Run details:
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:85.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/85.0
Firefox 85
Windows
Desktop
4 years ago
Test name Executions per second
Control 840883904.0 Ops/sec
localStorage 101191.0 Ops/sec
sessionStorage 1826154.2 Ops/sec
Read Array 220120544.0 Ops/sec
Script Preparation code:
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localStorage.setItem('foo', 'bar')
sessionStorage.setItem('foo', 'bar')
var ARR = ['bar'];
Tests:
  • Control

     
    var FOO = 'bar';
  • localStorage

     
    var FOO = localStorage.getItem('foo');
  • sessionStorage

     
    var FOO = sessionStorage.getItem('foo');
  • Read Array

     
    var FOO = ARR[Math.floor(Math.random() * ARR.length)]