C++ is only slighter faster than VB

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Hello,

I used GetTickCount API and i found out that my two equal programs written on C++ and VB, had VB version was only 196 points slower than C++ and VB had window intilized while C++ was running in Console.

Is this realy true? I heard that C++ was much faster and efficient than VB :B

C Version (took 6783 points):

#include "stdafx.h"
#include <iostream.h>
#include <windows.h>

int main(int argc, char* argv[])
{
    int x;
    int ticks;

    x = 5 * 8;
    ticks = GetTickCount() / 1000;
    cout << ticks;
    cin >> x;
    return 0;
} 

VB Version:

Dim x As Integer
Dim ticks As Integer
 
x = 5 * 8
ticks = GetTickCount / 1000
Me.Caption = ticks

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