Benchmark: re.match vs re.test vs str.startsWith vs str.indexOf - MeasureThat.net

Script Preparation code:

var path = "/models/";

Tests:

re.match (regexp)
path.match(/^\/models\//);
re.match (string)
path.match("^/models/");
re.test
/^\/models\//.test(path);
str.startsWith
path.startsWith("/models/");
str.indexOf
path.indexOf("/models/") === 0;

Rendered benchmark preparation results:

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Previous results

Test case name	Result
re.match (regexp)
re.match (string)
re.test
str.startsWith
str.indexOf

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

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Latest run results:

Run details: (Test run date: one year ago)

User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Fedora; Linux x86_64; rv:82.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/82.0

Browser/OS: Firefox 82 on Fedora

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Test name	Executions per second
re.match (regexp)	10158850.0 Ops/sec
re.match (string)	2811995.0 Ops/sec
re.test	14524990.0 Ops/sec
str.startsWith	26785080.0 Ops/sec
str.indexOf	24555110.0 Ops/sec