Programming Language and compiler
Benchmarks

Results for 38 of 40 languages from this run on actest1.

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acton tip VS Go benchmarks

Current benchmark data was generated on Sun Sep 27 2026, full log can be found HERE

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[x86_64][4 cores] Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3687U CPU @ 2.10GHz (Model 58)

* -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
acton-tip 1-m.act 2062ms 22ms 38.6MB 3160ms 73ms acton 0.30.0.20260927.9.45
go 1-m.go 3946ms 44ms 39.9MB 8090ms 37ms go 1.26.8

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
acton-tip 1.act 201ms 14ms 9.5MB 250ms 10ms acton 0.30.0.20260927.9.45
go 1.go 350ms 12ms 10.1MB 517ms 7ms go 1.26.8

coro-prime-sieve

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1-m.go 1368ms 83ms 17.7MB 5267ms 7ms go 1.26.8
acton-tip 1-m.act 14328ms 234ms 7.6MB 18857ms 13917ms acton 0.30.0.20260927.9.45

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1-m.go 84ms 17ms 7.7MB 283ms 0ms go 1.26.8
acton-tip 1-m.act 882ms 3.4ms 12.3MB 1173ms 810ms acton 0.30.0.20260927.9.45

edigits

Input: 250001

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1.go 248ms 30ms 10.5MB 240ms 0ms go 1.26.8
acton-tip 1.act 270ms 7.0ms 7.4MB 257ms 17ms acton 0.30.0.20260927.9.45

Input: 100000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1.go 65ms 7.2ms 10.1MB 53ms 0ms go 1.26.8
acton-tip 1.act 92ms 11ms 13.3MB 80ms 10ms acton 0.30.0.20260927.9.45

fannkuch-redux

Input: 11

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 3-m.go 979ms 13ms 5.8MB 3760ms 0ms go 1.26.8
acton-tip 1.act 23248ms 106ms 4.0MB 27317ms 7127ms acton 0.30.0.20260927.9.45

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 3-m.go 94ms 5.5ms 5.8MB 260ms 0ms go 1.26.8
acton-tip 1.act 1836ms 15ms 4.3MB 2147ms 547ms acton 0.30.0.20260927.9.45

fasta

Input: 2500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 3-m.go 159ms 1.5ms 7.8MB 410ms 3ms go 1.26.8
acton-tip 1.act 1163ms 17ms 13.2MB 1090ms 167ms acton 0.30.0.20260927.9.45

Input: 250000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 3-m.go 20ms 0.2ms 7.8MB 37ms 0ms go 1.26.8
acton-tip 1.act 141ms 7.0ms 21.2MB 120ms 17ms acton 0.30.0.20260927.9.45

helloworld

Input: QwQ

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1.go 3.0ms 0.7ms 5.0MB 0ms 0ms go 1.26.8
acton-tip 1.act 3.9ms 0.4ms 5.9MB 0ms 0ms acton 0.30.0.20260927.9.45

http-server

Input: 3000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1-http2.go 199ms 7.0ms 60.7MB 623ms 73ms go 1.26.8
acton-tip 1-m.act 287ms 8.3ms 6.3MB 553ms 150ms acton 0.30.0.20260927.9.45
go 1-m.go 609ms 89ms 172.2MB 1130ms 580ms go 1.26.8
go 2-m.go 629ms 27ms 174.8MB 1080ms 603ms go 1.26.8

Input: 500

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1-http2.go 47ms 2.4ms 26.0MB 110ms 13ms go 1.26.8
acton-tip 1.act 105ms 12ms 6.4MB 80ms 37ms acton 0.30.0.20260927.9.45
go 2-m.go 160ms 2.3ms 41.5MB 150ms 100ms go 1.26.8
go 1-m.go 167ms 5.5ms 39.2MB 153ms 110ms go 1.26.8

json-serde

Input: sample 5000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 2-ffi.go 73ms 4.7ms 41.2MB 73ms 3ms go 1.26.8
acton-tip 1.act 117ms 9.3ms 50.9MB 157ms 13ms acton 0.30.0.20260927.9.45
go 1.go 216ms 18ms 20.7MB 207ms 0ms go 1.26.8

Input: canada 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 2-ffi.go 477ms 33ms 147.2MB 503ms 40ms go 1.26.8
acton-tip 1-m.act 895ms 36ms 338.8MB 1890ms 70ms acton 0.30.0.20260927.9.45
go 1.go 1190ms 33ms 107.0MB 1183ms 17ms go 1.26.8

knucleotide

Input: 2500000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 7-m.go 1057ms 31ms 42.5MB 3777ms 13ms go 1.26.8
acton-tip 1.act 45269ms 137ms 177.1MB 60153ms 433ms acton 0.30.0.20260927.9.45

Input: 250000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 7-m.go 184ms 2.8ms 25.9MB 520ms 10ms go 1.26.8
acton-tip 1.act 4678ms 30ms 67.7MB 6573ms 183ms acton 0.30.0.20260927.9.45

lru

Input: 1000 1000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 3.go 167ms 1.9ms 5.8MB 153ms 0ms go 1.26.8
acton-tip 1.act 897ms 19ms 5.1MB 1170ms 130ms acton 0.30.0.20260927.9.45

Input: 1000 3000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 3.go 482ms 4.0ms 4.9MB 473ms 0ms go 1.26.8
acton-tip 1.act 2718ms 73ms 5.2MB 3570ms 470ms acton 0.30.0.20260927.9.45

Input: 100 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 3.go 75ms 2.1ms 2.9MB 67ms 0ms go 1.26.8
acton-tip 1.act 439ms 8.1ms 4.0MB 517ms 113ms acton 0.30.0.20260927.9.45

mandelbrot

Input: 5000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
acton-tip 1.act 2725ms 11ms 13.6MB 2797ms 33ms acton 0.30.0.20260927.9.45
go 1.go 5080ms 21ms 7.8MB 5073ms 3ms go 1.26.8

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
acton-tip 1.act 121ms 1.5ms 12.1MB 110ms 7ms acton 0.30.0.20260927.9.45
go 1.go 212ms 1.8ms 5.8MB 200ms 0ms go 1.26.8

merkletrees

Input: 17

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 2-m.go 2861ms 32ms 35.4MB 5927ms 33ms go 1.26.8
go 1-m.go 3072ms 206ms 36.8MB 5667ms 47ms go 1.26.8
acton-tip 1.act 4386ms 4.2ms 83.6MB 5510ms 60ms acton 0.30.0.20260927.9.45

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1-m.go 617ms 73ms 14.2MB 1040ms 43ms go 1.26.8
go 2-m.go 642ms 38ms 14.3MB 1227ms 20ms go 1.26.8
acton-tip 1.act 979ms 13ms 23.2MB 1220ms 37ms acton 0.30.0.20260927.9.45

nbody

Input: 5000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1.go 668ms 14ms 5.0MB 657ms 0ms go 1.26.8
acton-tip 1.act 1280ms 12ms 4.0MB 1340ms 107ms acton 0.30.0.20260927.9.45

Input: 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1.go 74ms 3.6ms 5.6MB 63ms 0ms go 1.26.8
acton-tip 1.act 134ms 1.8ms 4.0MB 130ms 10ms acton 0.30.0.20260927.9.45

nsieve

Input: 12

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1.go 984ms 2.2ms 73.9MB 970ms 3ms go 1.26.8
go 2.go 1267ms 63ms 20.8MB 1250ms 10ms go 1.26.8
acton-tip 1.act 3013ms 34ms 561.4MB 3360ms 73ms acton 0.30.0.20260927.9.45

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1.go 177ms 2.2ms 21.8MB 170ms 0ms go 1.26.8
go 2.go 285ms 10.0ms 9.4MB 273ms 0ms go 1.26.8
acton-tip 1.act 715ms 1.0ms 157.3MB 733ms 27ms acton 0.30.0.20260927.9.45

pidigits

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 8.go 1276ms 10ms 10.7MB 1260ms 0ms go 1.26.8
acton-tip 1-m.act 3543ms 38ms 8.2MB 4797ms 1453ms acton 0.30.0.20260927.9.45

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 8.go 305ms 3.5ms 10.6MB 290ms 0ms go 1.26.8
acton-tip 1-m.act 893ms 20ms 7.3MB 1113ms 420ms acton 0.30.0.20260927.9.45

regex-redux

Input: 2500000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 3.go 27882ms 432ms 149.1MB 27900ms 67ms go 1.26.8
acton-tip 1-m.act 91253ms 1460ms 708.4MB 199957ms 1813ms acton 0.30.0.20260927.9.45

Input: 250000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 3.go 2893ms 31ms 22.2MB 2887ms 10ms go 1.26.8
acton-tip 1-m.act 7551ms 187ms 122.9MB 14893ms 500ms acton 0.30.0.20260927.9.45

secp256k1

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 0-ffi.go 148ms 20ms 7.3MB 133ms 3ms go 1.26.8
acton-tip 1.act 4706ms 37ms 4.0MB 5240ms 853ms acton 0.30.0.20260927.9.45

Input: 500

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 0-ffi.go 38ms 1.1ms 7.4MB 30ms 0ms go 1.26.8
acton-tip 1.act 1195ms 8.5ms 4.0MB 1330ms 203ms acton 0.30.0.20260927.9.45

spectral-norm

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 4-m.go 5816ms 1.9ms 7.8MB 22930ms 10ms go 1.26.8
go 1.go 11055ms 15ms 5.8MB 11050ms 7ms go 1.26.8
acton-tip 1.act 11288ms 25ms 5.8MB 11283ms 3ms acton 0.30.0.20260927.9.45

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 4-m.go 1460ms 2.3ms 5.8MB 5700ms 3ms go 1.26.8
go 1.go 2775ms 4.4ms 5.8MB 2763ms 0ms go 1.26.8
acton-tip 1.act 2892ms 8.2ms 4.8MB 2887ms 0ms acton 0.30.0.20260927.9.45

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 4-m.go 369ms 0.7ms 5.8MB 1390ms 0ms go 1.26.8
go 1.go 698ms 5.8ms 5.8MB 687ms 3ms go 1.26.8
acton-tip 1.act 737ms 7.4ms 12.2MB 730ms 0ms acton 0.30.0.20260927.9.45