On the Energy Consumption of CPython
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17th International Conference on the Quality of Information and Communications Technology, QUATIC 2024, Pisa, Italy, September 11–13, 2024, ProceedingsOriginal language
EnglishPages from-to (Number of pages)
Pages 194-209Publication milestones
- Published - 11/09/2024
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Published - 11/09/2024
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2178Publisher
Springer, United States, GermanyISBN (Print)
978-3-031-70244-0ISBN (Electronic)
978-3-031-70245-7Publication IDs
- Scopus: 85204620883
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Quality of Information and Communications TechnologyAbstract
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.
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.
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Title
International Conference on the Quality of Information and Communications Technology
Event type
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International eventDate
11/09/2024 - 13/09/2024Location
PisaItaly