Run results for: Math.pow(x,0.5) vs Math.sqrt(x)

Run details:

User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 14; SM-A346M) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/120.0.6099.230 Mobile Safari/537.36 OPR/80.2.4244.77484

Browser: Opera Mobile 80

Operating system: Android

Device Platform: Mobile

Date tested: 2 years ago

sqrt with Math.pow

341/s

Math.sqrt

333/s

View exact numbers

Test name	Executions per second
✓ sqrt with Math.pow	341 Ops/sec
Math.sqrt	333 Ops/sec

Script Preparation code:

var numbers = Array.from(Array(10000), (_,x) => (Math.random()*x));

Tests:

Math.sqrt
numbers.forEach(x => Math.sqrt(x));
sqrt with Math.pow
numbers.forEach(x => Math.pow(x,0.5));