Benchmark: TextDecoder compared to String.fromCharCode

Script Preparation code:

const testLength = 1000;
const startSlice = 300;
const endSlice = 700;

const getRandomCharCode = () => Math.floor(Math.random() * 26) + 97; // a-z letters
const bytes = Array.from({length: testLength}, () => getRandomCharCode());

var buffer = new Uint8Array(bytes);
var decoder = new TextDecoder(); // default 'utf-8' or 'utf8'

Tests:

String.fromCharCode, subarray
String.fromCharCode(...buffer.subarray(startSlice, endSlice));
TextDecoder, new uint8array
const slice = new Uint8Array(buffer.buffer, startSlice, endSlice - startSlice); decoder.decode(slice);
TextDecoder, subarray
decoder.decode(buffer.subarray(startSlice, endSlice))

Rendered benchmark preparation results:

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Previous results

Test case name	Result
String.fromCharCode, subarray
TextDecoder, new uint8array
TextDecoder, subarray

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

Latest run results:

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TextDecoder, subarray

428K/s

TextDecoder, new uint8array

256K/s

String.fromCharCode, subarray

14K/s

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Test name	Executions per second
✓ TextDecoder, subarray	428,186 Ops/sec
TextDecoder, new uint8array	255,830 Ops/sec
String.fromCharCode, subarray	13,931 Ops/sec

TextDecoder compared to String.fromCharCode (version: 1)

Comparing performance of: `String.fromCharCode, subarray vs TextDecoder, new uint8array vs TextDecoder, subarray`

Created: one year ago by: Guest

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String.fromCharCode, subarray

TextDecoder, new uint8array

TextDecoder, subarray

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

TextDecoder compared to String.fromCharCode (version: 1)

Comparing performance of: String.fromCharCode, subarray vs TextDecoder, new uint8array vs TextDecoder, subarray

Created: one year ago by: Guest

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String.fromCharCode, subarray

TextDecoder, new uint8array

TextDecoder, subarray

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

Related benchmarks

Comparing performance of: `String.fromCharCode, subarray vs TextDecoder, new uint8array vs TextDecoder, subarray`