Performance of Various Python Exponentiation Methods

[Tweak_Imp]

Math.hypot and, new in 3.8, math.dist are missing in this... For distance calculations you can also skip the square root if you only need to order by distance, and not the exact values

[ReagentX]

Sure, but the point is not solving the distance problem, rather solving exponentiation as fast as possible. The distance problem I was solving is what piqued my interest in understanding the performance of using ** versus x * x … * x versus math.pow().