Benchmark: Multiplying lists of vectors - SoA vs AoS vs interlaced array

Multiplying lists of vectors - SoA vs AoS vs interlaced array (version: 8)

What's the fastest way to process a list of vectors? Do you go the OO route, with an array of Vector() objects? Do you create a new data structure, using Float32Arrays for x, y, and z? Do you create a single Float32Array and interlace values for x, y, and z within it? Let's find out!

Comparing performance of: AoS vs SoA vs SoA - one component per loop vs Interlaced Array - no loop unrolling vs Interlaced Array - with loop unrolling

Created: 7 years ago by: Registered User

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Script Preparation code:

var N = 1000000

var x = new Float32Array(N);
var y = new Float32Array(N);
var z = new Float32Array(N);

var interlaced = new Float32Array(3*N);

var vectors = [];

for (var i = 0, li=x.length; i < li; ++i) {
	x[i] = Math.random();
	y[i] = Math.random();
	z[i] = Math.random();
	vectors.push( {x:Math.random(), y:Math.random(), z:Math.random()} );
}

for (var i = 0, li=interlaced.length; i < li; ++i) {
	interlaced[i] = Math.random();
}

Tests:

AoS
var vector; for (var i = 0, li=vectors.length; i < li; ++i) { vector = vectors[i]; vector.x = 2 * vector.x; vector.y = 2 * vector.y; vector.z = 2 * vector.z; }
SoA
for (var i = 0, li=x.length; i < li; ++i) { x[i] = 2 * x[i]; y[i] = 2 * y[i]; z[i] = 2 * z[i]; }
SoA - one component per loop
for (var i = 0, li=x.length; i < li; ++i) { x[i] = 2 * x[i]; } for (var i = 0, li=y.length; i < li; ++i) { y[i] = 2 * y[i]; } for (var i = 0, li=z.length; i < li; ++i) { z[i] = 2 * z[i]; }
Interlaced Array - no loop unrolling
for (var i = 0, li=interlaced.length; i < li; ++i) { interlaced[i] = 2*interlaced[i]; }
Interlaced Array - with loop unrolling
for (var i = 0, li=interlaced.length; i < li; i+=3) { interlaced[i] = 2*interlaced[i]; interlaced[i+1] = 2*interlaced[i+1]; interlaced[i+2] = 2*interlaced[i+2]; }

Rendered benchmark preparation results:

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Previous results

Test case name	Result
AoS
SoA
SoA - one component per loop
Interlaced Array - no loop unrolling
Interlaced Array - with loop unrolling

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

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Test name	Executions per second
AoS	218.4 Ops/sec
SoA	422.8 Ops/sec
SoA - one component per loop	419.0 Ops/sec
Interlaced Array - no loop unrolling	279.0 Ops/sec
Interlaced Array - with loop unrolling	382.5 Ops/sec

Multiplying lists of vectors - SoA vs AoS vs interlaced array (version: 8)

What's the fastest way to process a list of vectors? Do you go the OO route, with an array of Vector() objects? Do you create a new data structure, using Float32Arrays for x, y, and z? Do you create a single Float32Array and interlace values for x, y, and z within it? Let's find out!

Comparing performance of: AoS vs SoA vs SoA - one component per loop vs Interlaced Array - no loop unrolling vs Interlaced Array - with loop unrolling

Created: 7 years ago by: Registered User

Jump to the latest result

AoS

SoA

SoA - one component per loop

Interlaced Array - no loop unrolling

Interlaced Array - with loop unrolling

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Experimental features:

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A