Run results for: base64 vs json.stringify

Run details:

User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Android 15; Mobile; rv:136.0) Gecko/136.0 Firefox/136.0

Browser: Firefox Mobile 136

Operating system: Android

Device Platform: Mobile

Date tested: one year ago

base64 short string

10.0M/s

json short string

6.5M/s

json long string

519K/s

base64 long string

232K/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: