use Benchmark qw(cmpthese);

my $str= "This is a test, " x 200;
my $single= "'".$str."'";
my $double= '"'.$str.'"';
cmpthese( -3, {
    a_double => sub { eval $double },
    b_single => sub { eval $single },
    c_double => sub { eval $double },
    d_single => sub { eval $single },
} );

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           Rate a_double c_double b_single d_single
a_double 4773/s       --      -1%     -23%     -23%
c_double 4830/s       1%       --     -22%     -22%
b_single 6170/s      29%      28%       --      -0%
d_single 6172/s      29%      28%       0%       --