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24.04 Benchmarks Game

Julia versus C gcc fastest performance

Always look at the source code.

If the fastest programs are hand-written vector instructions, does the host language matter? You might be more interested in the less optimised programs — more seconds, less gz source code.

fannkuch-redux
source secs mem gz cpu secs
C gcc #6 2.16 19,516 1582 8.53
C gcc #4 14.20 19,516 1190 14.20
C gcc #5 6.91 19,644 917 27.13
Julia #3 8.04 257,756 896 30.44
Julia #2 8.40 261,236 1077 31.34
Julia 38.89 240,772 441 38.98
C gcc #3 39.57 19,516 574 39.57
C gcc 42.24 19,640 514 42.24
C gcc #2 11.16 19,644 1563 43.66
n-body
source secs mem gz cpu secs
C gcc #9 2.10 19,520 1639 2.10
C gcc #8 3.70 19,520 1398 3.69
Julia #8 4.16 272,512 1129 4.25
C gcc #4 4.30 19,520 1496 4.30
C gcc #6 4.96 19,520 1186 4.96
C gcc 5.18 19,520 1179 5.18
C gcc #2 5.18 19,520 1270 5.18
C gcc #3 5.24 19,520 1214 5.24
C gcc #5 5.41 19,648 1436 5.41
Julia #4 5.74 252,032 1168 5.83
Julia #3 6.53 254,592 1548 6.62
C gcc #7 6.81 19,520 1250 6.81
Julia #2 23.73 301,100 1084 23.86
spectral-norm
source secs mem gz cpu secs
C gcc #6 0.41 19,760 1203 1.61
C gcc #5 0.72 19,520 576 2.84
C gcc #7 0.73 19,520 906 2.84
C gcc #4 0.72 19,520 1145 2.84
Julia #4 1.18 248,576 435 3.66
Julia #2 1.35 254,032 377 4.06
C gcc 5.39 19,520 390 5.39
C gcc #3 1.43 19,520 470 5.68
C gcc #8   Make Error  
mandelbrot
source secs mem gz cpu secs
Julia #7 1.40 290,176 629 4.79
Julia #8 1.42 289,152 634 4.87
C gcc #6 1.28 33,280 1141 5.11
Julia #3 1.50 315,904 589 5.20
Julia #4 1.97 297,984 583 5.22
Julia #5 1.58 310,400 580 5.59
Julia #6 2.09 290,228 571 5.69
C gcc #8 1.63 33,536 788 6.30
C gcc #4 3.48 33,152 805 13.85
C gcc 3.49 32,896 828 13.88
C gcc #7 3.49 33,152 1000 13.89
C gcc #3 3.54 32,768 769 14.07
C gcc #9 4.22 33,280 700 16.30
C gcc #2 24.97 19,520 412 24.97
Julia 26.45 271,104 379 26.53
pidigits
source secs mem gz cpu secs
C gcc #2 0.81 19,520 422 0.81
C gcc 0.88 19,520 459 0.88
Julia #3 1.00 240,640 512 1.13
Julia #2 1.11 247,808 686 1.24
regex-redux
source secs mem gz cpu secs
C gcc #5 0.80 152,388 1403 2.03
Julia #5 1.74 443,844 766 3.05
Julia #4 1.80 448,796 772 3.12
C gcc #2 3.23 103,296 1121 3.23
C gcc #4 0.96 152,256 1237 3.27
C gcc #3 1.72 103,680 1273 3.29
Julia #3 2.26 528,768 630 3.77
Julia 3.86 488,864 414 4.05
fasta
source secs mem gz cpu secs
C gcc #9 0.78 19,520 1469 0.78
Julia #8 1.10 245,760 1094 1.19
C gcc #5 1.24 19,520 1286 1.24
Julia #5 2.41 262,528 957 2.50
C gcc #6 0.93 19,648 1936 2.73
C gcc #8 2.79 19,520 1299 2.79
Julia #4 2.79 249,088 1053 2.88
C gcc #4 3.02 19,520 1244 3.02
C gcc #2 0.83 19,520 2270 3.26
C gcc #7 0.85 19,648 2018 3.29
C gcc 3.74 19,520 1209 3.73
C gcc #3 4.49 19,520 825 4.48
Julia #7 1.80 439,584 1189 4.51
Julia #6 2.05 475,160 1213 4.78
Julia #3 11.04 247,412 901 11.13
k-nucleotide
source secs mem gz cpu secs
C gcc 3.80 130,432 1512 12.64
Julia #8 5.74 441,148 965 13.70
Julia #7 8.71 430,084 1379 23.62
Julia 132.23 1,967,872 703 131.10
reverse-complement
source secs mem gz cpu secs
C gcc #7 0.43 499,872 1899 0.58
C gcc #8 0.50 499,872 1551 0.86
C gcc #6 0.96 703,064 828 1.37
C gcc #5 1.50 994,176 654 1.50
C gcc #2 1.05 994,432 757 1.55
Julia #8 1.58 1,039,672 531 1.70
Julia #9 1.83 1,038,224 456 1.95
C gcc #4 3.66 500,480 716 3.66
Julia #2 35.46 1,718,176 464 35.82
binary-trees
source secs mem gz cpu secs
C gcc #2 1.51 169,088 816 4.17
C gcc #3 1.89 134,400 842 4.59
C gcc 20.83 264,192 660 20.83
C gcc #5 8.27 351,232 914 30.31
Julia #2 18.15 644,864 430 35.92
Julia #3 14.34 693,600 640 40.22
Julia #5   Failed  
Julia #4   Failed  
Julia

julia version 1.10.2

C gcc

13.2.0-4ubuntu3