Lua programs versus Python 3 by benchmark task performance n-body source secs mem gz cpu cpu load Lua 404.83 1,404 1305 404.76 0% 98% 3% 0% Python 3 838.39 10,324 1196 838.20 95% 1% 5% 0% fasta source secs mem gz cpu cpu load Lua 50.08 2,920 1061 50.06 0% 7% 94% 0% Python 3 59.47 15,996 1947 138.97 55% 55% 63% 66% spectral-norm source secs mem gz cpu cpu load Lua 193.27 2,848 329 193.24 0% 0% 0% 100% Python 3 180.97 15,876 443 720.51 100% 100% 100% 100% mandelbrot source secs mem gz cpu cpu load Lua 250.10 22,652 623 779.68 100% 72% 74% 67% Python 3 225.24 15,736 688 899.25 100% 100% 100% 100% k-nucleotide source secs mem gz cpu cpu load Lua 184.25 513,992 613 183.19 81% 1% 1% 20% Python 3 77.65 182,700 1967 302.86 97% 99% 97% 98% fannkuch-redux source secs mem gz cpu cpu load Lua 1,383.93 1,460 462 1,383.69 0% 100% 1% 0% Python 3 565.97 15,528 950 2,172.63 95% 94% 95% 100% reverse-complement source secs mem gz cpu cpu load Lua 75.98 2,943,804 553 75.07 53% 4% 2% 58% Python 3 18.79 1,008,868 814 19.73 9% 69% 35% 30% binary-trees source secs mem gz cpu cpu load Lua 468.12 2,312,236 412 467.62 59% 1% 1% 42% Python 3 93.55 280,624 589 337.74 92% 89% 87% 93% regex-redux source secs mem gz cpu cpu load Lua Bad Output Python 3 0.62 15,968 512 0.64 24% 65% 8% 11% pidigits source secs mem gz cpu cpu load Lua Failed Python 3 0.34 836 386 0.30 0% 3% 0% 100% Lua Lua 5.3.4 Copyright (C) 1994-2017 Lua.org, PUC-Rio Python 3 Python 3.6.3 vs Java vs Python