b.c

#include <stdio.h>
#include <sys/time.h>

#define BAILOUT 16
#define MAX_ITERATIONS 1000

int mandelbrot(double x, double y)
{
	double cr = y - 0.5;
	double ci = x;
	double zi = 0.0;
	double zr = 0.0;
	int i = 0;

	while(1) {
		i ++;
		double temp = zr * zi;
		double zr2 = zr * zr;
		double zi2 = zi * zi;
		zr = zr2 - zi2 + cr;
		zi = temp + temp + ci;
		if (zi2 + zr2 > BAILOUT)
			return i;
		if (i > MAX_ITERATIONS)
			return 0;
	}
	
}

int main (int argc, const char * argv[]) {
	struct timeval aTv;
	gettimeofday(&aTv, NULL);
	long init_time = aTv.tv_sec;
	long init_usec = aTv.tv_usec;

	int x,y;
	for (y = -39; y < 39; y++) {
		printf("\n");
		for (x = -39; x < 39; x++) {
			int i = mandelbrot(x/40.0, y/40.0);
			if (i==0)
				printf("*");
			else
				printf(" ");
		}	
	}
	printf ("\n");
	
	gettimeofday(&aTv,NULL);
	double query_time = (aTv.tv_sec - init_time) + (double)(aTv.tv_usec - init_usec)/1000000.0;	
	printf ("C Elapsed %0.3f\n", query_time);
    return 0;
}

b.lua

-- By Erik Wrenholt

local BAILOUT = 16
local MAX_ITERATIONS = 1000

function iterate(x,y)

	local cr = y-0.5
	local ci = x
	local zi = 0.0
	local zr = 0.0
	local i = 0
	
	while 1 do
		i = i+1
		local temp = zr * zi
		local zr2 = zr*zr
		local zi2 = zi*zi
		zr = zr2-zi2+cr
		zi = temp+temp+ci
		if (zi2+zr2 > BAILOUT) then
			return i
		end
		
		if (i > MAX_ITERATIONS) then
			return 0
		end
	end

end

function mandelbrot()
	local t = os.time()
	for y = -39, 38 do
		for x = -39, 38 do
			if (iterate(x/40.0, y/40) == 0) then
				io.write("*")
			else
				io.write(" ")
			end
		end
		io.write("\n")
	end
	io.write(string.format("Time Elapsed %d\n", os.time() - t))
end

mandelbrot()

b.php

<?php
define("BAILOUT",16);
define("MAX_ITERATIONS",1000);

class Mandelbrot
{
    function Mandelbrot()
    {
        $d1 = microtime(1);
        for ($y = -39; $y < 39; $y++) {
            for ($x = -39; $x < 39; $x++) {

                if ($this->iterate($x/40.0,$y/40.0) == 0) 
                    echo("*");
                else
                    echo(" ");

            }
            echo("\n");
        }
        $d2 = microtime(1);
        $diff = $d2 - $d1;
        printf("\nPHP Elapsed %0.3f\n", $diff);
    }

    function iterate($x,$y)
    {
        $cr = $y-0.5;
        $ci = $x;
        $zr = 0.0;
        $zi = 0.0;
        $i = 0;
        while (true) {
            $i++;
            $temp = $zr * $zi;
            $zr2 = $zr * $zr;
            $zi2 = $zi * $zi;
            $zr = $zr2 - $zi2 + $cr;
            $zi = $temp + $temp + $ci;
            if ($zi2 + $zr2 > BAILOUT)
                return $i;
            if ($i > MAX_ITERATIONS)
                return 0;
        }
    
    }


}

ob_start();
$m = new Mandelbrot();
ob_end_flush();
?>

b.pl

$BAILOUT=16;
$MAX_ITERATIONS=1000;

$begin = time();

sub mandelbrot {
       local $x = $_[0];
       local $y = $_[1];

       local $cr = $y - 0.5;
       local $ci = $x;
       local $zi = 0.0;
       local $zr = 0.0;
       local $i = 0;

       while (1)
       {
               $i = $i + 1;
               local $temp = $zr * $zi;
               local $zr2 = $zr * $zr;
               local $zi2 = $zi * $zi;
               $zr = $zr2 - $zi2 + $cr;
               $zi = $temp + $temp + $ci;
               if ($zi2 + $zr2 > $BAILOUT)
               {
                       return $i;
               }
               if ($i > $MAX_ITERATIONS)
               {
                       return 0;
               }
       }
}

for ($y = -39; $y < 39; $y++)
{
       print("\n");
       for ($x = -39; $x < 39; $x++)
       {
               $i = mandelbrot($x/40.0, $y/40.0);
               if ($i == 0)
               {
                       print("*");
               }
               else
               {
                       print(" ");
               }
       }
}
print("\n");

$end = time() - $begin;

print "Perl Elapsed $end\n";

b.py

import sys, time
stdout = sys.stdout

BAILOUT = 16
MAX_ITERATIONS = 1000

class Iterator:
  def __init__(self):
    print 'Rendering...'
    for y in range(-39, 39):
      stdout.write('\n')
      for x in range(-39, 39):
        i = self.mandelbrot(x/40.0, y/40.0)
        
        if i == 0:
          stdout.write('*')
        else:
          stdout.write(' ')
    
  def mandelbrot(self, x, y):
    cr = y - 0.5
    ci = x
    zi = 0.0
    zr = 0.0
    i = 0

    while True:
      i += 1
      temp = zr * zi
      zr2 = zr * zr
      zi2 = zi * zi
      zr = zr2 - zi2 + cr
      zi = temp + temp + ci
          
      if zi2 + zr2 > BAILOUT:
        return i
      if i > MAX_ITERATIONS:
        return 0

t = time.time()
Iterator()
print '\nPython Elapsed %.02f' % (time.time() - t)

b.ru

BAILOUT = 16
MAX_ITERATIONS = 1000

class Mandelbrot
	
	def initialize
		puts "Rendering"
		for y in -39...39 do
			puts
			for x in -39...39 do
				i = iterate(x/40.0,y/40.0)
				if (i == 0)
					print "*"
				else
					print " "
				end
			end
		end
	end

	def iterate(x,y)
		cr = y-0.5
		ci = x
		zi = 0.0
		zr = 0.0
		i = 0
		
		while(1)
			i += 1
			temp = zr * zi
			zr2 = zr * zr
			zi2 = zi * zi
			zr = zr2 - zi2 + cr
			zi = temp + temp + ci
			return i if (zi2 + zr2 > BAILOUT)
			return 0 if (i > MAX_ITERATIONS)
		end
	
	end

end

time = Time.now
Mandelbrot.new
puts
puts "Ruby Elapsed %f" % (Time.now - time)

b.sq

function mandelbrot(x, y) {
    local cr = y - 0.5;
    local ci = x;
    local zi = 0.0;
    local zr = 0.0;
    local i = 0;
    local BAILOUT = 16;
    local MAX_ITERATIONS = 1000;

    while(1) {
        i++;
        local temp = zr * zi;
        local zr2 = zr * zr;
        local zi2 = zi * zi;
        zr = zr2 - zi2 + cr;
        zi = temp + temp + ci;
        if (zi2 + zr2 > BAILOUT) {
            return i;
        }
        if (i > MAX_ITERATIONS) {
            return 0;
        }
    }
}

function mandelbrot_run() {
    local x;
    local y;
    
//    local date = Date();
    for (y = -39; y < 39; y++) {
        for (x = -39; x < 39; x++) {
            if (mandelbrot(x/40.0, y/40.0) == 0) {
				print("*");
            } else {
				print(" ");
            }
        }   
		print("\n");
    }
//    local date2 = Date();
//    output += "\nJavaScript Elapsed " + (date2.getTime() - date.getTime()) / 1000;
}

mandelbrot_run();

b.txt

LapTop (12 Feb 2015)
====================
PHP7-JIT (JIT=on)			0.011
gcc -O2 (4.9.2)				0.013
LuaJIT-2.0.3 (JIT=on) 			0.014
gcc -O0 (4.9.2)				0.022
HHVM-3.5.0 (JIT=on) 			0.030
Java-1.8.0 (JIT=on)			0.059
LuaJIT-2.0.3 (JIT=off)			0.073
Java-1.8.0 (JIT=off)			0.251
PHP-7					0.281
squirrel-3.0.4				0.335
Lua-5.2.2				0.339
PHP-5.6					0.379
PHP-5.5					0.383
PHP-5.4					0.406
ruby-2.1.5				0.684
PHP-5.3					0.855
HHVM-3.5.0 (JIT=off)			0.978
PHP-5.2					1.096
python-2.7.8				1.128
PHP-5.1					1.217
perl-5.18.4				2.083
PHP-4.4					4.209
PHP-5.0					4.434

Mabdelbrot.java

// by Erik Wrenholt
import java.util.*;

class Mandelbrot
{  
    static int BAILOUT = 16;
    static int MAX_ITERATIONS = 1000;
    
    private static int iterate(float x, float y)
    {
        float cr = y-0.5f;
        float ci = x;
        float zi = 0.0f;
        float zr = 0.0f;
        int i = 0;
        while (true) {
            i++;
            float temp = zr * zi;
            float zr2 = zr * zr;
            float zi2 = zi * zi;
            zr = zr2 - zi2 + cr;
            zi = temp + temp + ci;
            if (zi2 + zr2 > BAILOUT)
                return i;
            if (i > MAX_ITERATIONS)
                return 0;
        }
    }

    public static void main(String args[])
    {
        Date d1 = new Date();
        int x,y;
        for (y = -39; y < 39; y++) {
            System.out.print("\n");
            for (x = -39; x < 39; x++) {
                if (iterate(x/40.0f,y/40.0f) == 0) 
                    System.out.print("*");
                else
                    System.out.print(" ");

            }
        }
        Date d2 = new Date();
        long diff = d2.getTime() - d1.getTime();
        System.out.println("\nJava Elapsed " + diff/1000.0f);
        
    }
}

Hey, that's not fair! Show the results for other python interpreters.

On my laptop -
Python - 1.04 sec
PyPy - 0.04 sec

This is great. I'd been rendering mandelbrots asynchronously!
(-;

Where's PyPy?

Try using float in C++. It should be about 10% faster and maybe even on top of the list.

Have you tried just running calculations and no printing? Most of the time spent is printing so you are actually testing the print/echo function.

php output is buffered and as Eccenux already said it, most of the time is spent in writing output.
The result is useless but to compare php versions performance and php7 JIT optimizations are really impressive.

/laugh if you qualified this a 'benchmark'

Hi, for Java you should use the "final" keyword for BAILOUT and MAX_ITERATIONS.
Also its useless to instanciate new Date() for what you are doing, use System.currentTimeMillis() instead.

I haven't noticed you had "echo" / "println" in your code, put only 1 of those functions at the end for showing the duration and the result, otherwise you're benchmark is not reliable. Also, is it an average ? How many time have you launched those codes ?

Improved Perl code, local here is not appropriate.

Also using Time::HiRes for accurate measurements. But that's optional.

$BAILOUT=16;
$MAX_ITERATIONS=1000;

use Time::HiRes qw(gettimeofday tv_interval);
$begin = [gettimeofday];

sub mandelbrot {
       my $x = $_[0];
       my $y = $_[1];

       my $cr = $y - 0.5;
       my $ci = $x;
       my $zi = 0.0;
       my $zr = 0.0;
       my $i = 0;

       while (1)
       {
               $i = $i + 1;
               my $temp = $zr * $zi;
               my $zr2 = $zr * $zr;
               my $zi2 = $zi * $zi;
               $zr = $zr2 - $zi2 + $cr;
               $zi = $temp + $temp + $ci;
               if ($zi2 + $zr2 > $BAILOUT)
               {
                       return $i;
               }
               if ($i > $MAX_ITERATIONS)
               {
                       return 0;
               }
       }
}

for ($y = -39; $y < 39; $y++)
{
       print("\n");
       for ($x = -39; $x < 39; $x++)
       {
               $i = mandelbrot($x/40.0, $y/40.0);
               if ($i == 0)
               {
                       print("*");
               }
               else
               {
                       print(" ");
               }
       }
}
print("\n");

$end = tv_interval ( $begin );

print "Perl Elapsed $end\n";

Go 1.5 on a MacBook Pro; time: 0.010

package main

import (
    "bytes"
    "fmt"
    "time"
)

const (
    BAILOUT        = 16
    MAX_ITERATIONS = 1000
)

func main() {
    var buf bytes.Buffer
    startTime := time.Now()
    for y := -39.0; y < 39.0; y++ {
        for x := -39.0; x < 39.0; x++ {
            if iterate(x/40.0, y/40.0) == 0.0 {
                buf.WriteRune('*')
            } else {
                buf.WriteRune(' ')
            }
        }
        buf.WriteRune('\n')
    }
    fmt.Print(buf.String())
    fmt.Printf("\nGo Elapsed %.3f\n", time.Now().Sub(startTime).Seconds())
}

func iterate(x, y float64) float64 {
    cr := y - 0.5
    ci := x
    zr := 0.0
    zi := 0.0
    i := 0.0
    for {
        i++
        temp := zr * zi
        zr2 := zr * zr
        zi2 := zi * zi
        zr = zr2 - zi2 + cr
        zi = temp + temp + ci
        if zi2+zr2 > BAILOUT {
            return i
        }
        if i > MAX_ITERATIONS {
            return 0.0
        }
    }
}

Go 1.5 using concurrency / parallelism. Time: 0.002 !!

package main

import (
    "bytes"
    "fmt"
    "strings"
    "time"
)

const (
    BAILOUT        = 16
    MAX_ITERATIONS = 1000
)

type line struct {
    number int
    text   string
}

func main() {
    out := make(chan *line, 80)
    startTime := time.Now()
    for y := -39.0; y < 39.0; y++ {
        // Fan out
        go lines(y, out)
    }
    // Fan in
    ls := make([]string, 80)
    for y := -39.0; y < 39.0; y++ {
        l := <-out
        ls[l.number+39] = l.text
    }
    fmt.Print(strings.Join(ls, ""))
    fmt.Printf("\nGo Elapsed %.3f\n", time.Now().Sub(startTime).Seconds())
}

func lines(y float64, out chan<- *line) {
    var buf bytes.Buffer
    for x := -39.0; x < 39.0; x++ {
        if iterate(x/40.0, y/40.0) == 0.0 {
            buf.WriteRune('*')
        } else {
            buf.WriteRune(' ')
        }
    }
    buf.WriteRune('\n')
    out <- &line{
        number: int(y),
        text:   buf.String(),
    }
}

func iterate(x, y float64) float64 {
    cr := y - 0.5
    ci := x
    zr := 0.0
    zi := 0.0
    i := 0.0
    for {
        i++
        temp := zr * zi
        zr2 := zr * zr
        zi2 := zi * zi
        zr = zr2 - zi2 + cr
        zi = temp + temp + ci
        if zi2+zr2 > BAILOUT {
            return i
        }
        if i > MAX_ITERATIONS {
            return 0.0
        }
    }
}

Java benchmark is wrong. Where is warmup?
I will try rewrite your benchmark for c too.

@dstogov

I fixed java benchmark, please run on your test machine and update results
https://github.com/gurinderu/benchmarks

Hey, is this a purpose or a mistake that the file is called Mabdelbrot.java and not Mandelbrot.java?

Where did you get PHP7-JIT? There is no code for JIT in PHP7 at all !!!

@nimdam https://github.com/zendtech/php-src/tree/zend-jit/ext/opcache/jit rly?

ob_start();
$m = new Mandelbrot();
ob_end_flush();

It's not fair test when PHP uses buffer and others not.

The PHP code uses the old PHP 4 style constructor, which is removed in 8.0 onward.
You will want to change Mandlebrot() to __construct() for PHP 8.0+

https://www.php.net/manual/en/language.oop5.decon.php