OJ vs YAJL

gistfile1.txt

ruby oj_vs_yajl_bm.rb
       user     system      total        real
yajl parsing:  5.840000   0.010000   5.850000 (  5.868295)
oj parsing:  1.610000   0.140000   1.750000 (  2.056829)
yajl dump:  5.890000   0.000000   5.890000 (  5.911014)
oj dump:  1.270000   0.000000   1.270000 (  1.277446)


source:

require 'oj'
require 'yajl/json_gem'
require 'benchmark'

n = 1_000_000

raw_json = "{\"user\":{\"a\":1,\"b\":2,\"c\":\"3\",\"d\":521234.134,\"e\":null}}"
raw_hash = { "user" => { "a" => 1, "b" => 2, "c" => "3", "d" => 521234.134, "e" => nil } }

Benchmark.bm do |x|
  x.report("yajl parsing:") do 
    n.times { JSON.parse(raw_json) }
  end

  x.report("oj parsing:") do 
    n.times { Oj.load(raw_json) }
  end

  x.report("yajl dump:") do 
    n.times { JSON.dump(raw_hash) }
  end

  x.report("oj dump:") do 
    n.times { Oj.dump(raw_hash) }
  end
end