Run details:
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:109.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/117.0
Firefox 117
Linux
Desktop
one year ago
Test name Executions per second
Multiply using Decimal.js 1681.8 Ops/sec
Multiply using native numbers 2188208.5 Ops/sec
Multiply using numerical strings parsed with Number 3660234.2 Ops/sec
Multiply using numerical strings parsed with parseFloat 15121.6 Ops/sec
HTML Preparation code:
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<script src='https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/decimal.js-light@2.5.0/decimal.min.js'></script>
Script Preparation code:
 
var x = 5.236;
Tests:
  • Multiply using Decimal.js

     
    for (var i = 0; i < 1000; i++) {
      Decimal('0.00253452345').plus(Decimal('0.042234'))
    }
  • Multiply using native numbers

     
    for (var i = 0; i < 1000; i++) {
      0.00253452345 + 0.042234
    }
  • Multiply using numerical strings parsed with Number

     
    for (var i = 0; i < 1000; i++) {
      Number("0.00253452345") + Number("0.042234")
    }
  • Multiply using numerical strings parsed with parseFloat

     
    for (var i = 0; i < 1000; i++) {
      parseFloat("0.00253452345") + parseFloat("0.042234")
    }