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diff --git a/benchmark/proto/compare_sizes.py b/benchmark/proto/compare_sizes.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+from __future__ import division
+import sys
+
+import openxc_pb2
+import json
+
+def sizeof_fmt(num):
+    for unit in ['bytes', 'KB', 'MB', 'GB', 'TB']:
+        if num < 1024.0:
+            return "%3.1f%s" % (num, unit)
+        num /= 1024.0
+
+total_json_size = 0
+total_binary_size = 0
+
+trace_file = sys.argv[1]
+for line in open(trace_file):
+    raw_message = json.loads(line)
+    total_json_size += len(json.dumps(raw_message))
+    binary_message = openxc_pb2.RawMessage()
+    binary_message.message_id = raw_message['id']
+    binary_message.data = int(raw_message['data'], 0)
+    total_binary_size += len(binary_message.SerializeToString())
+
+print("For the trace file %s..." % trace_file)
+print("Total transferred JSON size is %s" % sizeof_fmt(total_json_size))
+print("Total transferred binary size is %s" % sizeof_fmt(total_binary_size))
+print("Binary encoding is %f%% smaller than JSON overall" % (
+        100 - (total_binary_size / total_json_size * 100)))