Math.pow vs. simple multiplication (v6)

Revision 6 of this benchmark created on

Description

if you only need the cube of something, what will eventually be faster?

Preparation HTML

<p>Hi there, this is math, only. No Output here</p>
<script>
  var x1 = 5;
  
  function ownCube(num) {
   return num * num * num;
  }
</script>

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Testing in
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Simple Multiplication
e = x1 * x1 * x1;
ready
Math.pow
e = Math.pow(x1, 3);
ready
own Pow
e = ownCube(x1);
ready

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