# Benchmarks

This section documents the performance benchmarks comparing PKonfig and Pydantic Settings.

The benchmarks and their methodology live in the repository under the `benchmarks/` directory. You can reproduce them locally and regenerate the results using the provided Make target (see repository Makefile).

Below you can find a short description and the latest results.

```{include} ../benchmarks/README.md
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```{include} ../benchmarks/RESULTS.md
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