Run results for: Slice vs Splice vs Shift vs pop

Compares the speed for removing 2 items from the beginning of an array

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2 years ago
array.pop()
15.6M/s
array.shift()
11.2M/s
array.slice()
5.5M/s
array.splice()
5.3M/s
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Test name Executions per second
✓ array.pop() 15,632,930 Ops/sec
array.shift() 11,188,797 Ops/sec
array.slice() 5,526,786 Ops/sec
array.splice() 5,331,214 Ops/sec
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