Why is quicksort faster than heapsort? And how to make them faster? Posted on January 28, 2022April 23, 2025Author Ivica BogosavljevićPosted in Algorithms and Performance, Low Level Performance, PerformanceLeave a ReplyWe try to answer the question of why is quicksort faster than heapsort and then we dig deeper into these algorithms’ hardware efficiency. The goal: making them faster.