1 : Are the Perl programs faster? At a glance.
This chart shows 3 comparisons - Time-used, Memory-used and Code-used.
Each chart bar shows, for one unidentified benchmark, how much the fastest Perl program used compared to the fastest Java 6 -server program.
2 : Are the Perl programs faster? Approximately.
This table shows 3 comparisons - Time-used, Memory-used and Code-used.
Each table row shows, for one named benchmark, how much the fastest Perl program used compared to the fastest Java 6 -server program.
| Perl used what fraction? used how many times more? | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benchmark | Time | Memory | Code | Reduced N |
| regex-dna | ± | 1/4 | 1/2 | |
| pidigits | ± | 1/13 | 1/5 | |
| reverse-complement | 2× | ± | 1/2 | |
| k-nucleotide | 5× | 6× | 1/2 | |
| fasta | 38× | 1/6 | ± | |
| fannkuch | 49× | 1/2 | 1/2 | |
| spectral-norm | 63× | ± | ± | |
| n-body | 72× | 1/6 | ± | |
| binary-trees | 79× | 2× | ± | |
| mandelbrot | 395× | 1/16 | 1/3 | |
± read the measurements and then read the program source code.
3 : Are the Perl programs faster? Measurements.
This table shows 5 measurements - CPU Time, Elapsed Time, Memory, Code and ~ CPU Load.
For each named benchmark, measurements of the fastest Perl program are shown for comparison against measurements of the fastest Java 6 -server program.
| Program Source Code | CPU secs | Elapsed secs | Memory KB | Code B | ~ CPU Load |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| regex-dna | |||||
| Perl | 38.61 | 12.84 | 167,208 | 527 | 78% 66% 76% 81% |
| Java 6 -server | 26.67 | 10.91 | 681,824 | 929 | 57% 68% 63% 55% |
| pidigits | |||||
| Perl | 7.46 | 7.46 | 3,868 | 385 | 100% 0% 0% 0% |
| Java 6 -server | 14.15 | 5.79 | 50,508 | 1816 | 49% 60% 52% 56% |
| reverse-complement | |||||
| Perl | 5.25 | 5.25 | 431,496 | 298 | 100% 0% 0% 0% |
| Java 6 -server | 2.71 | 2.67 | 475,908 | 592 | 3% 1% 94% 3% |
| k-nucleotide | |||||
| Perl | 256.15 | 78.58 | 2,883,780 | 648 | 81% 71% 88% 84% |
| Java 6 -server | 49.22 | 14.57 | 480,408 | 1602 | 79% 78% 98% 82% |
| fasta | |||||
| Perl | 314.46 | 314.46 | 2,548 | 934 | 100% 0% 0% 0% |
| Java 6 -server | 8.24 | 8.22 | 15,144 | 1240 | 0% 1% 0% 100% |
| fannkuch | |||||
| Perl | 3,749.89 | 942.90 | 8,808 | 471 | 99% 100% 100% 100% |
| Java 6 -server | 68.47 | 19.09 | 17,584 | 1150 | 81% 97% 74% 99% |
| spectral-norm | |||||
| Perl | 1,137.10 | 285.55 | 10,976 | 846 | 100% 100% 100% 100% |
| Java 6 -server | 17.33 | 4.51 | 15,208 | 950 | 98% 95% 94% 97% |
| n-body | |||||
| Perl | 1,665.13 | 1,665.14 | 2,568 | 1140 | 0% 0% 100% 0% |
| Java 6 -server | 23.13 | 23.13 | 15,100 | 1424 | 0% 0% 0% 100% |
| binary-trees | |||||
| Perl | 1,276.89 | 1,276.85 | 1,091,276 | 541 | 0% 0% 100% 0% |
| Java 6 -server | 20.53 | 16.18 | 566,032 | 603 | 13% 86% 16% 11% |
| mandelbrot | |||||
| Perl | 4,226.42 | 4,226.21 | 4,136 | 311 | 0% 0% 100% 0% |
| Java 6 -server | 42.02 | 10.69 | 66,984 | 903 | 98% 98% 98% 99% |
| chameneos-redux | |||||
Perl : server-side shell & cgi scripts
This is perl, v5.10.0 built for x86_64-linux-gnu-thread-multi
Home Page: http://www.perl.org/
Download: http://www.cpan.org/src/5.0/
