Python 3 versus PHP 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
PHP #2	190.06	19,804	447	190.05
PHP #3	56.00	19,804	1166	222.44
PHP #4	56.07	19,804	1168	222.96
PHP	225.15	19,804	488	225.14
Python 3 #6	1,033.31	19,312	391	1,033.27
Python 3 #4	302.37	19,312	960	1,196.45
PHP #8	1,527.51	19,440	477	1,527.44
Python 3 #8	2,259.59	19,312	414	2,259.50
n-body
source	secs	mem	gz	cpu secs
PHP #8	65.76	19,712	1245	65.75
PHP #3	66.53	19,804	1088	66.52
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
PHP	6.87	19,804	1157	27.14
PHP #2	57.15	19,804	403	57.15
PHP #3	16.34	19,804	1214	64.01
PHP #8	86.11	19,724	357	86.09
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
PHP #8	81.58	19,436	419	81.56
PHP	87.00	19,804	452	87.00
PHP #3	23.38	48,256	881	93.15
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
PHP #3	21.15	19,804	1065	21.14
PHP #2	29.41	19,804	1054	29.41
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	259.98	19,312	730	259.80
PHP #8	265.71	27,768	742	265.18
k-nucleotide
source	secs	mem	gz	cpu secs
PHP #8	55.69	630,452	571	55.67
PHP #4	21.61	260,560	1290	69.80
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
Python 3 #3	4.86	507,712	803	4.86
Python 3 #5	4.09	1,500,716	960	7.41
PHP	9.89	1,489,328	323	9.89
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
PHP #2	11.75	1,787,280	288	11.75
PHP #3	7.75	536,668	452	12.24
Python 3 #4	13.41	4,002,688	343	13.41
binary-trees
source	secs	mem	gz	cpu secs
PHP #3	46.07	921,600	434	46.07
PHP #7	15.58	948,608	767	56.00
PHP #4	18.34	918,528	786	56.94
PHP	61.97	748,788	457	61.97
PHP #2	63.25	748,792	429	63.24
PHP #5	33.17	805,512	1048	84.83
PHP #6	27.48	805,532	877	91.38
PHP #8	92.50	750,592	590	92.49
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
PHP #5	0.96	19,932	405	0.96
PHP #4	0.98	19,804	396	0.98
PHP #3	0.98	19,804	510	0.98
* Python 3 #3	1.26	19,312	573	1.26
PHP #2	1.47	19,932	552	1.47
Python 3 #4	4.54	19,312	348	4.54
PHP	335.40	19,804	756	335.39
Python 3 #5		Failed
regex-redux
source	secs	mem	gz	cpu secs
* Python 3 #2	1.35	168,236	1411	2.64
PHP	1.85	194,856	822	3.72
Python 3	8.91	432,220	515	16.44
Python 3	Python 3.13.0
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