Prototype vs. this (v8)

Revision 8 of this benchmark created on

Setup

function T() {
    }
    
    T.prototype.myMethod = function(i) {
      if (i == 20000) {
        console.log('Hey T!');
      }
    };
    
    function Tt() {
      this.myMethod = function(i) {
        if (i == 20000) {
          console.log('Hey T!');
        }
      };
    }

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Testing in
TestOps/sec
Using prototype
for (var i = 1; i <= 20000; i++) {
  var x = new T();
  x.myMethod(i);
}
ready
Using this
for (var i = 1; i <= 20000; i++) {
  var x = new Tt();
  x.myMethod(i);
}
ready

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