gistfile1.txt

Calculating -------------------------------------
              method    56.995k i/100ms
                proc    49.213k i/100ms
            proc new    57.562k i/100ms
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              method      1.797M (±10.7%) i/s -      8.891M
                proc      1.522M (± 8.3%) i/s -      7.579M
            proc new      1.867M (± 7.9%) i/s -      9.267M

Comparison:
            proc new:  1867458.0 i/s
              method:  1796674.5 i/s - 1.04x slower
                proc:  1521538.1 i/s - 1.23x slower

jruby

jruby-9.0.0.0-pre1

Calculating -------------------------------------
              method    76.559k i/100ms
                proc    85.904k i/100ms
            proc new    81.708k i/100ms
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              method      3.673M (±15.0%) i/s -     17.762M
                proc      2.894M (±13.6%) i/s -     14.088M
            proc new      2.764M (± 8.6%) i/s -     13.727M

Comparison:
              method:  3673100.4 i/s
                proc:  2893793.1 i/s - 1.27x slower
            proc new:  2763847.8 i/s - 1.33x slower

meth_vs_proc.rb

require 'benchmark/ips'

module Fns
  def self.upcase(input)
    input.upcase
  end
end

meth_obj = Fns.method(:upcase)
proc_obj = Fns.method(:upcase).to_proc
proc_new = Proc.new { |foo| foo.upcase }

Benchmark.ips do |x|
  x.report('method') { meth_obj.call('foo') }
  x.report('proc') { proc_obj.call('foo') }
  x.report('proc new') { proc_new.call('foo') }
  x.compare!
end

rbx

rbx-head

Calculating -------------------------------------
              method    17.781k i/100ms
                proc    64.211k i/100ms
            proc new    91.358k i/100ms
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              method      1.336M (± 3.6%) i/s -      6.650M
                proc      1.055M (± 4.3%) i/s -      5.265M
            proc new      1.199M (± 2.7%) i/s -      6.030M

Comparison:
              method:  1336218.3 i/s
            proc new:  1198769.5 i/s - 1.11x slower
                proc:  1055264.2 i/s - 1.27x slower