Programming Language and compiler
Benchmarks

C++ VS Python benchmarks

Current benchmark data was generated on Fri Aug 01 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 5.2ms 3.9MB 1553ms 0ms clang++ 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
cpp 1-im.cpp 402ms 3.8ms 2.6MB 1547ms 0ms g++ 11.4.0

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
cpp 1-im.cpp 39ms 1.2ms 2.5MB 127ms 0ms g++ 11.4.0
cpp 1-im.cpp 40ms 1.1ms 3.9MB 133ms 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 0.1ms 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 0.9ms 7.8MB 0ms 0ms pyston 3.8.12
python 1.py 13ms 0.8ms 8.8MB 0ms 0ms cpython 3.13.5
python 1.py 29ms 0.8ms 52.2MB 10ms 10ms pypy 3.11.13

nbody

Input: 5000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
cpp 0-i.cpp 167ms 0.3ms 1.5MB 160ms 0ms g++ 11.4.0
cpp 0-i.cpp 171ms 0.3ms 2.3MB 160ms 0ms clang++ 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
cpp 1.cpp 315ms 1.4ms 2.3MB 307ms 0ms clang++ 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
cpp 1.cpp 316ms 0.7ms 1.9MB 307ms 0ms g++ 11.4.0
python 2.py 1342ms 2.7ms 60.5MB 1317ms 13ms pypy 3.11.13
python 1.py 2650ms 17ms 57.8MB 2627ms 10ms pypy 3.11.13
python 1.py timeout 0.0ms 8.9MB 4990ms 0ms cpython 3.13.5
python 2.py timeout 0.0ms 9.0MB 4990ms 0ms cpython 3.13.5
python 1.py timeout 0.0ms 8.3MB 4990ms 0ms pyston 3.8.12
python 2.py timeout 0.0ms 8.1MB 4990ms 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 18ms 0.1ms 1.5MB 10ms 0ms g++ 11.4.0
cpp 0-i.cpp 19ms 0.1ms 2.3MB 10ms 0ms clang++ 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
cpp 1.cpp 33ms 0.1ms 1.8MB 23ms 0ms g++ 11.4.0
cpp 1.cpp 33ms 0.1ms 2.3MB 30ms 0ms clang++ 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
python 2.py 176ms 4.7ms 58.5MB 153ms 10ms pypy 3.11.13
python 1.py 305ms 1.6ms 57.8MB 283ms 7ms pypy 3.11.13
python 1.py 940ms 29ms 8.3MB 927ms 0ms pyston 3.8.12
python 2.py 1345ms 52ms 8.1MB 1330ms 0ms pyston 3.8.12
python 1.py 2971ms 99ms 8.9MB 2960ms 0ms cpython 3.13.5
python 2.py 2989ms 51ms 9.0MB 2977ms 0ms cpython 3.13.5

nsieve

Input: 12

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
cpp 1.cpp 485ms 0.9ms 7.3MB 470ms 0ms g++ 11.4.0
cpp 1.cpp 531ms 2.8ms 7.8MB 520ms 0ms clang++ 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
python 1.py 2403ms 56ms 369.9MB 2330ms 57ms pypy 3.11.13
python 2.py 2979ms 17ms 633.0MB 2793ms 170ms pyston 3.8.12
python 1.py 4806ms 156ms 320.4MB 4743ms 47ms pyston 3.8.12
python 1.py timeout 0.0ms 321.4MB 4960ms 20ms cpython 3.13.5
python 2.py timeout 0.0ms 633.8MB 4827ms 160ms cpython 3.13.5
python 2.py timeout 0.0ms 1017.7MB 4707ms 280ms pypy 3.11.13

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
cpp 1.cpp 121ms 1.9ms 3.6MB 110ms 0ms g++ 11.4.0
cpp 1.cpp 131ms 1.3ms 4.1MB 120ms 0ms clang++ 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
python 1.py 503ms 12ms 135.7MB 463ms 23ms pypy 3.11.13
python 2.py 726ms 6.1ms 164.2MB 683ms 30ms pyston 3.8.12
python 1.py 1068ms 11ms 86.0MB 1040ms 10ms pyston 3.8.12
python 2.py 1370ms 7.2ms 165.1MB 1327ms 30ms cpython 3.13.5
python 2.py 1392ms 15ms 290.8MB 1303ms 73ms pypy 3.11.13
python 1.py 2819ms 6.7ms 87.0MB 2793ms 10ms cpython 3.13.5

spectral-norm

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
cpp 8-m.cpp 469ms 3.9ms 3.4MB 1827ms 0ms clang++ 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
cpp 8-m.cpp 482ms 1.0ms 2.4MB 1887ms 0ms g++ 11.4.0
cpp 6-im.cpp 926ms 10ms 2.3MB 3637ms 0ms g++ 11.4.0
cpp 6-im.cpp 935ms 18ms 3.4MB 3647ms 0ms clang++ 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
python 8.py timeout 0.0ms 14.8MB 40ms 10ms cpython 3.13.5
python 8.py timeout 0.0ms 94.2MB 653ms 73ms pypy 3.11.13
python 8.py timeout 0.0ms 14.3MB 40ms 10ms pyston 3.8.12

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
cpp 8-m.cpp 123ms 0.7ms 3.4MB 460ms 0ms clang++ 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
cpp 8-m.cpp 128ms 0.6ms 2.0MB 483ms 0ms g++ 11.4.0
cpp 6-im.cpp 237ms 1.4ms 3.4MB 903ms 0ms clang++ 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
cpp 6-im.cpp 239ms 2.4ms 2.0MB 913ms 0ms g++ 11.4.0
python 8.py timeout 0.0ms 14.4MB 50ms 7ms cpython 3.13.5
python 8.py timeout 0.0ms 96.2MB 1180ms 140ms pypy 3.11.13
python 8.py timeout 0.0ms 13.6MB 63ms 13ms pyston 3.8.12

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
cpp 8-m.cpp 37ms 1.4ms 3.4MB 110ms 0ms clang++ 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
cpp 8-m.cpp 39ms 0.4ms 2.0MB 130ms 0ms g++ 11.4.0
cpp 6-im.cpp 64ms 0.1ms 3.4MB 227ms 0ms clang++ 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
cpp 6-im.cpp 66ms 0.6ms 2.1MB 237ms 0ms g++ 11.4.0
python 8-m.py 2147ms 28ms 94.2MB 7087ms 240ms pypy 3.11.13
python 8.py timeout 0.0ms 14.3MB 90ms 13ms cpython 3.13.5
python 8.py timeout 0.0ms 13.1MB 133ms 37ms pyston 3.8.12