Run results for: json stringify vs array join without parameter

Run details:

User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Android 13; Mobile; rv:108.0) Gecko/108.0 Firefox/108.0

Browser: Firefox Mobile 108

Operating system: Android

Device Platform: Mobile

Date tested: one year ago

Test name	Executions per second
join	4368348.0 Ops/sec
JSON.stringify	2876948.2 Ops/sec

Script Preparation code:

function moreData(arr, left) {
  if(left === 0) return arr;
  else {
    arr.push(Math.floor(Math.random() * 256));
  	return moreData(arr, left - 1);
  }
}
function makeTestData() { return moreData([], 4); }

Tests:

join
makeTestData().join()
JSON.stringify
JSON.stringify(makeTestData());

Run results for: json stringify vs array join without parameter

join

JSON.stringify