2.4Ghz Pentium 4 HT
Gentoo Linux 2.6.11
Values are in GFLOPS, so larger values are better.
Python's numarray module and Io's Vector object were used.

io 0.41

python 0.19

mean

io 0.47

python 0.08

minusEquals

io 0.5

python 0.36

minusEqualsScalar

io 0.44

python 0.56

plusEquals

io 0.51

python 0.36

plusEqualsScalar

io 0.44

python 0.49

rms

io 0.88

python 0.03

sin

io 0.08

python 0.000323

square

io 0.47

python 0.06

timesEquals

io 0.45

python 0.04

timesEqualsScalar

io 0.47

python 0.06

versions

Io 20050528
Python 2.3.5 final 0