msgpack_benchmark.rb

require "json"
require "msgpack"
require "benchmark"

hash = {
  collection: Array.new(ARGV[0].to_i) do
    {
      name: "Stranger in a Room",
      array: ["this", "that", "and this"],
      string: "A simple interface to the benchmark method, bm is generates sequential reports with labels."
    }
  end
}
jsoned_hash = hash.to_json
msgpacked_hash = hash.to_msgpack

n = 25000

Benchmark.bm(20) do |benchmark|
  benchmark.report("JSON encode") { n.times { JSON.unparse hash } }
  benchmark.report("MessagePack encode") { n.times { MessagePack.pack hash } }
  benchmark.report("JSON decode") { n.times { JSON.parse jsoned_hash } }
  benchmark.report("MessagePack decode") { n.times { MessagePack.unpack msgpacked_hash } }
end