Benchmark: window.localStorage vs localStorage

Tests:

window.localStorage
window.localStorage
localStorage
localStorage

Rendered benchmark preparation results:

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Previous results

Test case name	Result
window.localStorage
localStorage

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

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

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**Benchmark Definition and Options**

The benchmark is comparing two options: `window.localStorage` and `localStorage`. These are both used to store small amounts of data in web applications, but they differ in how they interact with the browser's storage system.

**Options Comparison**

* **Window(localStorage)**:
	+ Pros: This option uses the `window.localStorage` property, which is a part of the DOM (Document Object Model). It provides a more explicit way to access local storage and allows for more fine-grained control over its usage.
	+ Cons: This approach can be slower and less efficient than using `localStorage`, as it requires an additional lookup through the window object.
* **localStorage**:
	+ Pros: This option uses the native `localStorage` API, which is a part of the HTML5 specification. It provides better performance and efficiency compared to the `window.localStorage` approach.
	+ Cons: This approach can be less explicit and more prone to errors, as it relies on the browser's internal implementation.

**Library and Purpose**

In both test cases, no external libraries are used. The `localStorage` API is a native part of web browsers, and it does not require any additional imports or setup.

**Special JS Features or Syntax**

There are no special JavaScript features or syntax mentioned in this benchmark. Both options use standard JavaScript syntax and do not rely on any advanced features like async/await, promises, or closures.

**Other Alternatives**

If you wanted to compare these two options in a different way, you could consider the following alternatives:

* Use a third-party library that provides an abstraction layer over `localStorage`, such as IndexedDB or LocalStorage API wrappers.
* Compare the performance of using `window.localStorage` versus `localStorage` on mobile devices, where the native implementation may differ from the desktop version.

Keep in mind that these alternatives would require additional setup and testing to ensure accurate results.

Latest run results:

Run details: (Test run date: 11 months ago)

User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:120.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/120.0

Browser/OS: Firefox 120 on Ubuntu

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Test name	Executions per second
window.localStorage	4054408.5 Ops/sec
localStorage	3035168.8 Ops/sec

Related benchmarks:

window.localStorage vs localStorage (version: 0)

Comparing performance of: window.localStorage vs localStorage

Created: 11 months ago by: Registered User

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window.localStorage

localStorage

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

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Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

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