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Run results for: Power vs Square Root functions

Measure the performance of the Power and Square Root functions. Conclusion: The underlying math logic seems to be the same, regardless of the function used.

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Run details:
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/87.0.4280.66 Safari/537.36
Chrome 87
Windows
Desktop
4 years ago
Test name Executions per second
Power function (small number) 4350918.5 Ops/sec
Power function (large number) 4304805.5 Ops/sec
Power function (very large number) 4277619.5 Ops/sec
Square root function (small number) 4353308.5 Ops/sec
Square root function (large number) 4345885.5 Ops/sec
Square root function (very large number) 4349832.5 Ops/sec
Script Preparation code:
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// Javascript uses floats for numbers. Generaate some numbers in advance.
var smallNumber = Math.pow(2, 7) + Math.floor(Math.random() * Math.pow(2,7));
var largeNumber = Math.pow(2, 30) + Math.floor(Math.random() * Math.pow(2,30));
var veryLargeNumber = Math.pow(2, 60) + Math.floor(Math.random() * Math.pow(2,60));
Tests:

  • Power function (small number)

     
    Math.pow(smallNumber, 2);

  • Power function (large number)

     
    Math.pow(largeNumber, 2);

  • Power function (very large number)

     
    Math.pow(veryLargeNumber, 2);

  • Square root function (small number)

     
    Math.sqrt(smallNumber);

  • Square root function (large number)

     
    Math.sqrt(largeNumber);

  • Square root function (very large number)

     
    Math.sqrt(veryLargeNumber);