Programming Language and compiler
Benchmarks

Zig VS V benchmarks

Current benchmark data was generated on Fri May 20 2022, 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 1118ms 8.9ms 37.2MB 1100ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.2.4
v 1.v 2375ms 3.1ms 2086.3MB 1607ms 750ms v/clang 0.2.4
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
v 1.v 116ms 1.6ms 5.6MB 107ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.2.4
v 1.v 220ms 0.6ms 197.8MB 133ms 73ms v/clang 0.2.4
zig 1.zig 3043ms 18ms 8.0MB 2350ms 657ms zig 0.10.0

edigits

Input: 250001

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 4173ms 2.8ms 1.1MB 3853ms 303ms zig 0.10.0
v 1.v timeout 0.0ms 0.0MB 0ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.2.4

Input: 100000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 729ms 1.2ms 0.5MB 637ms 77ms zig 0.10.0
v 1.v timeout 0.0ms 0.0MB 0ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.2.4

fannkuch-redux

Input: 11

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2-m.zig 1201ms 3.4ms 0.0MB 2350ms 0ms zig 0.10.0
zig 2.zig 2680ms 2.2ms 0.0MB 2670ms 0ms zig 0.10.0
v 1.v 3311ms 2.6ms 1.9MB 3300ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.2.4
v 1.v 3417ms 147ms 0.6MB 3407ms 0ms v/clang 0.2.4
zig 1.zig 3444ms 4.2ms 0.1MB 3430ms 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 113ms 0.3ms 0.0MB 197ms 0ms zig 0.10.0
zig 2.zig 232ms 1.8ms 0.0MB 220ms 0ms zig 0.10.0
v 1.v 277ms 1.0ms 2.1MB 263ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.2.4
v 1.v 281ms 1.5ms 0.6MB 267ms 0ms v/clang 0.2.4
zig 1.zig 290ms 2.1ms 0.1MB 280ms 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 155ms 0.1ms 0.0MB 150ms 0ms zig 0.10.0
v 1.v 769ms 0.5ms 2.2MB 630ms 123ms v/clang+gc 0.2.4
v 1.v 837ms 2.2ms 0.6MB 720ms 100ms v/clang 0.2.4

Input: 250000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 18ms 0.3ms 0.0MB 10ms 0ms zig 0.10.0
v 1.v 81ms 1.1ms 2.3MB 63ms 3ms v/clang+gc 0.2.4
v 1.v 86ms 1.0ms 0.6MB 63ms 10ms v/clang 0.2.4

helloworld

Input: QwQ

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
v 1.v 1.5ms 0.7ms 0.6MB 0ms 0ms v/clang 0.2.4
zig 1.zig 2.1ms 1.0ms 0.0MB 0ms 0ms zig 0.10.0
v 1.v 2.5ms 0.9ms 1.9MB 0ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.2.4

lru

Input: 1000 1000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 47ms 1.7ms 1.6MB 37ms 0ms zig 0.10.0
v 1.v 399ms 1.3ms 0.6MB 390ms 0ms v/clang 0.2.4
v 1.v 416ms 0.8ms 2.3MB 400ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.2.4

Input: 1000 3000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 132ms 0.3ms 1.6MB 120ms 0ms zig 0.10.0
v 1.v 1186ms 1.6ms 0.6MB 1177ms 0ms v/clang 0.2.4
v 1.v 1244ms 1.7ms 2.3MB 1230ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.2.4

Input: 100 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 23ms 1.7ms 0.3MB 10ms 0ms zig 0.10.0
v 1.v 127ms 0.4ms 0.6MB 120ms 0ms v/clang 0.2.4
v 1.v 135ms 1.2ms 2.3MB 120ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.2.4

mandelbrot

Input: 5000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 429ms 0.2ms 3.1MB 420ms 0ms zig 0.10.0

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 20ms 1.5ms 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
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
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 303ms 0.6ms 0.0MB 290ms 0ms zig 0.10.0
zig 1.zig 377ms 3.5ms 0.0MB 367ms 0ms zig 0.10.0
v 1.v 988ms 1.1ms 0.8MB 980ms 0ms v/clang 0.2.4
v 1.v 1015ms 4.4ms 2.4MB 1003ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.2.4

Input: 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2.zig 33ms 1.6ms 0.0MB 20ms 0ms zig 0.10.0
zig 1.zig 40ms 0.6ms 0.0MB 30ms 0ms zig 0.10.0
v 1.v 104ms 5.6ms 0.9MB 93ms 0ms v/clang 0.2.4
v 1.v 104ms 0.2ms 2.3MB 90ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.2.4

nsieve

Input: 12

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2.zig 423ms 0.2ms 4.9MB 410ms 0ms zig 0.10.0
v 2.v 509ms 13ms 6.8MB 490ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.2.4
v 1.v 533ms 20ms 40.2MB 517ms 3ms v/clang 0.2.4
v 1.v 539ms 16ms 41.2MB 527ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.2.4
zig 1.zig 687ms 54ms 39.1MB 657ms 17ms zig 0.10.0

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2.zig 95ms 1.2ms 1.1MB 87ms 0ms zig 0.10.0
v 2.v 117ms 1.0ms 3.2MB 103ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.2.4
v 1.v 118ms 0.6ms 11.0MB 110ms 0ms v/clang 0.2.4
v 1.v 118ms 2.9ms 19.1MB 100ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.2.4
zig 1.zig 118ms 1.4ms 9.6MB 103ms 0ms zig 0.10.0

pidigits

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
v 1.v 4672ms 119ms 3.2MB 4640ms 10ms v/clang+gc 0.2.4
v 1.v timeout 0.0ms 0.0MB 0ms 0ms v/clang 0.2.4
v 2.v timeout 0.0ms 0.0MB 0ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.2.4
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
v 1.v 1163ms 20ms 2.7MB 1147ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.2.4
v 2.v 1568ms 4.5ms 3.2MB 1550ms 3ms v/clang+gc 0.2.4
v 1.v 2202ms 1.6ms 2459.0MB 1173ms 1017ms v/clang 0.2.4
zig 1.zig 2699ms 13ms 0.4MB 980ms 1700ms zig 0.10.0

spectral-norm

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2-m.zig 1070ms 4.8ms 0.3MB 2047ms 0ms zig 0.10.0
zig 2.zig 2064ms 3.4ms 0.0MB 2050ms 0ms zig 0.10.0
v 1.v 4117ms 0.3ms 1.8MB 4110ms 0ms v/clang 0.2.4
v 1.v 4119ms 2.0ms 3.0MB 4103ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.2.4
zig 1.zig 4576ms 0.2ms 0.1MB 4560ms 0ms zig 0.10.0

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2-m.zig 278ms 2.3ms 0.2MB 510ms 0ms zig 0.10.0
zig 2.zig 517ms 0.8ms 0.0MB 507ms 0ms zig 0.10.0
v 1.v 1032ms 0.5ms 2.5MB 1020ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.2.4
v 1.v 1043ms 2.3ms 0.8MB 1017ms 0ms v/clang 0.2.4
zig 1.zig 1146ms 0.6ms 0.1MB 1133ms 0ms zig 0.10.0

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2-m.zig 77ms 1.5ms 0.2MB 123ms 0ms zig 0.10.0
zig 2.zig 131ms 2.0ms 0.0MB 120ms 0ms zig 0.10.0
v 1.v 261ms 0.6ms 2.6MB 250ms 0ms v/clang+gc 0.2.4
v 1.v 269ms 2.7ms 0.8MB 247ms 0ms v/clang 0.2.4
zig 1.zig 289ms 1.4ms 0.1MB 280ms 0ms zig 0.10.0