Here are two papers on this topic. In particular, the first is the shorter version (with a better/more journal friendly layout) and second is basically the tech

Here are two papers on this topic. In particular, the first is the shorter version (with a better/more journal friendly layout) and second is basically the technical report for the research. It does show some support for your hypothesis compiled languages are more energy efficient. C ranks in at #1 and Python is last at #15. There is also a paper that I can’t find (I’m on my phone) that was done in conjunction with a Google researcher that reaches similar conclusions. 1 - https://greenlab.di.uminho.pt/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sleFinal.pdf https://greenlab.di.uminho.pt/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/sle... 2 - https://haslab.github.io/SAFER/scp21.pdf https://haslab.github.io/SAFER/scp21.pdf