Run details:
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:109.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/110.0
Firefox 110
Linux
Desktop
one year ago
Test name Executions per second
slice 219.9 Ops/sec
splice 17928400.0 Ops/sec
shift 636345.6 Ops/sec
Script Preparation code:
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var list = [];
for (var i = 0; i < 1000 * 1000; i++) {
  list.push(i);
}
Tests:
  • slice

     
    list.push('slice');
    list = list.slice(500);
  • splice

     
    list.push('splice');
    list.splice(0, 500);
  • shift

     
    list.push('splice');
    for (var i = 0; i < 500; i++) {
        list.shift();
    }