Compare the performance of Python programs against some other language implementation, or check the Python CPU time and Memory use measurements.
For more information about the Python implementation we measured see ↓ about Python.
Are the Python programs better?
For each of one our benchmarks, a white bar shows which language implementation had the faster program, and a black bar shows which used the least memory.
How many times better?
How many times faster or smaller are the Python programs than the corresponding Perl programs?
| Python x times better ~ Perl x times better | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Program & Logs | Faster | Smaller: Memory Use | Smaller: GZip Bytes | Reduced N |
| binary-trees | 4.0 | 2.3 | 1.3 | |
| chameneos-redux | ||||
| fannkuch | 1.2 | ~1.0 | ~1.1 | |
| fasta | 1.6 | ~1.0 | 1.2 | |
| k-nucleotide | ~1.8 | 1.7 | ~1.3 | |
| mandelbrot | 1.5 | 1.0 | ||
| n-body | 1.2 | ~1.6 | 1.1 | |
| nsieve | 4.2 | 2.9 | 1.2 | |
| nsieve-bits | ~1.3 | ~3.1 | ~1.4 | |
| partial-sums | ~1.3 | ~1.0 | ~1.0 | |
| pidigits | 1.2 | ~1.1 | ~1.2 | |
| recursive | 1.5 | ~1.4 | 1.1 | |
| regex-dna | 1.7 | 1.3 | 1.4 | |
| reverse-complement | ~1.2 | ~1.2 | 1.1 | |
| spectral-norm | 1.6 | 1.2 | ||
| startup | ~5.0 | 1.1 | ||
| sum-file | ~1.3 | 1.1 | ||
| thread-ring | ||||
about Python
Python 2.5.2
Paul Graham's Essay
Home Page: http://www.python.org/
Download: http://www.python.org/download/
