Programming Language and compiler
Benchmarks

C++ VS Python benchmarks

Current benchmark data was generated on Mon May 19 2025, full log can be found HERE

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[x86_64][4 cores] AMD EPYC 7763 64-Core Processor (Model 1)

* -m in a file name stands for multi-threading or multi-processing

* -i in a file name stands for direct intrinsics usage. (Usage of simd intrinsics via libraries is not counted)

* -ffi in a file name stands for non-stdlib FFI usage

* (You may find time < time(user) + time(sys) for some non-parallelized programs, the overhead is from GC or JIT compiler, which are allowed to take advantage of multi-cores as that's more close to real-world scenarios.)

fannkuch-redux

Input: 11

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
cpp 1-im.cpp 401ms 4.9ms 2.6MB 1543ms 0ms g++ 11.4.0
cpp 1-im.cpp 402ms 3.2ms 3.9MB 1557ms 0ms clang++ 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
cpp 1-im.cpp 41ms 1.6ms 2.5MB 133ms 0ms g++ 11.4.0
cpp 1-im.cpp 42ms 1.5ms 3.9MB 137ms 0ms clang++ 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1

helloworld

Input: QwQ

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
cpp 1.cpp 1.0ms 0.0ms 1.4MB 0ms 0ms g++ 11.4.0
cpp 1.cpp 1.3ms 0.1ms 2.3MB 0ms 0ms clang++ 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
python 1.py 11ms 0.3ms 7.6MB 0ms 0ms pyston 3.8.12
python 1.py 13ms 0.5ms 8.8MB 10ms 0ms cpython 3.13.3
python 1.py 29ms 1.2ms 51.7MB 10ms 10ms pypy 3.10.16

nbody

Input: 5000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
cpp 0-i.cpp 167ms 0.5ms 1.5MB 160ms 0ms g++ 11.4.0
cpp 0-i.cpp 171ms 0.2ms 2.3MB 160ms 0ms clang++ 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
cpp 1.cpp 313ms 0.2ms 1.8MB 303ms 0ms g++ 11.4.0
cpp 1.cpp 331ms 25ms 2.3MB 323ms 0ms clang++ 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
python 2.py 1353ms 3.9ms 58.1MB 1330ms 10ms pypy 3.10.16
python 1.py 2669ms 18ms 57.1MB 2643ms 10ms pypy 3.10.16
python 1.py timeout 0.0ms 8.9MB 4990ms 0ms cpython 3.13.3
python 2.py timeout 0.0ms 8.9MB 4987ms 0ms cpython 3.13.3
python 1.py timeout 0.0ms 8.3MB 4990ms 0ms pyston 3.8.12
python 2.py timeout 0.0ms 8.1MB 4983ms 0ms pyston 3.8.12

Input: 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
cpp 0-i.cpp 19ms 0.1ms 1.5MB 10ms 0ms g++ 11.4.0
cpp 0-i.cpp 19ms 0.2ms 2.3MB 10ms 0ms clang++ 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
cpp 1.cpp 34ms 0.4ms 1.8MB 30ms 0ms g++ 11.4.0
cpp 1.cpp 34ms 0.3ms 2.3MB 30ms 0ms clang++ 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
python 2.py 177ms 1.3ms 58.1MB 157ms 10ms pypy 3.10.16
python 1.py 305ms 3.3ms 57.0MB 280ms 10ms pypy 3.10.16
python 1.py 928ms 11ms 8.3MB 917ms 0ms pyston 3.8.12
python 2.py 1294ms 2.1ms 8.1MB 1280ms 0ms pyston 3.8.12
python 1.py 2942ms 8.2ms 8.8MB 2930ms 0ms cpython 3.13.3
python 2.py 3274ms 97ms 8.9MB 3263ms 0ms cpython 3.13.3

nsieve

Input: 12

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
cpp 1.cpp 494ms 10ms 7.3MB 483ms 0ms g++ 11.4.0
cpp 1.cpp 529ms 1.4ms 7.7MB 520ms 0ms clang++ 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
python 1.py 2512ms 35ms 369.6MB 2440ms 57ms pypy 3.10.16
python 2.py 2965ms 38ms 632.9MB 2797ms 153ms pyston 3.8.12
python 1.py 4719ms 55ms 320.4MB 4660ms 47ms pyston 3.8.12
python 1.py timeout 0.0ms 321.4MB 4957ms 30ms cpython 3.13.3
python 2.py timeout 0.0ms 633.8MB 4843ms 143ms cpython 3.13.3
python 2.py timeout 0.0ms 959.9MB 4710ms 280ms pypy 3.10.16

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
cpp 1.cpp 121ms 1.4ms 3.6MB 110ms 0ms g++ 11.4.0
cpp 1.cpp 132ms 0.8ms 4.1MB 120ms 0ms clang++ 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
python 1.py 526ms 2.9ms 135.2MB 490ms 23ms pypy 3.10.16
python 2.py 713ms 3.4ms 164.2MB 670ms 30ms pyston 3.8.12
python 1.py 1069ms 35ms 86.0MB 1047ms 10ms pyston 3.8.12
python 2.py 1424ms 21ms 165.0MB 1380ms 30ms cpython 3.13.3
python 2.py 1518ms 19ms 290.3MB 1427ms 77ms pypy 3.10.16
python 1.py 2702ms 14ms 86.9MB 2680ms 10ms cpython 3.13.3

spectral-norm

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
cpp 8-m.cpp 470ms 2.9ms 3.4MB 1823ms 0ms clang++ 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
cpp 8-m.cpp 483ms 0.4ms 2.1MB 1880ms 0ms g++ 11.4.0
cpp 6-im.cpp 925ms 8.4ms 2.3MB 3630ms 0ms g++ 11.4.0
cpp 6-im.cpp 926ms 13ms 3.4MB 3623ms 0ms clang++ 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
python 8.py timeout 0.0ms 14.9MB 37ms 10ms cpython 3.13.3
python 8.py timeout 0.0ms 95.9MB 810ms 90ms pypy 3.10.16
python 8.py timeout 0.0ms 14.1MB 30ms 13ms pyston 3.8.12

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
cpp 8-m.cpp 124ms 0.4ms 3.4MB 460ms 0ms clang++ 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
cpp 8-m.cpp 128ms 1.3ms 2.0MB 477ms 0ms g++ 11.4.0
cpp 6-im.cpp 238ms 1.4ms 3.4MB 907ms 0ms clang++ 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
cpp 6-im.cpp 253ms 24ms 2.0MB 953ms 0ms g++ 11.4.0
python 8.py timeout 0.0ms 14.6MB 47ms 10ms cpython 3.13.3
python 8.py timeout 0.0ms 96.4MB 1343ms 187ms pypy 3.10.16
python 8.py timeout 0.0ms 13.6MB 57ms 10ms pyston 3.8.12

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
cpp 8-m.cpp 40ms 0.5ms 2.0MB 133ms 0ms g++ 11.4.0
cpp 8-m.cpp 41ms 7.1ms 3.5MB 120ms 0ms clang++ 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
cpp 6-im.cpp 65ms 0.5ms 3.5MB 223ms 0ms clang++ 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
cpp 6-im.cpp 68ms 1.0ms 2.0MB 243ms 0ms g++ 11.4.0
python 8-m.py 1983ms 24ms 93.1MB 6417ms 257ms pypy 3.10.16
python 8.py timeout 0.0ms 14.3MB 87ms 23ms cpython 3.13.3
python 8.py timeout 0.0ms 13.4MB 140ms 33ms pyston 3.8.12