bertmark.rb

require 'rubygems'
require 'bert'
require 'json'
require 'yajl'
require 'benchmark'

ITER = 1_000

tiny = t[:ok, :awesome]
small = t[:ok, :answers, [42] * 42]
large = ["abc" * 1000] * 100
complex = [42, {:foo => 'bac' * 100}, t[(1..100).to_a]] * 10

Benchmark.bm do |bench|
  bench.report("JSON tiny") {ITER.times {JSON.load(JSON.dump(tiny))}}
  bench.report("JSON small") {ITER.times {JSON.load(JSON.dump(small))}}
  bench.report("JSON large") {ITER.times {JSON.load(JSON.dump(large))}}
  bench.report("JSON complex") {ITER.times {JSON.load(JSON.dump(complex))}}
  bench.report("YAJL tiny") {ITER.times {Yajl::Parser.parse(Yajl::Encoder.encode(tiny))}}
  bench.report("YAJL small") {ITER.times {Yajl::Parser.parse(Yajl::Encoder.encode(small))}}
  bench.report("YAJL large") {ITER.times {Yajl::Parser.parse(Yajl::Encoder.encode(large))}}
  bench.report("YAJL complex") {ITER.times {Yajl::Parser.parse(Yajl::Encoder.encode(complex))}}
  bench.report("BERT tiny") {ITER.times {BERT.decode(BERT.encode(tiny))}}
  bench.report("BERT small") {ITER.times {BERT.decode(BERT.encode(small))}}
  bench.report("BERT large") {ITER.times {BERT.decode(BERT.encode(large))}}
  bench.report("BERT complex") {ITER.times {BERT.decode(BERT.encode(complex))}}
  bench.report("Ruby tiny") {ITER.times {Marshal.load(Marshal.dump(tiny))}}
  bench.report("Ruby small") {ITER.times {Marshal.load(Marshal.dump(small))}}
  bench.report("Ruby large") {ITER.times {Marshal.load(Marshal.dump(large))}}
  bench.report("Ruby complex") {ITER.times {Marshal.load(Marshal.dump(complex))}}
end

results.txt

      user     system      total        real
JSON tiny     0.010000   0.000000   0.010000 (  0.026258)
JSON small    0.060000   0.000000   0.060000 (  0.065894)
JSON large   11.430000   0.150000  11.580000 ( 11.907260)
JSON complex  1.070000   0.010000   1.080000 (  1.101532)
YAJL tiny     0.000000   0.000000   0.000000 (  0.014308)
YAJL small    0.040000   0.000000   0.040000 (  0.033982)
YAJL large    2.820000   0.090000   2.910000 (  2.925373)
YAJL complex  0.710000   0.020000   0.730000 (  0.738953)
BERT tiny     0.040000   0.000000   0.040000 (  0.040453)
BERT small    0.430000   0.000000   0.430000 (  0.445005)
BERT large    1.990000   0.040000   2.030000 (  2.074487)
BERT complex  9.340000   0.050000   9.390000 (  9.489408)
Ruby tiny     0.010000   0.000000   0.010000 (  0.006407)
Ruby small    0.010000   0.000000   0.010000 (  0.011136)
Ruby large    0.020000   0.000000   0.020000 (  0.024423)
Ruby complex  0.030000   0.010000   0.040000 (  0.030559)