Benchmark: object-hash SHA-1 vs MD5 vs passthrough

HTML Preparation code:

<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/object-hash@3.0.0/dist/object_hash.min.js"></script>

Script Preparation code:

var context1 = {
  title: 'fish',
  position: 1
}

var context2 = {
  title: 'fish',
  position: 1
}

Tests:

Object-hash SHA-1
objectHash(context1,{algorithm:'sha1'})
Object-hash MD5
objectHash(context1,{algorithm:'md5'})
Object-hash passthrough
objectHash(context1,{algorithm:'passthrough'})

Rendered benchmark preparation results:

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Previous results

Test case name	Result
Object-hash SHA-1
Object-hash MD5
Object-hash passthrough

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

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

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**Overview of the Benchmark**

The provided benchmark measures the performance of three different algorithms for generating hashes from JavaScript objects: SHA-1, MD5, and passthrough.

**Algorithm Overview**

*   **SHA-1**: A cryptographic hash function that produces a 160-bit (20-byte) hash value. It is widely used for data integrity and authentication purposes.
*   **MD5**: Another cryptographic hash function that produces a 128-bit (16-byte) hash value. It is less secure than SHA-1 but still widely used due to its simplicity and performance.
*   **Passthrough**: A hashing algorithm that simply returns the original object's string representation without generating a new hash.

**Options Comparison**

The benchmark compares the execution time of each algorithm for the same input object (`context1`).

Pros and Cons:

*   **SHA-1**: Pros: Provides strong data integrity and authentication guarantees. Cons: 160-bit hash value can be large, making it less suitable for applications with limited memory or bandwidth.
*   **MD5**: Pros: Smaller hash value (128 bits) makes it more memory-efficient than SHA-1. Cons: Less secure than SHA-1 due to its smaller key space.
*   **Passthrough**: Pros: Fastest execution time since it simply returns the original object's string representation. Cons: Does not provide any data integrity or authentication guarantees.

**Library Usage**

The benchmark uses the `object-hash` library, which provides a simple and efficient way to generate hashes from JavaScript objects. The library is used for all three algorithms in the benchmark.

**Special JavaScript Feature/Syntax**

There are no special JavaScript features or syntaxes used in this benchmark.

**Other Considerations**

When choosing a hashing algorithm, consider the following factors:

*   Data integrity: If data integrity is crucial, choose an algorithm like SHA-1.
*   Memory efficiency: If memory is limited, choose an algorithm like MD5.
*   Performance: If speed is essential, choose the passthrough algorithm.

**Alternative Hashing Algorithms**

Other popular hashing algorithms include:

*   **SHA-256**: A 256-bit (32-byte) hash function that provides even stronger data integrity and authentication guarantees than SHA-1.
*   **BLAKE2**: A family of hash functions that offer better performance and security compared to traditional cryptographic hash functions like MD5 and SHA-1.
*   **Argon2**: A memory-hard hash function designed to be more resistant to GPU-based attacks.

Keep in mind that the choice of hashing algorithm ultimately depends on your specific use case, performance requirements, and security constraints.

Latest run results:

Run details: (Test run date: 8 months ago)

User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/123.0.0.0 Safari/537.36

Browser/OS: Chrome 123 on Windows

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Test name	Executions per second
Object-hash SHA-1	43782.3 Ops/sec
Object-hash MD5	42426.4 Ops/sec
Object-hash passthrough	332173.2 Ops/sec

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Object-hash SHA-1

Object-hash MD5

Object-hash passthrough

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):