Python 3 versus Go fastest performance

How the programs are written matters! 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	8.34	19,808	975	33.31
Go #8	46.13	19,440	500	46.24
Go	12.29	19,808	906	49.04
Go #2	12.35	19,808	903	49.32
Python 3 #6	1,033.31	19,312	391	1,033.27
Python 3 #4	302.37	19,312	960	1,196.45
Python 3 #8	2,259.59	19,312	414	2,259.50
n-body
source	secs	mem	gz	cpu secs
Go #3	6.38	19,808	1207	6.40
Go	7.01	19,808	1316	7.03
Go #2	7.03	19,808	1222	7.05
Go #8	9.60	19,436	1224	9.62
Python 3	355.06	19,312	1201	355.05
Python 3 #2	374.16	19,312	1247	374.14
Python 3 #8	518.11	19,312	1172	518.09
spectral-norm
source	secs	mem	gz	cpu secs
Go #8	5.33	19,416	429	5.34
Go	5.33	19,808	417	5.34
Go #2	1.50	19,808	674	5.68
Go #4	1.45	19,808	555	5.69
Python 3 #6	347.53	19,316	334	347.52
Python 3 #4	90.52	19,308	415	359.95
Python 3 #8	379.97	19,440	334	379.96
Python 3 #7	97.11	19,316	425	380.79
mandelbrot
source	secs	mem	gz	cpu secs
Go #4	3.76	35,456	912	14.99
Go #3	3.77	35,456	900	15.00
Go	5.02	33,024	829	20.02
Go #8	26.68	19,440	500	26.74
Go #2	6.85	33,152	843	27.28
Go #6	6.89	33,024	707	27.44
Python 3 #7	172.20	19,312	698	687.68
Python 3 #3	861.76	19,312	319	861.73
Python 3 #2	235.71	95,164	790	926.30
Python 3 #5	257.00	19,312	463	1,026.96
Python 3 #8	1,528.00	19,364	379	1,527.73
fasta
source	secs	mem	gz	cpu secs
Go	3.73	19,808	1055	3.74
Go #2	1.27	19,808	1405	4.06
Go #3	1.51	19,808	1362	4.09
Go #8	11.46	19,820	880	11.55
Python 3 #2	39.00	19,312	1126	39.00
Python 3 #3	39.12	19,312	1007	39.12
Python 3 #5	27.86	827,284	1951	53.94
Python 3	57.21	19,312	823	57.20
Python 3 #8	156.78	19,780	738	156.35
k-nucleotide
source	secs	mem	gz	cpu secs
Go #7	7.63	163,072	1613	28.79
Go #3	8.18	145,280	1729	29.88
Go #6	8.21	145,152	1596	30.01
Go #4	9.16	140,032	1552	31.38
Go #8	61.96	537,908	752	62.57
Python 3 #3	50.15	262,368	1970	185.77
Python 3 #4	79.01	506,112	663	236.67
Python 3	238.45	499,072	499	237.78
Python 3 #8	238.78	623,448	525	237.93
Python 3 #9	68.33	379,392	614	238.74
reverse-complement
source	secs	mem	gz	cpu secs
Go #2	2.19	800,640	614	2.29
Go #3	2.48	800,384	609	2.57
Go #6	1.91	1,244,508	1340	3.40
Python 3 #3	4.86	507,712	803	4.86
Python 3 #5	4.09	1,500,716	960	7.41
Python 3 #2	10.08	1,788,136	440	10.08
Python 3	10.29	1,986,440	484	10.29
Python 3 #6	7.38	2,484,372	821	10.89
Python 3 #4	13.41	4,002,688	343	13.41
Go #5		Bad Output
Go		Failed
binary-trees
source	secs	mem	gz	cpu secs
Go #6	27.90	404,096	618	29.26
Go #2	14.17	624,780	672	56.29
Go #3	14.91	326,508	806	58.00
Go #5	14.87	425,960	957	58.15
Go	32.01	243,192	488	59.78
Go #7	32.52	248,604	531	61.47
Python 3 #2	100.90	271,872	344	100.89
Python 3 #4	33.61	276,992	481	121.96
Python 3 #5	35.49	274,816	669	126.17
Python 3	36.12	276,992	597	127.68
Python 3 #3	52.28	671,872	1247	149.07
Python 3 #8	558.92	798,336	535	558.85
pidigits
source	secs	mem	gz	cpu secs
* Go #4	0.82	19,808	689	0.83
Go	1.18	19,808	715	1.20
* Python 3 #3	1.26	19,312	573	1.26
* Go #3	1.40	19,808	610	1.44
Go #2	1.84	19,808	740	1.89
Go #6	2.46	19,512	727	2.46
Python 3 #4	4.54	19,312	348	4.54
Go #7	4.99	19,808	702	5.61
Python 3 #5		Failed
regex-redux
source	secs	mem	gz	cpu secs
* Python 3 #2	1.35	168,236	1411	2.64
Go #5	3.25	321,360	817	5.43
Python 3	8.91	432,220	515	16.44
Go #4	14.61	369,008	832	35.91
Go	25.37	319,956	749	61.07
Go #3	25.62	371,204	836	61.79
Python 3	Python 3.13.0
Go	go version go1.23.1 linux/amd64 GOAMD64=v2