buddhabrot-benchmarks

Buddhabrot fractal implementations in Odin, Roc, Rust, and Zig with benchmarking.

Benchmark Results

System Information

• Machine: Apple M1 Max
• OS: macOS Tahoe 26.1
• Memory: 64GB

Language Versions

• Odin dev-2025-11:e5153a937 with -o:speed
• Roc d73ea109cc2 on Tue Sep 9 10:23:53 UTC 2025 with --optimize
• Rust 1.91.1 (ed61e7d7e 2025-11-07) with --profile release
• Zig 0.15.2 with --release=fast

Results (1000×1000px, 1M samples)

NOTE All implementations use standard library random number generators for fair comparison. The performance difference observed on macOS is likely due to Rust's std::random implementation using cryptographically secure random number generation via system calls, while other languages appear to use faster pseudo-random generators.

Binary Sizes

Quick Start

Prerequisites

• just (Task runner)
• hyperfine (Benchmarking)
• mise (Version manager - optional, for managing language versions)

Basic Usage

# Build all implementations
just build-all

# Run comprehensive benchmark
just bench

# Build and test a specific implementation
just dev odin    # or rust, zig, roc

# See all available commands
just --list

Available Commands

Benchmarking & Comparison

just bench      # Benchmark with statistics
just file-sizes # List binary sizes

Building & Running

# All languages
just build-all   # Build all implementations
just clean       # Clean all build artifacts

# Individual languages
just build-odin   # Build Odin implementation
just run-odin     # Run Odin implementation
just dev odin     # Build and run Odin
just profile-odin # Profile Odin implementation

just build-roc   # Build Roc implementation
just run-roc     # Run Roc implementation
just dev roc     # Build and run Roc
just profile-roc # Profile Roc implementation

just build-rust   # Build Rust implementation
just run-rust     # Run Rust implementation
just dev rust     # Build and run Rust
just profile-rust # Profile Rust implementation

just build-zig   # Build Zig implementation
just run-zig     # Run Zig implementation
just dev zig     # Build and run Zig
just profile-zig # Profile Zig implementation