Run results for: Direct Array vs Typed Array vs Array read performances

Run details:

User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:135.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/135.0

Browser: Firefox 135

Operating system: Ubuntu

Device Platform: Desktop

Date tested: one year ago

Benchmark engine: Benchmark.js

new TypedArray

594/s

new Array

249/s

Direct Array

241/s

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Tests:

new TypedArray
let arr = new Float32Array(1000000); arr[0] = Math.random(); var sum = 0; for (let i = 0; i < 1000000; i++) { sum+= arr[i]; }
new Array
let arr = new Array(1000000); arr[0] = Math.random(); var sum = 0; for (let i = 0; i < 1000000; i++) { sum+= arr[i]; }
Direct Array
let arr = []; arr[0] = Math.random(); var sum = 0; for (let i = 0; i < 1000000; i++) { sum+= arr[i]; }