Run results for: Math.pow(x, 2) vs. x * x

Run details:

User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:138.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/138.0

Browser: Firefox 138

Operating system: Linux

Device Platform: Desktop

Date tested: one year ago

x * x

13K/s

Math.pow

9K/s

View exact numbers

Test name	Executions per second
✓ x * x	12,619 Ops/sec
Math.pow	8,995 Ops/sec

Script Preparation code:

var numbers = Array.from(Array(10000), (_,x) => (Math.random()*x));

Tests: