Programming Language and compiler
Benchmarks

Zig VS V benchmarks

Current benchmark data was generated on Sun Jul 13 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
v 1.v 825ms 11ms 28.8MB 810ms 3ms v/clang+gc 0.4.11
zig 1.zig 1872ms 186ms 49.0MB 1840ms 17ms zig 0.14.1
v 1.v 2174ms 25ms 2086.6MB 1273ms 890ms v/clang 0.4.11

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
v 1.v 72ms 2.2ms 4.6MB 60ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.4.11
zig 1.zig 152ms 2.9ms 7.0MB 140ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
v 1.v 206ms 2.7ms 197.9MB 117ms 73ms v/clang 0.4.11

edigits

Input: 250001

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 2260ms 7.9ms 2.5MB 2237ms 10ms zig 0.14.1
v 1.v timeout 0.0ms 8.0MB 4990ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.4.11

Input: 100000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 382ms 1.1ms 1.9MB 367ms 3ms zig 0.14.1
v 1.v timeout 0.0ms 4.5MB 4990ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.4.11

fannkuch-redux

Input: 11

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2-m.zig 637ms 8.5ms 1.4MB 2413ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
zig 3-i.zig 1765ms 1.9ms 1.0MB 1757ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
v 1.v 2199ms 24ms 1.9MB 2190ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.4.11
v 1.v 2258ms 6.9ms 1.1MB 2250ms 0ms v/clang 0.4.11
zig 1.zig 2719ms 3.6ms 1.0MB 2710ms 0ms zig 0.14.1

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2-m.zig 60ms 0.6ms 1.4MB 200ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
zig 3-i.zig 147ms 0.3ms 1.0MB 140ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
v 1.v 186ms 0.8ms 1.9MB 180ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.4.11
v 1.v 192ms 0.9ms 1.1MB 183ms 0ms v/clang 0.4.11
zig 1.zig 229ms 2.1ms 1.0MB 220ms 0ms zig 0.14.1

fasta

Input: 2500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 88ms 0.8ms 1.0MB 80ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
v 1.v 503ms 5.1ms 1.3MB 497ms 0ms v/clang 0.4.11
v 1.v 522ms 1.0ms 2.1MB 510ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.4.11

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 0.14.1
v 1.v 54ms 1.8ms 1.3MB 47ms 0ms v/clang 0.4.11
v 1.v 56ms 2.5ms 2.1MB 50ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.4.11

helloworld

Input: QwQ

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 0.9ms 0.0ms 1.1MB 0ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
v 1.v 1.0ms 0.0ms 1.4MB 0ms 0ms v/clang 0.4.11
v 1.v 1.3ms 0.0ms 1.9MB 0ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.4.11

knucleotide

Input: 2500000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1-m.zig 318ms 0.8ms 67.1MB 840ms 23ms zig 0.14.1
zig 1.zig 499ms 2.8ms 28.0MB 477ms 13ms zig 0.14.1

Input: 250000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1-m.zig 65ms 1.8ms 54.3MB 133ms 33ms zig 0.14.1
zig 1.zig 66ms 2.2ms 15.4MB 50ms 3ms zig 0.14.1

lru

Input: 1000 1000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 33ms 1.2ms 2.8MB 27ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
v 1.v 259ms 3.4ms 2.1MB 250ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.4.11
v 1.v 267ms 5.4ms 1.3MB 257ms 0ms v/clang 0.4.11

Input: 1000 3000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 95ms 1.5ms 2.8MB 87ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
v 1.v 770ms 4.1ms 2.1MB 760ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.4.11
v 1.v 792ms 5.6ms 1.3MB 787ms 0ms v/clang 0.4.11

Input: 100 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 16ms 1.1ms 1.3MB 10ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
v 1.v 91ms 2.0ms 1.3MB 83ms 0ms v/clang 0.4.11
v 1.v 100ms 1.6ms 2.1MB 93ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.4.11

mandelbrot

Input: 5000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 247ms 0.5ms 4.1MB 240ms 0ms zig 0.14.1

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 0.14.1

merkletrees

Input: 17

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 866ms 9.9ms 41.0MB 833ms 17ms zig 0.14.1

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 175ms 2.1ms 11.0MB 160ms 0ms zig 0.14.1

nbody

Input: 5000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 3.zig 198ms 1.1ms 1.0MB 190ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
zig 2.zig 280ms 0.5ms 1.0MB 270ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
v 1.v 312ms 1.5ms 1.6MB 300ms 0ms v/clang 0.4.11
v 1.v 312ms 1.3ms 2.3MB 300ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.4.11
zig 1.zig 315ms 0.8ms 1.1MB 303ms 0ms zig 0.14.1

Input: 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 3.zig 22ms 0.3ms 1.0MB 10ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
zig 2.zig 30ms 0.1ms 1.0MB 20ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
v 1.v 33ms 0.0ms 1.6MB 30ms 0ms v/clang 0.4.11
v 1.v 34ms 0.2ms 2.3MB 27ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.4.11
zig 1.zig 34ms 0.6ms 1.1MB 30ms 0ms zig 0.14.1

nsieve

Input: 12

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 270ms 5.1ms 40.2MB 257ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
v 1.v 321ms 15ms 40.3MB 307ms 0ms v/clang 0.4.11
v 1.v 323ms 7.3ms 41.2MB 310ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.4.11
v 2.v 329ms 1.3ms 6.1MB 320ms 0ms v/clang 0.4.11
zig 2.zig 330ms 3.2ms 6.0MB 320ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
v 2.v 331ms 4.8ms 6.9MB 323ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.4.11

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 52ms 2.0ms 10.9MB 40ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
v 1.v 61ms 2.9ms 11.9MB 50ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.4.11
v 1.v 65ms 0.6ms 11.0MB 57ms 0ms v/clang 0.4.11
zig 2.zig 80ms 1.1ms 2.3MB 70ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
v 2.v 82ms 1.5ms 3.1MB 73ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.4.11
v 2.v 83ms 2.1ms 2.4MB 73ms 0ms v/clang 0.4.11

pidigits

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 2450ms 12ms 2.2MB 2420ms 17ms zig 0.14.1
v 2.v 3245ms 96ms 4.0MB 3223ms 10ms v/clang+gc 0.4.11

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 569ms 4.0ms 1.8MB 560ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
v 2.v 786ms 13ms 3.1MB 773ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.4.11

spectral-norm

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 3686ms 3.7ms 1.4MB 3677ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
v 1.v timeout 0.0ms 1.6MB 4990ms 0ms v/clang 0.4.11
v 1.v timeout 0.0ms 2.8MB 4990ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.4.11

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 925ms 2.6ms 1.3MB 917ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
v 1.v 1289ms 3.0ms 1.5MB 1280ms 0ms v/clang 0.4.11
v 1.v 1327ms 5.5ms 2.5MB 1317ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.4.11

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 235ms 0.4ms 1.3MB 230ms 0ms zig 0.14.1
v 1.v 325ms 1.8ms 1.5MB 317ms 0ms v/clang 0.4.11
v 1.v 335ms 1.1ms 2.4MB 327ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.4.11