Run results for: Math.pow(x,0.5) vs Math.sqrt(x)

Run details:

User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:123.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/123.0

Browser: Firefox 123

Operating system: Windows

Device Platform: Desktop

Date tested: one year ago

Test name	Executions per second
Math.sqrt	13842.0 Ops/sec
sqrt with Math.pow	13402.1 Ops/sec

Script Preparation code:

var numbers = Array.from(Array(10000), (_,x) => (Math.random()*x));

AخA
 
var numbers = Array.from(Array(10000), (_,x) => (Math.random()*x));

Tests:

Math.sqrt
numbers.forEach(x => Math.sqrt(x));
numbers.forEach(x => Math.sqrt(x));
sqrt with Math.pow
numbers.forEach(x => Math.pow(x,0.5));
numbers.forEach(x => Math.pow(x,0.5));