for vs forEach (v56)

Revision 56 of this benchmark created on

Description

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

Preparation HTML

<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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Testing in
TestOps/sec
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 in loop
for (var i in values) {
  add(values[i]);
}
ready

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