c++ execution time is slower than python's

Question

I switched to c++ because i heard its 400 times faster than python, But when i made an infinite loop that increments a variable and prints its value python seems to be faster, How can that be? And how to optimize it?

Python script:

x = 1
while 1:
    print(x)
    x+=1

C++ code:

int x = 1;
while (1) {
cout << x << endl;
x++;
}

I tried optimizing it by putting this command:

ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false);

The speed became almost identical to python's but not faster.

Yeah and i did search for this topic i didn't find anything that explains why.

Answer 1

C++'s std::endl flushes the stream, python's print does not. Try using "\n", that should speed up the C++ code.