Another serialization benchmark, OSX Python 2.7.3

gistfile1.py

import cPickle
import json
import ujson
import msgpack
 
d = {
    'words': """
        Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing 
        elit. Mauris adipiscing adipiscing placerat. 
        Vestibulum augue augue, 
        pellentesque quis sollicitudin id, adipiscing.
        """,
    'list': range(50),
    'dict': dict((str(i),'a') for i in xrange(50)),
    'int': 100,
    'float': 100.123456
}
 
print "*Encoding*"
 
print "cPickle.dumps (binary)"
%timeit _ = cPickle.dumps(d, 2)
pickle_src = cPickle.dumps(d, 2)
print "json.dumps"
%timeit _ = json.dumps(d)
json_src = json.dumps(d)
print "ujson.dumps"
%timeit _ = ujson.dumps(d)
ujson_src = ujson.dumps(d)
print "msgpack.dumps"
%timeit _ = msgpack.dumps(d)
msgpack_src = msgpack.dumps(d)

 
print "*Decoding*"
 
print "cPickle.loads (binary)"
%timeit _ = cPickle.loads(pickle_src)
print "json.loads"
%timeit _ = json.loads(json_src)
print "ujson.loads"
%timeit _ = ujson.loads(ujson_src)
print "msgpack.loads"
%timeit _ = msgpack.loads(msgpack_src)

'''
*Encoding*
cPickle.dumps (binary)
100000 loops, best of 3: 10.2 us per loop
json.dumps
10000 loops, best of 3: 29.6 us per loop
ujson.dumps
100000 loops, best of 3: 7.65 us per loop
msgpack.dumps
100000 loops, best of 3: 7.95 us per loop
*Decoding*
cPickle.loads (binary)
100000 loops, best of 3: 12.2 us per loop
json.loads
10000 loops, best of 3: 57.7 us per loop
ujson.loads
100000 loops, best of 3: 12.4 us per loop
msgpack.loads
100000 loops, best of 3: 6.22 us per loop
'''