We&#x27;re talking about the performance penalty compared to normal Android. Baseline performance penalties (compared to ...?) are present in both environments.<p>Besides, the JVM is a very good optimizer, and a good choice for certain types of high-performance tasks, especially since it can continually re-optimize the program as needed. It beats C in one of the anecdata on the Benchmarks Game, and is competitive in a few others:<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;benchmarksgame.alioth.debian.org&#x2F;u64q&#x2F;java.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;benchmarksgame.alioth.debian.org&#x2F;u64q&#x2F;java.html</a>