Programming Language and compiler
Benchmarks

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C# VS Python 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
python 1.py 11298ms 16ms 42.2MB 11140ms 137ms cpython 3.12.3

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
csharp 1.cs 287ms 27ms 55.0MB 213ms 33ms dotnet 9.0.318
python 1.py 1013ms 82ms 14.0MB 993ms 3ms cpython 3.12.3

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
python 1.py 65184ms 117ms 29.0MB 65137ms 23ms cpython 3.12.3

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
python 1.py 1188ms 13ms 25.0MB 1167ms 7ms cpython 3.12.3

edigits

Input: 250001

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
python 1.py 786ms 5.0ms 15.6MB 770ms 0ms cpython 3.12.3
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
python 1.py 290ms 1.1ms 14.8MB 273ms 7ms cpython 3.12.3
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
python 5-m.py 4266ms 218ms 18.4MB 7193ms 1040ms cpython 3.12.3
python 1.py 6168ms 31ms 10.1MB 6150ms 7ms cpython 3.12.3

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
python 1.py 648ms 13ms 10.1MB 633ms 3ms cpython 3.12.3
python 5-m.py 719ms 17ms 18.5MB 943ms 193ms cpython 3.12.3

helloworld

Input: QwQ

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
python 1.py 24ms 2.6ms 10.2MB 16ms 0ms cpython 3.12.3
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
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
python 1.py 2680ms 37ms 40.0MB 2783ms 1070ms cpython 3.12.3

Input: 500

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
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
python 1.py 1650ms 27ms 34.6MB 1280ms 217ms cpython 3.12.3

json-serde

Input: sample 5000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
python 1.py 386ms 2.2ms 42.1MB 353ms 17ms cpython 3.12.3
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
csharp 2.cs 2313ms 114ms 247.2MB 2667ms 93ms dotnet 9.0.318
python 1.py 2449ms 9.2ms 224.6MB 2347ms 83ms cpython 3.12.3
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
python 3-m.py 10152ms 192ms 39.2MB 38327ms 140ms cpython 3.12.3

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
python 3-m.py 1341ms 2.3ms 19.9MB 4197ms 93ms cpython 3.12.3

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
python 1.py 1596ms 22ms 13.1MB 1573ms 3ms cpython 3.12.3
python 2.py 1925ms 15ms 10.1MB 1907ms 3ms cpython 3.12.3
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
python 1.py 4622ms 61ms 13.2MB 4603ms 3ms cpython 3.12.3
python 2.py 5717ms 152ms 10.2MB 5700ms 0ms cpython 3.12.3
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
python 1.py 773ms 12ms 13.1MB 760ms 0ms cpython 3.12.3
python 2.py 941ms 8.5ms 10.1MB 927ms 0ms cpython 3.12.3
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
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
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
python 1.py 34848ms 576ms 107.3MB 34757ms 73ms cpython 3.12.3

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
python 1.py 5815ms 33ms 34.4MB 5790ms 7ms cpython 3.12.3

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
python 1.py 39068ms 95ms 10.2MB 39050ms 0ms cpython 3.12.3
python 2.py 41152ms 307ms 11.3MB 41133ms 0ms cpython 3.12.3

Input: 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
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
python 1.py 3811ms 20ms 10.2MB 3797ms 0ms cpython 3.12.3
python 2.py 4147ms 89ms 10.2MB 4137ms 0ms cpython 3.12.3

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
python 2.py 6899ms 14ms 635.1MB 6690ms 190ms cpython 3.12.3
python 1.py 16789ms 193ms 322.8MB 16707ms 63ms cpython 3.12.3

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
python 2.py 1734ms 18ms 166.4MB 1677ms 43ms cpython 3.12.3
python 1.py 3963ms 65ms 88.2MB 3933ms 10ms cpython 3.12.3

pidigits

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
python 4.py 3045ms 90ms 10.4MB 3027ms 3ms cpython 3.12.3
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
python 4.py 733ms 3.8ms 10.1MB 720ms 0ms cpython 3.12.3
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
python 1.py 6857ms 32ms 212.7MB 6743ms 103ms cpython 3.12.3

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
python 1.py 793ms 3.6ms 32.5MB 763ms 10ms cpython 3.12.3

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
python 1.py 5558ms 72ms 10.2MB 5540ms 3ms cpython 3.12.3

Input: 500

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
csharp 1.cs 1287ms 120ms 37.8MB 1393ms 27ms dotnet 9.0.318
python 1.py 1450ms 63ms 10.2MB 1433ms 3ms cpython 3.12.3

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
python 8.py timeout (300s) — — — — cpython 3.12.3

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
python 8.py timeout (120s) — — — — cpython 3.12.3

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
python 8-m.py 34942ms 580ms 20.5MB 135877ms 227ms cpython 3.12.3