[Python-Dev] Python Benchmarks

[M.-A. Lemburg]

M.-A. Lemburg wrote:
> Some more interesting results from comparing Python 2.4 (other) against
> the current SVN snapshot (this):

Here's the list again, this time without wrapping (sigh):

Testnames                        minimum run-time        average  run-time
                                 this    other   diff    this    other   diff
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
           BuiltinMethodLookup:   141ms   124ms  +13.9%   148ms   134ms  +10.8%
                 ConcatUnicode:    97ms   120ms  -19.5%   104ms   131ms  -20.6%
               CreateInstances:   102ms    92ms  +10.3%   104ms    96ms   +8.0%
       CreateUnicodeWithConcat:    98ms   122ms  -19.1%   103ms   129ms  -20.6%
             DictWithFloatKeys:   128ms   149ms  -14.4%   130ms   177ms  -26.4%
                NestedForLoops:   140ms   126ms  +11.1%   143ms   128ms  +11.8%
           PythonFunctionCalls:   130ms   108ms  +21.3%   132ms   109ms  +20.9%
                  SecondImport:   136ms   114ms  +18.9%   138ms   117ms  +18.2%
           SecondPackageImport:   141ms   122ms  +15.4%   143ms   124ms  +15.3%
         SecondSubmoduleImport:   166ms   146ms  +13.3%   179ms   148ms  +21.3%
       SimpleComplexArithmetic:   107ms   131ms  -18.5%   121ms   133ms   -9.2%
              StringPredicates:   109ms    96ms  +13.5%   117ms    99ms  +18.7%
                TryRaiseExcept:   115ms   137ms  -16.2%   129ms   140ms   -7.6%
               UnicodeMappings:   140ms   157ms  -10.7%   142ms   160ms  -11.3%
             UnicodePredicates:   111ms    98ms  +13.3%   115ms   100ms  +15.6%
                UnicodeSlicing:   103ms   114ms  -10.1%   108ms   116ms   -6.7%

> It appears as if the import mechanism took a hit between the
> versions.
> 
> The NFS sprint results are also visible.
> 
> A little disturbing is the slow-down for Python function calls
> and the built-in method lookup. Did anything change in these parts
> of the interpreter ?
> 
> 
> This is the machine I used for running the pybench:
>     Timer:  time.time
>     Machine Details:
>        Platform ID:  Linux-2.6.8-24.19-default-x86_64-with-SuSE-9.2-x86-64
>        Processor:    x86_64
> 

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
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