Programming Language and compiler
Benchmarks

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Go VS Python benchmarks

Current benchmark data was generated on Sun Sep 27 2026, full log can be found HERE

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[x86_64][4 cores] Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3687U CPU @ 2.10GHz (Model 58)

* -m in a file name stands for multi-threading or multi-processing

* -i in a file name stands for direct intrinsics usage. (Usage of simd intrinsics via libraries is not counted)

* -ffi in a file name stands for non-stdlib FFI usage

* (You may find time < time(user) + time(sys) for some non-parallelized programs, the overhead is from GC or JIT compiler, which are allowed to take advantage of multi-cores as that's more close to real-world scenarios.)

binarytrees

Input: 18

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1-m.go 3946ms 44ms 39.9MB 8090ms 37ms go 1.26.8
python 1.py 11298ms 16ms 42.2MB 11140ms 137ms cpython 3.12.3

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1.go 350ms 12ms 10.1MB 517ms 7ms go 1.26.8
python 1.py 1013ms 82ms 14.0MB 993ms 3ms cpython 3.12.3

coro-prime-sieve

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1-m.go 1368ms 83ms 17.7MB 5267ms 7ms go 1.26.8
python 1.py 65184ms 117ms 29.0MB 65137ms 23ms cpython 3.12.3

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1-m.go 84ms 17ms 7.7MB 283ms 0ms go 1.26.8
python 1.py 1188ms 13ms 25.0MB 1167ms 7ms cpython 3.12.3

edigits

Input: 250001

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1.go 248ms 30ms 10.5MB 240ms 0ms go 1.26.8
python 1.py 786ms 5.0ms 15.6MB 770ms 0ms cpython 3.12.3

Input: 100000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1.go 65ms 7.2ms 10.1MB 53ms 0ms go 1.26.8
python 1.py 290ms 1.1ms 14.8MB 273ms 7ms cpython 3.12.3

fannkuch-redux

Input: 11

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 3-m.go 979ms 13ms 5.8MB 3760ms 0ms go 1.26.8

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 3-m.go 94ms 5.5ms 5.8MB 260ms 0ms go 1.26.8

fasta

Input: 2500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 3-m.go 159ms 1.5ms 7.8MB 410ms 3ms go 1.26.8
python 5-m.py 4266ms 218ms 18.4MB 7193ms 1040ms cpython 3.12.3
python 1.py 6168ms 31ms 10.1MB 6150ms 7ms cpython 3.12.3

Input: 250000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 3-m.go 20ms 0.2ms 7.8MB 37ms 0ms go 1.26.8
python 1.py 648ms 13ms 10.1MB 633ms 3ms cpython 3.12.3
python 5-m.py 719ms 17ms 18.5MB 943ms 193ms cpython 3.12.3

helloworld

Input: QwQ

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1.go 3.0ms 0.7ms 5.0MB 0ms 0ms go 1.26.8
python 1.py 24ms 2.6ms 10.2MB 16ms 0ms cpython 3.12.3

http-server

Input: 3000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1-http2.go 199ms 7.0ms 60.7MB 623ms 73ms go 1.26.8
go 1-m.go 609ms 89ms 172.2MB 1130ms 580ms go 1.26.8
go 2-m.go 629ms 27ms 174.8MB 1080ms 603ms go 1.26.8
python 1.py 2680ms 37ms 40.0MB 2783ms 1070ms cpython 3.12.3

Input: 500

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1-http2.go 47ms 2.4ms 26.0MB 110ms 13ms go 1.26.8
go 2-m.go 160ms 2.3ms 41.5MB 150ms 100ms go 1.26.8
go 1-m.go 167ms 5.5ms 39.2MB 153ms 110ms go 1.26.8
python 1.py 1650ms 27ms 34.6MB 1280ms 217ms cpython 3.12.3

json-serde

Input: sample 5000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 2-ffi.go 73ms 4.7ms 41.2MB 73ms 3ms go 1.26.8
go 1.go 216ms 18ms 20.7MB 207ms 0ms go 1.26.8
python 1.py 386ms 2.2ms 42.1MB 353ms 17ms cpython 3.12.3

Input: canada 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 2-ffi.go 477ms 33ms 147.2MB 503ms 40ms go 1.26.8
go 1.go 1190ms 33ms 107.0MB 1183ms 17ms go 1.26.8
python 1.py 2449ms 9.2ms 224.6MB 2347ms 83ms cpython 3.12.3

knucleotide

Input: 2500000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 7-m.go 1057ms 31ms 42.5MB 3777ms 13ms go 1.26.8
python 3-m.py 10152ms 192ms 39.2MB 38327ms 140ms cpython 3.12.3

Input: 250000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 7-m.go 184ms 2.8ms 25.9MB 520ms 10ms go 1.26.8
python 3-m.py 1341ms 2.3ms 19.9MB 4197ms 93ms cpython 3.12.3

lru

Input: 1000 1000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 3.go 167ms 1.9ms 5.8MB 153ms 0ms go 1.26.8
python 1.py 1596ms 22ms 13.1MB 1573ms 3ms cpython 3.12.3
python 2.py 1925ms 15ms 10.1MB 1907ms 3ms cpython 3.12.3

Input: 1000 3000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 3.go 482ms 4.0ms 4.9MB 473ms 0ms go 1.26.8
python 1.py 4622ms 61ms 13.2MB 4603ms 3ms cpython 3.12.3
python 2.py 5717ms 152ms 10.2MB 5700ms 0ms cpython 3.12.3

Input: 100 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 3.go 75ms 2.1ms 2.9MB 67ms 0ms go 1.26.8
python 1.py 773ms 12ms 13.1MB 760ms 0ms cpython 3.12.3
python 2.py 941ms 8.5ms 10.1MB 927ms 0ms cpython 3.12.3

mandelbrot

Input: 5000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1.go 5080ms 21ms 7.8MB 5073ms 3ms go 1.26.8

Input: 1000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1.go 212ms 1.8ms 5.8MB 200ms 0ms go 1.26.8

merkletrees

Input: 17

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 2-m.go 2861ms 32ms 35.4MB 5927ms 33ms go 1.26.8
go 1-m.go 3072ms 206ms 36.8MB 5667ms 47ms go 1.26.8
python 1.py 34848ms 576ms 107.3MB 34757ms 73ms cpython 3.12.3

Input: 15

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1-m.go 617ms 73ms 14.2MB 1040ms 43ms go 1.26.8
go 2-m.go 642ms 38ms 14.3MB 1227ms 20ms go 1.26.8
python 1.py 5815ms 33ms 34.4MB 5790ms 7ms cpython 3.12.3

nbody

Input: 5000000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1.go 668ms 14ms 5.0MB 657ms 0ms go 1.26.8
python 1.py 39068ms 95ms 10.2MB 39050ms 0ms cpython 3.12.3
python 2.py 41152ms 307ms 11.3MB 41133ms 0ms cpython 3.12.3

Input: 500000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1.go 74ms 3.6ms 5.6MB 63ms 0ms go 1.26.8
python 1.py 3811ms 20ms 10.2MB 3797ms 0ms cpython 3.12.3
python 2.py 4147ms 89ms 10.2MB 4137ms 0ms cpython 3.12.3

nsieve

Input: 12

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1.go 984ms 2.2ms 73.9MB 970ms 3ms go 1.26.8
go 2.go 1267ms 63ms 20.8MB 1250ms 10ms go 1.26.8
python 2.py 6899ms 14ms 635.1MB 6690ms 190ms cpython 3.12.3
python 1.py 16789ms 193ms 322.8MB 16707ms 63ms cpython 3.12.3

Input: 10

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 1.go 177ms 2.2ms 21.8MB 170ms 0ms go 1.26.8
go 2.go 285ms 10.0ms 9.4MB 273ms 0ms go 1.26.8
python 2.py 1734ms 18ms 166.4MB 1677ms 43ms cpython 3.12.3
python 1.py 3963ms 65ms 88.2MB 3933ms 10ms cpython 3.12.3

pidigits

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 8.go 1276ms 10ms 10.7MB 1260ms 0ms go 1.26.8
python 4.py 3045ms 90ms 10.4MB 3027ms 3ms cpython 3.12.3

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 8.go 305ms 3.5ms 10.6MB 290ms 0ms go 1.26.8
python 4.py 733ms 3.8ms 10.1MB 720ms 0ms cpython 3.12.3

regex-redux

Input: 2500000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
python 1.py 6857ms 32ms 212.7MB 6743ms 103ms cpython 3.12.3
go 3.go 27882ms 432ms 149.1MB 27900ms 67ms go 1.26.8

Input: 250000_in

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
python 1.py 793ms 3.6ms 32.5MB 763ms 10ms cpython 3.12.3
go 3.go 2893ms 31ms 22.2MB 2887ms 10ms go 1.26.8

secp256k1

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 0-ffi.go 148ms 20ms 7.3MB 133ms 3ms go 1.26.8
python 1.py 5558ms 72ms 10.2MB 5540ms 3ms cpython 3.12.3

Input: 500

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 0-ffi.go 38ms 1.1ms 7.4MB 30ms 0ms go 1.26.8
python 1.py 1450ms 63ms 10.2MB 1433ms 3ms cpython 3.12.3

spectral-norm

Input: 8000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 4-m.go 5816ms 1.9ms 7.8MB 22930ms 10ms go 1.26.8
go 1.go 11055ms 15ms 5.8MB 11050ms 7ms go 1.26.8
python 8.py timeout (300s) — — — — cpython 3.12.3

Input: 4000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 4-m.go 1460ms 2.3ms 5.8MB 5700ms 3ms go 1.26.8
go 1.go 2775ms 4.4ms 5.8MB 2763ms 0ms go 1.26.8
python 8.py timeout (120s) — — — — cpython 3.12.3

Input: 2000

lang code time stddev peak-mem mem time(user) time(sys) compiler compiler/runtime
go 4-m.go 369ms 0.7ms 5.8MB 1390ms 0ms go 1.26.8
go 1.go 698ms 5.8ms 5.8MB 687ms 3ms go 1.26.8
python 8-m.py 34942ms 580ms 20.5MB 135877ms 227ms cpython 3.12.3