testing verify=False vs verify=True with gevent

test.py

import urllib3
import timeit

import gevent
import requests
from gevent import monkey

monkey.patch_all()

urllib3.disable_warnings(urllib3.exceptions.InsecureRequestWarning)


def test_request(verify):
    resp = requests.get(
        'https://www.instagram.com/instagram/?__a=1',
        verify=verify,
    )
    resp.raise_for_status()


start_time = timeit.default_timer()
for x in range(100):
    test_request(verify=True)
print "verify=True took:", timeit.default_timer() - start_time, "secs"

start_time = timeit.default_timer()
for x in range(100):
    test_request(verify=False)
print "verify=False took:", timeit.default_timer() - start_time, "secs"

start_time = timeit.default_timer()
gevent.wait([gevent.spawn(test_request, True) for x in range(100)])
print "gevent verify=True took:", timeit.default_timer() - start_time, "secs"

start_time = timeit.default_timer()
gevent.wait([gevent.spawn(test_request, False) for x in range(100)])
print "gevent verify=False took:", timeit.default_timer() - start_time, "secs"