sum using python vanilla or numpy

n.py

#!/usr/bin/python3.6
# coding: utf-8

'''
brief description for this script
'''

import time
import numpy as np

def main():
    ''' main '''
    start_time = time.time()
    count = 1000000000
    normalRange = np.arange(count)
    print(normalRange.sum())
    print('time taken: {} seconds'.format(time.time() - start_time))


if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

t.py

#!/usr/bin/python3.6
# coding: utf-8

'''
brief description for this script
'''

import time

def main():
    ''' main '''
    start_time = time.time()
    count = 1000000000
    normalRange = range(count)
    print(sum(normalRange))
    print('time taken: {} seconds'.format(time.time() - start_time))


if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

merge these two gist into one script and then benchmark