benchmark_json.py

benchmark_json.py

from __future__ import unicode_literals, print_function

import time
import json
import simplejson
import ujson
import msgpack


def get_example_raw_data():
    rows = [
        {
            "timestamp": 23437245.353654523 + i,
            "task_uuid": "4e711429-4a6a-4cde-8762-%012d" % i,
            "debug": "on",
            "window": {
                "title": "Sample Konfabulator Widget",
                "name": "main_window_%s" % i,
                "width": 500 + i,
                "height": 500 + i * 3
            },
            "image": {
                "src": "Images/Sun.png",
                "name": "sun1",
                "hOffset": 250 + i,
                "vOffset": 250 + i * 3,
                "alignment": "center"
            },
            "text": {
                "data": "Click Here (%s)" % i,
                "size": 36,
                "style": "bold",
                "name": "text%s" % i,
                "hOffset": 250 + i,
                "vOffset": 100 + i * 3,
                "alignment": "center",
                "onMouseUp": "sun%s.opacity = (sun%s.opacity / 100) * 90;" % (i, i)
            },
        } for i in range(100)
    ]
    example_raw_data = {
        'id': 1,
        'rows': rows,
    }
    return example_raw_data


def benchmark_func(name, f, *args):
    iterations = 10000
    start = time.time()
    for _ in range(iterations):
        f(*args)
    print(name, time.time() - start)


def main():
    example_raw_data = get_example_raw_data()
    example_json_data = json.dumps(example_raw_data)
    example_msgpack_data = msgpack.packb(example_raw_data)

    benchmark_func("json.dumps", json.dumps, example_raw_data)
    benchmark_func("simplejson.dumps", simplejson.dumps, example_raw_data)
    benchmark_func("ujson.dumps", ujson.dumps, example_raw_data)

    benchmark_func("msgpack.packb", msgpack.packb, example_raw_data)

    benchmark_func("json.loads", json.loads, example_json_data)
    benchmark_func("simplejson.loads", simplejson.loads, example_json_data)
    benchmark_func("ujson.loads", ujson.loads, example_json_data)

    benchmark_func("msgpack.unpackb", msgpack.unpackb, example_msgpack_data)


if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

example.md

i7-8650U

python.x86_64 2.7.5-86.el7 python2-simplejson.x86_64 3.10.0-2.el7 python-ujson.x86_64 1.35-1.el7 msgpack 0.5.6

json.dumps 6.72731995583
simplejson.dumps 8.35752797127
ujson.dumps 4.401034832
msgpack.packb 4.03916501999
json.loads 14.0235741138
simplejson.loads 4.65079498291
ujson.loads 4.1893351078
msgpack.unpackb 2.6899638176

i7-8650U

python3.x86_64 3.6.8-10.el7 python36-simplejson.x86_64 3.10.0-2.el7 ujson 2.0.3 python36-msgpack.x86_64 0.5.6-5.el7

json.dumps 6.7075865268707275
simplejson.dumps 8.3774094581604
ujson.dumps 3.070307970046997
msgpack.packb 1.9636342525482178
json.loads 5.397673606872559
simplejson.loads 5.884173393249512
ujson.loads 4.301633358001709
msgpack.unpackb 2.628566265106201