use Benchmark 'cmpthese'; use strict; my %hash = 1 .. 10_000; my %add = 9_001 .. 11_000; cmpthese(-5, { BASE => sub { my %copy = %hash; }, JAPHY => sub { my %copy = %hash; my @new = grep !exists $copy{$_}, keys %add; @copy{@new} = @add{@new}; }, ZAXO => sub { my %copy = %hash; %copy = (%add, %copy); }, NULL => sub { my %copy = %hash; %copy = (%copy); }, }); #### Rate ZAXO NULL JAPHY BASE ZAXO 15.1/s -- -22% -61% -76% NULL 19.3/s 28% -- -50% -69% JAPHY 38.9/s 157% 101% -- -38% BASE 62.4/s 312% 223% 60% -- #### Rate ZAXO NULL JAPHY BASE ZAXO 11.4/s -- -39% -58% -81% NULL 18.6/s 63% -- -31% -69% JAPHY 26.9/s 136% 45% -- -56% BASE 60.5/s 431% 225% 125% --