Programming Language and compiler
Benchmarks

Zig VS Ruby benchmarks

Current benchmark data was generated on Wed May 25 2022, full log can be found HERE

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[x86_64][2 cores] Intel(R) Xeon(R) Platinum 8272CL CPU @ 2.60GHz (Model 85)

* -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
ruby 1.rb timeout 0.0ms 0.0MB 0ms 0ms ruby 3.1.2
ruby 1.rb timeout 0.0ms 0.0MB 0ms 0ms ruby/yjit 3.1.2
ruby 1.rb timeout 0.0ms 0.0MB 0ms 0ms truffleruby 22.1.0
zig 1.zig timeout 0.0ms 0.0MB 0ms 0ms zig 0.10.0

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
ruby 1.rb 959ms 4.8ms 35.5MB 927ms 20ms ruby 3.1.2
ruby 1.rb 1007ms 63ms 292.1MB 833ms 157ms ruby/yjit 3.1.2
ruby 1-m.rb 1154ms 16ms 374.0MB 1910ms 153ms truffleruby 22.1.0
zig 1.zig 3757ms 23ms 8.0MB 3033ms 690ms zig 0.10.0

edigits

Input: 250001

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig timeout 0.0ms 0.0MB 0ms 0ms zig 0.10.0

Input: 100000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 907ms 1.0ms 0.5MB 813ms 77ms zig 0.10.0

fannkuch-redux

Input: 11

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2-m.zig 1127ms 11ms 0.0MB 2177ms 0ms zig 0.10.0
zig 2.zig 2403ms 4.4ms 0.0MB 2387ms 3ms zig 0.10.0
zig 1.zig 3174ms 228ms 0.1MB 3163ms 0ms zig 0.10.0

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2-m.zig 99ms 0.3ms 0.0MB 170ms 0ms zig 0.10.0
zig 2.zig 197ms 14ms 0.0MB 183ms 0ms zig 0.10.0
zig 1.zig 269ms 8.6ms 0.1MB 257ms 0ms zig 0.10.0

fasta

Input: 2500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 138ms 0.7ms 0.0MB 120ms 0ms zig 0.10.0
ruby 6.rb 2592ms 2.6ms 296.0MB 2430ms 143ms ruby/yjit 3.1.2
ruby 6.rb 4521ms 77ms 39.5MB 4483ms 23ms ruby 3.1.2
ruby 6.rb timeout 0.0ms 0.0MB 0ms 0ms truffleruby 22.1.0

Input: 250000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 16ms 0.3ms 0.0MB 10ms 0ms zig 0.10.0
ruby 6.rb 520ms 7.9ms 31.2MB 493ms 13ms ruby 3.1.2
ruby 6.rb 534ms 1.0ms 287.7MB 367ms 147ms ruby/yjit 3.1.2
ruby 6-m.rb 1815ms 39ms 324.3MB 3240ms 147ms truffleruby 22.1.0

helloworld

Input: QwQ

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 1.8ms 0.8ms 0.1MB 0ms 0ms zig 0.10.0
ruby 1.rb 47ms 1.2ms 138.4MB 20ms 30ms truffleruby 22.1.0
ruby 1.rb 68ms 3.3ms 29.9MB 46ms 8ms ruby 3.1.2
ruby 1.rb 255ms 11ms 286.7MB 106ms 136ms ruby/yjit 3.1.2

lru

Input: 1000 1000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 50ms 0.3ms 1.6MB 40ms 0ms zig 0.10.0
ruby 1.rb 601ms 3.2ms 30.2MB 573ms 13ms ruby 3.1.2
ruby 1.rb 668ms 1.4ms 286.7MB 507ms 147ms ruby/yjit 3.1.2
ruby 1-m.rb 1118ms 34ms 324.3MB 1683ms 130ms truffleruby 22.1.0

Input: 1000 3000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 145ms 2.9ms 1.6MB 133ms 0ms zig 0.10.0
ruby 1.rb 1454ms 1.2ms 286.8MB 1283ms 153ms ruby/yjit 3.1.2
ruby 1.rb 1827ms 148ms 30.2MB 1800ms 10ms ruby 3.1.2
ruby 1-m.rb 1929ms 66ms 366.3MB 2780ms 180ms truffleruby 22.1.0

Input: 100 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 24ms 0.2ms 0.0MB 10ms 0ms zig 0.10.0
ruby 1.rb 334ms 0.5ms 30.0MB 313ms 3ms ruby 3.1.2
ruby 1.rb 419ms 1.1ms 286.8MB 280ms 123ms ruby/yjit 3.1.2
ruby 1-m.rb 801ms 86ms 311.0MB 1277ms 97ms truffleruby 22.1.0

mandelbrot

Input: 5000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 349ms 20ms 3.1MB 337ms 0ms zig 0.10.0

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 17ms 1.0ms 0.0MB 10ms 0ms zig 0.10.0

merkletrees

Input: 17

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
ruby 1.rb timeout 0.0ms 0.0MB 0ms 0ms ruby 3.1.2
ruby 1.rb timeout 0.0ms 0.0MB 0ms 0ms ruby/yjit 3.1.2
ruby 1.rb timeout 0.0ms 0.0MB 0ms 0ms truffleruby 22.1.0
zig 1.zig timeout 0.0ms 0.0MB 0ms 0ms zig 0.10.0

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
ruby 1-m.rb 3899ms 12ms 522.4MB 7130ms 253ms truffleruby 22.1.0
ruby 1.rb 3919ms 269ms 300.9MB 3750ms 147ms ruby/yjit 3.1.2
ruby 1.rb 4824ms 19ms 44.4MB 4790ms 17ms ruby 3.1.2
zig 1.zig timeout 0.0ms 0.0MB 0ms 0ms zig 0.10.0

nbody

Input: 5000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2.zig 255ms 2.2ms 0.0MB 240ms 0ms zig 0.10.0
zig 1.zig 383ms 3.0ms 0.0MB 370ms 0ms zig 0.10.0
ruby 2.rb 1453ms 19ms 300.6MB 1823ms 127ms truffleruby 22.1.0
ruby 2.rb timeout 0.0ms 0.0MB 0ms 0ms ruby 3.1.2
ruby 2.rb timeout 0.0ms 0.0MB 0ms 0ms ruby/yjit 3.1.2

Input: 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2.zig 29ms 2.9ms 0.0MB 20ms 0ms zig 0.10.0
zig 1.zig 41ms 1.0ms 0.0MB 30ms 0ms zig 0.10.0
ruby 2-m.rb 547ms 17ms 293.9MB 873ms 107ms truffleruby 22.1.0
ruby 2.rb 2300ms 157ms 286.8MB 2147ms 137ms ruby/yjit 3.1.2
ruby 2.rb 2985ms 224ms 30.0MB 2960ms 10ms ruby 3.1.2

nsieve

Input: 12

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2.zig 378ms 1.9ms 4.9MB 367ms 0ms zig 0.10.0
zig 1.zig 1136ms 42ms 39.1MB 1107ms 13ms zig 0.10.0
ruby 1.rb timeout 0.0ms 0.0MB 0ms 0ms ruby 3.1.2
ruby 1.rb timeout 0.0ms 0.0MB 0ms 0ms ruby/yjit 3.1.2
ruby 1.rb timeout 0.0ms 0.0MB 0ms 0ms truffleruby 22.1.0

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2.zig 82ms 4.7ms 1.1MB 70ms 0ms zig 0.10.0
zig 1.zig 119ms 7.8ms 9.6MB 103ms 0ms zig 0.10.0
ruby 1.rb 4255ms 11ms 450.1MB 4693ms 197ms truffleruby 22.1.0
ruby 1.rb timeout 0.0ms 0.0MB 0ms 0ms ruby 3.1.2
ruby 1.rb timeout 0.0ms 0.0MB 0ms 0ms ruby/yjit 3.1.2

pidigits

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
ruby 1.rb timeout 0.0ms 0.0MB 0ms 0ms ruby 3.1.2
ruby 1.rb timeout 0.0ms 0.0MB 0ms 0ms ruby/yjit 3.1.2
ruby 1.rb timeout 0.0ms 0.0MB 0ms 0ms truffleruby 22.1.0
zig 1.zig timeout 0.0ms 0.0MB 0ms 0ms zig 0.10.0

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
ruby 1-m.rb 2398ms 14ms 380.8MB 4403ms 170ms truffleruby 22.1.0
zig 1.zig 2845ms 10ms 0.4MB 1060ms 1770ms zig 0.10.0
ruby 1.rb 2920ms 118ms 162.8MB 2817ms 83ms ruby 3.1.2
ruby 1.rb 3138ms 10ms 420.7MB 2910ms 213ms ruby/yjit 3.1.2

spectral-norm

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2-m.zig 893ms 1.7ms 0.3MB 1660ms 0ms zig 0.10.0
zig 2.zig 1660ms 114ms 0.0MB 1650ms 0ms zig 0.10.0
zig 1.zig 3381ms 16ms 0.1MB 3370ms 0ms zig 0.10.0
ruby 4.rb timeout 0.0ms 0.0MB 0ms 0ms ruby 3.1.2
ruby 4.rb timeout 0.0ms 0.0MB 0ms 0ms ruby/yjit 3.1.2
ruby 4.rb timeout 0.0ms 0.0MB 0ms 0ms truffleruby 22.1.0

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2-m.zig 230ms 1.2ms 0.2MB 410ms 0ms zig 0.10.0
zig 2.zig 420ms 28ms 0.0MB 413ms 0ms zig 0.10.0
zig 1.zig 850ms 1.6ms 0.1MB 840ms 0ms zig 0.10.0
ruby 4.rb timeout 0.0ms 0.0MB 0ms 0ms ruby 3.1.2
ruby 4.rb timeout 0.0ms 0.0MB 0ms 0ms ruby/yjit 3.1.2
ruby 4.rb timeout 0.0ms 0.0MB 0ms 0ms truffleruby 22.1.0

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2-m.zig 65ms 2.2ms 0.2MB 93ms 0ms zig 0.10.0
zig 2.zig 100ms 0.4ms 0.0MB 90ms 0ms zig 0.10.0
zig 1.zig 226ms 22ms 0.1MB 213ms 0ms zig 0.10.0
ruby 4.rb 2702ms 3.9ms 365.9MB 3373ms 150ms truffleruby 22.1.0
ruby 4.rb timeout 0.0ms 0.0MB 0ms 0ms ruby 3.1.2
ruby 4.rb timeout 0.0ms 0.0MB 0ms 0ms ruby/yjit 3.1.2