Timing python moving if outside loop

shell.sh

smeatonj ~/Development
$ python3 -m timeit -s 'from testif import without_if' 'without_if(0, 100)'
100000 loops, best of 3: 4.94 usec per loop

smeatonj ~/Development
$ python3 -m timeit -s 'from testif import with_if' 'with_if(0, 100)'
100000 loops, best of 3: 5.88 usec per loop

smeatonj ~/Development
$ python3 -m timeit -s 'from testif import without_if' 'without_if(0, 10000)'
1000 loops, best of 3: 590 usec per loop

smeatonj ~/Development
$ python3 -m timeit -s 'from testif import with_if' 'with_if(0, 10000)'
1000 loops, best of 3: 698 usec per loop

smeatonj ~/Development
$ python3 -m timeit -s 'from testif import without_if' 'without_if(5, 10000)'
1000 loops, best of 3: 1.36 msec per loop

smeatonj ~/Development
$ python3 -m timeit -s 'from testif import with_if' 'with_if(5, 10000)'
1000 loops, best of 3: 1.46 msec per loop

testif.py

def without_if(converter_count, range_count):
    converters = get_converters(converter_count)
    count = 0
    if converters:
        for x in range(range_count):
            count = count + converters[0]
            count = count + x
    else:
        for x in range(range_count):
            count = count + x
    return count


def with_if(converter_count, range_count):
    converters = get_converters(converter_count)
    count = 0
    for x in range(range_count):
        if converters:
            count = count + converters[0]
        count = count + x
    return count


def get_converters(num):
    if num < 1:
        return []
    return [1] * num