arguments_benchmark.rb

#!/usr/bin/env ruby

require 'benchmark'
require 'socket'

Benchmark.bm(20) do |b|
  n = 10_000_000

  def positional_args(one,two,three,four,five)
  end

  b.report('position arguments') do
    n.times do
      positional_args(1,2,3,4,5)
    end
  end

  def keyword_args(one: , two: , three: , four: , five: )
  end

  b.report('keyword args') do
    n.times do
      keyword_args(one: 1, two: 2, three: 3, four: 4, five: 5)
    end
  end
end

gistfile1.txt

                           user     system      total        real
position arguments     0.787944   0.000821   0.788765 (  0.797133)
keyword args           1.091629   0.000020   1.091649 (  1.096063)