VW Smalltalk 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
VW Smalltalk	452.48	55,168	916	452.41
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
VW Smalltalk	111.27	55,552	1787	111.25
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
VW Smalltalk	49.25	55,424	649	49.25
VW Smalltalk #2	21.94	290,048	1054	62.27
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
VW Smalltalk	324.52	55,296	609	324.50
VW Smalltalk #2	102.04	189,824	935	353.57
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
Python 3 #4	4.73	19,656	348	4.73
VW Smalltalk #4	8.19	55,808	757	8.19
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
fasta
source	secs	mem	gz	cpu secs
VW Smalltalk	29.04	55,296	1542	29.04
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
Python 3 #3	48.64	262,016	1970	184.81
Python 3 #8	87.79	506,880	663	262.44
Python 3	77.21	380,416	614	267.60
VW Smalltalk #5	426.86	385,292	1323	426.80
VW Smalltalk	574.61	386,160	1116	574.54
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
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
VW Smalltalk		Bad Output
binary-trees
source	secs	mem	gz	cpu secs
VW Smalltalk #3	17.22	375,936	932	37.86
VW Smalltalk	38.94	375,680	717	38.92
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
VW Smalltalk	VisualWorks® 8.3 Aug 19 2017
Python 3	Python 3.12.2