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

Run details:

User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 14; SM-S9110 Build/UP1A.231005.007) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/132.0.6834.163 Mobile Safari/537.36

Browser: Chrome Mobile 132

Operating system: Android

Device Platform: Mobile

Date tested: one year ago

sqrt with Math.pow

58K/s

Math.sqrt

49K/s

View exact numbers

Test name	Executions per second
✓ sqrt with Math.pow	57,986 Ops/sec
Math.sqrt	48,566 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));