A simple benchmark between open-uri and rio

open-uri vs rio

# open-uri vs rio

require 'rubygems'
require 'open-uri'
require 'rio'
require 'benchmark'

n = 500
Benchmark.bm do |x|
  x.report { for i in 1..n;  open("http://localhost:4000/robots.txt?b#{i}").to_a; end }
  x.report { for i in 1..n;  rio("http://localhost:4000/robots.txt?a#{i}").to_a; end }
end


#     user     system      total        real
# 0.610000   0.310000   0.920000 (  2.752151)
# 1.090000   0.350000   1.440000 (  4.522792)