Racket 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
Racket #2	113.80	76,180	916	113.79
Racket #3	30.20	77,300	1109	114.95
Racket	145.19	75,048	655	145.18
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
Racket #2	14.23	78,496	1695	14.23
Racket	40.72	78,124	1503	40.71
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
Racket #3	3.94	76,456	639	14.82
Racket #2	15.07	75,004	539	15.07
Racket	29.59	76,644	452	29.59
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
Racket #3	34.73	76,156	808	34.73
Racket #4	10.56	135,104	810	41.33
Racket	49.27	75,972	524	49.27
Racket #2	51.25	73,732	592	51.25
Python 3 #7	159.49	19,656	698	634.00
Python 3 #2		Timed Out
Python 3 #5		Failed
pidigits
source	secs	mem	gz	cpu secs
Python 3 #3	1.31	19,784	573	1.31
Racket #2	1.34	79,072	1142	1.34
Python 3 #4	4.73	19,656	348	4.73
Racket	10.38	78,084	459	10.38
Python 3 #5		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
Racket	23.80	1,294,036	548	23.80
Racket #2	13.97	1,545,628	736	25.59
fasta
source	secs	mem	gz	cpu secs
Racket #3	8.07	76,708	1291	8.07
Racket	18.32	74,776	1071	18.31
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
Racket #4	63.67	926,924	893	63.66
Python 3 #3	48.64	262,016	1970	184.81
Racket	200.38	2,438,152	554	198.38
Python 3 #8	87.79	506,880	663	262.44
Python 3	77.21	380,416	614	267.60
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
Racket #2	8.99	783,600	1038	8.98
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
Racket	40.99	2,047,504	560	40.99
binary-trees
source	secs	mem	gz	cpu secs
Racket #3	6.79	300,316	480	6.79
Racket #2	9.00	323,828	422	9.00
Racket #4	4.77	408,068	861	9.38
Racket	15.80	544,844	482	15.79
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
Racket	Racket v8.12 [cs].
Python 3	Python 3.12.2