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+# Benchmarks
+
+You'll need to install the protobuf dependencies if you want to profile against protobufs.
+
+```bash
+pip install -r requirements.txt
+```
+
+To run all the benchmarks:
+
+```bash
+./run_all -l pyproto -l pyproto_cpp
+```
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+protobuf