Benchmark: UUID Generation (compatibility mode)

Script Preparation code:


// Jeff Ward v7
var lut = []; for (var i=0; i<256; i++) { lut[i] = (i<16?'0':'')+(i).toString(16); }
function e7()
{
  var d0 = Math.random()*0xffffffff|0;
  var d1 = Math.random()*0xffffffff|0;
  var d2 = Math.random()*0xffffffff|0;
  var d3 = Math.random()*0xffffffff|0;
  return lut[d0&0xff]+lut[d0>>8&0xff]+lut[d0>>16&0xff]+lut[d0>>24&0xff]+'-'+
    lut[d1&0xff]+lut[d1>>8&0xff]+'-'+lut[d1>>16&0x0f|0x40]+lut[d1>>24&0xff]+'-'+
    lut[d2&0x3f|0x80]+lut[d2>>8&0xff]+'-'+lut[d2>>16&0xff]+lut[d2>>24&0xff]+
    lut[d3&0xff]+lut[d3>>8&0xff]+lut[d3>>16&0xff]+lut[d3>>24&0xff];
}

// Broofa (old)
function uuidv4_old() {
  return 'xxxxxxxx-xxxx-4xxx-yxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx'.replace(/[xy]/g, function(c) {
    var r = Math.random() * 16 | 0, v = c == 'x' ? r : (r & 0x3 | 0x8);
    return v.toString(16);
  });
}


// Jon Surrell (not real UUID)
function guid() {
  function s4() {
    return Math.floor((1 + Math.random()) * 0x10000)
      .toString(16)
      .substring(1);
  }
  return s4() + s4() + '-' + s4() + '-' + s4() + '-' +
    s4() + '-' + s4() + s4() + s4();
}

// My Test
var UUID = (new function() {
  this._lut = []; for (var i = 0; i < 256; i++) {
    this._lut[i] = (i < 16 ? '0' : '') + (i).toString(16);
  };

  this._format = function (rarr) {
    return '' +
    this._lut[rarr[0]       & 0xff]        + this._lut[rarr[0] >>  8 & 0xff] + this._lut[rarr[0] >> 16 & 0xff] + this._lut[rarr[0] >> 24 & 0xff] + '-' +
    this._lut[rarr[1]       & 0xff]        + this._lut[rarr[1] >>  8 & 0xff] + '-' +
    this._lut[rarr[1] >> 16 & 0x0f | 0x40] + this._lut[rarr[1] >> 24 & 0xff] + '-' +
    this._lut[rarr[2]       & 0x3f | 0x80] + this._lut[rarr[2] >>  8 & 0xff] + '-' +
    this._lut[rarr[2] >> 16 & 0xff]        + this._lut[rarr[2] >> 24 & 0xff] +
    this._lut[rarr[3]       & 0xff]        + this._lut[rarr[3] >>  8 & 0xff] +
    this._lut[rarr[3] >> 16 & 0xff]        + this._lut[rarr[3] >> 24 & 0xff];
  };

  this._getRandomness = function () {
    if ('crypto' in window && 'Uint32Array' in window) {
      var dvals = new Uint32Array(4);
      window.crypto.getRandomValues(dvals);
      return dvals
    }
    return [
      Math.random() * 0x100000000 >>> 0,
      Math.random() * 0x100000000 >>> 0,
      Math.random() * 0x100000000 >>> 0,
      Math.random() * 0x100000000 >>> 0,
    ];
  };

  this.generate = function () {
    return this._format(this._getRandomness());
  };
}());

Tests:

Jeff Ward v7
e7();
Jon Surrell (not real UUID)
guid();
Broofa (old)
uuidv4_old();
My Test
UUID.generate();

Rendered benchmark preparation results:

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Previous results

Test case name	Result
Jeff Ward v7
Jon Surrell (not real UUID)
Broofa (old)
My Test

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

Latest run results:

Run details: (Test run date: 3 years ago)

User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.15; rv:90.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/90.0

Browser/OS: Firefox 90 on Mac OS X 10.15

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Test name	Executions per second
Jeff Ward v7	3692444.8 Ops/sec
Jon Surrell (not real UUID)	1834858.6 Ops/sec
Broofa (old)	287511.9 Ops/sec
My Test	587240.2 Ops/sec

Autogenerated LLM Summary (model llama3.2:3b, generated 2 months ago):

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I'll break down the provided benchmark definition and individual test cases, explaining what's tested, compared, and their pros and cons.

**Benchmark Definition:**
The benchmark definition is a JavaScript function that generates a UUID (Universally Unique Identifier). There are four test cases:

1. **Jeff Ward v7**: This function uses a lookup table (`lut`) to generate the UUID.
2. **Jon Surrell (not real UUID)**: This function generates a UUID by concatenating four random numbers in hexadecimal format.
3. **Broofa (old)**: This is an older version of the `uuidv4` function, which also generates a UUID using a similar approach to Jeff Ward v7.
4. **My Test**: This custom implementation uses a similar approach as Jon Surrell but with some additional randomness generation.

**Comparison:**

* **Jeff Ward v7 vs Broofa (old)**: Both use a lookup table-based approach, which is efficient and predictable. However, the `broofa` function has a slightly different implementation.
* **My Test vs Jeff Ward v7**: Both use a similar approach, but My Test uses more randomness generation, making it potentially faster.

**Pros and Cons:**

1. **Jeff Ward v7**:
	* Pros: Efficient, predictable, and easy to understand.
	* Cons: May not be suitable for cryptographic purposes due to the fixed lookup table.
2. **Jon Surrell (not real UUID)**:
	* Pros: Simple, fast, and easy to implement.
	* Cons: Less efficient than other approaches, as it relies on concatenating random numbers.
3. **Broofa (old)**:
	* Pros: Similar to Jeff Ward v7, but with a slightly different implementation.
	* Cons: Also uses a fixed lookup table, which may not be suitable for cryptographic purposes.
4. **My Test**:
	* Pros: Combines the efficiency of Jeff Ward v7 with additional randomness generation, making it potentially faster than Jon Surrell (not real UUID).
	* Cons: More complex implementation due to the custom randomness generation.

**Latest Benchmark Results:**
The results show that:

1. **Jeff Ward v7**: Has the highest execution frequency per second.
2. **My Test**: Is close behind Jeff Ward v7, with a slightly lower but still high execution frequency.
3. **Broofa (old)** and **Jon Surrell (not real UUID)** have significantly lower execution frequencies.

Overall, the benchmark results suggest that `Jeff Ward v7` is currently the fastest implementation among the four test cases, followed closely by `My Test`. However, it's essential to note that this may change as new browser versions or hardware are introduced.

Related benchmarks:

UUID Generation (compatibility mode) (version: 0)

Comparing performance of: Jeff Ward v7 vs Jon Surrell (not real UUID) vs Broofa (old) vs My Test

Created: 7 years ago by: Registered User

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Jeff Ward v7

Jon Surrell (not real UUID)

Broofa (old)

My Test

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Experimental features:

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

Autogenerated LLM Summary (model llama3.2:3b, generated 2 months ago):