Benchmark: clientHeight vs getComputedStyle().height

HTML Preparation code:

<div id="test">test</div>

Script Preparation code:

var element = document.getElementById('test');

Tests:

clientHeight
element.clientHeight;
getComputedStyle
parseFloat(window.getComputedStyle(element).height);

Rendered benchmark preparation results:

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Previous results

Test case name	Result
clientHeight
getComputedStyle

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

Latest run results:

Run details: (Test run date: 3 months ago)

User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/128.0.0.0 Safari/537.36

Browser/OS: Chrome 128 on Mac OS X 10.15.7

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Test name	Executions per second
clientHeight	2680337.8 Ops/sec
getComputedStyle	975235.7 Ops/sec

Autogenerated LLM Summary (model llama3.2:3b, generated 2 months ago):

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Let's break down the benchmark test case and explain what's being tested.

**What is being tested?**

The benchmark is comparing two approaches to retrieve the height of an HTML element:

1. `element.clientHeight`: This is a direct access to the client height property of the element. It returns the height of the visible part of the element, not including any padding or border.
2. `parseFloat(window.getComputedStyle(element).height)`: This uses the `getComputedStyle()` method to retrieve the computed style of the element and then parses the `height` property as a float.

**Options compared**

The two options are being compared in terms of their performance:

* `clientHeight` (Option 1)
* `getComputedStyle().height` (Option 2)

**Pros and Cons**

Here's a brief summary of the pros and cons of each approach:

* **clientHeight**
	+ Pros: Direct access to client height, likely faster since it doesn't involve parsing or getting computed styles.
	+ Cons: May not include padding or border in the measurement, which could be important depending on the use case.
* `getComputedStyle().height`
	+ Pros: Includes padding and border in the measurement, providing a more comprehensive view of the element's height.
	+ Cons: Slower since it involves getting computed styles, parsing, and accessing properties.

**Library and purpose**

In this benchmark, the `getComputedStyle()` method is used to retrieve the computed style of an element. This library is part of the W3C DOM API and provides a way to access an element's styles without having to use CSS selectors or inline styles.

**Special JS feature or syntax**

There are no special JavaScript features or syntaxes being tested in this benchmark. The code is straightforward and uses standard JavaScript methods and properties.

**Other alternatives**

Some alternative approaches to measuring an element's height could include:

* Using CSS selectors, such as `element.offsetHeight` (which includes padding and border) or `element.style.height`
* Using a library like jQuery that provides an `offset()` method for accessing an element's position and size
* Using a CSS grid system or layout engine to measure the height of elements

Overall, this benchmark is testing two common approaches to measuring an HTML element's height in JavaScript, highlighting their pros and cons, and providing insights into the performance differences between them.

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clientHeight

getComputedStyle

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

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Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

Autogenerated LLM Summary (model llama3.2:3b, generated 2 months ago):