Perl 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
Python 3 #6	1,031.38	19,652	391	1,031.34
Python 3 #4	300.68	19,652	960	1,189.39
Perl #3	1,253.65	19,656	433	1,253.60
Perl #2	428.72	19,656	577	1,710.91
Perl	1,719.04	19,656	463	1,718.97
n-body
source	secs	mem	gz	cpu secs
Python 3 #2	362.72	19,656	1247	362.70
Python 3	368.32	19,656	1201	368.30
Perl #2	433.35	19,640	1431	433.33
spectral-norm
source	secs	mem	gz	cpu secs
Perl #4	23.84	19,644	562	93.18
Perl #5	97.85	19,640	346	97.84
Perl	106.13	19,644	340	106.10
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
Perl #2	488.38	19,644	350	488.35
Perl #3	122.80	19,640	857	488.65
mandelbrot
source	secs	mem	gz	cpu secs
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
Perl	569.19	76,928	592	2,273.81
pidigits
source	secs	mem	gz	cpu secs
Python 3 #3	1.31	19,784	573	1.31
Python 3 #4	4.73	19,656	348	4.73
Perl	11.68	19,380	471	11.66
Python 3 #5		Failed
Perl #2		Failed
Perl #4		Failed
regex-redux
source	secs	mem	gz	cpu secs
Python 3 #2	1.35	168,092	1411	2.62
Python 3	8.83	432,724	515	16.44
Perl	22.47	205,652	471	22.46
Perl #2	17.23	205,436	717	29.80
Perl #4	10.48	157,300	823	30.98
Perl #3	10.69	409,956	854	31.50
Perl #5		Bad Output
fasta
source	secs	mem	gz	cpu secs
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
Perl	62.98	55,296	875	62.98
Perl #4	133.86	19,656	969	133.60
Perl #2	182.59	19,656	926	182.43
k-nucleotide
source	secs	mem	gz	cpu secs
Perl #2	121.96	659,584	365	120.07
Perl	38.23	1,247,428	659	131.70
Perl #4	41.87	1,070,080	483	136.26
Perl #3	52.15	1,147,904	520	171.73
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
Python 3 #3	5.18	509,108	803	5.18
Perl #4	5.65	998,596	268	5.65
Perl #3	6.55	1,495,204	295	6.55
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
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
Perl #6	38.93	760,064	800	143.68
Python 3 #3	55.05	672,384	1247	158.56
Perl #5	50.13	1,048,576	805	182.28
Perl	248.15	599,680	401	248.14
Perl #4	79.07	2,519,560	769	275.66
Perl #3	107.10	2,200,560	655	361.91
Perl	This is perl 5, version 38 subversion 2 (v5.38.2) x86_64-linux-thread-multi
Python 3	Python 3.12.2