SWI-Prolog 7.4.2 Reference Manual: Section 4.40

## 4.40 Obtaining Runtime Statistics

statistics(+Key, -Value)
  Unify system statistics determined by Key with Value. The possible keys are given in the table 6. This predicate supports additional keys for compatibility reasons. These keys are described in table 7.

  Native keys (times as float in seconds)
  agc | Number of atom garbage collections performed
  agc_gained | Number of atoms removed
  agc_time | Time spent in atom garbage collections
  atoms | Total number of defined atoms
  c_stack | System (C-) stack limit. 0 if not known.
  cgc | Number of clause garbage collections performed
  cgc_gained | Number of clauses reclaimed
  cgc_time | Time spent in clause garbage collections
  clauses | Total number of clauses in the program
  codes | Total size of (virtual) executable code in words
  cputime | (User) CPU time since thread was started in seconds
  epoch | Time stamp when thread was started
  functors | Total number of defined name/arity pairs
  global | Allocated size of the global stack in bytes
  globalused | Number of bytes in use on the global stack
  globallimit | Size to which the global stack is allowed to grow
  global_shifts | Number of global stack expansions
  heapused | Bytes of heap in use by Prolog (0 if not maintained)
  inferences | Total number of passes via the call and redo ports since Prolog was started
  modules | Total number of defined modules
  local | Allocated size of the local stack in bytes
  local_shifts | Number of local stack expansions
  locallimit | Size to which the local stack is allowed to grow
  localused | Number of bytes in use on the local stack
  table_space_used | Amount of bytes in use by the thread's answer tables
  trail | Allocated size of the trail stack in bytes
  trail_shifts | Number of trail stack expansions
  traillimit | Size to which the trail stack is allowed to grow
  trailused | Number of bytes in use on the trail stack
  shift_time | Time spent in stack-shifts
  stack | Total memory in use for stacks in all threads
  predicates | Total number of predicates. This includes predicates that are undefined or not yet resolved.
  process_epoch | Time stamp when Prolog was started
  process_cputime | (User) CPU time since Prolog was started in seconds
  thread_cputime | MT-version: Seconds CPU time used by finished threads. Basically non-portable. Works on Linux, MacOSX, Windows and probably some more.
  threads | MT-version: number of active threads
  threads_created | MT-version: number of created threads
  engines | MT-version: number of existing engines
  engines_created | MT-version: number of created engines

  Table 6 : Keys for statistics/2. Space is expressed in bytes. Time is expressed in seconds, represented as a floating point number.

  Compatibility keys (times in milliseconds)
  runtime | [ CPU time, CPU time since last ] (milliseconds, excluding time spent in garbage collection)
  system_time | [ System CPU time, System CPU time since last ] (milliseconds)
  real_time | [ Wall time, Wall time since last ] (integer seconds. See get_time/1)
  walltime | [ Wall time since start, Wall time since last] (milliseconds, SICStus compatibility)
  memory | [ Total unshared data, free memory ] (Uses getrusage() if available, otherwise incomplete own statistics.)
  stacks | [ global use, local use ]
  program | [ heap, 0 ]
  global_stack | [ global use, global free ]
  local_stack | [ local use, local free ]
  trail | [ trail use, trail free ]
  garbage_collection | [ number of GC, bytes gained, time spent, bytes left ] The last column is a SWI-Prolog extension. It contains the sum of the memory left after each collection, which can be divided by the count to find the average working set size after GC. Use `[Count, Gained, Time|_]` for compatiblity.
  stack_shifts | [ global shifts, local shifts, time spent ]
  atoms | [ number, memory use, 0 ]
  atom_garbage_collection | [ number of AGC, bytes gained, time spent ]
  clause_garbage_collection | [ number of CGC, clauses gained, time spent ]
  core | Same as memory

  Table 7 : Compatibility keys for statistics/2. Time is expressed in milliseconds.
statistics
  Display a table of system statistics on the stream `user_error`.
time(:Goal)
  Execute Goal just like call/1 and print time used, number of logical inferences and the average number of lips (logical inferences per second). Note that SWI-Prolog counts the actual executed number of inferences rather than the number of passes through the call and redo ports of the theoretical 4-port model. If Goal is non-deterministic, print statistics for each solution, where the reported values are relative to the previous answer.