is there faster choice python's decimal?

does anyone know faster decimal doing python?

as instance next demonstrates, customary library's decimal way ~100 times slower float.

from  timeit import timer

def run(val, the_class):
    exam = the_class(1)
    c xrange(10000):
        d = the_class(val)
        d + test
        d - test
        d * test
        d / test
        d ** test
        str(d)
        abs(d)    

if __name__ == "__main__":
    = timer("run(123.345, float)", "from decimal_benchmark import run")
    imitation "float", a.timeit(1)
    = timer("run('123.345', decimal)", "from decimal_benchmark import run; decimal import decimal")
    imitation "decimal", a.timeit(1)

outputs:

float 0.040635041427
decimal 3.39666790146