[Python] quickly adding large numbers of mesh primitives in blender

I'm trying to add tens of thousands of mesh primitives to a scene in blender using its Python interface. I've been using something to the effect of:

for i in range(10000):
bpy.ops.mesh.primitive_cube_add(radius=1, location=(i, i, i))


This approach takes many minutes, though. Is there a more efficient way of doing this?

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