Ruby HTTP gem performance

http_performance.rb

require 'benchmark'

uri = URI('http://stackoverflow.com/questions/30899019/')

n = 10

require 'net/http'
puts
puts "Net::HTTP:"
Benchmark.bm do |b|
  b.report { n.times { Net::HTTP.get(uri) } }
  b.report { threads = Array.new(n) { Thread.new { Net::HTTP.get(uri) } }; threads.each(&:join) }
end

require 'typhoeus'
puts
puts "Typhoeus:"
Benchmark.bm do |b|
  b.report { n.times { Typhoeus.get(uri) } }
  b.report do
   threads = Array.new(n) { Thread.new { Typhoeus.get(uri) } }; threads.each(&:join)
  end

  b.report do
    hydra = Typhoeus::Hydra.new

    n.times { hydra.queue(Typhoeus::Request.new(uri, followlocation: true)) }

    hydra.run
  end
end

require 'http'
puts
puts "HTTP.rb:"
Benchmark.bm do |b|
  b.report { n.times { HTTP.get(uri) } }
  b.report do
   threads = Array.new(n) { Thread.new { HTTP.get(uri) } }; threads.each(&:join)
 end
end

require 'curb'
puts
puts "curb:"
Benchmark.bm do |b|
  b.report { n.times { Curl.get(uri) } }
  b.report do
   threads = Array.new(n) { Thread.new { Curl.get(uri) } }; threads.each(&:join)
 end
end

puts

__END__

Net::HTTP:
       user     system      total        real
   0.008941   0.004792   0.013733 (  1.734035)
   0.009222   0.007354   0.016576 (  0.189986)

Typhoeus:
       user     system      total        real
   0.007242   0.001575   0.008817 (  1.279969)
   0.033138   0.005785   0.038923 (  0.187063)
   0.127697   0.051684   0.179381 (  3.540030)

HTTP.rb:
       user     system      total        real
   0.013245   0.003254   0.016499 (  1.874882)
   0.012030   0.004290   0.016320 (  0.193205)

curb:
       user     system      total        real
   0.002318   0.001749   0.004067 (  2.828735)
   0.004125   0.006173   0.010298 (  0.308138)