Angular VS Knockout VS Ember VS React VS Mithril (v414)

Revision 414 of this benchmark created by Kaleb on

Description

This is a simple rendering speed test between the most popular libraries/frameworks. I added in Mithril because it's a newcomer with some promise.

Preparation HTML

<!-- Jquery -->
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/2.1.0/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/angular.js/1.2.16/angular.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/knockout/3.1.0/knockout-min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/handlebars.js/1.3.0/handlebars.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/ember.js/1.5.1/ember.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/react/0.10.0/react.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/mithril/0.1.12/mithril.min.js"></script>


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


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

<!-- Ember -->

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


<!-- React -->
<div id="react">
  React: <span id="reactMountNode"></span>
</div>


<!-- Mithril -->
<div id="mithrilapp">
  Mithril: <span id="mithrilMountNode"></span>
</div>

<script>
var Ctrl = function($scope) {
  $scope.data = [];
};

var KOData = ko.observableArray();
var KOviewmodel = {
  data: KOData
};

var ENV = {
  EXTEND_PROTOTYPES: false
};

var ReactComponent = React.createClass({
  displayName: 'PerfTest',
  getInitialState: function() {
    return {
      data: []
    };
  },
  render: function() {
    var res = [];
    for (var i = 0; i < this.state.data.length; i++) {
      res.push(React.DOM.span({
        key: 'test' + i
      }, this.state.data[i]));
    }
    return React.DOM.span(null, res);
  }
});

var MithrilData = new Array();
var mithapp = {
  controller: function() {
    this.data = MithrilData;
  },
  view: function(ctrl) {
    return m("span", [ctrl.data.map(function(datum) {
      return m('span', datum);
    })]);
  }
}

$(document).ready(function() {
angular.element(document).ready(function() {
  var ang_scope = $('#angList').scope();

  window.ANGclear = function() {
    ang_scope.data.splice(0, ang_scope.data.length);
    ang_scope.$digest();
  };
  window.ANGpush = function(data) {
    ang_scope.data.push(data + ang_scope.data.length);
    ang_scope.$digest();
  };
});

ko.applyBindings(KOviewmodel, document.getElementById('koapp'));
window.KOclear = function() {
  KOData.splice(0, KOData().length);
};
window.KOpush = function(data) {
  KOData.push(data);
};



EMapp = Ember.Application.create({
  rootElement: '#emapp'
});
EMapp.data = Ember.A();

window.EMclear = function() {
  EMapp.data.clear();
};
window.EMpush = function(data) {
  EMapp.data.pushObject(data);
};


var reactComp = ReactComponent();
React.renderComponent(reactComp, $('#reactMountNode')[0]);

window.RClear = function() {
  reactComp.setState({
    data: []
  })
};

window.RPush = function(data) {
  var stateData = reactComp.state.data;
  stateData.push(data);
  reactComp.setState({
    data: stateData
  });
}

m.module(document.getElementById("mithrilMountNode"), mithapp);
window.Mclear = function() {
  m.startComputation();
  MithrilData.splice(0);
  m.endComputation();
};

window.Mpush = function(data) {
  m.startComputation();
  MithrilData.push(data);
  m.endComputation();
}
});
</script>

Setup

var LOOPS = 10;

Test runner

Ready to run.

Testing in
TestOps/sec
Angular
ANGclear();
for (var i = 0; i < LOOPS; i++)
  ANGpush("ngitem");
ready
Knockout
KOclear();
for (var i = 0; i < LOOPS; i++)
  KOpush("koitem");
ready
Ember
EMclear();
for (var i = 0; i < LOOPS; i++)
  EMpush("emitem");
ready
React
RClear();
for (var i = 0; i < LOOPS; i++)
  RPush("ritem");
ready
Mithril
Mclear();
for (var i = 0; i < LOOPS; i++)
  Mpush("mitem");
ready

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