$ python -m timeit -s "from random import random" "random() < 0.5"
10000000 loops, best of 3: 0.0906 usec per loop
$ python -m timeit -s "import numpy as np" "np.random.randint(2, size=1)"
100000 loops, best of 3: 4.65 usec per loop
$ python -m timeit -s "from random import random" "test = [random() < 0.5 for i in range(1000000)]"
10 loops, best of 3: 118 msec per loop
$ python -m timeit -s "import numpy as np" "test = np.random.randint(2, size=1000000)"
100 loops, best of 3: 6.31 msec per loop