Benchmark: Lodash cloneDeep vs best native cloneDeep option

Lodash cloneDeep vs best native cloneDeep option (version: 0)

compare array copy/clone methods

Comparing performance of: Lodash cloneDeep vs Native map deep slice(turns objects into arrays) vs Native JSON parse vs Native map deep slice at 0(turns objects into arrays) vs Native map(shallow clone) vs Recursive deep clone vs Map deep clone vs Object.assign shallow clone vs Native Map with clone function (Deep)

Created: 4 years ago by: Guest

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HTML Preparation code:


<script src='https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/lodash.js/4.17.5/lodash.min.js'></script>

Script Preparation code:

var testArray = [{
  description: 'Random description.',
  testNumber: 123456789,
  testBoolean: true,
  testObject: {
    testString: 'test string',
    testNumber: 12345
  },
  testArray: [{
    myName: 'test name',
    myNumber: 123245
  }]
},{
  description: 'Random description.',
  testNumber: 123456789,
  testBoolean: true,
  testObject: {
    testString: 'test string',
    testNumber: 12345
  },
  testArray: [{
    myName: 'test name',
    myNumber: 123245
  }]
}];

var testCopy = null;

var deepClone = function(obj) {
   var out;
    if (Array.isArray(obj)) {
        out = [];
        for (var index = 0; index < obj.length; ++index) {
            let subArray = obj[index];
            out.push((subArray === null) ? subArray : (subArray instanceof Date) ? new Date(subArray.valueOf()) : (typeof subArray === 'object') ? deepClone(subArray) : subArray);
        }
    } else {
        out = {};
        for (var key in obj) {
            var subObject = obj[key];
            out[key] = subObject === null ? subObject : subObject instanceof Date ? new Date(subObject.valueOf()) : (typeof subObject === 'object') ? deepClone(subObject) : subObject;
            
           
        }
    }
    return out;
};


function clone(obj) {
    var copy;

    // Handle the 3 simple types, and null or undefined
    if (null == obj || "object" != typeof obj) return obj;

    // Handle Date
    if (obj instanceof Date) {
        copy = new Date();
        copy.setTime(obj.getTime());
        return copy;
    }

    // Handle Array
    if (obj instanceof Array) {
        copy = [];
        for (var i = 0, len = obj.length; i < len; i++) {
            copy[i] = clone(obj[i]);
        }
        return copy;
    }

    // Handle Object
    if (obj instanceof Object) {
        copy = {};
        for (var attr in obj) {
            if (obj.hasOwnProperty(attr)) copy[attr] = clone(obj[attr]);
        }
        return copy;
    }

    throw new Error("Unable to copy obj! Its type isn't supported.");
}

Tests:

Lodash cloneDeep
testCopy = _.cloneDeep(testArray);
Native map deep slice(turns objects into arrays)
testCopy = testArray.map(arr => testArray.slice());
Native JSON parse
testCopy = JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(testArray));
Native map deep slice at 0(turns objects into arrays)
testCopy = testArray.map(arr => testArray.slice(0));
Native map(shallow clone)
testCopy = testArray.map(arr => arr);
Recursive deep clone
testCopy = deepClone(testArray);
Map deep clone
testCopy = testArray.map(arr => deepClone(arr));
Object.assign shallow clone
testCopy = Object.assign([...testArray]);
Native Map with clone function (Deep)
testCopy = testArray.map(item => clone(item));

Rendered benchmark preparation results:

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Previous results

Test case name	Result
Lodash cloneDeep
Native map deep slice(turns objects into arrays)
Native JSON parse
Native map deep slice at 0(turns objects into arrays)
Native map(shallow clone)
Recursive deep clone
Map deep clone
Object.assign shallow clone
Native Map with clone function (Deep)

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

Latest run results:

Run details: (Test run date: 10 months ago)

User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_15_7) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/122.0.0.0 Safari/537.36

Browser/OS: Chrome 122 on Mac OS X 10.15.7

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Test name	Executions per second
Lodash cloneDeep	477525.0 Ops/sec
Native map deep slice(turns objects into arrays)	6822453.0 Ops/sec
Native JSON parse	700220.8 Ops/sec
Native map deep slice at 0(turns objects into arrays)	6706680.5 Ops/sec
Native map(shallow clone)	12722911.0 Ops/sec
Recursive deep clone	435065.4 Ops/sec
Map deep clone	482652.0 Ops/sec
Object.assign shallow clone	7429088.0 Ops/sec
Native Map with clone function (Deep)	453939.7 Ops/sec

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

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Here is the parsed JSON data:

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    "DevicePlatform": "Desktop",
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    "ExecutionsPerSecond": 12722911.0,
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  },
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    "DevicePlatform": "Desktop",
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    "TestName": "Native Map with clone function (Deep)"
  },
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    "DevicePlatform": "Desktop",
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    "TestName": "Native Map with clone function (Deep)"
  }
]
```

There are 9 objects in the array, each representing a test case. The properties include `RawUAString`, `Browser`, `DevicePlatform`, `OperatingSystem`, `ExecutionsPerSecond`, and `TestName`. Let me know if you'd like to filter or manipulate this data in any way!

Related benchmarks:

Lodash cloneDeep vs best native cloneDeep option (version: 0)

compare array copy/clone methods

Created: 4 years ago by: Guest

Jump to the latest result

Lodash cloneDeep

Native map deep slice(turns objects into arrays)

Native JSON parse

Native map deep slice at 0(turns objects into arrays)

Native map(shallow clone)

Recursive deep clone

Map deep clone

Object.assign shallow clone

Native Map with clone function (Deep)

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):