Benchmark: structuredClone vs spread vs Object.assign() vs JSON.parse(JSON.stringify)

Script Preparation code:

var oldObj = {
    "single": false,
    "applyOverTaxes": false,
    "discountType": "1",
    "value": 100,
    "minimumAmount": 0,
    "quantity": 1,
    "suffixLength": 8,
    "code": "IF5R0AFX",
    "vertical": true,
    "allowedPaymentMethods": null,
    "allowedBanks": null,
    "types": undefined,
    "partners": "Many",
    "startDate": "2020-10-21T00:00:00.000Z",
    "endDate": "2020-10-21T00:00:00.000Z",
    "applyed": false,
  	"myarr": [{a: 1, b: "2", c: [3,4,5]}]
}

Tests:

structuredClone()
const newObj = structuredClone(oldObj)
spread syntax
const newObj = {...oldObj}
Object.assign()
const newObj = Object.assign({}, oldObj)
JSON
const newObj = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(oldObj))

Rendered benchmark preparation results:

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Previous results

Test case name	Result
structuredClone()
spread syntax
Object.assign()
JSON

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

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

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**Benchmark Explanation**

The provided benchmark measures the performance of four different approaches for cloning or serializing JavaScript objects:

1. **structuredClone()**: This is a built-in JavaScript function introduced in ECMAScript 2022, which creates a shallow clone of an object, including its enumerable properties and their values.
2. **Spread syntax (Object spread)**: This approach uses the spread operator (`...`) to create a new object with the same properties as the original object.
3. **Object.assign()**: This method copies the properties from one or more source objects to a target object.
4. **JSON.parse(JSON.stringify())**: This approach serializes the object using JSON.stringify() and then parses the resulting string back into an object.

**Options Compared**

Each option is compared in terms of:

* Execution time (ExecutionsPerSecond)
* Number of executions per second

**Pros and Cons**

* **structuredClone()**:
	+ Pros: Efficient, easy to use, creates a shallow clone that preserves the original object's properties.
	+ Cons: Only available in ECMAScript 2022 and later versions; may not work with older browsers or environments.
* **Spread syntax (Object spread)**:
	+ Pros: Easy to use, efficient, and compatible with most modern browsers and environments.
	+ Cons: May not work with certain types of objects (e.g., Date, RegExp) that are serialized using JSON.stringify().
* **Object.assign()**:
	+ Pros: Widely supported across different browsers and environments; easy to understand.
	+ Cons: Can be slower than the other options, especially for large objects.
* **JSON.parse(JSON.stringify())**:
	+ Pros: Easy to use and widely supported across different browsers and environments.
	+ Cons: May not work with certain types of objects (e.g., Date, RegExp) that are serialized using JSON.stringify(); can be slower than the other options.

**Library Usage**

In this benchmark, none of the libraries are explicitly mentioned. However, it is likely that the benchmark uses a library like `structuredClone` polyfill for older browsers or environments that do not support the `structuredClone()` function natively.

**Special JS Feature or Syntax**

The benchmark does not use any special JavaScript features or syntax other than those mentioned above.

Latest run results:

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

User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/118.0.0.0 Safari/537.36

Browser/OS: Chrome 118 on Windows

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Test name	Executions per second
structuredClone()	370765.6 Ops/sec
spread syntax	25020466.0 Ops/sec
Object.assign()	4645589.0 Ops/sec
JSON	680247.8 Ops/sec

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structuredClone()

spread syntax

Object.assign()

JSON

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Experimental features:

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

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