Benchmark: find vs some vs every

Script Preparation code:

var array = [
  {id:1, name:'test'},
  {id:2, name:'test'},
  {id:3, name:'test'},
  {id:4, name:'test'},
  {id:5, name:'test'},
  {id:6, name:'test'},
  {id:7, name:'test'},
  {id:8, name:'test'},
  {id:9, name:'test'},
  {id:10, name:'test'},
];

Tests:

some
array.some(item => item.id === 10);
every
!array.every(item => item.id !== 10)
find
array.find(item => item.id === 10);

Historical Performance Data aggregated from 14 community runs

Desktop Results:

Chrome 14 runs

some

23.5M/s

every

23.3M/s

find

23.3M/s

View exact numbers

✓ some: 23,499,538 ops/sec
• every: 23,309,540 ops/sec
• find: 23,308,630 ops/sec

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

Rendered benchmark preparation results:

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Previous results

Test case name	Result
some
every
find

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

Latest run results:

Run details: (Test run date: one year ago)

User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/137.0.0.0 Safari/537.36

Browser/OS: Chrome 137 on Mac OS X 10.15.7

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find

64.8M/s

some

63.5M/s

every

60.7M/s

View exact numbers

Test name	Executions per second
✓ find	64,806,796 Ops/sec
some	63,543,788 Ops/sec
every	60,729,664 Ops/sec

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

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**Overview of the Benchmark**

The provided benchmark compares the performance of three different methods for finding an element in an array: `some()`, `every()`, and `find()`.

**Tested Options**

1. **`array.some(item => item.id === 10)`**: This method returns `true` as soon as it finds an element in the array that satisfies the condition.
2. **`!array.every(item => item.id !== 10)`**: This method is a negation of `every()`, which means it will return `false` as soon as it finds an element that does not satisfy the condition. However, since the condition is negated, it will actually find the first matching element and return `true`.
3. **`array.find(item => item.id === 10)`**: This method returns the first element in the array that satisfies the condition.

**Pros and Cons of Each Approach**

1. **`some()`**:
	* Pros: Can stop iterating as soon as it finds a match, which can lead to better performance if the array is large and only one element matches.
	* Cons: May not be suitable for arrays where no elements satisfy the condition, resulting in an empty result.
2. **`every()`** (with negation):
	* Pros: Can stop iterating as soon as it finds a mismatch, which can lead to better performance if the array is large and only one element matches.
	* Cons: May not be suitable for arrays where no elements satisfy the condition, resulting in an empty result. Also, the negation makes it less intuitive than `some()` or `find()`.
3. **`find()`**:
	* Pros: Intuitive and easy to read, returns the first matching element.
	* Cons: May not be suitable for arrays where no elements satisfy the condition, resulting in `undefined`.

**Library Usage**

None of the benchmark options explicitly use a library.

**Special JS Feature or Syntax**

There are no special JavaScript features or syntax used in this benchmark. The methods are standard and widely supported by most modern browsers.

**Other Alternatives**

For finding an element in an array, other alternatives to `some()`, `every()`, and `find()` include:

* Using a traditional loop with indexing (e.g., `for (var i = 0; i < array.length; i++)`).
* Using `Array.prototype.indexOf()` or `Array.prototype.lastIndexOf()`.
* Using `Array.prototype.reduce()` to find the first matching element.

However, these alternatives are generally less efficient and more verbose than using `some()`, `every()`, and `find()`.

find vs some vs every (version: 0)

Comparing performance of: `some vs every vs find`

Created: 8 years ago by: Guest

Go to the latest result

some

every

find

Historical Performance Data aggregated from 14 community runs

Desktop Results:

Chrome 14 runs

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

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

find vs some vs every (version: 0)

Comparing performance of: some vs every vs find

Created: 8 years ago by: Guest

Go to the latest result

some

every

find

Historical Performance Data aggregated from 14 community runs

Desktop Results:

Chrome 14 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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