Run results for: base64 vs json.stringify

Run details:

User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Android 12; Mobile; rv:126.0) Gecko/126.0 Firefox/126.0

Browser: Firefox Mobile 126

Operating system: Android

Device Platform: Mobile

Date tested: 2 years ago

base64 short string

3.4M/s

json short string

1.9M/s

json long string

155K/s

base64 long string

38K/s

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Script Preparation code:

var dataShort = rand();
var dataLong = Array.from({ length: 100 }, rand).join("\n");
function rand() {
  return Math.random().toString(36);
}

Tests: