use Benchmark 'cmpthese'; sub get_value { my $self = shift; return $self->[0]; } sub get_value2 { $_[0]->[0]; } my $self = bless [123], '::main'; cmpthese( 16000000, { normal => sub { $self->get_value() }, optimized => sub { $self->get_value2() }, direct => sub { $self->[0] }, }); exit(0); $ perl oo_benchmark.pl Rate normal optimized direct normal 1462523/s -- -21% -90% optimized 1858304/s 27% -- -88% direct 15238095/s 942% 720% --