Programming Language and compiler
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Zig VS Wasm benchmarks

Current benchmark data was generated on Thu Feb 01 2024, 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 1782ms 14ms 49.1MB 1747ms 17ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
wasm 3.rs 1832ms 18ms 82.0MB 1817ms 23ms node 18.19.0
wasm 5.rs 1873ms 10ms 65.7MB 1860ms 20ms node 18.19.0
wasm 4.rs 1910ms 6.6ms 34.9MB 1893ms 3ms wasmtime 17.0.0
wasm 3.rs 1959ms 30ms 50.9MB 1923ms 20ms wasmtime 17.0.0
wasm 5.rs 2022ms 10ms 34.9MB 1997ms 3ms wasmtime 17.0.0
wasm 4.rs 2156ms 42ms 66.8MB 2137ms 20ms node 18.19.0

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 176ms 52ms 7.1MB 163ms 0ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
wasm 4.rs 184ms 4.7ms 20.9MB 167ms 0ms wasmtime 17.0.0
wasm 3.rs 186ms 4.3ms 22.9MB 167ms 0ms wasmtime 17.0.0
wasm 5.rs 194ms 1.5ms 20.9MB 180ms 0ms wasmtime 17.0.0
wasm 3.rs 208ms 1.9ms 53.2MB 190ms 23ms node 18.19.0
wasm 5.rs 215ms 1.7ms 53.0MB 210ms 7ms node 18.19.0
wasm 4.rs 252ms 15ms 53.0MB 240ms 13ms node 18.19.0

edigits

Input: 250001

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
wasm 1.rs 469ms 42ms 20.3MB 453ms 0ms wasmtime 17.0.0
wasm 1.rs 481ms 2.2ms 58.4MB 543ms 17ms node 18.19.0
zig 1.zig 2265ms 7.1ms 2.5MB 2237ms 13ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f

Input: 100000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
wasm 1.rs 120ms 0.3ms 19.6MB 103ms 0ms wasmtime 17.0.0
wasm 1.rs 176ms 0.9ms 58.2MB 223ms 23ms node 18.19.0
zig 1.zig 381ms 1.2ms 1.9MB 367ms 0ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f

fannkuch-redux

Input: 11

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2-m.zig 639ms 6.1ms 3.5MB 2410ms 0ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
zig 3-i.zig 1769ms 3.5ms 1.1MB 1760ms 0ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
zig 2.zig 1999ms 9.9ms 1.1MB 1990ms 0ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
zig 1.zig 2839ms 2.3ms 1.1MB 2830ms 0ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
wasm 1.rs 4176ms 317ms 18.5MB 4160ms 0ms wasmtime 17.0.0
wasm 1.rs timeout 0.0ms 50.5MB 4983ms 7ms node 18.19.0

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2-m.zig 63ms 0.3ms 3.6MB 203ms 0ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
zig 3-i.zig 148ms 0.3ms 1.1MB 140ms 0ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
zig 2.zig 167ms 0.7ms 1.1MB 160ms 0ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
zig 1.zig 248ms 13ms 1.1MB 237ms 0ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
wasm 1.rs 341ms 5.0ms 18.5MB 330ms 0ms wasmtime 17.0.0
wasm 1.rs 654ms 3.7ms 50.4MB 640ms 10ms node 18.19.0

fasta

Input: 2500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 87ms 0.8ms 1.3MB 73ms 0ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
wasm 1.rs 295ms 2.8ms 18.8MB 280ms 0ms wasmtime 17.0.0
wasm 1.rs 317ms 2.4ms 50.0MB 310ms 7ms node 18.19.0

Input: 250000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 11ms 0.8ms 1.3MB 0ms 0ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
wasm 1.rs 38ms 0.5ms 18.9MB 23ms 0ms wasmtime 17.0.0
wasm 1.rs 67ms 0.8ms 50.5MB 63ms 7ms node 18.19.0

helloworld

Input: QwQ

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 1.0ms 0.0ms 1.3MB 0ms 0ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
wasm 1.rs 6.8ms 0.2ms 19.0MB 0ms 0ms wasmtime 17.0.0
wasm 1.rs 37ms 0.7ms 48.6MB 24ms 4ms node 18.19.0

knucleotide

Input: 2500000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 771ms 2.9ms 20.4MB 750ms 7ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f

Input: 250000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 90ms 2.1ms 7.0MB 80ms 0ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f

lru

Input: 1000 1000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 36ms 2.0ms 2.9MB 27ms 0ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
wasm 1.rs 118ms 1.0ms 19.0MB 107ms 0ms wasmtime 17.0.0
wasm 1.rs 205ms 1.5ms 53.4MB 207ms 10ms node 18.19.0

Input: 1000 3000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 98ms 0.8ms 2.9MB 90ms 0ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
wasm 1.rs 340ms 7.6ms 19.0MB 327ms 0ms wasmtime 17.0.0
wasm 1.rs 534ms 4.6ms 53.3MB 530ms 17ms node 18.19.0

Input: 100 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 17ms 1.4ms 1.4MB 10ms 0ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
wasm 1.rs 62ms 0.6ms 18.8MB 50ms 0ms wasmtime 17.0.0
wasm 1.rs 120ms 1.4ms 52.2MB 110ms 17ms node 18.19.0

mandelbrot

Input: 5000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 247ms 1.0ms 4.2MB 237ms 0ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
wasm 8.rs 864ms 2.7ms 21.8MB 850ms 0ms wasmtime 17.0.0
wasm 8.rs 1081ms 21ms 54.1MB 1067ms 13ms node 18.19.0

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 13ms 2.0ms 1.3MB 0ms 0ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
wasm 8.rs 44ms 0.3ms 18.9MB 37ms 3ms wasmtime 17.0.0
wasm 8.rs 85ms 3.1ms 51.0MB 80ms 3ms node 18.19.0

merkletrees

Input: 17

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 867ms 9.1ms 41.1MB 840ms 10ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
wasm 1.rs 994ms 15ms 42.9MB 967ms 13ms wasmtime 17.0.0
wasm 1.rs 1049ms 26ms 74.0MB 1027ms 20ms node 18.19.0

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 176ms 3.9ms 11.1MB 163ms 0ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
wasm 1.rs 222ms 0.8ms 24.9MB 210ms 0ms wasmtime 17.0.0
wasm 1.rs 258ms 2.2ms 55.9MB 243ms 17ms node 18.19.0

nbody

Input: 5000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2.zig 276ms 0.5ms 1.1MB 267ms 0ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
zig 1.zig 314ms 0.6ms 1.3MB 310ms 0ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
wasm 1.rs 448ms 1.3ms 18.8MB 430ms 0ms wasmtime 17.0.0
wasm 2.rs 569ms 0.7ms 18.8MB 557ms 0ms wasmtime 17.0.0
wasm 1.rs 787ms 145ms 50.0MB 773ms 7ms node 18.19.0
wasm 2.rs 871ms 3.1ms 51.1MB 860ms 7ms node 18.19.0

Input: 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2.zig 29ms 0.0ms 1.1MB 20ms 0ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
zig 1.zig 33ms 0.3ms 1.3MB 23ms 0ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
wasm 1.rs 54ms 1.0ms 18.8MB 40ms 3ms wasmtime 17.0.0
wasm 2.rs 66ms 0.7ms 18.8MB 53ms 0ms wasmtime 17.0.0
wasm 1.rs 104ms 2.6ms 50.1MB 93ms 10ms node 18.19.0
wasm 2.rs 122ms 0.7ms 50.8MB 110ms 7ms node 18.19.0

nsieve

Input: 12

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 273ms 3.3ms 40.3MB 257ms 0ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
zig 2.zig 335ms 1.6ms 6.1MB 323ms 0ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
wasm 2.rs 346ms 3.4ms 23.8MB 337ms 0ms wasmtime 17.0.0
wasm 1.rs 515ms 31ms 57.9MB 500ms 3ms wasmtime 17.0.0
wasm 2.rs 589ms 5.8ms 54.8MB 580ms 3ms node 18.19.0
wasm 1.rs 812ms 6.1ms 89.4MB 797ms 17ms node 18.19.0

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 1.zig 55ms 1.5ms 11.0MB 47ms 0ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
zig 2.zig 82ms 1.3ms 2.4MB 70ms 0ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
wasm 2.rs 90ms 1.5ms 20.0MB 70ms 0ms wasmtime 17.0.0
wasm 1.rs 107ms 11ms 28.7MB 90ms 3ms wasmtime 17.0.0
wasm 2.rs 173ms 1.8ms 51.1MB 167ms 0ms node 18.19.0
wasm 1.rs 184ms 0.9ms 59.9MB 160ms 17ms node 18.19.0

pidigits

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
wasm 2.rs 2223ms 3.0ms 19.8MB 2210ms 0ms wasmtime 17.0.0
wasm 2.rs 2256ms 1.9ms 56.4MB 2277ms 30ms node 18.19.0
zig 1.zig 2449ms 3.4ms 2.3MB 2423ms 10ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
wasm 2.rs 526ms 0.4ms 18.9MB 507ms 0ms wasmtime 17.0.0
wasm 2.rs 567ms 0.1ms 56.3MB 590ms 23ms node 18.19.0
zig 1.zig 567ms 2.5ms 1.8MB 557ms 0ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f

spectral-norm

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2-m.zig 475ms 1.1ms 3.8MB 1780ms 7ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
zig 2.zig 917ms 2.4ms 1.5MB 910ms 0ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
zig 1.zig 3668ms 10ms 1.4MB 3657ms 0ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
wasm 7.rs 3705ms 9.4ms 49.9MB 3690ms 7ms node 18.19.0
wasm 2.rs 3742ms 13ms 18.3MB 3727ms 0ms wasmtime 17.0.0
wasm 2.rs 3746ms 4.9ms 49.7MB 3730ms 7ms node 18.19.0
wasm 7.rs 4973ms 5.7ms 18.3MB 4957ms 3ms wasmtime 17.0.0

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2-m.zig 126ms 0.3ms 3.7MB 427ms 7ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
zig 2.zig 230ms 0.9ms 1.4MB 220ms 0ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
zig 1.zig 920ms 1.8ms 1.3MB 910ms 0ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
wasm 2.rs 942ms 1.0ms 18.3MB 930ms 0ms wasmtime 17.0.0
wasm 7.rs 954ms 2.8ms 49.9MB 937ms 10ms node 18.19.0
wasm 2.rs 963ms 1.3ms 49.4MB 953ms 3ms node 18.19.0
wasm 7.rs 1251ms 3.1ms 18.2MB 1237ms 0ms wasmtime 17.0.0

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
zig 2-m.zig 38ms 0.0ms 3.7MB 97ms 3ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
zig 2.zig 60ms 1.0ms 1.4MB 50ms 0ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
zig 1.zig 232ms 1.1ms 1.3MB 223ms 0ms zig 0.12.0-dev.2341+92211135f
wasm 2.rs 245ms 0.7ms 18.7MB 230ms 0ms wasmtime 17.0.0
wasm 7.rs 268ms 1.8ms 49.7MB 253ms 10ms node 18.19.0
wasm 2.rs 271ms 2.4ms 49.3MB 263ms 3ms node 18.19.0
wasm 7.rs 320ms 1.0ms 18.2MB 303ms 0ms wasmtime 17.0.0