Go 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
Go #3	8.25	10,936	969	32.92
Go	11.83	11,128	900	47.26
Go #2	11.89	12,708	896	47.47
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
Go #3	6.36	11,244	1200	6.37
Go	6.55	11,244	1310	6.56
Go #2	6.94	11,244	1215	6.95
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
Go	5.31	11,244	411	5.32
Go #4	1.42	11,244	548	5.67
Go #2	1.44	11,244	668	5.67
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
Go #3	3.73	36,140	894	14.86
Go #4	3.73	36,116	905	14.87
Go	4.92	33,624	823	19.65
Go #2	6.76	33,928	837	26.97
Go #6	6.83	33,632	700	27.22
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
Go #4	1.01	11,244	683	1.02
Python 3 #3	1.25	13,564	567	1.25
Go	1.37	11,244	708	1.38
Python 3 #5	1.39	11,428	363	1.39
Go #3	1.63	11,244	603	1.66
Go #2	1.97	11,244	733	2.00
Go #8	2.46	11,244	720	2.46
Python 3 #4	4.21	11,096	342	4.21
Go #7	4.80	23,844	696	5.31
regex-redux
source	secs	mem	gz	cpu secs
Python 3 #2	1.38	168,144	1403	2.65
Go #5	4.14	302,280	810	6.25
Python 3	8.02	460,684	512	14.90
Go #4	14.80	360,260	829	34.62
Go #3	27.89	368,528	829	67.15
Go	28.35	317,752	741	67.40
fasta
source	secs	mem	gz	cpu secs
Go	3.78	11,128	1053	3.78
Go #3	1.49	11,136	1358	4.10
Go #2	1.26	11,136	1404	4.26
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
Go #7	7.48	166,412	1607	28.68
Go #6	7.96	148,080	1590	29.25
Go #3	8.28	148,412	1722	29.93
Go #4	9.50	142,624	1543	31.55
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
Go #2	1.76	814,544	611	1.80
Go #3	1.96	814,352	605	2.00
Go #6	1.33	1,278,596	1338	2.46
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
Go #5		Bad Output
Go		Failed
binary-trees
source	secs	mem	gz	cpu secs
Go #6	27.82	410,808	611	28.59
Go #5	14.70	406,544	950	57.87
Go #2	14.69	642,688	666	58.49
Go #3	15.07	342,008	799	58.61
Go #7	33.37	247,824	525	60.85
Go	34.62	236,728	482	61.41
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
Go	go version go1.20 linux/amd64 GOAMD64=v2
Python 3	Python 3.11.1