faker vs ffaker benchmark

benchmark.rb

require 'faker'
require 'ffaker'
require 'benchmark/ips'

Benchmark.ips do |x|
  x.warmup = 2
  x.report("Faker::Name.name") { Faker::Name.name }
  x.report("FFaker::Name.name") { FFaker::Name.name }
  x.compare!
end

Benchmark.ips do |x|
  x.warmup = 2
  x.report("Faker::Internet.email") { Faker::Internet.email }
  x.report("FFaker::Internet.email") { FFaker::Internet.email }
  x.compare!
end

Benchmark.ips do |x|
  x.warmup = 2
  x.report("Faker::PhoneNumber.phone_number") { Faker::PhoneNumber.phone_number }
  x.report("FFaker::PhoneNumber.phone_number") { FFaker::PhoneNumber.phone_number }
  x.compare!
end

Benchmark.ips do |x|
  x.warmup = 2
  x.report("Faker::Lorem.paragraph") { Faker::Lorem.paragraph }
  x.report("FFaker::Lorem.paragraph") { FFaker::Lorem.paragraph }
  x.compare!
end

results.txt

ruby 3.3.3 (2024-06-12 revision f1c7b6f435) +YJIT [arm64-darwin23]
Warming up --------------------------------------
    Faker::Name.name     1.000 i/100ms
   FFaker::Name.name   213.224k i/100ms
Calculating -------------------------------------
    Faker::Name.name     21.293k (±20.4%) i/s -     97.254k in   4.981906s
   FFaker::Name.name      2.248M (± 0.5%) i/s -     11.301M in   5.028080s

Comparison:
   FFaker::Name.name:  2247601.4 i/s
    Faker::Name.name:    21293.1 i/s - 105.56x  slower

ruby 3.3.3 (2024-06-12 revision f1c7b6f435) +YJIT [arm64-darwin23]
Warming up --------------------------------------
Faker::Internet.email
                         2.015k i/100ms
FFaker::Internet.email
                        34.279k i/100ms
Calculating -------------------------------------
Faker::Internet.email
                         20.181k (± 0.6%) i/s -    102.765k in   5.092347s
FFaker::Internet.email
                        347.032k (± 0.5%) i/s -      1.748M in   5.037784s

Comparison:
FFaker::Internet.email:   347031.8 i/s
Faker::Internet.email:    20181.0 i/s - 17.20x  slower

ruby 3.3.3 (2024-06-12 revision f1c7b6f435) +YJIT [arm64-darwin23]
Warming up --------------------------------------
Faker::PhoneNumber.phone_number
                        10.348k i/100ms
FFaker::PhoneNumber.phone_number
                        30.298k i/100ms
Calculating -------------------------------------
Faker::PhoneNumber.phone_number
                        103.161k (± 0.8%) i/s -    517.400k in   5.015743s
FFaker::PhoneNumber.phone_number
                        304.515k (± 0.5%) i/s -      1.545M in   5.074403s

Comparison:
FFaker::PhoneNumber.phone_number:   304514.9 i/s
Faker::PhoneNumber.phone_number:   103161.1 i/s - 2.95x  slower

ruby 3.3.3 (2024-06-12 revision f1c7b6f435) +YJIT [arm64-darwin23]
Warming up --------------------------------------
Faker::Lorem.paragraph
                         1.314k i/100ms
FFaker::Lorem.paragraph
                        14.399k i/100ms
Calculating -------------------------------------
Faker::Lorem.paragraph
                         13.220k (± 5.5%) i/s -     67.014k in   5.093327s
FFaker::Lorem.paragraph
                        146.450k (± 0.5%) i/s -    734.349k in   5.014460s

Comparison:
FFaker::Lorem.paragraph:   146449.6 i/s
Faker::Lorem.paragraph:    13219.7 i/s - 11.08x  slower