Benchmark: Array.from vs Spread on arrays

Script Preparation code:

var arr = [];
for(var i=0;i<100;i++) {
  arr.push(i);
}

Tests:

Array.from
var other = Array.from(arr);
Spread
var other = [...arr];

Historical Performance Data aggregated from 51 community runs

Desktop Results:

Chrome 32 runs

Spread

15.9M/s

Array.from

8.2M/s

Fastest: Spread (1.9x faster)

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✓ Spread: 15,902,248 ops/sec
• Array.from: 8,193,190 ops/sec

Firefox 19 runs

Spread

1.0M/s

Array.from

892K/s

Fastest: Spread (1.1x faster)

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✓ Spread: 1,006,553 ops/sec
• Array.from: 892,064 ops/sec

Results show median performance across all community submissions. Run this benchmark yourself to verify on your device.

Rendered benchmark preparation results:

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Previous results

Test case name	Result
Array.from
Spread

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

Latest run results:

Run details: (Test run date: 6 months ago)

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Spread

1.3M/s

Array.from

1.2M/s

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Test name	Executions per second
✓ Spread	1,281,123 Ops/sec
Array.from	1,222,033 Ops/sec

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

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Let's break down what's being tested in this benchmark and analyze the different approaches.

**What is being tested?**

The provided JSON represents a microbenchmark that compares two ways to create an array from another array:

1. Using `Array.from()`
2. Using the spread operator (`...`)

In the script preparation code, an empty array `arr` is created and populated with 100 elements using a `for` loop.

**Options compared**

There are only two options being compared in this benchmark:

1. **`Array.from(arr)`**: This method creates a new array from the existing array `arr`. The method takes an iterable (in this case, `arr`) as its argument.
2. **`[...arr]`**: This is the spread operator, which also creates a new array from the elements of `arr`.

**Pros and cons**

Here are some pros and cons of each approach:

1. **`Array.from(arr)`**
	* Pros:
		+ More explicit and readable syntax
		+ Can be used with any iterable (not just arrays)
		+ More flexible, as it can take an array or other iterables as arguments
	* Cons:
		+ May incur additional overhead due to method call
2. **`[...arr]`**
	* Pros:
		+ Concise and concise syntax
		+ Often used in modern JavaScript code
		+ Can be faster, since it's just an array expression with a spread operator
	* Cons:
		+ Less explicit than `Array.from()`
		+ May not work as expected if `arr` is not an array

**Library usage**

There are no libraries being used in this benchmark.

**Special JavaScript feature or syntax**

The spread operator (`[...arr]`) is a relatively modern JavaScript feature, introduced in ECMAScript 2015 (ES6). It's supported in most modern browsers and Node.js versions.

**Other alternatives**

If you want to compare other ways of creating an array from another array, here are some alternatives:

* Using `concat()`: `arr.concat()` or `arr.concat([])`
* Using `slice()`: `arr.slice(0)` (note that this will not work if the desired length is greater than the original array's length)
* Using a for loop: `var newArr = []; for (var i = 0; i < arr.length; i++) { newArr.push(arr[i]); }`
* Using `Array.prototype.map()`: `arr.map(function(x) { return x; })`

Keep in mind that these alternatives may have different performance characteristics or syntax.

Array.from vs Spread on arrays (version: 0)

Comparing performance of: `Array.from vs Spread`

Created: 4 years ago by: Guest

Go to the latest result

Array.from

Spread

Historical Performance Data aggregated from 51 community runs

Desktop Results:

Chrome 32 runs

Firefox 19 runs

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

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

Array.from vs Spread on arrays (version: 0)

Comparing performance of: Array.from vs Spread

Created: 4 years ago by: Guest

Go to the latest result

Array.from

Spread

Historical Performance Data aggregated from 51 community runs

Desktop Results:

Chrome 32 runs

Firefox 19 runs

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

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

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