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Zig VS Wasm benchmarks

Current benchmark data was generated on Mon May 19 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
wasm 4.rs 1799ms 13ms 33.8MB 1780ms 10ms wasmtime 32.0.0
wasm 5.rs 1807ms 26ms 33.8MB 1787ms 3ms wasmtime 32.0.0
zig 1.zig 1831ms 43ms 49.0MB 1800ms 17ms zig 0.14.0
wasm 3.rs 1837ms 50ms 49.8MB 1807ms 17ms wasmtime 32.0.0

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 155ms 3.9ms 7.0MB 143ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
wasm 5.rs 170ms 0.4ms 19.8MB 157ms 0ms wasmtime 32.0.0
wasm 3.rs 172ms 3.8ms 21.7MB 160ms 0ms wasmtime 32.0.0
wasm 4.rs 172ms 1.7ms 19.7MB 160ms 0ms wasmtime 32.0.0

edigits

Input: 250001

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
wasm 1.rs 420ms 2.0ms 19.4MB 407ms 0ms wasmtime 32.0.0
zig 1.zig 2263ms 1.7ms 2.5MB 2237ms 10ms zig 0.14.0

Input: 100000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
wasm 1.rs 114ms 1.7ms 19.0MB 100ms 0ms wasmtime 32.0.0
zig 1.zig 379ms 2.2ms 1.9MB 363ms 0ms zig 0.14.0

fannkuch-redux

Input: 11

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2-m.zig 636ms 3.6ms 1.4MB 2397ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
zig 3-i.zig 1778ms 22ms 1.0MB 1770ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
zig 1.zig 2715ms 13ms 1.0MB 2707ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
wasm 1.rs 4187ms 38ms 17.3MB 4177ms 0ms wasmtime 32.0.0

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2-m.zig 59ms 1.9ms 1.4MB 200ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
zig 3-i.zig 147ms 0.5ms 1.0MB 140ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
zig 1.zig 227ms 0.9ms 1.0MB 220ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
wasm 1.rs 350ms 1.9ms 19.2MB 340ms 0ms wasmtime 32.0.0

fasta

Input: 2500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 87ms 1.5ms 1.0MB 80ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
wasm 1.rs 234ms 2.0ms 17.9MB 220ms 0ms wasmtime 32.0.0

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
wasm 1.rs 31ms 0.9ms 17.8MB 20ms 0ms wasmtime 32.0.0

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 0.14.0
wasm 1.rs 6.8ms 0.2ms 18.0MB 0ms 0ms wasmtime 32.0.0

knucleotide

Input: 2500000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1-m.zig 319ms 5.2ms 67.2MB 850ms 27ms zig 0.14.0
zig 1.zig 502ms 2.3ms 27.9MB 480ms 10ms zig 0.14.0

Input: 250000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1-m.zig 66ms 1.7ms 54.3MB 140ms 30ms zig 0.14.0
zig 1.zig 66ms 0.7ms 15.5MB 50ms 3ms 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 33ms 1.1ms 2.8MB 23ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
wasm 1.rs 89ms 0.7ms 17.5MB 77ms 0ms wasmtime 32.0.0

Input: 1000 3000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 94ms 3.9ms 2.8MB 87ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
wasm 1.rs 252ms 2.7ms 19.4MB 240ms 0ms wasmtime 32.0.0

Input: 100 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 16ms 1.3ms 1.3MB 10ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
wasm 1.rs 47ms 0.6ms 17.9MB 33ms 0ms wasmtime 32.0.0

mandelbrot

Input: 5000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 248ms 0.8ms 4.1MB 240ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
wasm 8.rs 819ms 2.4ms 20.8MB 803ms 0ms wasmtime 32.0.0

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 12ms 0.1ms 1.1MB 10ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
wasm 8.rs 43ms 0.2ms 17.9MB 30ms 0ms wasmtime 32.0.0

merkletrees

Input: 17

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 859ms 8.1ms 41.0MB 830ms 17ms zig 0.14.0
wasm 1.rs 901ms 10ms 43.7MB 873ms 10ms wasmtime 32.0.0

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 175ms 1.5ms 11.0MB 163ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
wasm 1.rs 197ms 2.6ms 23.7MB 180ms 0ms wasmtime 32.0.0

nbody

Input: 5000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 3.zig 198ms 0.9ms 1.0MB 190ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
zig 2.zig 279ms 0.5ms 1.0MB 270ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
zig 1.zig 315ms 1.1ms 1.1MB 310ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
wasm 1.rs 407ms 0.1ms 18.2MB 393ms 0ms wasmtime 32.0.0
wasm 2.rs 563ms 1.8ms 17.8MB 550ms 0ms wasmtime 32.0.0

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 0.14.0
zig 2.zig 30ms 0.1ms 1.0MB 20ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
zig 1.zig 34ms 0.4ms 1.1MB 30ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
wasm 1.rs 49ms 0.9ms 18.0MB 40ms 0ms wasmtime 32.0.0
wasm 2.rs 65ms 1.2ms 18.1MB 53ms 0ms wasmtime 32.0.0

nsieve

Input: 12

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 259ms 2.9ms 40.2MB 243ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
zig 2.zig 330ms 0.5ms 6.0MB 320ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
wasm 2.rs 368ms 9.3ms 22.8MB 357ms 0ms wasmtime 32.0.0
wasm 1.rs 476ms 1.3ms 56.7MB 460ms 0ms wasmtime 32.0.0

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 51ms 2.6ms 10.9MB 40ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
zig 2.zig 81ms 0.8ms 2.3MB 70ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
wasm 1.rs 96ms 3.0ms 27.5MB 83ms 0ms wasmtime 32.0.0
wasm 2.rs 97ms 2.1ms 18.9MB 83ms 0ms wasmtime 32.0.0

pidigits

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
wasm 2.rs 2153ms 20ms 19.1MB 2140ms 0ms wasmtime 32.0.0
zig 1.zig 2462ms 12ms 2.2MB 2437ms 10ms zig 0.14.0

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
wasm 2.rs 504ms 1.2ms 18.1MB 490ms 0ms wasmtime 32.0.0
zig 1.zig 566ms 0.9ms 1.8MB 560ms 0ms zig 0.14.0

spectral-norm

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 3690ms 7.6ms 1.4MB 3680ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
wasm 2.rs 3700ms 13ms 17.7MB 3687ms 0ms wasmtime 32.0.0
wasm 7.rs 4896ms 4.6ms 17.6MB 4883ms 0ms wasmtime 32.0.0

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 923ms 1.2ms 1.3MB 910ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
wasm 2.rs 932ms 4.9ms 17.6MB 920ms 0ms wasmtime 32.0.0
wasm 7.rs 1230ms 0.5ms 18.1MB 1220ms 0ms wasmtime 32.0.0

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 232ms 0.7ms 1.3MB 220ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
wasm 2.rs 238ms 0.5ms 18.2MB 227ms 0ms wasmtime 32.0.0
wasm 7.rs 314ms 0.7ms 17.9MB 300ms 0ms wasmtime 32.0.0