Sync vs Async comparison in Python

test_asyncio.py

import asyncio
import argparse

counter = 0

def next():
    global counter
    counter += 1
    return counter


async def get(url):
    id = next()
    delay = 2 if 'job' in url else 4
    print(f'{id}: Getting url and taking a sweeeet time ({delay} s): ', url)
    await asyncio.sleep(delay)
    print(f'{id}: Got the URL {url}')
    return (id, '{OK}')


async def get_job(args, job):
    id = next()
    print(f'{id}: get_job({job}) -> gonna wait')
    resp = await get(f'http://job/{job}.com')
    print(f'{id}: get_job({job}) -> returned {resp}')
    builds_nums = list(range(args.builds))
    results = await asyncio.gather(*[get_build(job, build) for build in builds_nums])
    builds = dict(zip(builds_nums, results))
    return resp, builds


async def get_build(job, build):
    id = next()
    print(f'{id}: get_build({job}, {build}) -> gonna wait')
    resp = await get(f'http://build/{job}-{build}.com')
    print(f'{id}: get_build({job}, {build}) -> returned {resp}')
    return resp


async def runall(args):
    tasks = []
    for job in range(args.jobs):
        tasks.append(get_job(args, job))

    result = await asyncio.gather(*tasks)
    print(result)


def parse_args():
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
    parser.add_argument('jobs', type=int)
    parser.add_argument('builds', type=int)
    return parser.parse_args()


args = parse_args()

loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
loop.run_until_complete(runall(args))
loop.close()

test_sync.py

import time
import argparse

counter = 0

def next():
    global counter
    counter += 1
    return counter


def get(url):
    id = next()
    delay = 2 if 'job' in url else 4
    print(f'{id}: Getting url and taking a sweeeet time ({delay} s): ', url)
    time.sleep(delay)
    print(f'{id}: Got the URL {url}')
    return (id, '{OK}')


def get_job(args, job):
    id = next()
    print(f'{id}: get_job({job}) -> gonna wait')
    resp = get(f'http://job/{job}.com')
    print(f'{id}: get_job({job}) -> returned {resp}')
    builds_nums = list(range(args.builds))
    results = [get_build(job, build) for build in builds_nums]
    builds = dict(zip(builds_nums, results))
    return resp, builds


def get_build(job, build):
    id = next()
    print(f'{id}: get_build({job}, {build}) -> gonna wait')
    resp = get(f'http://build/{job}-{build}.com')
    print(f'{id}: get_build({job}, {build}) -> returned {resp}')
    return resp


def runall(args):
    result = []
    for job in range(args.jobs):
        result.append(get_job(args, job))

    print(result)


def parse_args():
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
    parser.add_argument('jobs', type=int)
    parser.add_argument('builds', type=int)
    return parser.parse_args()


args = parse_args()

runall(args)