Fortran Intel versus C gcc fastest programs by faster benchmark performance n-body source secs mem gz cpu cpu load Fortran Intel 8.28 8 1524 8.28 1% 0% 0% 100% C gcc 9.37 1,088 1490 9.37 100% 0% 1% 0% pidigits source secs mem gz cpu cpu load Fortran Intel 1.74 3,836 981 1.74 1% 2% 100% 1% C gcc 1.88 2,720 416 1.87 2% 1% 2% 100% spectral-norm source secs mem gz cpu cpu load Fortran Intel 1.98 1,684 638 7.89 99% 100% 99% 100% C gcc 1.98 1,168 1139 7.87 100% 99% 100% 99% binary-trees source secs mem gz cpu cpu load Fortran Intel 5.40 112,732 1148 16.07 72% 67% 71% 100% C gcc 3.73 116,600 836 11.74 76% 71% 98% 72% fannkuch-redux source secs mem gz cpu cpu load Fortran Intel 12.59 10,912 1158 50.24 100% 100% 100% 100% C gcc 8.67 852 910 34.14 99% 100% 100% 95% fasta source secs mem gz cpu cpu load Fortran Intel 3.34 8 1351 3.33 0% 2% 100% 0% C gcc 1.36 2,864 2268 5.41 99% 100% 100% 99% reverse-complement source secs mem gz cpu cpu load Fortran Intel 4.78 985,316 1019 4.77 1% 100% 0% 0% C gcc 1.76 994,488 1438 3.98 97% 43% 44% 46% mandelbrot source secs mem gz cpu cpu load Fortran Intel 6.51 61,460 661 22.49 82% 82% 82% 100% C gcc 1.64 26,512 1135 6.54 99% 100% 99% 100% k-nucleotide source secs mem gz cpu cpu load Fortran Intel 97.11 203,140 2238 97.05 1% 0% 0% 100% C gcc 4.88 130,060 1506 16.06 87% 96% 87% 60% regex-redux source secs mem gz cpu cpu load No program contribute your program C gcc 0.42 ? 1397 ? 31% 93% 10% 3% Fortran Intel Intel(R) Fortran Intel(R) 64 Compiler for applications running on Intel(R) 64, Version 19.0.1.144 Build 20181018 Copyright (C) 1985-2018 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved. FOR NON-COMMERCIAL USE ONLY C gcc gcc (Ubuntu 8.2.0-7ubuntu1) 8.2.0 all other Fortran Intel programs & measurements