Benchmark: forEach vs reduce vs map vs filter vs for add code

Script Preparation code:

var arr = [];
for (var i = 0; i < 12345; i++) {
  arr[i] = i;
}

function someFn(i) {
  return (i * 3 * 8 / 1200 * 0.002 / 40 * 0.2);
}

var sumForEach = 0,
  sumReduce = 0,
  sumMap = 0,
  sumFilter = 0,
  sumFor = 0;
  newArray = [];

Tests:

forEach
arr.forEach(item => { sumForEach += someFn(item); if(item % 2 === 0) { newArray.push(item) } });
filter
arr.filter(item => { if(item % 2 === 0) { newArray.push(item) } return sumForEach += someFn(item); });

Rendered benchmark preparation results:

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Previous results

Test case name	Result
forEach
filter

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

Latest run results:

Run details: (Test run date: 2 years ago)

User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:121.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/121.0

Browser/OS: Firefox 121 on Windows

View result in a separate tab

Test name	Executions per second
forEach	1905.3 Ops/sec
filter	1840.8 Ops/sec

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

LLMs can make mistakes. Check important info.

**Benchmark Overview**

The provided JSON represents a JavaScript microbenchmark on MeasureThat.net, which compares the performance of different approaches for iterating over an array and performing calculations.

**Script Preparation Code**

The script preparation code initializes an array `arr` with 12345 elements, each containing an incrementing integer value. It also defines a function `someFn(i)` that takes an integer `i` as input and performs a series of arithmetic operations on it to produce a result.

**Benchmark Definition JSON**

The benchmark definition JSON consists of two test cases:

1. **forEach**: Iterates over the array using the `forEach` method, applying the `someFn` function to each element and accumulating the results in variables `sumForEach`, `newArray`.
2. **filter**: Iterates over the array using the `filter` method, applying a conditional expression that checks if the element is even and pushes it into an array (`newArray`) only if it's true. The same arithmetic operations are applied to each element as in the `forEach` case.

**Comparison of Approaches**

The benchmark compares the performance of four approaches:

1. **forEach**: Iterates over the array using the `forEach` method, applying a callback function to each element.
2. **filter**: Iterates over the array using the `filter` method, applying a conditional expression to each element and pushing it into an array if true.
3. **map**: Iterates over the array using the `map` method, applying a callback function to each element (not used in this benchmark).
4. **for** (loop): Iterates over the array using a traditional `for` loop.

**Pros and Cons of Each Approach**

* **forEach**:
	+ Pros: Concise code, easy to read, and maintain.
	+ Cons: May be slower due to overhead from the `forEach` method call.
* **filter**:
	+ Pros: Can be faster than `forEach` for conditional expressions with a large number of elements, as it avoids unnecessary iterations.
	+ Cons: Requires an additional array creation, which can be memory-intensive for large datasets.
* **for** (loop):
	+ Pros: Generally the fastest approach, as it avoids method call overhead and uses direct iteration.
	+ Cons: Can be verbose and harder to read/maintain.

**Library Used**

None explicitly mentioned in the benchmark definition JSON. However, some browsers may use polyfills or built-in functions that might rely on external libraries.

**Special JS Feature/Syntax**

None mentioned in this explanation.

**Other Alternatives**

* **reduce**: Similar to `forEach`, but accumulates a single value instead of an array.
* **every**, **some**, and **includes** methods could also be used for similar iterations, but are not explicitly compared in the benchmark.

In conclusion, this benchmark compares the performance of different approaches for iterating over an array and performing calculations, providing insights into the trade-offs between conciseness, readability, and execution speed.

Related benchmarks:

forEach vs reduce vs map vs filter vs for add code (version: 0)

Comparing performance of: forEach vs filter

Created: 2 years ago by: Registered User

Jump to the latest result

forEach

filter

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

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