#!/usr/bin/python3 # coding=utf-8 import time bytes = b'' cycles = 100000 i = 0 string = '' starttime = time.time() while i < cycles: string += '0' i += 1 endtime = time.time() print('String: ' + str(endtime - starttime)) i = 0 starttime = time.time() while i < cycles: bytes += b'0' i += 1 endtime = time.time() print('Bytes : ' + str(endtime - starttime))