for vs forEach (v20)

Revision 20 of this benchmark created by Brandon Satrom on

Description

Is it faster to use the native forEach or just loop with for?

Preparation HTML

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script>
  var i, values = [],
      sum = 0;
  for (i = 0; i < 10000; i++) {
   values[i] = i;
  }
  
  function add(val) {
   sum += val;
  }
</script>

Test runner

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forEach
values.forEach(add);
ready
for loop, simple
for (i = 0; i < values.length; i++) {
 add(values[i]);
}
ready
for loop, cached length
var len = values.length;
for (i = 0; i < len; i++) {
 add(values[i]);
}
ready
for loop, reverse
for (i = values.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
 add(values[i]);
}
ready
for loop, cached length, no callback
var len = values.length;
for (i = 0; i < len; i++) {
 sum += values[i];
}
ready
for loop, cached length, using function.call and supplying index and original array
var len = values.length;
for (i = 0; i < len; i++) {
 add.call(values, values[i], i, values);
}
ready
$.each
$.each(values, function(key, value) {
  add(value);
});
ready

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