Intel Fortran versus Intel C fastest programs Always look at the source code. These are only the fastest programs. Look at the other programs. They may seem more-like a fair comparison to you. mandelbrot source secs mem gz busy cpu load Intel Fortran 3.69 36,232 957 14.68 99% 99% 99% 100% Intel C 5.14 30,140 694 20.54 100% 100% 100% 100% n-body source secs mem gz busy cpu load Intel Fortran 8.29 8 1524 8.61 1% 0% 2% 100% Intel C 11.38 960 1490 11.56 0% 5% 96% 0% pidigits source secs mem gz busy cpu load Intel Fortran 1.74 4,012 981 1.79 0% 100% 0% 2% Intel C 1.75 3,052 452 1.78 1% 1% 99% 0% spectral-norm source secs mem gz busy cpu load Intel Fortran 2.07 1,764 638 8.29 100% 100% 100% 100% Intel C 1.99 4,000 463 7.96 99% 100% 100% 100% fannkuch-redux source secs mem gz busy cpu load Intel Fortran 12.58 11,036 1158 50.21 100% 100% 100% 100% Intel C 11.95 4,004 910 46.94 100% 99% 100% 94% regex-redux source secs mem gz busy cpu load Intel Fortran 1.73 175,952 2225 4.90 67% 62% 61% 94% Intel C 1.47 154,760 1397 4.25 61% 66% 63% 99% binary-trees source secs mem gz busy cpu load Intel Fortran 5.48 114,064 1148 16.65 65% 79% 89% 71% Intel C 3.34 170,684 809 11.46 73% 89% 81% 100% reverse-complement source secs mem gz busy cpu load Intel Fortran 4.94 985,376 1019 5.28 95% 3% 3% 6% Intel C 2.12 515,588 820 8.33 98% 98% 98% 100% fasta source secs mem gz busy cpu load Intel Fortran 3.35 8 1351 3.45 0% 0% 100% 3% Intel C 1.25 5,188 2268 4.97 99% 99% 100% 99% k-nucleotide source secs mem gz busy cpu load Intel Fortran Make Error Intel C 8.18 130,160 1506 15.09 60% 27% 33% 65% Intel Fortran Intel(R) Fortran Intel(R) 64 Compiler for applications running on Intel(R) 64, Version 19.1.1.217 Build 20200306 Copyright (C) 1985-2020 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved. FOR NON-COMMERCIAL USE ONLY Intel C Intel(R) C Intel(R) 64 Compiler for applications running on Intel(R) 64, Version 19.1.1.217 Build 20200306 Copyright (C) 1985-2020 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved. FOR NON-COMMERCIAL USE ONLY all Intel Fortran programs & measurements all Intel C programs & measurements