Run results for: JSON.stringify vs structuredClone

Run details:

User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Android 13; Mobile; rv:120.0) Gecko/120.0 Firefox/120.0

Browser: Firefox Mobile 120

Operating system: Android

Device Platform: Mobile

Date tested: 2 years ago

structuredClone

108K/s

JSON.stringify

78K/s

View exact numbers

Test name	Executions per second
✓ structuredClone	108,367 Ops/sec
JSON.stringify	77,638 Ops/sec

Script Preparation code:

var MyObject = {
  description: 'Creates a deep copy of source, which should be an object or an array.',
  myNumber: 123456789,
  myBoolean: true,
  jayson: {
    stringify: 'JSON.stringify() method converts a JavaScript value to a JSON string....',
    parse: 'JSON.parse() method parses a JSON string...'
  }
};

var myCopy = null;

Tests:

JSON.stringify
myCopy = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(MyObject));
structuredClone
myCopy = structuredClone(MyObject);