Run results for: Array isArray vs instanceof vs variable.constructor - MeasureThat.net

Run details:

User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:76.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/76.0

Browser: Firefox 76

Operating system: Windows

Device Platform: Desktop

Date tested: 4 years ago

Test name	Executions per second
Instanceof	22322688.0 Ops/sec
isArray	14728408.0 Ops/sec
variable.constructor	21721200.0 Ops/sec
variable.constructor name	22559964.0 Ops/sec

Script Preparation code:

var test = [1,2,3,4];
var c;

Tests:

Instanceof
if (test instanceof Array) { c++; }
isArray
if (Array.isArray(test)) { c++; }
variable.constructor
if (test.constructor === Array) { c++; }
variable.constructor name
if (test.constructor.name === 'Array') { c++; }

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