Programming Language and compiler
Benchmarks

Zig VS V benchmarks

Current benchmark data was generated on Sun Jan 29 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
v 1.v 1093ms 4.7ms 36.9MB 1077ms 7ms v/clang+gc 0.3.2
v 1.v 1114ms 16ms 37.1MB 1100ms 3ms v/clang 0.3.2
zig 1.zig 2124ms 12ms 49.1MB 2090ms 17ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1480+f68d3c63d

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
v 1.v 90ms 1.4ms 5.6MB 77ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.3.2
v 1.v 91ms 1.1ms 5.6MB 80ms 0ms v/clang 0.3.2
zig 1.zig 183ms 1.2ms 7.0MB 170ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1480+f68d3c63d

edigits

Input: 250001

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 3828ms 0.4ms 2.6MB 3800ms 10ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1480+f68d3c63d
v 1.v timeout 0.0ms 29.0MB 4980ms 3ms v/clang+gc 0.3.2

Input: 100000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 635ms 0.3ms 1.9MB 617ms 3ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1480+f68d3c63d
v 1.v timeout 0.0ms 12.9MB 4973ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.3.2

fannkuch-redux

Input: 11

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2-m.zig 1293ms 14ms 1.1MB 2520ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1480+f68d3c63d
zig 3-i.zig 1576ms 41ms 1.0MB 1567ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1480+f68d3c63d
zig 2.zig 2524ms 3.1ms 1.0MB 2513ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1480+f68d3c63d
v 1.v 3315ms 1.6ms 2.0MB 3300ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.3.2
v 1.v 3325ms 6.6ms 2.0MB 3313ms 0ms v/clang 0.3.2
zig 1.zig 3480ms 3.3ms 1.0MB 3470ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1480+f68d3c63d

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2-m.zig 118ms 0.2ms 1.1MB 210ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1480+f68d3c63d
zig 3-i.zig 130ms 0.3ms 1.0MB 120ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1480+f68d3c63d
zig 2.zig 217ms 0.2ms 1.0MB 207ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1480+f68d3c63d
v 1.v 278ms 0.3ms 2.1MB 267ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.3.2
v 1.v 280ms 0.4ms 2.0MB 267ms 0ms v/clang 0.3.2
zig 1.zig 287ms 0.3ms 1.0MB 280ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1480+f68d3c63d

fasta

Input: 2500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 154ms 0.2ms 1.0MB 147ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1480+f68d3c63d
v 1.v 647ms 0.8ms 2.0MB 633ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.3.2
v 1.v 648ms 0.9ms 2.0MB 640ms 0ms v/clang 0.3.2

Input: 250000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 18ms 0.7ms 1.0MB 10ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1480+f68d3c63d
v 1.v 68ms 0.6ms 1.9MB 57ms 0ms v/clang 0.3.2
v 1.v 69ms 1.5ms 2.0MB 60ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.3.2

helloworld

Input: QwQ

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 1.2ms 0.3ms 1.0MB 0ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1480+f68d3c63d
v 1.v 2.1ms 0.5ms 2.0MB 0ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.3.2
v 1.v 2.2ms 0.8ms 1.9MB 0ms 0ms v/clang 0.3.2

json-serde

Input: sample 5000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 118ms 0.8ms 14.4MB 100ms 3ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1480+f68d3c63d

Input: canada 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 702ms 0.7ms 75.0MB 660ms 20ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1480+f68d3c63d

knucleotide

Input: 2500000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 1137ms 8.5ms 25.7MB 1103ms 17ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1480+f68d3c63d

Input: 250000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 128ms 0.9ms 7.4MB 113ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1480+f68d3c63d

lru

Input: 1000 1000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 45ms 1.1ms 2.8MB 33ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1480+f68d3c63d
v 1.v 403ms 1.5ms 2.2MB 390ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.3.2
v 1.v 423ms 0.3ms 2.2MB 410ms 0ms v/clang 0.3.2

Input: 1000 3000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 125ms 0.7ms 2.7MB 120ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1480+f68d3c63d
v 1.v 1202ms 1.8ms 2.2MB 1190ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.3.2
v 1.v 1262ms 1.5ms 2.2MB 1250ms 0ms v/clang 0.3.2

Input: 100 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 20ms 0.4ms 1.0MB 10ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1480+f68d3c63d
v 1.v 133ms 0.4ms 2.2MB 123ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.3.2
v 1.v 143ms 2.0ms 2.2MB 127ms 0ms v/clang 0.3.2

mandelbrot

Input: 5000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 427ms 0.4ms 4.3MB 417ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1480+f68d3c63d

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 20ms 0.7ms 0.9MB 10ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1480+f68d3c63d

merkletrees

Input: 17

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 1076ms 10ms 41.1MB 1050ms 7ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1480+f68d3c63d

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 219ms 2.8ms 11.0MB 207ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1480+f68d3c63d

nbody

Input: 5000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2.zig 303ms 0.7ms 1.0MB 290ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1480+f68d3c63d
zig 1.zig 363ms 0.4ms 1.0MB 350ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1480+f68d3c63d
v 1.v 892ms 35ms 2.3MB 880ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.3.2
v 1.v 901ms 43ms 2.2MB 890ms 0ms v/clang 0.3.2

Input: 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2.zig 32ms 0.3ms 1.0MB 20ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1480+f68d3c63d
zig 1.zig 40ms 0.8ms 1.0MB 30ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1480+f68d3c63d
v 1.v 90ms 0.8ms 2.3MB 80ms 0ms v/clang 0.3.2
v 1.v 93ms 1.4ms 2.4MB 80ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.3.2

nsieve

Input: 12

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2.zig 423ms 3.7ms 6.0MB 413ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1480+f68d3c63d
v 2.v 502ms 3.8ms 10.6MB 487ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.3.2
v 2.v 505ms 7.0ms 10.6MB 490ms 0ms v/clang 0.3.2
v 1.v 602ms 23ms 41.2MB 587ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.3.2
zig 1.zig 624ms 18ms 40.2MB 600ms 10ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1480+f68d3c63d
v 1.v 640ms 16ms 41.2MB 623ms 0ms v/clang 0.3.2

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2.zig 95ms 0.1ms 2.2MB 80ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1480+f68d3c63d
v 2.v 115ms 0.1ms 4.0MB 110ms 0ms v/clang 0.3.2
v 2.v 116ms 0.4ms 4.0MB 103ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.3.2
zig 1.zig 117ms 3.5ms 10.9MB 103ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1480+f68d3c63d
v 1.v 118ms 1.9ms 20.2MB 107ms 3ms v/clang 0.3.2
v 1.v 120ms 1.8ms 19.9MB 103ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.3.2

pidigits

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 2303ms 0.9ms 2.3MB 2280ms 7ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1480+f68d3c63d
v 1.v 3952ms 62ms 3.0MB 3923ms 10ms v/clang+gc 0.3.2
v 1.v timeout 0.0ms 4.1MB 4987ms 0ms v/clang 0.3.2
v 2.v timeout 0.0ms 3.1MB 4987ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.3.2

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 517ms 0.9ms 1.9MB 510ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1480+f68d3c63d
v 1.v 952ms 1.6ms 2.8MB 937ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.3.2
v 1.v 1434ms 14ms 3.0MB 1413ms 3ms v/clang 0.3.2
v 2.v 1709ms 15ms 2.9MB 1690ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.3.2

spectral-norm

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2-m.zig 1062ms 0.9ms 1.3MB 2053ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1480+f68d3c63d
zig 2.zig 2061ms 1.2ms 1.0MB 2050ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1480+f68d3c63d
zig 1.zig 4577ms 0.7ms 1.1MB 4567ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1480+f68d3c63d
v 1.v timeout 0.0ms 3.2MB 4983ms 0ms v/clang 0.3.2
v 1.v timeout 0.0ms 3.1MB 4983ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.3.2

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2-m.zig 276ms 0.9ms 1.1MB 500ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1480+f68d3c63d
zig 2.zig 517ms 0.4ms 1.1MB 507ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1480+f68d3c63d
zig 1.zig 1148ms 0.7ms 1.1MB 1137ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1480+f68d3c63d
v 1.v 1549ms 0.3ms 2.8MB 1540ms 0ms v/clang 0.3.2
v 1.v 1552ms 3.6ms 2.8MB 1537ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.3.2

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2-m.zig 84ms 12ms 1.2MB 127ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1480+f68d3c63d
zig 2.zig 131ms 0.3ms 1.0MB 120ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1480+f68d3c63d
zig 1.zig 291ms 1.6ms 1.1MB 280ms 0ms zig 0.11.0-dev.1480+f68d3c63d
v 1.v 390ms 0.2ms 2.5MB 380ms 0ms v/clang 0.3.2
v 1.v 391ms 1.1ms 2.5MB 380ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.3.2