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Zig VS Rust benchmarks

Current benchmark data was generated on Thu May 01 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
rust 4.rs 1262ms 11ms 33.8MB 1240ms 10ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 5.rs 1330ms 3.4ms 33.8MB 1307ms 13ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 3.rs 1471ms 55ms 49.8MB 1440ms 17ms rustc 1.86.0
zig 1.zig 1721ms 8.7ms 49.0MB 1690ms 17ms zig 0.14.0

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 4.rs 121ms 0.2ms 5.8MB 110ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 5.rs 128ms 0.5ms 5.8MB 120ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 3.rs 137ms 9.7ms 7.8MB 123ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
zig 1.zig 156ms 0.8ms 7.0MB 147ms 0ms zig 0.14.0

edigits

Input: 250001

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 1.rs 116ms 0.2ms 3.6MB 110ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 2.rs 422ms 2.6ms 3.6MB 410ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
zig 1.zig 2257ms 3.8ms 2.5MB 2227ms 17ms zig 0.14.0

Input: 100000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 1.rs 33ms 1.1ms 2.9MB 27ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 2.rs 76ms 0.0ms 3.0MB 70ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
zig 1.zig 382ms 3.2ms 1.9MB 363ms 3ms zig 0.14.0

fannkuch-redux

Input: 11

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 3-im.rs 410ms 1.6ms 2.0MB 1577ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 5-m.rs 570ms 3.6ms 2.1MB 2180ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 2-im.rs 631ms 5.8ms 2.0MB 2437ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
zig 2-m.zig 632ms 6.8ms 1.4MB 2400ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
rust 1-m.rs 973ms 3.3ms 2.1MB 3763ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 3-i.rs 1500ms 0.7ms 1.9MB 1490ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
zig 3-i.zig 1765ms 2.1ms 1.0MB 1757ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
rust 2-i.rs 1768ms 1.0ms 1.8MB 1760ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 1.rs 2689ms 13ms 1.8MB 2683ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
zig 1.zig 2717ms 3.5ms 1.0MB 2707ms 0ms zig 0.14.0

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 3-im.rs 38ms 0.3ms 2.0MB 123ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 5-m.rs 53ms 0.5ms 2.1MB 170ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 2-im.rs 59ms 1.0ms 2.1MB 200ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
zig 2-m.zig 60ms 0.7ms 1.4MB 200ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
rust 1-m.rs 86ms 2.3ms 2.1MB 300ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 3-i.rs 124ms 0.1ms 1.9MB 120ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
zig 3-i.zig 147ms 0.2ms 1.0MB 140ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
rust 2-i.rs 150ms 0.3ms 1.8MB 140ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
zig 1.zig 228ms 1.2ms 1.0MB 220ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
rust 1.rs 229ms 0.6ms 1.8MB 220ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0

fasta

Input: 2500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 5c-m.rs 88ms 0.2ms 3.2MB 247ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
zig 1.zig 88ms 1.7ms 1.0MB 80ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
rust 5-m.rs 91ms 1.2ms 3.2MB 273ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 6.rs 143ms 0.1ms 1.9MB 133ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 1c.rs 163ms 0.6ms 1.8MB 150ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 1.rs 194ms 1.0ms 2.0MB 187ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0

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
rust 5-m.rs 16ms 0.2ms 3.2MB 30ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 5c-m.rs 16ms 0.5ms 3.2MB 20ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 6.rs 17ms 0.2ms 1.9MB 10ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 1c.rs 19ms 0.2ms 1.9MB 10ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 1.rs 22ms 0.4ms 1.9MB 10ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0

helloworld

Input: QwQ

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 1.1ms 0.2ms 1.1MB 0ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
rust 1.rs 1.2ms 0.0ms 1.8MB 0ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 1.rs 1.5ms 0.3ms 1.8MB 0ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0-nightly

knucleotide

Input: 2500000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 8-m.rs 228ms 13ms 28.8MB 660ms 10ms rustc 1.86.0
zig 1-m.zig 315ms 1.9ms 67.1MB 830ms 30ms zig 0.14.0
rust 8.rs 479ms 15ms 24.4MB 460ms 3ms rustc 1.86.0
zig 1.zig 504ms 5.3ms 28.1MB 477ms 10ms zig 0.14.0

Input: 250000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 8-m.rs 29ms 2.0ms 16.7MB 63ms 3ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 8.rs 61ms 1.2ms 11.4MB 50ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
zig 1-m.zig 64ms 1.1ms 54.4MB 133ms 27ms zig 0.14.0
zig 1.zig 66ms 1.8ms 15.4MB 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 35ms 2.4ms 2.8MB 27ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
rust 0-unsafe.rs 41ms 7.1ms 1.9MB 33ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 1.rs 47ms 6.4ms 2.0MB 40ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0

Input: 1000 3000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 91ms 1.2ms 2.8MB 80ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
rust 0-unsafe.rs 136ms 3.5ms 1.8MB 127ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 1.rs 199ms 9.5ms 1.9MB 190ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0

Input: 100 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 16ms 1.2ms 1.3MB 10ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
rust 0-unsafe.rs 23ms 0.2ms 1.8MB 13ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 1.rs 30ms 1.2ms 1.8MB 20ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0

mandelbrot

Input: 5000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 9.rs 246ms 0.4ms 4.8MB 233ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0-nightly
zig 1.zig 247ms 0.5ms 4.1MB 240ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
rust 8.rs 292ms 2.2ms 4.9MB 283ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 12ms 0.0ms 1.1MB 10ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
rust 9.rs 13ms 0.2ms 1.9MB 10ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0-nightly
rust 8.rs 14ms 0.2ms 2.0MB 10ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0

merkletrees

Input: 17

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 1.rs 700ms 11ms 33.8MB 677ms 7ms rustc 1.86.0
zig 1.zig 858ms 3.7ms 41.0MB 830ms 13ms zig 0.14.0

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 1.rs 151ms 3.1ms 9.8MB 140ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
zig 1.zig 180ms 6.0ms 11.0MB 163ms 0ms zig 0.14.0

nbody

Input: 5000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 4-i.rs 166ms 3.7ms 1.9MB 157ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
zig 3.zig 198ms 1.2ms 1.0MB 190ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
rust 1.rs 238ms 0.2ms 1.8MB 230ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 7-i.rs 239ms 2.5ms 1.8MB 230ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 3.rs 279ms 1.0ms 1.8MB 270ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0-nightly
zig 2.zig 279ms 0.4ms 1.0MB 270ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
rust 2.rs 284ms 1.0ms 1.6MB 273ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
zig 1.zig 315ms 1.0ms 1.1MB 307ms 0ms zig 0.14.0

Input: 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 4-i.rs 18ms 0.1ms 1.8MB 10ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
zig 3.zig 22ms 0.3ms 1.1MB 10ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
rust 1.rs 26ms 0.2ms 1.9MB 20ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 7-i.rs 26ms 0.1ms 1.9MB 20ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
zig 2.zig 30ms 0.1ms 1.0MB 20ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
rust 3.rs 30ms 0.1ms 1.8MB 20ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0-nightly
rust 2.rs 31ms 0.1ms 1.6MB 20ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
zig 1.zig 34ms 0.6ms 1.1MB 23ms 0ms zig 0.14.0

nsieve

Input: 12

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 271ms 2.6ms 40.2MB 250ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
rust 2.rs 324ms 2.1ms 6.6MB 313ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
zig 2.zig 328ms 2.4ms 6.0MB 320ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
rust 1.rs 342ms 6.1ms 40.9MB 327ms 3ms rustc 1.86.0

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 54ms 4.4ms 10.9MB 47ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
rust 1.rs 73ms 3.7ms 11.6MB 63ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
zig 2.zig 81ms 0.9ms 2.3MB 70ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
rust 2.rs 82ms 1.1ms 3.0MB 70ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0

pidigits

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 1.rs 1506ms 3.3ms 2.7MB 1293ms 193ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 2.rs 1713ms 6.7ms 2.7MB 1627ms 73ms rustc 1.86.0
zig 1.zig 2466ms 3.3ms 2.2MB 2437ms 13ms zig 0.14.0

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 1.rs 314ms 0.1ms 2.4MB 290ms 10ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 2.rs 383ms 4.0ms 2.4MB 373ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
zig 1.zig 567ms 2.8ms 1.8MB 553ms 0ms zig 0.14.0

spectral-norm

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 8-m.rs 492ms 0.2ms 2.5MB 1903ms 3ms rustc 1.88.0-nightly
rust 7-m.rs 501ms 0.3ms 2.1MB 1940ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 8.rs 992ms 0.2ms 2.5MB 980ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0-nightly
rust 2-m.rs 1958ms 7.1ms 2.3MB 7653ms 3ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 7.rs 2070ms 8.8ms 1.9MB 2060ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
zig 1.zig 3689ms 4.3ms 1.4MB 3683ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
rust 2.rs 4205ms 2.7ms 2.0MB 4197ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 8-m.rs 127ms 0.7ms 2.3MB 467ms 3ms rustc 1.88.0-nightly
rust 7-m.rs 129ms 0.3ms 2.3MB 477ms 3ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 8.rs 251ms 1.3ms 2.1MB 240ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0-nightly
rust 2-m.rs 492ms 0.4ms 2.3MB 1903ms 3ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 7.rs 517ms 2.2ms 1.9MB 510ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
zig 1.zig 923ms 3.3ms 1.3MB 913ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
rust 2.rs 1053ms 0.4ms 2.0MB 1043ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 8-m.rs 35ms 0.0ms 2.1MB 110ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0-nightly
rust 7-m.rs 36ms 0.1ms 2.1MB 113ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 8.rs 65ms 0.1ms 2.0MB 60ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0-nightly
rust 2-m.rs 127ms 0.2ms 2.1MB 470ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 7.rs 133ms 2.9ms 1.8MB 123ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
zig 1.zig 232ms 0.1ms 1.3MB 220ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
rust 2.rs 266ms 1.6ms 2.0MB 257ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0