[3np]

Python can be faster than nodejs in many (but far from all) cases. It depends a lot on the workloads and environment. No general benchmark will tell the whole story.

Here Python came out on top:

https://scribe.rip/filia-aleks/aws-lambda-battle-2021-perfor...

https://scribe.rip/ville-karkkainen/python-is-slow-wait-its-...

[winrid]

In our case they were long lived lamdas consuming from a queue, so a JIT and good memory management mattered more.