import pybuf import time k=1000000 n=7 t=time.time() a = bytearray(b'hello world') for i in range(k): pybuf.title1(a) print "Time used by bytearray:",time.time()-t t=time.time() b = 'hello world' for i in range(k): pybuf.title2(b) print "Time used by string:",time.time()-t