Run results for: string vs numeric enum values compare -

Run details:

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Browser: Safari 18

Operating system: Mac OS X 10.15.7

Device Platform: Desktop

Date tested: one year ago

numeric enums

13K/s

string enums

8K/s

View exact numbers

Test name	Executions per second
✓ numeric enums	13,307 Ops/sec
string enums	8,272 Ops/sec

Tests:

string enums
const a = { one: 'longLiteralTest', two: 'longLiteralTesT', }; let c = 0; for (let i = 0; i < 100000; i++) { const v = i % 2 === 0 ? a.one : a.two; if (v === a.one) { c++; } }
numeric enums
const a = { one: 1, two: 2, }; let c = 0; for (let i = 0; i < 100000; i++) { const v = i % 2 === 0 ? a.one : a.two; if (v === a.one) { c++; } }