Time stdlib json against simplejson

test_results.txt

Python 2.7
==========
Python version: 2.7.1+ (r271:86832, Apr 11 2011, 18:05:24) 
[GCC 4.5.2]
11.21484375 KiB read
Timing simplejson:
0.271898984909
Timing stdlib json:
0.338716030121

Python 3.2
==========
Python version: 3.2 (r32:88445, Mar 25 2011, 19:28:28) 
[GCC 4.5.2]
11.21484375 KiB read
Timing simplejson:
0.3150200843811035
Timing stdlib json:
0.32146596908569336

time_json.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
import sys
import urllib
from timeit import timeit

if sys.version_info[0] < 3:
    from urllib import urlopen
else:
    from urllib.request import urlopen

s = urlopen('http://flingo.tv/api2/get_items?app_id=flingo&guid=abc123&howmany=8').read().decode('utf-8')

print('Python version: %s' % sys.version)
print("%s KiB read" % (float(len(s))/1024))

stmt = 'd = json.loads(s);x = json.dumps(d)'
setup='import simplejson as json;from __main__ import s'

print('Timing simplejson:')
print(timeit(stmt, setup=setup, number=1000))

setup='import json;from __main__ import s'

print('Timing stdlib json:')
print(timeit(stmt, setup=setup, number=1000))