compare get count vs search cursor perf

getcount-comparison.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
# * coding: utf8 *
'''
args.py

A module that contains sample code to get params
'''

import arcpy
import timeit


roads = 'C:\\Projects\\Data\\transportation.gdb\\Roads'


def get_count():
    return int(arcpy.GetCount_management('C:\\Projects\\Data\\transportation.gdb\\Roads').getOutput(0))


def cursor_count():
    return len([row for row in arcpy.da.SearchCursor('C:\\Projects\\Data\\transportation.gdb\\Roads', ['*'])])


if __name__ == '__main__':
    print(get_count())
    print(cursor_count())
    print('gp tool: ' + str(timeit.timeit("int(arcpy.GetCount_management('test.gdb\\\\Roads').getOutput(0))", setup="import arcpy", number=5)))
    print('cursor: ' + str(timeit.timeit("len([row for row in arcpy.da.SearchCursor('test.gdb\\\\Roads', ['*'])])", setup="import arcpy", number=5)))