Benchmark: Md5 hashing - MeasureThat.net

HTML Preparation code:

<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/spark-md5/3.0.2/spark-md5.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/crypto-js/4.1.1/crypto-js.min.js"></script>

Tests:

Spark
SparkMD5.hash('Hi there');
CryptoJS
CryptoJS.MD5('Hi there');

Rendered benchmark preparation results:

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Previous results

Test case name	Result
Spark
CryptoJS

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

Autogenerated LLM Summary (model gemma2:9b, generated 27 days ago):

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This benchmark tests the performance of two different JavaScript libraries for calculating MD5 hashes:

* **SparkMD5:** A lightweight library focused on efficient hashing algorithms.  
* **CryptoJS:** A more comprehensive library offering various cryptographic functions, including MD5 hashing.

The tests compare how many times each library can calculate the MD5 hash of the string "Hi there" per second.

**Pros and Cons:**

* **SparkMD5:**
    * **Pros:** Generally considered faster due to its minimal size and focus on a specific task.
    * **Cons:** Less versatile compared to CryptoJS, as it primarily handles hashing operations.
* **CryptoJS:**
    * **Pros:** Offers a wider range of cryptographic functions beyond just MD5 hashing.  Can be more suitable if you need other cryptographic tools in your project.
    * **Cons:** Can be slightly slower than SparkMD5 due to its larger size and additional features.

**Other Considerations:**

* **Library Overhead:** Both libraries have some overhead associated with their initialization and function calls. This can affect the measured performance, especially for smaller test strings.
* **JavaScript Engine Optimization:** Different JavaScript engines (e.g., V8 in Chrome, SpiderMonkey in Firefox) may optimize these libraries differently, leading to varying performance results across browsers.
* **Test String Length:**  The performance difference between SparkMD5 and CryptoJS might be more pronounced with longer strings.

**Alternatives:**

Besides the mentioned libraries, you could explore other JavaScript hashing solutions:

* **Native `crypto` API (Node.js):** If you're working in a Node.js environment, the built-in `crypto` module provides high-performance cryptographic functions, including MD5. 
* **WebAssembly:**  For even greater performance gains, consider implementing your own MD5 hashing algorithm in WebAssembly and integrating it into your JavaScript code.

Remember that the best choice depends on your specific project requirements, performance needs, and the desired level of cryptographic security.

Latest run results:

Run details: (Test run date: 8 days ago)

User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/130.0.0.0 Safari/537.36

Browser/OS: Chrome 130 on Mac OS X 10.15.7

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Test name	Executions per second
Spark	1228968.2 Ops/sec
CryptoJS	652081.7 Ops/sec

Related benchmarks:

Md5 hashing (version: 0)

Comparing performance of: Spark vs CryptoJS

Created: 2 years ago by: Guest

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Spark

CryptoJS

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

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Autogenerated LLM Summary (model gemma2:9b, generated 27 days ago):