Benchmark: Map vs Object - MeasureThat.net

Script Preparation code:

var map = new Map();
var obj = {};

map.set('a', 5);
obj['a'] = 5;

var i = 0, count = 1000, a;

Tests:

Map lookup
for (i = 0; i < count; i++) { a = map.get('a'); }
Obj lookup
for (i = 0; i < count; i++) { a = obj['a']; }

Rendered benchmark preparation results:

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Previous results

Test case name	Result
Map lookup
Obj lookup

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

Latest run results:

Run details: (Test run date: 3 months ago)

User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/142.0.0.0 Safari/537.36

Browser/OS: Chrome 142 on Mac OS X 10.15.7

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Test name	Executions per second
Map lookup	10197.0 Ops/sec
Obj lookup	10392.7 Ops/sec

Autogenerated LLM Summary (model llama3.2:3b, generated one year ago):

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Let's break down the provided benchmark and explain what is being tested, compared, and the pros/cons of each approach.

**Benchmark Definition: Map vs Object**

The benchmark measures the performance difference between looking up values in a `Map` object versus an `Object`. A `Map` is a data structure that stores key-value pairs, whereas an `Object` is a general-purpose data type in JavaScript that can store any number of key-value pairs.

**Script Preparation Code**
```javascript
var map = new Map();
var obj = {};
map.set('a', 5);
obj['a'] = 5;
```
This code creates two objects: `map` and `obj`. It then sets a value for the key `'a'` in both objects using the `set()` method for `Map` and the bracket notation `[]` for `Object`.

**Html Preparation Code**

The `Html Preparation Code` is empty, which means that this benchmark does not test any HTML-related performance.

**Individual Test Cases: Map Lookup and Object Lookup**

There are two test cases:

1. **Map Lookup**: This test case measures the time it takes to iterate 1000 times over the map and look up the value for the key `'a'` using the `get()` method.
2. **Object Lookup**: This test case measures the time it takes to iterate 1000 times over the object and look up the value for the key `'a'` using the bracket notation `[]`.

**Library Used: None**

Neither of these test cases uses any external libraries.

**Special JS Feature/Syntax: None**

There are no special JavaScript features or syntax used in this benchmark.

**Pros and Cons:**

* **Map Lookup**: Using a `Map` object can be beneficial if you need to look up values by key multiple times, as it provides faster lookup times compared to `Object`. However, creating a `Map` object requires additional memory and may not be suitable for all use cases.
* **Object Lookup**: Using an `Object` is more straightforward and widely supported. It can also be useful if you need to store arbitrary data in the object.

**Other Alternatives:**

If you needed to compare other data structures, such as:

* Arrays vs Objects
* Sets vs Arrays
* Maps vs Sets

You could create similar benchmarks using different script preparation codes and test cases.

For example, to benchmark arrays vs objects, you could use:
```javascript
var arr = [];
var obj = {};
for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {
  arr.push(i);
  obj[i] = i;
}
```
This would measure the time it takes to iterate over an array and add elements versus iterating over an object and setting properties.

Similarly, you could benchmark sets vs arrays or maps vs sets using different script preparation codes and test cases.

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Map lookup

Obj lookup

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

Autogenerated LLM Summary (model llama3.2:3b, generated one year ago):