[Tloewald]

Here's a different comparison for what it's worth

http://www.jessesquires.com/apples-to-apples-part-two/

[vhbit]

The point is that author of original post was unable to get it compile with optimization turned on because of internal compiler errors. So yep, Swift can be faster but so far you must be lucky enough to get it compiled.

So... Main conclusion is that Swift is not production ready yet.