Python CPython ÷ Perl | Gentoo : Intel® Pentium® 4 Computer Language Benchmarks Game

Compare the performance of Python CPython programs against some other language implementation.

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Python CPython comparison summary

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Program & Logs	CPU secs	Memory KB	Size B
nsieve
Python CPython #4	8.57	35,220	246
Perl #2	25.45	121,904	290
binary-trees
Python CPython #3	93.41	16,116	418
Perl #2	239.36	47,936	541
regex-dna
Python CPython	6.04	20,516	342
Perl #4	11.81	21,408	431
pidigits
Python CPython #3	2.06	2,928	476
Perl #2	3.61	2,532	385
fasta
Python CPython #2	692.04	2,420	779
Perl #4	950.04	1,872	934
recursive
Python CPython	683.74	14,296	360
Perl #2	898.78	10,836	380
mandelbrot
Python CPython #3	323.70	2,420	303
Perl #2	403.20	1,724	311
fannkuch
Python CPython	772.84	2,404	411
Perl	855.72	1,492	348
sum-file
Python CPython #3	20.75	2,444	77
Perl	18.17	1,468	84
n-body
Python CPython #2	2,015.78	2,440	1027
Perl	1,697.59	1,936	1140
reverse-complement
Python CPython #3	2.73	49,072	288
Perl #2	1.99	38,360	298
nsieve-bits
Python CPython	144.40	12,436	288
Perl	100.18	4,004	253
partial-sums
Python CPython	27.41	2,476	395
Perl #3	17.41	1,476	389
k-nucleotide
Python CPython	58.45	25,208	475
Perl #2	32.07	42,816	359

Python 2.5.1