from __future__ import print_function import time import gevent from gevent.threadpool import ThreadPool pool = ThreadPool(3) start = time.time() for _ in range(4): pool.spawn(time.sleep, 1) gevent.wait() delay = time.time() - start print('Running "time.sleep(1)" 4 times with 3 threads. Should take about 2 seconds: %.3fs' % delay)