Angular VS Knockout VS Ember (v166)

Revision 166 of this benchmark created by Kris Selden on

Description

Comparison between Angular, Knockout and Ember. Also with comparison of optimization during object creation.

Preparation HTML

<!-- Jquery -->
<script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.10.2.min.js"></script>

<!-- Angular -->
<div ng-app>
  <p>Angular:</p>
  <span ng-controller="Ctrl" id="angList"><span ng-repeat="item in data">{{item}}</span></span>
</div>

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.0.7/angular.min.js"></script>

<script>
  var Ctrl = function($scope){
    $scope.data = [];
  }
  angular.element(document).ready(function() {
    window.ANGAPP = {
      scope: $('#angList').scope(),
      push: function(data){
        this.scope.data.push(data);
      },
      clear: function(){
        this.scope.data = [];
        this.scope.$digest();
      }
    };
  });
</script> 

<!-- Knockout -->
<div id="koapp">
  <p>Knockout:</p>
  <span data-bind="foreach: data"><span data-bind="text: $data"></span></span>
</div>

<script src="http://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/knockout/2.3.0/knockout-min.js"></script>

<script>
  var KOData = ko.observableArray();
  var KOviewmodel = {data: KOData};
  
  ko.applyBindings(KOviewmodel, document.getElementById('koapp'));
  var KOclear = function (){
    KOData.splice(0, KOData().length);
  };
  var KOpush = function (data){
    KOData.push(data);
  };
  var KOunwrap = function(value){
    // Source: http://jsperf.com/ko-unwrapobservable/2
    return ('function'===typeof(value)) ? value(): value;
  };
</script>

<!-- Ember -->
<div id="emapp">
  <p>Ember:</p>
  <script type="text/x-handlebars">
    <span>
      {{#each EMapp.data}}<span>{{this}}</span>{{/each}}
    </span>
  </script>
</div>

<script src="http://builds.emberjs.com/handlebars-1.0.0-rc.4.js"></script>
<script src="http://builds.emberjs.com.s3.amazonaws.com/ember-1.0.0-rc.6.min.js"></script>

<script>
  EMapp = Ember.Application.create({
    rootElement: $('#emapp')
  });
  EMapp.data = Ember.A();
  
  EMclear = function () {
    EMapp.get('data').clear();
  };
  EMreset = function () {
    EMapp.set('data', Ember.A());
  };
  EMpush = function (data) {
    EMapp.get('data').pushObject(data);
  };
</script>

Test runner

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Testing in
TestOps/sec
Angular 100
ANGAPP.clear();
for (var i = 0; i < 100; i++)
  ANGAPP.push(i);
  ANGAPP.scope.$digest();
ready
Angular 100 (mod)
ANGAPP.clear();
for (var i = 0; i < 100; i++)
  ANGAPP.push(i);
ANGAPP.scope.$digest();
ready
Knockout 100
KOclear();
for (var i = 0; i < 100; i++)
  KOpush(i);
ready
Knockout 100 (mod)
KOclear();
var list = ko.utils.unwrapObservable(KOData);
for (var i = 0; i < 100; i++)
  list.push(i);
KOData.valueHasMutated();
ready
Knockout 100 (unwrap mod)
KOclear();
var list = KOunwrap(KOData);
for (var i = 0; i < 100; i++)
  list.push(i);
KOData.valueHasMutated();
ready
Ember 100
EMclear();
for (var i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
  EMpush(i);
}
ready
Ember 100 (mod)
Ember.run(function(){
EMclear();
for (var i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
  EMpush(i);
}
});
ready
Ember 100 (reset mod)
Ember.run(function(){
EMreset();
for (var i = 0; i < 100; i++) {
  EMpush(i);
}
});
ready

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