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Zig VS Rust 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
rust 4.rs 1281ms 5.2ms 33.6MB 1260ms 7ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 5.rs 1344ms 1.4ms 33.8MB 1317ms 10ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 3.rs 1480ms 48ms 49.8MB 1450ms 13ms rustc 1.86.0
zig 1.zig 1894ms 41ms 49.0MB 1867ms 17ms zig 0.14.0

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 4.rs 123ms 2.7ms 5.6MB 117ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 5.rs 127ms 1.9ms 5.8MB 120ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 3.rs 143ms 9.2ms 7.8MB 130ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
zig 1.zig 152ms 2.5ms 7.0MB 140ms 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 119ms 2.2ms 3.6MB 110ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 2.rs 424ms 1.6ms 3.6MB 413ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
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
rust 1.rs 33ms 0.4ms 2.9MB 23ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 2.rs 76ms 0.5ms 3.0MB 70ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
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
rust 3-im.rs 410ms 0.5ms 2.0MB 1573ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 5-m.rs 579ms 12ms 2.1MB 2190ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 2-im.rs 627ms 5.0ms 2.1MB 2440ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
zig 2-m.zig 631ms 8.0ms 1.4MB 2400ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
rust 1-m.rs 970ms 5.3ms 2.1MB 3770ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 3-i.rs 1508ms 2.6ms 1.9MB 1497ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 2-i.rs 1759ms 2.8ms 1.8MB 1750ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
zig 3-i.zig 1768ms 2.0ms 1.0MB 1760ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
rust 1.rs 2692ms 4.5ms 1.8MB 2683ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
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
rust 3-im.rs 38ms 0.5ms 2.1MB 120ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 5-m.rs 53ms 1.1ms 2.0MB 173ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 2-im.rs 60ms 1.3ms 2.0MB 200ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
zig 2-m.zig 60ms 1.2ms 1.4MB 200ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
rust 1-m.rs 87ms 0.9ms 2.0MB 300ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 3-i.rs 127ms 0.8ms 1.9MB 120ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
zig 3-i.zig 148ms 1.0ms 1.0MB 140ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
rust 2-i.rs 150ms 0.8ms 1.8MB 140ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
zig 1.zig 229ms 0.7ms 1.0MB 220ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
rust 1.rs 229ms 0.2ms 1.9MB 220ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0

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
rust 5c-m.rs 89ms 0.4ms 3.2MB 247ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 5-m.rs 93ms 1.6ms 3.2MB 277ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 6.rs 144ms 0.8ms 1.9MB 133ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 1c.rs 162ms 0.4ms 1.9MB 150ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 1.rs 194ms 0.5ms 2.0MB 183ms 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 5c-m.rs 16ms 0.6ms 3.2MB 20ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 5-m.rs 16ms 0.3ms 3.2MB 20ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 6.rs 17ms 0.8ms 1.9MB 10ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 1c.rs 19ms 0.2ms 1.8MB 10ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 1.rs 22ms 0.3ms 1.9MB 13ms 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 1.0ms 0.0ms 1.0MB 0ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
rust 1.rs 1.2ms 0.1ms 1.9MB 0ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 1.rs 1.2ms 0.1ms 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 227ms 1.7ms 26.6MB 660ms 7ms rustc 1.86.0
zig 1-m.zig 338ms 12ms 65.3MB 910ms 23ms zig 0.14.0
rust 8.rs 468ms 3.0ms 22.3MB 450ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
zig 1.zig 506ms 2.3ms 26.2MB 487ms 7ms 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 30ms 3.1ms 16.4MB 67ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 8.rs 58ms 1.1ms 11.6MB 47ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
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

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
rust 0-unsafe.rs 34ms 5.9ms 1.8MB 23ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 1.rs 57ms 5.3ms 1.9MB 47ms 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 93ms 2.6ms 2.8MB 87ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
rust 0-unsafe.rs 135ms 6.2ms 1.8MB 123ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 1.rs 199ms 28ms 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 15ms 0.2ms 1.3MB 10ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
rust 0-unsafe.rs 23ms 0.4ms 1.8MB 17ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 1.rs 30ms 2.2ms 1.8MB 23ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0

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
rust 9.rs 275ms 0.4ms 4.8MB 267ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0-nightly
rust 8.rs 293ms 2.0ms 4.8MB 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 0.2ms 1.1MB 10ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
rust 9.rs 13ms 0.5ms 1.9MB 10ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0-nightly
rust 8.rs 14ms 0.2ms 1.9MB 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 703ms 1.4ms 33.8MB 680ms 10ms rustc 1.86.0
zig 1.zig 905ms 67ms 41.0MB 880ms 10ms zig 0.14.0

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
rust 1.rs 150ms 2.2ms 9.8MB 140ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
zig 1.zig 178ms 2.5ms 11.0MB 170ms 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 163ms 0.5ms 1.8MB 160ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
zig 3.zig 198ms 0.4ms 1.0MB 190ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
rust 7-i.rs 237ms 0.9ms 1.8MB 230ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 1.rs 240ms 0.4ms 1.8MB 230ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 3.rs 279ms 0.7ms 1.9MB 270ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0-nightly
zig 2.zig 280ms 0.3ms 1.0MB 270ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
rust 2.rs 284ms 0.8ms 1.8MB 273ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
zig 1.zig 315ms 0.5ms 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 0.2ms 1.0MB 10ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
rust 7-i.rs 26ms 0.5ms 1.9MB 20ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 1.rs 26ms 0.2ms 1.8MB 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 0.2ms 1.8MB 20ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
zig 1.zig 34ms 0.4ms 1.1MB 30ms 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 263ms 1.3ms 40.1MB 250ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
rust 1.rs 308ms 4.4ms 40.9MB 293ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 2.rs 328ms 1.8ms 6.6MB 317ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
zig 2.zig 328ms 2.0ms 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 50ms 1.1ms 10.8MB 40ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
rust 1.rs 59ms 2.9ms 11.6MB 47ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
zig 2.zig 80ms 0.0ms 2.3MB 70ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
rust 2.rs 83ms 1.0ms 2.9MB 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 1514ms 7.3ms 2.7MB 1303ms 197ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 2.rs 1711ms 4.7ms 2.7MB 1623ms 70ms rustc 1.86.0
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
rust 1.rs 320ms 0.7ms 2.4MB 293ms 13ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 2.rs 387ms 2.7ms 2.4MB 377ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
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
rust 8-m.rs 494ms 0.6ms 2.4MB 1910ms 3ms rustc 1.88.0-nightly
rust 7-m.rs 501ms 0.5ms 2.3MB 1937ms 3ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 8.rs 993ms 1.6ms 2.4MB 980ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0-nightly
rust 2-m.rs 1965ms 1.7ms 2.4MB 7730ms 7ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 7.rs 2063ms 2.7ms 2.0MB 2053ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
zig 1.zig 3690ms 5.3ms 1.4MB 3680ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
rust 2.rs 4219ms 3.4ms 2.1MB 4207ms 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 128ms 0.1ms 2.4MB 463ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0-nightly
rust 7-m.rs 130ms 0.6ms 2.3MB 473ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 8.rs 251ms 1.0ms 2.3MB 240ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0-nightly
rust 2-m.rs 495ms 0.3ms 2.1MB 1910ms 7ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 7.rs 521ms 1.8ms 1.8MB 510ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
zig 1.zig 923ms 2.2ms 1.3MB 913ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
rust 2.rs 1059ms 1.2ms 1.9MB 1050ms 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 0.4ms 2.1MB 110ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0-nightly
rust 7-m.rs 36ms 0.2ms 2.1MB 107ms 3ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 8.rs 65ms 1.0ms 2.0MB 57ms 0ms rustc 1.88.0-nightly
rust 2-m.rs 128ms 0.5ms 2.1MB 470ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
rust 7.rs 133ms 2.1ms 1.9MB 127ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0
zig 1.zig 234ms 1.1ms 1.3MB 230ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
rust 2.rs 267ms 1.3ms 1.9MB 257ms 0ms rustc 1.86.0