Benchmark: UUID lib vs Crypto.RamdonUID

HTML Preparation code:


<script src='https://jspm.dev/uuid'></script>

Tests:

uuid
console.log(uuid.v4())
crypto
console.log(crypto.randomUUID())

Rendered benchmark preparation results:

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Previous results

Test case name	Result
uuid
crypto

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

Autogenerated LLM Summary (model llama3.2:3b, generated 25 days ago):

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**Overview**

MeasureThat.net is a website that allows users to create and run JavaScript microbenchmarks. The provided JSON represents a benchmark that compares the performance of two libraries: `uuid` and `crypto.randomUUID()`. The test cases are designed to measure the execution time of each library's generated UUID string.

**Options compared**

The two options being compared are:

1. **`uuid.v4()`**: This is a function from the `uuid` library that generates a random UUID (Universally Unique Identifier) using the RFC 4122 standard.
2. **`crypto.randomUUID()`**: This is a function from the JavaScript built-in `crypto` module that generates a cryptographically secure random UUID.

**Pros and Cons**

* **`uuid.v4()`**:
	+ Pros: Simple to use, widely supported, and easy to implement.
	+ Cons: May not be as secure or cryptographically strong as `crypto.randomUUID()`, since it doesn't involve cryptographic hashing.
* **`crypto.randomUUID()`**:
	+ Pros: More secure and cryptographically strong than `uuid.v4()`, making it suitable for applications that require high security.
	+ Cons: Requires a modern JavaScript engine (e.g., V8) to support the `crypto` module, which may not be available in older browsers or environments.

**Library and its purpose**

* **`uuid` library**: The `uuid` library provides a set of functions for generating Universally Unique Identifiers. It's designed to be easy to use and provide a simple way to generate UUIDs without the need for complex cryptographic calculations.
* **`crypto` module**: The JavaScript built-in `crypto` module is designed to provide cryptographic functions, including hash functions, digital signatures, and random number generation. In this benchmark, it's used to generate cryptographically secure random UUIDs.

**Special JS feature or syntax**

There doesn't appear to be any special JavaScript features or syntax being tested in this benchmark. The focus is on comparing the performance of two different libraries' generated UUID strings.

**Other alternatives**

If you're looking for alternative UUID generation libraries, some popular options include:

* `uuid-js`: A lightweight, browser-compatible library that provides a simple way to generate UUIDs.
* `uuid-random`: Another lightweight library that generates random UUIDs using a cryptographically secure algorithm.

Keep in mind that the performance differences between these libraries may be negligible unless you're working with extremely large datasets or require high security for your UUID generation use case.

Latest run results:

Run details: (Test run date: 6 months ago)

User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/123.0.0.0 Safari/537.36

Browser/OS: Chrome 123 on Linux

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Test name	Executions per second
uuid	0.0 Ops/sec
crypto	98382.8 Ops/sec

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uuid

crypto

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

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Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

Autogenerated LLM Summary (model llama3.2:3b, generated 25 days ago):