Python 3 versus C gcc fastest programs by faster benchmark performance pidigits source secs mem gz cpu cpu load Python 3 3.48 10,352 386 3.47 1% 1% 0% 100% C gcc 1.75 2,672 452 1.75 100% 2% 2% 0% reverse-complement source secs mem gz cpu cpu load Python 3 16.03 1,007,016 814 19.29 18% 59% 44% 23% C gcc 1.76 994,488 1438 3.98 97% 43% 44% 46% regex-redux source secs mem gz cpu cpu load Python 3 16.98 445,760 512 31.44 28% 74% 47% 38% C gcc 1.46 152,216 1397 3.40 45% 41% 100% 49% k-nucleotide source secs mem gz cpu cpu load Python 3 72.80 189,720 1967 276.09 95% 96% 98% 94% C gcc 4.88 130,060 1506 16.06 87% 96% 87% 60% binary-trees source secs mem gz cpu cpu load Python 3 83.95 451,732 589 290.57 88% 87% 87% 97% C gcc 3.73 116,600 836 11.74 76% 71% 98% 72% fasta source secs mem gz cpu cpu load Python 3 63.19 680,688 1947 135.52 62% 70% 63% 22% C gcc 1.36 2,864 2268 5.41 99% 100% 100% 99% fannkuch-redux source secs mem gz cpu cpu load Python 3 507.56 50,988 950 1,998.88 99% 99% 97% 99% C gcc 8.67 852 910 34.14 99% 100% 100% 95% n-body source secs mem gz cpu cpu load Python 3 850.24 7,916 1242 850.06 0% 0% 0% 100% C gcc 9.37 1,088 1490 9.37 100% 0% 1% 0% spectral-norm source secs mem gz cpu cpu load Python 3 182.12 52,752 443 705.87 96% 96% 96% 100% C gcc 1.98 1,168 1139 7.87 100% 99% 100% 99% mandelbrot source secs mem gz cpu cpu load Python 3 263.04 51,780 688 1,050.80 100% 100% 100% 100% C gcc 1.64 26,512 1135 6.54 99% 100% 99% 100% Python 3 Python 3.7.1 C gcc gcc (Ubuntu 8.2.0-7ubuntu1) 8.2.0 all other Python 3 programs & measurements