import timeit def soma1(x, y): return sum(range(x, y+1)) def soma2(x, y): soma = 0 for i in range(x, y+1): soma += i return soma x=1 y=1000 t = timeit.Timer("soma1(x,y)", "from __main__ import soma1,x,y") print (t.repeat(1,10)) t = timeit.Timer("soma2(1,1000)","from __main__ import soma2") print (t.repeat(1,10))