Run results for: String literal vs Template literal assignment

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Browser: Chrome 132

Operating system: Mac OS X 10.15.7

Device Platform: Desktop

Date tested: one year ago

Benchmark engine: Benchmark.js

String literal

240.6M/s

Template literal

232.9M/s

View exact numbers

Test name	Executions per second
✓ String literal	240,626,592 Ops/sec
Template literal	232,897,440 Ops/sec

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const TEST_ITERATIONS=100000;

Tests:

String literal
/*When writing async/deferred tests, use `deferred.resolve()` to mark test as done*/ for (let i=0; i++; i<TEST_ITERATIONS) { const stringLiteral = "This is a string without variables or concatting"; }
Template literal
for (let i=0; i++; i<TEST_ITERATIONS) { const templateLiteral = `This is a string without variables or concatting`; }

Run results for: String literal vs Template literal assignment

Is there a difference between constant string and a constant template literal assignment?

String literal

Template literal