Programming Language and compiler
Benchmarks

C++ VS Python benchmarks

Current benchmark data was generated on Tue Jul 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 395ms 6.0ms 2.5MB 1533ms 0ms g++ 11.4.0
cpp 1-im.cpp 397ms 1.4ms 4.0MB 1540ms 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 40ms 0.6ms 4.0MB 133ms 0ms clang++ 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
cpp 1-im.cpp 41ms 1.8ms 2.6MB 137ms 0ms g++ 11.4.0

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 12ms 0.7ms 7.6MB 10ms 0ms pyston 3.8.12
python 1.py 15ms 1.2ms 8.8MB 10ms 0ms cpython 3.13.5
python 1.py 30ms 0.9ms 51.7MB 6ms 12ms 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 0.3ms 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 314ms 1.2ms 1.8MB 307ms 0ms g++ 11.4.0
cpp 1.cpp 315ms 0.6ms 2.3MB 310ms 0ms clang++ 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
python 2.py 1358ms 8.1ms 58.1MB 1333ms 10ms pypy 3.10.16
python 1.py 2644ms 7.4ms 57.0MB 2620ms 10ms pypy 3.10.16
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 0.2ms 2.3MB 10ms 0ms clang++ 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
cpp 1.cpp 34ms 0.4ms 1.9MB 30ms 0ms g++ 11.4.0
cpp 1.cpp 34ms 0.6ms 2.3MB 30ms 0ms clang++ 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
python 2.py 182ms 1.2ms 57.9MB 160ms 10ms pypy 3.10.16
python 1.py 304ms 1.2ms 57.1MB 280ms 10ms pypy 3.10.16
python 1.py 921ms 6.9ms 8.4MB 910ms 0ms pyston 3.8.12
python 2.py 1314ms 5.3ms 8.3MB 1300ms 0ms pyston 3.8.12
python 2.py 2943ms 21ms 9.0MB 2930ms 0ms cpython 3.13.5
python 1.py 3003ms 91ms 9.0MB 2990ms 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 488ms 2.4ms 7.2MB 480ms 0ms g++ 11.4.0
cpp 1.cpp 530ms 1.9ms 7.7MB 520ms 0ms clang++ 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
python 1.py 2563ms 130ms 369.7MB 2490ms 57ms pypy 3.10.16
python 2.py 2996ms 31ms 632.9MB 2817ms 167ms pyston 3.8.12
python 1.py 4717ms 60ms 320.4MB 4660ms 40ms pyston 3.8.12
python 1.py timeout 0.0ms 321.4MB 4967ms 23ms cpython 3.13.5
python 2.py timeout 0.0ms 633.8MB 4823ms 157ms cpython 3.13.5
python 2.py timeout 0.0ms 959.9MB 4717ms 263ms pypy 3.10.16

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
cpp 1.cpp 121ms 1.6ms 3.6MB 110ms 0ms g++ 11.4.0
cpp 1.cpp 133ms 0.4ms 4.0MB 120ms 0ms clang++ 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
python 1.py 547ms 6.2ms 135.3MB 507ms 23ms pypy 3.10.16
python 2.py 723ms 2.9ms 164.2MB 683ms 27ms pyston 3.8.12
python 1.py 1065ms 10ms 86.0MB 1040ms 10ms pyston 3.8.12
python 2.py 1383ms 0.6ms 165.1MB 1343ms 27ms cpython 3.13.5
python 2.py 1508ms 4.4ms 290.3MB 1420ms 73ms pypy 3.10.16
python 1.py 2870ms 13ms 87.0MB 2847ms 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 467ms 0.8ms 3.4MB 1817ms 0ms clang++ 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
cpp 8-m.cpp 482ms 0.4ms 2.1MB 1880ms 0ms g++ 11.4.0
cpp 6-im.cpp 918ms 0.6ms 3.4MB 3613ms 0ms clang++ 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
cpp 6-im.cpp 921ms 1.9ms 2.1MB 3627ms 0ms g++ 11.4.0
python 8.py timeout 0.0ms 14.8MB 33ms 10ms cpython 3.13.5
python 8.py timeout 0.0ms 95.9MB 787ms 80ms pypy 3.10.16
python 8.py timeout 0.0ms 14.4MB 33ms 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 125ms 2.9ms 3.4MB 463ms 0ms clang++ 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
cpp 8-m.cpp 129ms 0.3ms 2.0MB 480ms 0ms g++ 11.4.0
cpp 6-im.cpp 240ms 2.4ms 2.0MB 913ms 0ms g++ 11.4.0
cpp 6-im.cpp 248ms 20ms 3.4MB 927ms 0ms clang++ 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
python 8.py timeout 0.0ms 14.5MB 47ms 13ms cpython 3.13.5
python 8.py timeout 0.0ms 95.6MB 1280ms 180ms pypy 3.10.16
python 8.py timeout 0.0ms 13.6MB 60ms 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 39ms 0.6ms 2.0MB 130ms 0ms g++ 11.4.0
cpp 8-m.cpp 40ms 7.9ms 3.5MB 117ms 0ms clang++ 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
cpp 6-im.cpp 64ms 0.4ms 3.4MB 223ms 0ms clang++ 14.0.0-1ubuntu1.1
cpp 6-im.cpp 69ms 3.9ms 2.3MB 247ms 0ms g++ 11.4.0
python 8-m.py 1948ms 18ms 92.9MB 6303ms 253ms pypy 3.10.16
python 8.py timeout 0.0ms 14.3MB 80ms 20ms cpython 3.13.5
python 8.py timeout 0.0ms 13.1MB 150ms 30ms pyston 3.8.12