Run details:
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:91.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/91.0
Firefox 91
Ubuntu
Desktop
3 years ago
Test name Executions per second
Control 1420176896.0 Ops/sec
localStorage 71448.4 Ops/sec
sessionStorage 2587119.5 Ops/sec
Read Array 252711536.0 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)]