On the Energy Consumption of CPython

Helge Pfeiffer

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-70245-7_14

On the Energy Consumption of CPython

Publikation: Konference artikel i Proceeding eller bog/rapport kapitel › Konferencebidrag i proceedings › Forskning › peer review

Abstract

Interpreted programming languages, like Python, are
amongst the most popular programming languages. This, combined with
high developer eﬃciency leads to many web-application backends and
web-services that are written in Python. While it is known that that
interpreted languages like Python are way less energy eﬃcient compared
to compiled languages like C++, Rust, etc., little is known about the energy
eﬃciency of various versions of Python interpreters. In this paper, we
study via a controlled lab experiment the energy consumption of various
versions of the Python interpreter CPython when running a server-side
rendered web-application. Our results indicate that currently the most
energy eﬃcient version is CPython 3.12. Energy consumption of CPython
3.12 can drop by more than 8% compared to previous versions.

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Titel	Quality of Information and Communications Technology : 17th International Conference on the Quality of Information and Communications Technology, QUATIC 2024, Pisa, Italy, September 11–13, 2024, Proceedings
Vol/bind	2178
Forlag	Springer Nature
Publikationsdato	11 sep. 2024
Sider	194-209
ISBN (Trykt)	978-3-031-70244-0
ISBN (Elektronisk)	978-3-031-70245-7
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-70245-7_14
Status	Udgivet - 11 sep. 2024

Emneord

Software engineering
Energy consumptionython.
CPython

Adgang til dokumentet

10.1007/978-3-031-70245-7_14

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