Chapel versus Python 3 fastest performance

Always look at the source code.

If the fastest programs are hand-written vector instructions, does the host language matter? You might be more interested in the less optimised programs — more seconds, less gz source code.

fannkuch-redux
source	secs	mem	gz	cpu secs
Chapel #2	8.39	19,772	737	33.40
Python 3 #6	1,031.38	19,652	391	1,031.34
Python 3 #4	300.68	19,652	960	1,189.39
n-body
source	secs	mem	gz	cpu secs
Chapel #3	3.89	19,648	967	3.90
Chapel #2	5.65	19,648	977	5.65
Python 3 #2	362.72	19,656	1247	362.70
Python 3	368.32	19,656	1201	368.30
spectral-norm
source	secs	mem	gz	cpu secs
Chapel #2	0.74	19,648	348	2.89
Chapel	1.47	19,776	322	5.79
Python 3 #7	90.77	19,656	425	359.32
Python 3 #6	359.89	19,656	334	359.83
Python 3 #8	98.97	19,656	415	386.79
mandelbrot
source	secs	mem	gz	cpu secs
Chapel #3	1.17	37,760	582	4.64
Chapel	6.66	37,632	447	26.42
Python 3 #7	159.49	19,656	698	634.00
Python 3 #3	820.95	19,624	319	820.91
Python 3 #2	232.82	156,340	790	880.90
Python 3 #5	274.66	19,628	463	1,094.30
pidigits
source	secs	mem	gz	cpu secs
Chapel #4	0.75	19,648	515	0.76
Chapel #2	0.75	19,776	423	0.76
Python 3 #3	1.31	19,784	573	1.31
Python 3 #4	4.73	19,656	348	4.73
Python 3 #5		Failed
regex-redux
source	secs	mem	gz	cpu secs
Python 3 #2	1.35	168,092	1411	2.62
Chapel #3	3.74	552,796	503	4.68
Chapel #2	4.53	552,788	498	5.47
Python 3	8.83	432,724	515	16.44
fasta
source	secs	mem	gz	cpu secs
Chapel #6	0.79	19,648	1108	0.80
Chapel #5	0.95	19,772	1391	3.47
Chapel #3	4.01	19,772	1219	4.02
Python 3 #2	38.53	19,652	1126	38.53
Python 3 #3	38.86	19,780	1007	38.86
Python 3 #5	26.54	827,148	1951	53.26
Python 3	60.37	19,652	823	60.37
k-nucleotide
source	secs	mem	gz	cpu secs
Chapel #4	4.96	192,256	1071	17.07
Chapel #3	5.86	192,256	1040	20.64
Python 3 #3	48.64	262,016	1970	184.81
Python 3 #8	87.79	506,880	663	262.44
Python 3 #9	77.06	380,416	614	263.65
Python 3	275.64	500,224	499	274.74
reverse-complement
source	secs	mem	gz	cpu secs
Chapel #8	0.95	1,057,024	1260	2.74
Chapel #3	1.68	1,618,560	709	3.23
Chapel #5	1.79	1,884,928	554	3.30
Python 3 #3	5.18	509,108	803	5.18
Python 3 #5	4.07	1,500,240	960	7.41
Python 3 #2	10.46	1,788,876	440	10.46
Python 3	10.69	1,987,304	484	10.69
Python 3 #6	7.86	2,484,084	821	11.49
Python 3 #4	13.91	4,003,712	343	13.91
binary-trees
source	secs	mem	gz	cpu secs
Chapel #3	8.69	367,360	494	29.22
Python 3 #2	110.47	273,024	344	110.46
Python 3 #4	34.53	277,632	481	126.59
Python 3 #5	35.74	275,456	669	127.53
Python 3	36.16	277,760	597	128.12
Python 3 #3	55.05	672,384	1247	158.56
Chapel	chpl version 2.0.0 built with LLVM version 17.0.2 Copyright 2020-2024 Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP Copyright 2004-2019 Cray Inc.
Python 3	Python 3.12.2