Benchmark: Array.prototype.push vs Array.prototype.shift

Script Preparation code:

var array = [0, 1, 2, 3, 4];

Tests:

Array.prototype.push
array.push(5);
Array.prototype.unshift
array.unshift(5);

Rendered benchmark preparation results:

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Previous results

Test case name	Result
Array.prototype.push
Array.prototype.unshift

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/126.0.0.0 Safari/537.36

Browser/OS: Chrome 126 on Mac OS X 10.15.7

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Test name	Executions per second
Array.prototype.push	22870924.0 Ops/sec
Array.prototype.unshift	57.7 Ops/sec

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

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Let's dive into the world of JavaScript microbenchmarks.

**What is tested on the provided JSON?**

The benchmark tests two different ways to add an element to the end of an array in JavaScript: `Array.prototype.push` and `Array.prototype.unshift`. These methods are part of the Array prototype, which means they're built-in functions that can be called on any array object.

**Options compared**

There are two options being compared:

1. **`Array.prototype.push`**: This method adds one or more elements to the end of an array and returns the new length of the array.
2. **`Array.prototype.unshift`**: This method adds one or more elements to the beginning of an array and returns the new length of the array.

**Pros and cons of each approach**

* `Array.prototype.push`:
	+ Pros:
		- More efficient for adding elements to the end of an array, as it only needs to update the last element's index.
		- Less memory overhead, as it doesn't need to shift existing elements.
	+ Cons:
		- Can be slower than `unshift` for small arrays, since it needs to calculate the new length and update each element's index.
* `Array.prototype.unshift`:
	+ Pros:
		- Faster than `push` for small arrays, since it can take advantage of existing gaps in the array and only need to shift elements that need to be moved.
	+ Cons:
		- More memory overhead, as it needs to create a temporary buffer to hold the new elements while they're being shifted into place.
		- Slower than `push` for large arrays, since it needs to update each element's index.

**Library and purpose**

The benchmark doesn't use any external libraries. However, it does use built-in JavaScript features like Array.prototype.push and Array.prototype.unshift.

**Special JS feature or syntax**

There is no special JS feature or syntax being used in this benchmark. It only uses standard JavaScript language constructs.

**Other alternatives**

If you want to test other array methods, such as `Array.prototype.splice`, `Array.prototype.forEach`, or `Array.prototype.map`, you can add additional benchmark definitions to the JSON object.

Here's an example of how you could add another benchmark definition:
```
{
    "Name": "Array.prototype.splice",
    "Description": "Compare Array.prototype.splice with push and unshift",
    ...
}
```

You can also experiment with different array sizes, or use a larger array to test the performance difference between `push` and `unshift`.

I hope this explanation helps! Let me know if you have any further questions.

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Array.prototype.push vs Array.prototype.shift (version: 0)

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Comparing performance of: Array.prototype.push vs Array.prototype.unshift

Created: one year ago by: Registered User

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Array.prototype.push

Array.prototype.unshift

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

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