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codexonyesterday at 7:19 PM1 replyview on HN

It still beat mimalloc when I checked 4-5 years ago.


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imp0catyesterday at 7:45 PM

You really need to benchmark your workloads, ideally with the "big 3" (jemalloc, tcmalloc, mimalloc). They all have their strengths and weaknesses.

Jemalloc can usually keep the smallest memory footprint, followed by tcmalloc.

Mimalloc can really speed things up sometimes.

As usually, YMMV.

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