Franco Fiorese wrote:
I am relatively new about Python benchmarks.
After some experiments I found that Python on my PC Windows XP has a relevant higher performance than on Linux. The simple test using pystone.py shows this:
* Windows XP Pro: 16566.7 pystones/second * Linux (kernel 2.6.9 NPTL): 12346.2 pystones/second
what Python version are you using for these tests? what Windows build?
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I have performed the test under Linux Fedora Core 3 and Windows XP Professional SP2. This is the info about my system and Python (from /proc/cpuinfo):
processor : 0 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 8 model name : Pentium III (Coppermine) stepping : 10 cpu MHz : 896.418 cache size : 256 KB fdiv_bug : no hlt_bug : no f00f_bug : no coma_bug : no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 2 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr sse bogomips : 1769.47
System RAM: 256MB -------------------------------------
Under Linux The python version is 2.3.4 (release 11) stock Fedora 3 RPM (compiled from python-2.3.4-11.src.rpm)
Under Windows the Python version is 2.3.4 -------------------------------------
Anyway I will try to build the latest version (2.4) from source using the best possible optmizations with the gcc compiler.
Being the pystone a benchmark that exercises mostly the compiler optimizations I wonder if there is a benchmark that could bring up the whole capabilities of the operating system (I/O, multithreading, memory allocation, etc.).
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