Angular VS React VS Mithril (v839)

Revision 839 of this benchmark created 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/react/0.14.7/react.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/mithril/0.2.3/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>


<!-- 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 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();
    };
  });




  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>

Test runner

Ready to run.

Testing in
TestOps/sec
Angular 10
ANGclear();
for (var i = 0; i < 10; i++)
  ANGpush("ngitem");
ready
angular 100
ANGclear();
for (var i = 0; i < 100; i++)
  ANGpush("ngitem");
ready
react 10
RClear();
for (var i = 0; i < 10; i++)
  RPush("ritem");
ready
react 100
RClear();
for (var i = 0; i < 100; i++)
  RPush("ritem");
ready
mihril 10
Mclear();
for (var i = 0; i < 10; i++)
  Mpush("mitem");
ready
mithril 100
Mclear();
for (var i = 0; i < 100; i++)
  Mpush("mitem");
ready

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