msgpack-python/benchmark/benchmark.py

from msgpack import fallback
try:
    from msgpack import _unpacker, _packer
    has_ext = True
except ImportError:
    has_ext = False
import timeit


def profile(name, func):
    times = timeit.repeat(func, number=1000, repeat=4)
    times = ', '.join(["%8f" % t for t in times])
    print("%-30s %40s" % (name, times))


def simple(name, data):
    if has_ext:
        packer = _packer.Packer()
        profile("packing %s (ext)" % name, lambda: packer.pack(data))
    packer = fallback.Packer()
    profile('packing %s (fallback)' % name, lambda: packer.pack(data))

    data = packer.pack(data)
    if has_ext:
        profile('unpacking %s (ext)' % name, lambda: _unpacker.unpackb(data))
    profile('unpacking %s (fallback)' % name, lambda: fallback.unpackb(data))

def main():
    simple("integers", [7]*10000)
    simple("bytes", [b'x'*n for n in range(100)]*10)
    simple("lists", [[]]*10000)
    simple("dicts", [{}]*10000)

main()