PHP 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
PHP #2	188.01	19,392	447	188.00
PHP #3	54.65	19,392	1166	217.72
PHP #4	55.26	19,520	1168	219.72
PHP	225.18	19,392	488	225.17
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
PHP #3	66.45	19,396	1088	66.43
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
PHP	6.85	19,396	1157	27.12
PHP #2	56.73	19,396	403	56.73
PHP #3	16.19	19,396	1214	63.39
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
PHP	86.84	19,396	452	86.84
PHP #3	23.33	48,384	881	92.86
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
PHP #5	1.02	19,396	405	1.02
PHP #4	1.04	19,396	396	1.04
PHP #3	1.05	19,396	510	1.04
Python 3 #3	1.31	19,784	573	1.31
PHP #2	1.47	19,396	552	1.46
Python 3 #4	4.73	19,656	348	4.73
PHP	330.35	19,396	756	330.33
Python 3 #5		Failed
regex-redux
source	secs	mem	gz	cpu secs
Python 3 #2	1.35	168,092	1411	2.62
PHP	1.87	194,876	822	3.72
Python 3	8.83	432,724	515	16.44
fasta
source	secs	mem	gz	cpu secs
PHP #3	21.34	19,396	1065	21.33
PHP #2	28.90	19,396	1054	28.90
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
PHP #4	20.89	260,560	1084	69.85
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
Python 3 #5	4.07	1,500,240	960	7.41
PHP	9.76	1,489,428	323	9.76
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
PHP #2	11.67	1,787,276	288	11.67
PHP #3	7.59	536,536	452	11.93
Python 3 #4	13.91	4,003,712	343	13.91
binary-trees
source	secs	mem	gz	cpu secs
PHP #3	45.78	921,600	434	45.78
PHP #7	15.25	948,480	767	54.73
PHP #4	18.02	918,400	786	55.68
PHP	62.31	748,808	457	62.30
PHP #2	62.55	748,812	429	62.54
PHP #5	32.58	805,504	1048	83.64
PHP #6	26.90	805,396	877	88.00
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
PHP	PHP 8.3.3 (cli) (built: Mar 3 2024 08:47:21) (NTS) Copyright (c) The PHP Group Zend Engine v4.3.3, with Zend OPcache v8.3.3, Copyright (c) Zend Technologies
Python 3	Python 3.12.2