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	8.09	10,932	731	32.18
Python 3 #6	913.87	11,080	385	913.83
Python 3 #4	285.20	14,264	950	1,123.47
n-body
source	secs	mem	gz	cpu secs
Chapel #3	5.60	10,940	960	5.61
Chapel #2	6.10	10,940	971	6.11
Python 3	383.12	11,096	1196	383.11
Python 3 #2	402.59	11,096	1242	402.57
spectral-norm
source	secs	mem	gz	cpu secs
Chapel #2	0.73	10,948	335	2.89
Chapel	1.45	10,948	310	5.75
Python 3 #8	78.36	15,704	407	311.22
Python 3 #6	315.69	11,200	328	315.68
Python 3 #7	89.17	15,516	417	352.71
mandelbrot
source	secs	mem	gz	cpu secs
Chapel #3	1.90	37,372	591	7.55
Chapel	6.61	37,436	460	26.38
Python 3 #7	155.28	14,244	688	616.01
Python 3 #2		Timed Out
Python 3 #5		Failed
pidigits
source	secs	mem	gz	cpu secs
Chapel #2	0.75	10,940	423	0.76
Chapel #4	0.75	10,940	509	0.76
Python 3 #3	1.25	13,564	567	1.25
Python 3 #5	1.39	11,428	363	1.39
Python 3 #4	4.21	11,096	342	4.21
regex-redux
source	secs	mem	gz	cpu secs
Python 3 #2	1.38	168,144	1403	2.65
Chapel #3	3.63	551,844	492	4.57
Chapel #2	4.50	551,924	489	5.43
Python 3	8.02	460,684	512	14.90
fasta
source	secs	mem	gz	cpu secs
Chapel #6	0.79	10,880	1104	0.80
Chapel #5	0.94	10,880	1391	3.47
Chapel #3	4.12	10,880	1229	4.13
Python 3 #2	49.99	11,088	1121	49.99
Python 3 #3	50.28	11,088	1003	50.27
Python 3	58.84	11,092	817	58.84
Python 3 #5	33.40	827,232	1947	61.49
k-nucleotide
source	secs	mem	gz	cpu secs
Chapel #4	5.66	192,092	1031	20.12
Chapel #3	6.50	198,044	1007	23.41
Python 3 #3	44.13	262,348	1967	165.01
Python 3	58.56	379,464	607	211.98
Python 3 #8	69.21	505,836	655	214.24
reverse-complement
source	secs	mem	gz	cpu secs
Chapel #8	0.91	1,056,436	1298	2.70
Chapel #3	1.57	1,884,484	764	2.93
Chapel #5	1.69	1,884,480	610	2.99
Python 3 #3	4.96	508,412	796	4.95
Python 3 #5	3.72	1,500,212	954	6.76
Python 3	8.53	1,986,544	479	8.53
Python 3 #2	8.58	1,788,056	434	8.58
Python 3 #6	6.17	2,484,084	814	9.23
Python 3 #4	12.04	4,002,656	335	12.04
binary-trees
source	secs	mem	gz	cpu secs
Chapel #3	8.09	300,444	488	24.60
Python 3 #2	104.73	271,980	338	104.72
Python 3 #5	35.33	274,884	660	125.79
Python 3 #4	34.53	276,752	472	125.93
Python 3	35.93	276,952	589	126.44
Python 3 #3	50.99	672,016	1238	142.94
Chapel	chpl version 1.29.0 built with LLVM version 14.0.0 Copyright 2020-2022 Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP Copyright 2004-2019 Cray Inc.
Python 3	Python 3.11.1