Benchmark: Object.fromEntries vs reduce vs Map

Script Preparation code:

var data = { ...Array.from(Array(10000).keys()) };

Tests:

Object.fromEntries
Object.fromEntries(Object.entries(data).map((key, value) => [key, value]));
Reduce (reuse object)
Object.entries(data).reduce((acc, [k, v]) => { acc[k] = v.toString(); return acc; }, {});
Reduce (creating temporary objects)
Object.entries(data).reduce((acc, [k, v]) => ({ ...acc, [k]: v.toString() }), {});
Map
Object.entries(data).reduce((acc, [k, v]) => { acc.set(k, v.toString()) return acc; }, new Map());

Rendered benchmark preparation results:

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Previous results

Test case name	Result
Object.fromEntries
Reduce (reuse object)
Reduce (creating temporary objects)
Map

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

Latest run results:

Run details: (Test run date: 10 days ago)

User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/131.0.0.0 Safari/537.36

Browser/OS: Chrome 131 on Mac OS X 10.15.7

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Test name	Executions per second
Object.fromEntries	318.1 Ops/sec
Reduce (reuse object)	2709.3 Ops/sec
Reduce (creating temporary objects)	91.1 Ops/sec
Map	1844.8 Ops/sec

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

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I'll break down the provided benchmark and explain what's being tested, compared, and their pros/cons.

**Benchmark Definition:**

The benchmark compares three methods to create an object from an array of key-value pairs:

1. `Object.fromEntries`
2. `Array.prototype.reduce` (with reuse object approach)
3. `Array.prototype.reduce` (with creating temporary objects approach)

**Test Cases:**

Each test case represents one of the above methods being tested on a specific dataset. The dataset is created using `Array.from(Array(10000).keys())`, which generates an array of 10,000 numbers.

Here's a brief explanation of each test case:

1. **Object.fromEntries**: This method creates an object from an iterable (in this case, an array of key-value pairs) by iterating over the array and adding each pair to the resulting object.
2. **Reduce (reuse object)**: This approach uses `Array.prototype.reduce` to create a new object by accumulating values in an accumulator object. The reuse object approach avoids creating temporary objects by reusing the same accumulator object for all iterations.
3. **Reduce (creating temporary objects)**: Similar to the previous approach, but instead of reusing the same accumulator object, a new object is created for each iteration.
4. **Map**: This test case uses `Array.prototype.reduce` with a `Map` object as the accumulator, which avoids creating temporary objects by using the map's built-in methods.

**Pros and Cons:**

Here are some pros and cons of each approach:

1. **Object.fromEntries**:
	* Pros: Easy to read and write, fast execution time.
	* Cons: May not be suitable for large datasets due to memory constraints.
2. **Reduce (reuse object)**:
	* Pros: Reduces memory allocation by reusing the same accumulator object, can be faster than creating temporary objects.
	* Cons: Can lead to performance issues if the accumulator object grows too large or is not properly cleared.
3. **Reduce (creating temporary objects)**:
	* Pros: Avoids potential performance issues with the reuse object approach.
	* Cons: Creates a new object on each iteration, which can lead to slower execution times and higher memory usage.
4. **Map**:
	* Pros: Efficiently uses `Map` data structure, avoids creating temporary objects.
	* Cons: May require additional setup and understanding of the `Map` API.

**Library/Technology Used:**

The benchmark utilizes:

1. **Array.prototype.reduce**: A built-in JavaScript method for reducing an array to a single value.
2. **Object.fromEntries**: Introduced in ECMAScript 2015, this method creates an object from an iterable.
3. **Map**: A built-in JavaScript data structure used as the accumulator in the test case.

**Special JS Features/ Syntax:**

The benchmark uses:

1. **ECMAScript 2015 syntax (Object.fromEntries)**: Requires support for ECMAScript 2015 or later versions.

**Alternatives:**

Other alternatives to compare would include:

1. Using `Array.prototype.forEach` instead of `Array.prototype.reduce`.
2. Utilizing a library like Lodash or Ramda for data manipulation.
3. Comparing other object creation methods, such as using `for...in` loops or string concatenation.

Keep in mind that the choice of approach depends on the specific use case and performance requirements.

Related benchmarks:

Object.fromEntries vs reduce vs Map (version: 0)

Comparing performance of: Object.fromEntries vs Reduce (reuse object) vs Reduce (creating temporary objects) vs Map

Created: 2 years ago by: Guest

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Object.fromEntries

Reduce (reuse object)

Reduce (creating temporary objects)

Map

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Experimental features:

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

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