Run results for: JS switch vs if/else if

Run details:

User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:121.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/121.0

Browser: Firefox 121

Operating system: Linux

Device Platform: Desktop

Date tested: 2 years ago

switch

37.8M/s

if/else if

37.5M/s

View exact numbers

Test name	Executions per second
✓ switch	37,819,744 Ops/sec
if/else if	37,484,776 Ops/sec

Script Preparation code:

var test = 'test'

Tests:

switch
switch(test) { case 'test1': return true; case 'test2': return true; case 'test3': return true; case 'test4': return true; case 'test5': return true; default: return true; }
if/else if
if (test === 'test1') { return true; } else if (test === 'test2') { return true; } else if (test === 'test3') { return true; } else if (test === 'test4') { return true; } else if (test === 'test5') { return true; }