Json是simplejson，添加到stdlib中。但由于json是在2.6中添加的，因此simplejson具有在更多Python版本(2.4+)上工作的优势。

simplejson的更新频率也高于Python，因此如果您需要(或想要)最新版本，最好尽可能使用simplejson本身。

在我看来，一个好的做法是使用其中一种作为后备。

try:
    import simplejson as json
except ImportError:
    import json

所有这些答案都不是很有用，因为它们对时间很敏感。

在我自己做了一些研究之后，我发现simplejson确实比内置更快，如果你把它更新到最新版本的话。

pip/easy_install想在ubuntu 12.04上安装2.3.2，但在发现最新的simplejson版本实际上是3.3.0之后，所以我更新了它并重新运行时间测试。

Simplejson在加载时比内置json快3倍 Simplejson在转储时比内置json快30%左右

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上面的语句在python-2.7.3和simplejson 3.3.0中(带有c加速) 为了确保我的答案也不是时间敏感的，你应该运行自己的测试来检查，因为它在不同版本之间有很大的差异;没有时间紧迫的简单答案。

如何判断simplejson中是否启用了C加速:

import simplejson
# If this is True, then c speedups are enabled.
print bool(getattr(simplejson, '_speedups', False))

更新:我最近发现了一个名为ujson的库，它在一些基本测试中执行的速度比simplejson快~3倍。

Json是simplejson，添加到stdlib中。但由于json是在2.6中添加的，因此simplejson具有在更多Python版本(2.4+)上工作的优势。

simplejson的更新频率也高于Python，因此如果您需要(或想要)最新版本，最好尽可能使用simplejson本身。

在我看来，一个好的做法是使用其中一种作为后备。

try:
    import simplejson as json
except ImportError:
    import json

在最新版本中，Json在加载和转储两种情况下都比simplejson快

测试版本:

python: 3.6.8 json: 2.0.9 simplejson: 3.16.0

结果:

>>> def test(obj, call, data, times):
...   s = datetime.now()
...   print("calling: ", call, " in ", obj, " ", times, " times") 
...   for _ in range(times):
...     r = getattr(obj, call)(data)
...   e = datetime.now()
...   print("total time: ", str(e-s))
...   return r

>>> test(json, "dumps", data, 10000)
calling:  dumps  in  <module 'json' from 'C:\\Users\\jophine.antony\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Python\\Python36-32\\lib\\json\\__init__.py'>   10000  times
total time:  0:00:00.054857

>>> test(simplejson, "dumps", data, 10000)
calling:  dumps  in  <module 'simplejson' from 'C:\\Users\\jophine.antony\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Python\\Python36-32\\lib\\site-packages\\simplejson\\__init__.py'>   10000  times
total time:  0:00:00.419895
'{"1": 100, "2": "acs", "3.5": 3.5567, "d": [1, "23"], "e": {"a": "A"}}'

>>> test(json, "loads", strdata, 1000)
calling:  loads  in  <module 'json' from 'C:\\Users\\jophine.antony\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Python\\Python36-32\\lib\\json\\__init__.py'>   1000  times
total time:  0:00:00.004985
{'1': 100, '2': 'acs', '3.5': 3.5567, 'd': [1, '23'], 'e': {'a': 'A'}}

>>> test(simplejson, "loads", strdata, 1000)
calling:  loads  in  <module 'simplejson' from 'C:\\Users\\jophine.antony\\AppData\\Local\\Programs\\Python\\Python36-32\\lib\\site-packages\\simplejson\\__init__.py'>   1000  times
total time:  0:00:00.040890
{'1': 100, '2': 'acs', '3.5': 3.5567, 'd': [1, '23'], 'e': {'a': 'A'}}

版本:

python: 3.7.4 json: 2.0.9 simplejson: 3.17.0

Json在转储操作中比simplejson快，但在加载操作中两者保持相同的速度

我一直在测试json, simplejson和cjson。

json是最快的 Simplejson几乎等同于cjson Json比simplejson慢10倍

http://pastie.org/1507411:

$ python test_serialization_speed.py 
--------------------
   Encoding Tests
--------------------
Encoding: 100000 x {'m': 'asdsasdqwqw', 't': 3}
[      json] 1.12385 seconds for 100000 runs. avg: 0.011239ms
[simplejson] 0.44356 seconds for 100000 runs. avg: 0.004436ms
[     cjson] 0.09593 seconds for 100000 runs. avg: 0.000959ms

Encoding: 10000 x {'m': [['0', 1, '2', 3, '4', 5, '6', 7, '8', 9, '10', 11, '12', 13, '14', 15, '16', 17, '18', 19], ['0', 1, '2', 3, '4', 5, '6', 7, '8', 9, '10', 11, '12', 13, '14', 15, '16', 17, '18', 19], ['0', 1, '2', 3, '4', 5, '6', 7, '8', 9, '10', 11, '12', 13, '14', 15, '16', 17, '18', 19], ['0', 1, '2', 3, '4', 5, '6', 7, '8', 9, '10', 11, '12', 13, '14', 15, '16', 17, '18', 19], ['0', 1, '2', 3, '4', 5, '6', 7, '8', 9, '10', 11, '12', 13, '14', 15, '16', 17, '18', 19], ['0', 1, '2', 3, '4', 5, '6', 7, '8', 9, '10', 11, '12', 13, '14', 15, '16', 17, '18', 19], ['0', 1, '2', 3, '4', 5, '6', 7, '8', 9, '10', 11, '12', 13, '14', 15, '16', 17, '18', 19], ['0', 1, '2', 3, '4', 5, '6', 7, '8', 9, '10', 11, '12', 13, '14', 15, '16', 17, '18', 19], ['0', 1, '2', 3, '4', 5, '6', 7, '8', 9, '10', 11, '12', 13, '14', 15, '16', 17, '18', 19], ['0', 1, '2', 3, '4', 5, '6', 7, '8', 9, '10', 11, '12', 13, '14', 15, '16', 17, '18', 19], ['0', 1, '2', 3, '4', 5, '6', 7, '8', 9, '10', 11, '12', 13, '14', 15, '16', 17, '18', 19], ['0', 1, '2', 3, '4', 5, '6', 7, '8', 9, '10', 11, '12', 13, '14', 15, '16', 17, '18', 19], ['0', 1, '2', 3, '4', 5, '6', 7, '8', 9, '10', 11, '12', 13, '14', 15, '16', 17, '18', 19], ['0', 1, '2', 3, '4', 5, '6', 7, '8', 9, '10', 11, '12', 13, '14', 15, '16', 17, '18', 19], ['0', 1, '2', 3, '4', 5, '6', 7, '8', 9, '10', 11, '12', 13, '14', 15, '16', 17, '18', 19], ['0', 1, '2', 3, '4', 5, '6', 7, '8', 9, '10', 11, '12', 13, '14', 15, '16', 17, '18', 19], ['0', 1, '2', 3, '4', 5, '6', 7, '8', 9, '10', 11, '12', 13, '14', 15, '16', 17, '18', 19], ['0', 1, '2', 3, '4', 5, '6', 7, '8', 9, '10', 11, '12', 13, '14', 15, '16', 17, '18', 19], ['0', 1, '2', 3, '4', 5, '6', 7, '8', 9, '10', 11, '12', 13, '14', 15, '16', 17, '18', 19], ['0', 1, '2', 3, '4', 5, '6', 7, '8', 9, '10', 11, '12', 13, '14', 15, '16', 17, '18', 19]], 't': 3}
[      json] 7.76628 seconds for 10000 runs. avg: 0.776628ms
[simplejson] 0.51179 seconds for 10000 runs. avg: 0.051179ms
[     cjson] 0.44362 seconds for 10000 runs. avg: 0.044362ms

--------------------
   Decoding Tests
--------------------
Decoding: 100000 x {"m": "asdsasdqwqw", "t": 3}
[      json] 3.32861 seconds for 100000 runs. avg: 0.033286ms
[simplejson] 0.37164 seconds for 100000 runs. avg: 0.003716ms
[     cjson] 0.03893 seconds for 100000 runs. avg: 0.000389ms

Decoding: 10000 x {"m": [["0", 1, "2", 3, "4", 5, "6", 7, "8", 9, "10", 11, "12", 13, "14", 15, "16", 17, "18", 19], ["0", 1, "2", 3, "4", 5, "6", 7, "8", 9, "10", 11, "12", 13, "14", 15, "16", 17, "18", 19], ["0", 1, "2", 3, "4", 5, "6", 7, "8", 9, "10", 11, "12", 13, "14", 15, "16", 17, "18", 19], ["0", 1, "2", 3, "4", 5, "6", 7, "8", 9, "10", 11, "12", 13, "14", 15, "16", 17, "18", 19], ["0", 1, "2", 3, "4", 5, "6", 7, "8", 9, "10", 11, "12", 13, "14", 15, "16", 17, "18", 19], ["0", 1, "2", 3, "4", 5, "6", 7, "8", 9, "10", 11, "12", 13, "14", 15, "16", 17, "18", 19], ["0", 1, "2", 3, "4", 5, "6", 7, "8", 9, "10", 11, "12", 13, "14", 15, "16", 17, "18", 19], ["0", 1, "2", 3, "4", 5, "6", 7, "8", 9, "10", 11, "12", 13, "14", 15, "16", 17, "18", 19], ["0", 1, "2", 3, "4", 5, "6", 7, "8", 9, "10", 11, "12", 13, "14", 15, "16", 17, "18", 19], ["0", 1, "2", 3, "4", 5, "6", 7, "8", 9, "10", 11, "12", 13, "14", 15, "16", 17, "18", 19], ["0", 1, "2", 3, "4", 5, "6", 7, "8", 9, "10", 11, "12", 13, "14", 15, "16", 17, "18", 19], ["0", 1, "2", 3, "4", 5, "6", 7, "8", 9, "10", 11, "12", 13, "14", 15, "16", 17, "18", 19], ["0", 1, "2", 3, "4", 5, "6", 7, "8", 9, "10", 11, "12", 13, "14", 15, "16", 17, "18", 19], ["0", 1, "2", 3, "4", 5, "6", 7, "8", 9, "10", 11, "12", 13, "14", 15, "16", 17, "18", 19], ["0", 1, "2", 3, "4", 5, "6", 7, "8", 9, "10", 11, "12", 13, "14", 15, "16", 17, "18", 19], ["0", 1, "2", 3, "4", 5, "6", 7, "8", 9, "10", 11, "12", 13, "14", 15, "16", 17, "18", 19], ["0", 1, "2", 3, "4", 5, "6", 7, "8", 9, "10", 11, "12", 13, "14", 15, "16", 17, "18", 19], ["0", 1, "2", 3, "4", 5, "6", 7, "8", 9, "10", 11, "12", 13, "14", 15, "16", 17, "18", 19], ["0", 1, "2", 3, "4", 5, "6", 7, "8", 9, "10", 11, "12", 13, "14", 15, "16", 17, "18", 19], ["0", 1, "2", 3, "4", 5, "6", 7, "8", 9, "10", 11, "12", 13, "14", 15, "16", 17, "18", 19]], "t": 3}
[      json] 37.26270 seconds for 10000 runs. avg: 3.726270ms
[simplejson] 0.56643 seconds for 10000 runs. avg: 0.056643ms
[     cjson] 0.33007 seconds for 10000 runs. avg: 0.033007ms

在python3中，如果你有一个b'bytes'的字符串，使用json你必须在加载它之前解码()内容。Simplejson会处理这个问题，所以你可以只做Simplejson .loads(byte_string)。