Benchmark: HTMLImageElement vs HTMLCanvasElement vs ImageBitmap Forked

Script Preparation code:

var
natrualWidth = 0,
naturalHeight = 0,

eleImg = document.createElement("img"),
cvsImg = document.createElement("canvas"),
bmpImg = null,

canvasEleImg = document.createElement("canvas"),
canvasCvsImg = document.createElement("canvas"),
canvasBmpImg = document.createElement("canvas"),

ctxEleImg = canvasEleImg.getContext("2d"),
ctxCvsImg = canvasCvsImg.getContext("2d"),
ctxBmpImg = canvasBmpImg.getContext("2d"),

doneLoading = false;

canvasEleImg.width = canvasBmpImg.width = canvasCvsImg.width = 640;
canvasEleImg.height = canvasBmpImg.height = canvasCvsImg.height = 480;

eleImg.addEventListener("load", function()
{
	cvsImg.width = naturalWidth = eleImg.naturalWidth;
	cvsImg.height = naturalHeight = eleImg.naturalHeight;
	cvsImg.getContext("2d").drawImage(eleImg, 0, 0, natrualWidth, naturalHeight, 0, 0, natrualWidth, naturalHeight);

	Promise.all([
		createImageBitmap(img)
	]).then(function(images)
	{
		imageBitmap = images[0];

		doneLoading = true;
	}, false);
});
eleImg.src = "https://new.imagehostx.com/upload/2025/02/22/e5306382-3a31-4214-bbcf-b1661db689cb_1740191464.jpg";

Tests:

HTMLImageElement
if (doneLoading) ctxEleImg.drawImage(eleImg, 0, 0, natrualWidth, naturalHeight, 0, 0, natrualWidth, naturalHeight);
HTMLCanvasElement
if (doneLoading) ctxCvsImg.drawImage(cvsImg, 0, 0, natrualWidth, naturalHeight, 0, 0, natrualWidth, naturalHeight);
ImageBitmap
if (doneLoading) ctxBmpImg.drawImage(bmpImg, 0, 0, natrualWidth, naturalHeight, 0, 0, natrualWidth, naturalHeight);

Rendered benchmark preparation results:

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Previous results

Test case name	Result
HTMLImageElement
HTMLCanvasElement
ImageBitmap

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

Latest run results:

Run details: (Test run date: 7 months ago)

User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:146.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/146.0

Browser/OS: Firefox 146 on Linux

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HTMLCanvasElement

628.5M/s

HTMLImageElement

627.0M/s

ImageBitmap

625.5M/s

View exact numbers

Test name	Executions per second
✓ HTMLCanvasElement	628,495,104 Ops/sec
HTMLImageElement	627,005,760 Ops/sec
ImageBitmap	625,533,056 Ops/sec

HTMLImageElement vs HTMLCanvasElement vs ImageBitmap Forked (version: 1)

CanvasRenderingContext2d::drawImage with HTMLImageElement vs HTMLCanvasElement vs ImageBitmap

Comparing performance of: `HTMLImageElement vs HTMLCanvasElement vs ImageBitmap`

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HTMLImageElement

HTMLCanvasElement

ImageBitmap

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Fastest: N/A

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HTMLImageElement vs HTMLCanvasElement vs ImageBitmap Forked (version: 1)

CanvasRenderingContext2d::drawImage with HTMLImageElement vs HTMLCanvasElement vs ImageBitmap

Comparing performance of: HTMLImageElement vs HTMLCanvasElement vs ImageBitmap

Created: one year ago by: Guest

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HTMLImageElement

HTMLCanvasElement

ImageBitmap

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

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