Run results for: Math.hypot vs Math.sqrt

Run details:

User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:141.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/141.0

Browser: Firefox 141

Operating system: Ubuntu

Device Platform: Desktop

Date tested: one year ago

Math.hypot

674/s

Math.sqrt

357/s

View exact numbers

Test name	Executions per second
✓ Math.hypot	674 Ops/sec
Math.sqrt	357 Ops/sec

Script Preparation code:

function testHypot() {
  for (let i=0; i < 1000; i++){
    for (let j=0; j < 1000; j++) {
      Math.hypot(i, j)
    }
  }
}
function testSqrt() {
  for (let i=0; i < 1000; i++){
    for (let j=0; j < 1000; j++) {
      Math.sqrt(i*i+j*j)
    }
  }
}

Tests:

Math.hypot
testHypot()
Math.sqrt
testSqrt()

Run results for: Math.hypot vs Math.sqrt

Is Math.hypot actually faster than Math.sqrt?

Math.hypot

Math.sqrt