threaded.rb

require 'net/http'
require 'benchmark'

count = 5

def fire_request
  Net::HTTP.get_print 'm.onkey.org', '/'
end

threaded = Benchmark.realtime do
  threads = []

  count.times do
    threads << Thread.new { fire_request }
  end

  threads.each {|t| t.join }
end

sequential = Benchmark.realtime do
  count.times { fire_request }
end

puts "Multithreaded : #{threaded} seconds"
puts "   Sequential : #{sequential} seconds"

# Multithreaded : 1.64077377319336 seconds
   # Sequential : 3.87826609611511 seconds