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	462.75	55,112	916	530.77
Python 3 #6	913.87	11,080	385	913.83
Python 3 #4	285.20	14,264	950	1,123.47
n-body
source	secs	mem	gz	cpu secs
VW Smalltalk	113.02	55,444	1782	113.00
Python 3	383.12	11,096	1196	383.11
Python 3 #2	402.59	11,096	1242	402.57
spectral-norm
source	secs	mem	gz	cpu secs
VW Smalltalk	49.48	55,336	642	49.48
VW Smalltalk #2	21.87	247,432	1047	62.48
Python 3 #8	78.36	15,704	407	311.22
Python 3 #6	315.69	11,200	328	315.68
Python 3 #7	89.17	15,516	417	352.71
mandelbrot
source	secs	mem	gz	cpu secs
VW Smalltalk	324.58	55,124	603	324.55
VW Smalltalk #2	102.40	190,452	929	353.48
Python 3 #7	155.28	14,244	688	616.01
Python 3 #2		Timed Out
Python 3 #5		Failed
pidigits
source	secs	mem	gz	cpu secs
Python 3 #3	1.25	13,564	567	1.25
Python 3 #5	1.39	11,428	363	1.39
Python 3 #4	4.21	11,096	342	4.21
VW Smalltalk #4	8.06	55,768	753	8.06
regex-redux
source	secs	mem	gz	cpu secs
Python 3 #2	1.38	168,144	1403	2.65
Python 3	8.02	460,684	512	14.90
fasta
source	secs	mem	gz	cpu secs
VW Smalltalk	29.07	55,220	1539	29.07
Python 3 #2	49.99	11,088	1121	49.99
Python 3 #3	50.28	11,088	1003	50.27
Python 3	58.84	11,092	817	58.84
Python 3 #5	33.40	827,232	1947	61.49
k-nucleotide
source	secs	mem	gz	cpu secs
Python 3 #3	44.13	262,348	1967	165.01
Python 3	58.56	379,464	607	211.98
Python 3 #8	69.21	505,836	655	214.24
VW Smalltalk #5	423.68	385,100	1317	423.42
VW Smalltalk	578.93	385,940	1110	578.89
reverse-complement
source	secs	mem	gz	cpu secs
Python 3 #3	4.96	508,412	796	4.95
Python 3 #5	3.72	1,500,212	954	6.76
Python 3	8.53	1,986,544	479	8.53
Python 3 #2	8.58	1,788,056	434	8.58
Python 3 #6	6.17	2,484,084	814	9.23
Python 3 #4	12.04	4,002,656	335	12.04
VW Smalltalk		Bad Output
binary-trees
source	secs	mem	gz	cpu secs
VW Smalltalk	38.58	375,420	711	38.57
VW Smalltalk #3	17.36	375,848	930	40.61
Python 3 #2	104.73	271,980	338	104.72
Python 3 #5	35.33	274,884	660	125.79
Python 3 #4	34.53	276,752	472	125.93
Python 3	35.93	276,952	589	126.44
Python 3 #3	50.99	672,016	1238	142.94
VW Smalltalk	VisualWorks® 8.3 Aug 19 2017
Python 3	Python 3.11.1