import timeit

def test_slots():
    class Obj(object):
        __slots__ = ('i', 'l')

        def __init__(self, i):
            self.i = i
            self.l = []

    for i in xrange(1000):
        Obj(i)

print timeit.Timer('test_slots()', 'from __main__ import test_slots').timeit(10000)

timeit(10) - 0.067s
timeit(100) - 0.5s
timeit(1000) - 19.5s
timeit(10000) - ? (probably more than a Game of Thrones episode)

import collections
import timeit

def test_namedtuples():
    Obj = collections.namedtuple('Obj', 'i l')

    for i in xrange(1000):
      Obj(i, [])

print timeit.Timer('test_namedtuples()', 'from __main__ import test_namedtuples').timeit(10000)