ms 213.0MB 840ms 30ms pypy 3.10.12
python 2.py 1136ms 6.5ms 164.4MB 1070ms 50ms pyston 3.8.12
python 2.py 1412ms 11ms 266.7MB 1277ms 117ms pypy 3.10.12
python 1.py 1677ms 20ms 86.1MB 1640ms 23ms pyston 3.8.12
python 2.py 1697ms 29ms 164.8MB 1647ms 37ms cpython 3.11.4
python 1.py 2679ms 11ms 86.8MB 2640ms 20ms cpython 3.11.4

pidigits

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 2115ms 3.9ms 2.4MB 2087ms 13ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e
python 4.py 2543ms 2.7ms 117.0MB 2500ms 27ms pypy 3.10.12
python 4.py 2776ms 0.4ms 9.1MB 2743ms 17ms pyston 3.8.12
python 4.py 2798ms 0.7ms 9.4MB 2747ms 33ms cpython 3.11.4

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 488ms 0.5ms 2.0MB 477ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e
python 4.py 631ms 3.2ms 81.5MB 603ms 13ms pypy 3.10.12
python 4.py 657ms 0.1ms 8.9MB 647ms 0ms pyston 3.8.12
python 4.py 666ms 0.5ms 9.1MB 653ms 0ms cpython 3.11.4

spectral-norm

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2-m.zig 1059ms 1.7ms 1.3MB 2053ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e
zig 2.zig 2061ms 1.0ms 1.0MB 2047ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e
zig 1.zig 4479ms 3.5ms 1.0MB 4460ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e
python 8.py timeout 0.0ms 16.6MB 53ms 10ms cpython 3.11.4
python 8.py timeout 0.0ms 106.2MB 663ms 87ms pypy 3.10.12
python 8.py timeout 0.0ms 18.0MB 80ms 13ms pyston 3.8.12

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2-m.zig 275ms 0.5ms 1.3MB 510ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e
zig 2.zig 517ms 1.3ms 1.1MB 510ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e
zig 1.zig 1122ms 0.3ms 1.1MB 1110ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e
python 8.py timeout 0.0ms 14.4MB 127ms 13ms cpython 3.11.4
python 8.py timeout 0.0ms 111.5MB 1110ms 217ms pypy 3.10.12
python 8.py timeout 0.0ms 15.6MB 140ms 30ms pyston 3.8.12

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2-m.zig 75ms 1.3ms 1.2MB 127ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e
zig 2.zig 132ms 0.9ms 1.1MB 120ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e
zig 1.zig 285ms 1.6ms 1.0MB 270ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.3978+711b4e93e
python 8-m.py 3124ms 25ms 105.3MB 5340ms 337ms pypy 3.10.12
python 8.py timeout 0.0ms 16.2MB 263ms 17ms cpython 3.11.4
python 8.py timeout 0.0ms 16.7MB 320ms 57ms pyston 3.8.12