gistfile1.txt

import asyncio
import time


def noop():
    time.sleep(0.0001)


async def f():
    start = time.monotonic()
    for _ in range(1000):
        noop()
    end = time.monotonic()
    print("1k calls to noop(): " + str(end - start))

    start = time.monotonic()
    loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
    for _ in range(1000):
        await loop.run_in_executor(None, noop)
    end = time.monotonic()
    print("1k run_in_executor() calls to noop(): " + str(end - start))


asyncio.run(f())

1k calls to noop(): 0.15616645599948242
1k run_in_executor() calls to noop(): 0.3189404949953314