I just stumbled on this while wondering whether there was a thing to compile full binary packages from Python source. Et voila:
 
http://www.pyinstaller.org

Well, I don't know if it runs code faster but it makes running it and distributing it easier.

From the webpage:

## Features

* Packaging of Python programs into standard executables, that work on computers without Python installed.
* Multiplatform: works under
  * Windows (32-bit and 64-bit),
  * Linux (32-bit and 64-bit),
  * Mac OS X (32-bit and 64-bit),
  * contributed suppport for FreeBSD, Solaris and AIX.
* Multiversion: supports Python 2.7 and Python 3.3, 3.4 and 3.5.
* Flexible packaging mode:
  * Single directory: build a directory containing an executable plus all the external binary modules (.dll, .pyd, .so) used by the program.
  * Single file: build a single executable file, totally self-contained, which runs without any external dependency.
  * Custom: you can automate PyInstaller to do whatever packaging mode you want through a simple script file in Python.
* Explicit intelligent support for many 3rd-packages (for hidden imports, external data files, etc.), to make them work with PyInstaller out-of-the-box (see Supported Packages).
* Full egg support: required .egg files are automatically inspected for dependencies and bundled, and all the egg-specific features are supported at runtime as well (entry points, etc.).
* Automatic support for binary libraries used through ctypes (see the feature page for details).
* Support for automatic binary packing through the well-known UPX compressor.
* Optional console mode (see standard output and standard error at runtime).
### Windows-specific features

* Support for code-signing executables.
* Full automatic support for CRTs: no need to manually distribute MSVCR*.DLL, redist installers, manifests, or anything else; true one-file applications that work everywhere!
* Selectable executable icon.
* Fully configurable version resource section and manifests in executable.
### Mac-specific features

* Support for bundles


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