Programming Language and compiler
Benchmarks

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C# VS acton tip 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
csharp 1.cs 1295ms 11ms 187.1MB 1320ms 160ms dotnet 9.0.318
acton-tip 1-m.act 2062ms 22ms 38.6MB 3160ms 73ms acton 0.30.0.20260927.9.45

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
csharp 1.cs 287ms 27ms 55.0MB 213ms 33ms dotnet 9.0.318

coro-prime-sieve

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
csharp 1-m.cs 3524ms 240ms 77.2MB 12327ms 143ms dotnet 9.0.318
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
csharp 1-m.cs 433ms 30ms 41.3MB 1257ms 27ms dotnet 9.0.318
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
acton-tip 1.act 270ms 7.0ms 7.4MB 257ms 17ms acton 0.30.0.20260927.9.45
csharp 1.cs 8169ms 4.7ms 39.1MB 8167ms 20ms dotnet 9.0.318

Input: 100000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
acton-tip 1.act 92ms 11ms 13.3MB 80ms 10ms acton 0.30.0.20260927.9.45
csharp 1.cs 1436ms 18ms 36.0MB 1407ms 10ms dotnet 9.0.318

fasta

Input: 2500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
csharp 5-m.cs 228ms 1.4ms 45.9MB 590ms 100ms dotnet 9.0.318
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
csharp 5-m.cs 89ms 8.4ms 41.0MB 130ms 10ms dotnet 9.0.318
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
acton-tip 1.act 3.9ms 0.4ms 5.9MB 0ms 0ms acton 0.30.0.20260927.9.45
csharp 1.cs 46ms 3.5ms 24.6MB 30ms 2ms dotnet 9.0.318

http-server

Input: 3000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
acton-tip 1-m.act 287ms 8.3ms 6.3MB 553ms 150ms acton 0.30.0.20260927.9.45
csharp 2-http2.cs 821ms 13ms 108.9MB 1357ms 167ms dotnet 9.0.318
csharp 2-m.cs 1078ms 79ms 166.0MB 1467ms 757ms dotnet 9.0.318
csharp 1-m.cs 1153ms 50ms 167.4MB 1897ms 800ms dotnet 9.0.318
csharp 2-http3.cs 1186ms 29ms 170.6MB 2087ms 340ms dotnet 9.0.318

Input: 500

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
acton-tip 1.act 105ms 12ms 6.4MB 80ms 37ms acton 0.30.0.20260927.9.45
csharp 2.cs 608ms 17ms 87.8MB 637ms 177ms dotnet 9.0.318
csharp 1-m.cs 656ms 17ms 100.2MB 873ms 230ms dotnet 9.0.318
csharp 2-http2.cs 679ms 17ms 90.2MB 780ms 113ms dotnet 9.0.318
csharp 2-http3.cs 868ms 13ms 100.2MB 1010ms 147ms dotnet 9.0.318

json-serde

Input: sample 5000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
acton-tip 1.act 117ms 9.3ms 50.9MB 157ms 13ms acton 0.30.0.20260927.9.45
csharp 2.cs 503ms 28ms 73.7MB 480ms 30ms dotnet 9.0.318
csharp 1.cs 1142ms 104ms 145.0MB 1297ms 93ms dotnet 9.0.318

Input: canada 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
acton-tip 1-m.act 895ms 36ms 338.8MB 1890ms 70ms acton 0.30.0.20260927.9.45
csharp 2.cs 2313ms 114ms 247.2MB 2667ms 93ms dotnet 9.0.318
csharp 1-m.cs 3652ms 36ms 762.3MB 5157ms 397ms dotnet 9.0.318

knucleotide

Input: 2500000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
csharp 6-m.cs 1157ms 42ms 72.1MB 2957ms 37ms dotnet 9.0.318
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
csharp 6-m.cs 289ms 10ms 58.9MB 450ms 33ms dotnet 9.0.318
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
csharp 2.cs 293ms 15ms 32.0MB 273ms 13ms dotnet 9.0.318
acton-tip 1.act 897ms 19ms 5.1MB 1170ms 130ms acton 0.30.0.20260927.9.45
csharp 1.cs 2152ms 98ms 36.0MB 2140ms 20ms dotnet 9.0.318

Input: 1000 3000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
csharp 2.cs 484ms 2.4ms 29.8MB 463ms 13ms dotnet 9.0.318
acton-tip 1.act 2718ms 73ms 5.2MB 3570ms 470ms acton 0.30.0.20260927.9.45
csharp 1.cs 6072ms 312ms 36.0MB 6053ms 30ms dotnet 9.0.318

Input: 100 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
csharp 2.cs 203ms 0.2ms 31.9MB 180ms 10ms dotnet 9.0.318
acton-tip 1.act 439ms 8.1ms 4.0MB 517ms 113ms acton 0.30.0.20260927.9.45
csharp 1.cs 4300ms 12ms 33.1MB 4280ms 20ms dotnet 9.0.318

mandelbrot

Input: 5000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
csharp 4.cs 1297ms 11ms 38.9MB 1273ms 10ms dotnet 9.0.318
csharp 2.cs 1353ms 3.1ms 40.1MB 1333ms 13ms dotnet 9.0.318
acton-tip 1.act 2725ms 11ms 13.6MB 2797ms 33ms acton 0.30.0.20260927.9.45
csharp 3.cs 3774ms 86ms 39.8MB 3747ms 10ms dotnet 9.0.318
csharp 1.cs 3878ms 86ms 39.6MB 3857ms 7ms dotnet 9.0.318

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
csharp 4.cs 177ms 2.6ms 35.9MB 153ms 17ms dotnet 9.0.318
csharp 1.cs 231ms 2.8ms 34.9MB 207ms 10ms dotnet 9.0.318
csharp 3.cs 268ms 2.2ms 34.6MB 237ms 20ms dotnet 9.0.318
csharp 2.cs 295ms 8.0ms 37.0MB 277ms 7ms dotnet 9.0.318

merkletrees

Input: 17

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
csharp 2.cs 904ms 34ms 135.4MB 880ms 93ms dotnet 9.0.318
csharp 1.cs 1035ms 40ms 163.4MB 1010ms 123ms dotnet 9.0.318
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
csharp 2.cs 304ms 5.8ms 74.7MB 257ms 57ms dotnet 9.0.318
csharp 1.cs 337ms 4.6ms 93.7MB 303ms 57ms dotnet 9.0.318
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
csharp 8.cs 783ms 1.5ms 29.6MB 760ms 10ms dotnet 9.0.318
csharp 9.cs 997ms 4.7ms 29.6MB 967ms 17ms dotnet 9.0.318
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
acton-tip 1.act 134ms 1.8ms 4.0MB 130ms 10ms acton 0.30.0.20260927.9.45
csharp 8.cs 159ms 7.2ms 30.1MB 140ms 3ms dotnet 9.0.318
csharp 9.cs 228ms 3.1ms 29.9MB 203ms 10ms dotnet 9.0.318

nsieve

Input: 12

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
csharp 2.cs 819ms 3.8ms 33.5MB 797ms 13ms dotnet 9.0.318
csharp 1.cs 1042ms 3.6ms 96.6MB 1020ms 13ms dotnet 9.0.318
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
csharp 2.cs 205ms 0.9ms 32.5MB 183ms 7ms dotnet 9.0.318
csharp 1.cs 235ms 2.8ms 37.6MB 213ms 10ms dotnet 9.0.318
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
acton-tip 1-m.act 3543ms 38ms 8.2MB 4797ms 1453ms acton 0.30.0.20260927.9.45
csharp 1.cs 4990ms 415ms 40.2MB 4877ms 317ms dotnet 9.0.318

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
acton-tip 1-m.act 893ms 20ms 7.3MB 1113ms 420ms acton 0.30.0.20260927.9.45
csharp 1.cs 1338ms 83ms 39.5MB 1447ms 73ms dotnet 9.0.318

regex-redux

Input: 2500000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
csharp 5.cs 2515ms 24ms 440.0MB 2690ms 250ms dotnet 9.0.318
csharp 6.cs 3319ms 218ms 437.6MB 3393ms 273ms dotnet 9.0.318
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
csharp 5.cs 394ms 5.1ms 73.8MB 370ms 33ms dotnet 9.0.318
csharp 6.cs 560ms 7.0ms 75.4MB 530ms 33ms dotnet 9.0.318
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
csharp 1.cs 4071ms 82ms 37.6MB 4150ms 47ms dotnet 9.0.318
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
acton-tip 1.act 1195ms 8.5ms 4.0MB 1330ms 203ms acton 0.30.0.20260927.9.45
csharp 1.cs 1287ms 120ms 37.8MB 1393ms 27ms dotnet 9.0.318

spectral-norm

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
csharp 3-m.cs 5928ms 20ms 33.5MB 23127ms 17ms dotnet 9.0.318
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
csharp 3-m.cs 1536ms 1.6ms 34.0MB 5793ms 13ms dotnet 9.0.318
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
csharp 3-m.cs 449ms 3.7ms 33.3MB 1487ms 17ms dotnet 9.0.318
acton-tip 1.act 737ms 7.4ms 12.2MB 730ms 0ms acton 0.30.0.20260927.9.45