date.now() vs new Date()

Benchmark created by Jorge Chamorro on

Preparation HTML

<script>
  var alias = Date.now;
</script>

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new Date()
var x = (+new Date()) + (+new Date()) + (+new Date()) + (+new Date()) + (+new Date()) + (+new Date()) + (+new Date()) + (+new Date()) + (+new Date()) + (+new Date());
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Date.now()
var x = Date.now() + Date.now() + Date.now() + Date.now() + Date.now() + Date.now() + Date.now() + Date.now() + Date.now() + Date.now();
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Date.now() aliased
var x = alias() + alias() + alias() + alias() + alias() + alias() + alias() + alias() + alias() + alias();
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