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C Computation Benchmark

About C

Paradigm

Procedural, Imperative

Execution

Compiled

Typing

Static

Null Safety

NO

Memory Management

Manual

C is a general-purpose programming language developed in the early 1970s that is known for its efficiency and control over system resources. It has influenced many other languages including C++, Java, and Python. C is widely used for high-performance computing applications due to its compiled nature and manual memory management.

Benchmarks

This benchmark tests how fast a programming language can perform mathematical computations without any I/O or memory allocation. We are using the Leibniz formula to approximate the value of PI.

OS: LinuxCPU: Intel Core Ultra 5 325Last Updated: 2026-10-14

Language	Time How long does it take to approximate PI? (lower is better)	Memory How much memory (RAM) does the program use? (lower is better)	Build Time Fetching dependencies + compiling, excluding SDK setup (lower is better)
C (GCC v16)	1.00 s	2.2 MB	2.13 s
C (GCC v14)	1.00 s	2.8 MB	2.11 s
C (GCC v12)	0.99 s	2.2 MB	2.13 s
C (GCC v10)	0.99 s	2.0 MB	1.83 s

Popular languages

How does C compare to other languages?

Language	Time How long does it take to approximate PI? (lower is better, log scale)	Memory How much memory (RAM) does the program use? (lower is better)	Build Time Fetching dependencies + compiling, excluding SDK setup (lower is better)
C (GCC)	1.00 s	2.2 MB	2.13 s
Rust	1.00 s	2.9 MB	4.12 s
Java (Temurin)	1.00 s	65.9 MB	14.84 s
C# (.NET)	1.16 s	34.8 MB	4.49 s
Go	1.36 s	3.8 MB	6.18 s
JavaScript (Node.js)	3.24 s	66.4 MB	1.09 s
Ruby	67.47 s	17.8 MB	1.29 s
Python	99.28 s	11.1 MB	1.28 s