Why is java considered slower than other C++?

Question

Java

Please tell me why Java is considered slower than other languages, such as C ++, because both of these languages ​​are compiled into machine code, what is the difference?
Why is c++ more popular than java in the gaming world?
And how can python compete with them, if it is interpreted at all?

Answer 1

Because Java interprets code into byte code while in RAM. If the "C" code goes directly to the RAM cells, then in Java imagine this: That in the RAM there is a huge window with a virtual machine where the code goes, and only from there to the RAM.
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