Why does C++ code for testing the Collatz conjecture run faster than hand-written assembly?

I'm studying C++ and x86 assembly, and I decided to write a program to test the Collatz conjecture (3n+1). The idea is simple: take a number, if it's even — divide by 2, if it's odd — multiply by 3 and add 1. You need to count how many steps it takes to reach 1. First I wrote the code in C++: ```cpp int collatz(int n) { int steps = 0; while (n != 1) { if (n % 2 == 0) n /= 2; else n = 3 * n + 1; steps++; } return steps; } ``` Then I manually wrote an assembly version using x86-64 instructions, thinking it would be faster: ```asm collatz_asm: xor eax, eax ; steps = 0 .loop: cmp edi, 1 je .done test edi, 1 jnz .odd shr edi, 1 ; even: n /= 2 inc ```