Run results for: Switch vs Object Literals

Run details:

User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.15; rv:126.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/126.0

Browser: Firefox 126

Operating system: Mac OS X 10.15

Device Platform: Desktop

Date tested: 2 years ago

Benchmark engine: Benchmark.js

Switch

893.2M/s

Object Literal

232.8M/s

View exact numbers

Test name	Executions per second
✓ Switch	893,154,176 Ops/sec
Object Literal	232,817,888 Ops/sec

Script Preparation code:

var type = 'coke';
var drink;

Tests:

Switch
switch(type) { case 'coke': drink = 'Coke'; break; case 'pepsi': drink = 'Pepsi'; break; default: drink = 'Unknown drink!'; }
Object Literal
function getSnack (type) { var snack; function isDrink () { return snack = 'Drink'; } function isFood () { return snack = 'Food'; } var snacks = { 'coke': isDrink, 'pepsi': isDrink, 'cookies': isFood, 'crisps': isFood, }; return snacks[type](); } var snack = getSnack('coke');