Benchmark: Lodash min vs Math.min (lodash 4.7.11)

HTML Preparation code:


<script src='https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/lodash.js/4.7.11/lodash.min.js'></script>

Script Preparation code:

function getRandomInt(max) {
  return Math.floor(Math.random() * Math.floor(max));
}

var arr = [];
for(var i = 0; i < 1000; i++){
  arr.push({value:getRandomInt(100)});
}

Tests:

_.min
_.min(arr);
Math.min
Math.min(...arr)

Rendered benchmark preparation results:

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Previous results

Test case name	Result
_.min
Math.min

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

Autogenerated LLM Summary (model llama3.2:3b, generated 26 days ago):

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Let's break down the provided benchmark definition and options being compared.

**Benchmark Definition:**

The benchmark is comparing two functions for finding the minimum value in an array:

1. `_.min(arr)` from Lodash library (version 4.7.11)
2. `Math.min(...arr)`

Both functions take an array as input and return the smallest element in the array.

**Options being compared:**

* **Lodash's `_.min()`**: This function is part of the popular Lodash utility library, which provides a collection of functional programming helpers. `_.min()` uses a custom implementation to find the minimum value in the array.
* **JavaScript's built-in `Math.min()`**: This is a standard JavaScript function that returns the smallest element among the values passed as arguments.

**Pros and Cons:**

* **Lodash's `_.min()`**:
	+ Pros:
		- Often more readable and concise than using `Math.min()`
		- May be faster due to optimized implementation
		- Part of a larger utility library with other useful functions
	+ Cons:
		- Additional dependency (Lodash library)
		- May add overhead due to the need to import and load the library
* **JavaScript's built-in `Math.min()`**:
	+ Pros:
		- No additional dependencies or overhead
		- Fast and efficient implementation
		- Always available without requiring additional libraries
	+ Cons:
		- May require more verbose code (e.g., using `...arr` syntax)
		- Less readable or concise than using `_.min()` from Lodash

**Library:**

Lodash is a popular JavaScript utility library that provides a collection of functional programming helpers. It's often used for tasks like array manipulation, object utilities, and more. In this case, the `_.min()` function is part of the Lodash library.

**Special JS feature or syntax:**

There are no special features or syntaxes being tested in this benchmark. The focus is on comparing two functions with different implementations.

**Other alternatives:**

If you need to find the minimum value in an array without using `Math.min()` from JavaScript, other alternatives might include:

* Using a custom implementation like Lodash's `_min()` function
* Utilizing a library or framework that provides a similar function (e.g., Ramda, Immutable.js)
* Implementing a simple loop-based approach to find the minimum value

Keep in mind that these alternatives may introduce additional dependencies or overhead compared to using the built-in `Math.min()` function.

Latest run results:

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

User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/605.1.15 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/18.1 Safari/605.1.15

Browser/OS: Safari 18 on Mac OS X 10.15.7

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Test name	Executions per second
_.min	20660.0 Ops/sec
Math.min	44139.9 Ops/sec

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Lodash min vs Math.min (lodash 4.7.11) (version: 0)

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Created: 5 years ago by: Guest

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_.min

Math.min

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Experimental features:

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

Autogenerated LLM Summary (model llama3.2:3b, generated 26 days ago):