Concat vs push(...) vs flat for large arrays of arrays
Comparing the various ways to append to a large array
Date tested:
one year ago
User agent:
Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:109.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/110.0
Test name
Executions per second
Control (for push)
242991.2 Ops/sec
Concat
158066.1 Ops/sec
Spread
85451.8 Ops/sec
Flat
339913.8 Ops/sec
Benchmark definition (click to collapse):
Script Preparation code:
window.top.tests = {control:[], concat:[], spread:[], flat: []}; window.test = (new Array(10)).fill(null); window.arrays = (new Array(10)).fill(window.test); window.cutoff = 5000;
Tests:
Control (for push)
window.top.tests.control = window.arrays.reduce((acc, arr) => { acc.push(...arr); return acc; }, []); if (window.top.tests.control.length > window.cutoff) { window.top.tests.control = []; console.log('reset control'); }
Concat
window.top.tests.concat = window.arrays.reduce((acc, arr) => acc.concat(arr), []); if (window.top.tests.concat.length > window.cutoff) { window.top.tests.concat = []; console.log('reset concat'); }
Spread
window.top.tests.spread = window.arrays.reduce((acc, arr) => [...acc, ...arr], []); if (window.top.tests.spread.length > window.cutoff) { window.top.tests.spread = []; console.log('reset spread'); }
Flat
window.top.tests.flat = window.arrays.flat(); if (window.top.tests.flat.length > window.cutoff) { window.top.tests.flat = []; console.log('reset flat'); }
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