Benchmark: innerWidth vs availWidth

HTML Preparation code:

Test

Tests:

clientWidth
window.screen.availWidth > 640;
innerWidth
window.innerWidth > 640

Rendered benchmark preparation results:

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Previous results

Test case name	Result
clientWidth
innerWidth

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

Latest run results:

Run details: (Test run date: 11 months ago)

User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/136.0.0.0 Safari/537.36

Browser/OS: Chrome 136 on Windows

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Test name	Executions per second
clientWidth	6531292.5 Ops/sec
innerWidth	1843081.9 Ops/sec

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

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Let's dive into the world of MeasureThat.net and explore what's being tested in this benchmark.

**Benchmark Definition**

The benchmark definition is a JSON object that represents the test case. In this case, there are two test cases:

1. "innerWidth vs availWidth"
2. A single test case with two sub-cases:
	* "clientWidth"
	* "innerWidth"

The first test case has no description or preparation code, which suggests it's a basic benchmark that tests the difference between `window.screen.availWidth` and `window.innerWidth`.

**Test Cases**

There are two main test cases:

1. **"clientWidth"**: This test case checks if the client width of an element is greater than 640 pixels.
2. **"innerWidth"**: This test case checks if the inner width of an element (i.e., the window's inner width) is greater than 640 pixels.

**Options Compared**

These two options are compared to determine which one is faster or more efficient in different scenarios. The "clientWidth" option likely returns a value that depends on the DOM element being tested, whereas "innerWidth" simply returns the current window size.

**Pros and Cons of Different Approaches**

1. **"clientWidth"**: Pros:
	* May be more accurate for testing specific DOM elements.
	* Can provide more detailed information about the element's layout.
Cons:
	* May be slower due to the need to traverse the DOM tree to get the client width.
	* Depends on the specific DOM element being tested, which can lead to inconsistent results.
2. **"innerWidth"**: Pros:
	* Faster, as it only returns a simple value (the window size).
Cons:
	* May not be as accurate for testing specific DOM elements.
	* Returns a more generic value that doesn't provide detailed information about the element's layout.

**Other Considerations**

When choosing between these two options, consider the following:

* If you're testing a specific DOM element and need to get its client width, use "clientWidth".
* If you're testing the overall window size or need a faster benchmark, use "innerWidth".

**Library Usage**

In this benchmark, no libraries are explicitly mentioned. However, if we look at the individual test cases, we can infer that the `window` object is being used to access the client width and inner width properties.

If we were to modify this benchmark to include a library, we might use a library like jQuery or Vanilla JavaScript to simplify the DOM manipulation and make the benchmark more efficient.

**Special JS Features or Syntax**

There are no special JavaScript features or syntax mentioned in this benchmark. The code is straightforward and uses basic JavaScript constructs.

However, if we were to extend this benchmark to include more advanced features, we might use modern JavaScript features like async/await, Promises, or Web APIs (e.g., `window.matchMedia()`).

**Other Alternatives**

If you're looking for alternatives to MeasureThat.net, consider the following:

* jsbench: A popular online platform for running JavaScript benchmarks.
* Benchmark.js: An open-source benchmarking library that allows you to create and run custom benchmarks.
* jsperf: A simple online tool for comparing the performance of different JavaScript implementations.

These alternatives offer similar functionality to MeasureThat.net but might have slightly different features or user interfaces.

Related benchmarks:

innerWidth vs availWidth (version: 0)

Comparing performance of: clientWidth vs innerWidth

Created: 4 years ago by: Guest

Jump to the latest result

clientWidth

innerWidth

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

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