Performance

Here's a sample little tight counter loop, running for 10 seconds on 3 different setups:

MicroPython on Teensy 3.1: (96Mhz ARM) Damien gave me a hint, and told me to put the performance test inside a function, rather than global. It almost doubles the execution speed, which used to run 396,505 times. With another hint, its up over a million now:

def performanceTest():
    millis = pyb.millis
    endTime = millis() + 10000
    count = 0
    while millis() < endTime:
        count += 1
    print("Count: ", count)
performanceTest()

Count: 1,098,681

On pyboard it's 2,890,723

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C++ on Teensy 3.1: (96Mhz ARM)

#include <Arduino.h>  
void setup() {  
    Serial1.begin(115200);  
    uint32_t endTime = millis() + 10000;  
    uint32_t count = 0;  
    while (millis() < endTime)  
        count++;  
    Serial1.print("Count: ");  
    Serial1.println(count);  
}  
void loop() {  
}  

Count: 95,835,923

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C++ on Arduino Pro Mini: (16 MHz Atmega328)

#include <Arduino.h>  
void setup() {  
    Serial.begin(115200);  
    uint32_t endTime = millis() + 10000;  
    uint32_t count = 0;  
    while (millis() < endTime)  
        count++;  
    Serial.print("Count: ");  
    Serial.println(count);  
}  
void loop() {  
}  

Count: 4,970,227