Benchmark: deepCopy perf test

Script Preparation code:


var data_in = [
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        "address": {
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        "username": "Antonette",
        "email": "Shanna@melissa.tv",
        "address": {
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        "company": {
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            "catchPhrase": "Proactive didactic contingency",
            "bs": "synergize scalable supply-chains"
        }
    },
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        "name": "Clementine Bauch",
        "username": "Samantha",
        "email": "Nathan@yesenia.net",
        "address": {
            "street": "Douglas Extension",
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            "city": "McKenziehaven",
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            }
        },
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        "website": "ramiro.info",
        "company": {
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            "catchPhrase": "Face to face bifurcated interface",
            "bs": "e-enable strategic applications"
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        "name": "Patricia Lebsack",
        "username": "Karianne",
        "email": "Julianne.OConner@kory.org",
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            "catchPhrase": "Multi-tiered zero tolerance productivity",
            "bs": "transition cutting-edge web services"
        }
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        "name": "Chelsey Dietrich",
        "username": "Kamren",
        "email": "Lucio_Hettinger@annie.ca",
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            "bs": "revolutionize end-to-end systems"
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        "name": "Mrs. Dennis Schulist",
        "username": "Leopoldo_Corkery",
        "email": "Karley_Dach@jasper.info",
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            }
        },
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        "website": "ola.org",
        "company": {
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            "catchPhrase": "Synchronised bottom-line interface",
            "bs": "e-enable innovative applications"
        }
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        "id": 7,
        "name": "Kurtis Weissnat",
        "username": "Elwyn.Skiles",
        "email": "Telly.Hoeger@billy.biz",
        "address": {
            "street": "Rex Trail",
            "suite": "Suite 280",
            "city": "Howemouth",
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                "lng": "21.8984"
            }
        },
        "phone": "210.067.6132",
        "website": "elvis.io",
        "company": {
            "name": "Johns Group",
            "catchPhrase": "Configurable multimedia task-force",
            "bs": "generate enterprise e-tailers"
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        "id": 8,
        "name": "Nicholas Runolfsdottir V",
        "username": "Maxime_Nienow",
        "email": "Sherwood@rosamond.me",
        "address": {
            "street": "Ellsworth Summit",
            "suite": "Suite 729",
            "city": "Aliyaview",
            "zipcode": "45169",
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        "website": "jacynthe.com",
        "company": {
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            "catchPhrase": "Implemented secondary concept",
            "bs": "e-enable extensible e-tailers"
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        "name": "Glenna Reichert",
        "username": "Delphine",
        "email": "Chaim_McDermott@dana.io",
        "address": {
            "street": "Dayna Park",
            "suite": "Suite 449",
            "city": "Bartholomebury",
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        "website": "conrad.com",
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            "name": "Yost and Sons",
            "catchPhrase": "Switchable contextually-based project",
            "bs": "aggregate real-time technologies"
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        "id": 10,
        "name": "Clementina DuBuque",
        "username": "Moriah.Stanton",
        "email": "Rey.Padberg@karina.biz",
        "address": {
            "street": "Kattie Turnpike",
            "suite": "Suite 198",
            "city": "Lebsackbury",
            "zipcode": "31428-2261",
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                "lng": "57.2232"
            }
        },
        "phone": "024-648-3804",
        "website": "ambrose.net",
        "company": {
            "name": "Hoeger LLC",
            "catchPhrase": "Centralized empowering task-force",
            "bs": "target end-to-end models"
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    }
]

var data = undefined


// creates a deep copy of a javascript object
var deepCopy = (obj) => {
    if (obj === null || typeof obj !== 'object') {
        return obj;
    }
    var copy = obj.constructor();
    for (var attr in obj) {
        if (obj.hasOwnProperty(attr)) {
            copy[attr] = deepCopy(obj[attr]);
        }
    }
    return copy;
}


var deepCopy2 = (obj) => {
    if(typeof obj !== 'object' || obj === null) {
        return obj;
    }

    if(obj instanceof Date) {
        return new Date(obj.getTime());
    }

    if(obj instanceof Array) {
        return obj.reduce((arr, item, i) => {
            arr[i] = deepCopy(item);
            return arr;
        }, []);
    }

    if(obj instanceof Object) {
        return Object.keys(obj).reduce((newObj, key) => {
            newObj[key] = deepCopy(obj[key]);
            return newObj;
        }, {})
    }
}

Tests:

Structured clone
for (let d of data_in) { data = structuredClone(d) }
Deep copy
for (let d of data_in) { data = deepCopy(d) }
JSON stringify + parse
for (let d of data_in) { data = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(d)) }
Spread operator
for (let d of data_in) { data = {...d} }
Deep copy 2
for (let d of data_in) { data = deepCopy2(d) }

Rendered benchmark preparation results:

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Previous results

Test case name	Result
Structured clone
Deep copy
JSON stringify + parse
Spread operator
Deep copy 2

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

Autogenerated LLM Summary (model llama3.2:3b, generated 26 days ago):

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Latest run results:

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

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Browser/OS: Firefox 110 on Linux

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Test name	Executions per second
Structured clone	12562.4 Ops/sec
Deep copy	89332.1 Ops/sec
JSON stringify + parse	20764.4 Ops/sec
Spread operator	359677.3 Ops/sec
Deep copy 2	75636.2 Ops/sec

Related benchmarks:

deepCopy perf test (version: 0)

Structured clone vs manual deep copy function vs JSON stringify vs {...}

Comparing performance of: Structured clone vs Deep copy vs JSON stringify + parse vs Spread operator vs Deep copy 2

Created: one year ago by: Registered User

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Structured clone

Deep copy

JSON stringify + parse

Spread operator

Deep copy 2

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Experimental features:

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

Autogenerated LLM Summary (model llama3.2:3b, generated 26 days ago):