Run results for: typeof vs instanceof vs constructor

Run details:

User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:131.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/131.0

Browser: Firefox 131

Operating system: Windows

Device Platform: Desktop

Date tested: one year ago

constructor check

1.1M/s

typeof check

1.0M/s

instanceof check

153K/s

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Script Preparation code:

function Ticket(id) {
  this._id = id;
}

var testTicket = new Ticket(1);
var count = 1000;

Tests:

typeof check
for (var i = 0; i < count; i += 1) { if (typeof testTicket === 'object') { continue; } }
instanceof check
for (var i = 0; i < count; i += 1) { if (testTicket instanceof Ticket) { continue; } }
constructor check
for (var i = 0; i < count; i += 1) { if (testTicket.constructor.name === 'Ticket') { continue; } }