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Zig VS Wasm benchmarks

Current benchmark data was generated on Thu May 01 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
zig 1.zig 1721ms 8.7ms 49.0MB 1690ms 17ms zig 0.14.0
wasm 5.rs 1774ms 4.7ms 33.7MB 1757ms 7ms wasmtime 32.0.0
wasm 3.rs 1818ms 20ms 49.7MB 1790ms 13ms wasmtime 32.0.0
wasm 4.rs 1821ms 4.3ms 33.8MB 1803ms 7ms wasmtime 32.0.0

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 156ms 0.8ms 7.0MB 147ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
wasm 5.rs 170ms 2.0ms 19.7MB 160ms 0ms wasmtime 32.0.0
wasm 4.rs 177ms 2.1ms 19.7MB 163ms 0ms wasmtime 32.0.0
wasm 3.rs 180ms 5.3ms 21.7MB 163ms 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 421ms 3.5ms 19.4MB 407ms 0ms wasmtime 32.0.0
zig 1.zig 2257ms 3.8ms 2.5MB 2227ms 17ms zig 0.14.0

Input: 100000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
wasm 1.rs 115ms 2.5ms 18.8MB 100ms 0ms wasmtime 32.0.0
zig 1.zig 382ms 3.2ms 1.9MB 363ms 3ms 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 632ms 6.8ms 1.4MB 2400ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
zig 3-i.zig 1765ms 2.1ms 1.0MB 1757ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
zig 1.zig 2717ms 3.5ms 1.0MB 2707ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
wasm 1.rs 4121ms 1.0ms 17.3MB 4110ms 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 60ms 0.7ms 1.4MB 200ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
zig 3-i.zig 147ms 0.2ms 1.0MB 140ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
zig 1.zig 228ms 1.2ms 1.0MB 220ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
wasm 1.rs 345ms 2.7ms 17.3MB 333ms 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 88ms 1.7ms 1.0MB 80ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
wasm 1.rs 236ms 2.0ms 17.9MB 223ms 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 1.2ms 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 1.1ms 0.2ms 1.1MB 0ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
wasm 1.rs 6.4ms 0.3ms 16.1MB 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 315ms 1.9ms 67.1MB 830ms 30ms zig 0.14.0
zig 1.zig 504ms 5.3ms 28.1MB 477ms 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 64ms 1.1ms 54.4MB 133ms 27ms zig 0.14.0
zig 1.zig 66ms 1.8ms 15.4MB 50ms 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 35ms 2.4ms 2.8MB 27ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
wasm 1.rs 87ms 2.0ms 17.8MB 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 91ms 1.2ms 2.8MB 80ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
wasm 1.rs 246ms 2.8ms 17.5MB 233ms 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 1.2ms 1.3MB 10ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
wasm 1.rs 46ms 0.8ms 17.7MB 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 247ms 0.5ms 4.1MB 240ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
wasm 8.rs 822ms 2.9ms 20.8MB 807ms 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 0.0ms 1.1MB 10ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
wasm 8.rs 42ms 0.8ms 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 858ms 3.7ms 41.0MB 830ms 13ms zig 0.14.0
wasm 1.rs 885ms 0.7ms 43.7MB 860ms 10ms wasmtime 32.0.0

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 180ms 6.0ms 11.0MB 163ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
wasm 1.rs 197ms 2.7ms 23.7MB 183ms 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 1.2ms 1.0MB 190ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
zig 2.zig 279ms 0.4ms 1.0MB 270ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
zig 1.zig 315ms 1.0ms 1.1MB 307ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
wasm 1.rs 404ms 2.4ms 17.8MB 393ms 0ms wasmtime 32.0.0
wasm 2.rs 563ms 3.0ms 17.9MB 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 1.1MB 10ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
zig 2.zig 30ms 0.1ms 1.0MB 20ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
zig 1.zig 34ms 0.6ms 1.1MB 23ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
wasm 1.rs 48ms 1.3ms 19.8MB 40ms 0ms wasmtime 32.0.0
wasm 2.rs 63ms 0.2ms 17.9MB 50ms 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 271ms 2.6ms 40.2MB 250ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
zig 2.zig 328ms 2.4ms 6.0MB 320ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
wasm 2.rs 367ms 10ms 22.7MB 353ms 0ms wasmtime 32.0.0
wasm 1.rs 458ms 4.0ms 56.9MB 443ms 0ms wasmtime 32.0.0

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 54ms 4.4ms 10.9MB 47ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
zig 2.zig 81ms 0.9ms 2.3MB 70ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
wasm 1.rs 90ms 0.5ms 27.6MB 80ms 0ms wasmtime 32.0.0
wasm 2.rs 95ms 0.6ms 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 2190ms 4.4ms 19.1MB 2173ms 0ms wasmtime 32.0.0
zig 1.zig 2466ms 3.3ms 2.2MB 2437ms 13ms zig 0.14.0

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
wasm 2.rs 519ms 3.4ms 18.1MB 507ms 0ms wasmtime 32.0.0
zig 1.zig 567ms 2.8ms 1.8MB 553ms 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 3689ms 4.3ms 1.4MB 3683ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
wasm 2.rs 3694ms 3.7ms 17.6MB 3683ms 0ms wasmtime 32.0.0
wasm 7.rs 4898ms 2.5ms 18.1MB 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 3.3ms 1.3MB 913ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
wasm 2.rs 934ms 2.7ms 17.7MB 920ms 0ms wasmtime 32.0.0
wasm 7.rs 1229ms 0.8ms 19.5MB 1217ms 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 0.1ms 1.3MB 220ms 0ms zig 0.14.0
wasm 2.rs 239ms 1.7ms 17.4MB 223ms 0ms wasmtime 32.0.0
wasm 7.rs 315ms 1.9ms 18.2MB 300ms 0ms wasmtime 32.0.0