replace string vs regex vs new RegExp (v6)

Revision 6 of this benchmark created on

Preparation HTML

<script>
  var startString = "xxxxxxxxxabcxxxxxxabcxx";
  var endStringRegEx = undefined;
  var endStringString = undefined;
  var endStringRegExNewStr = undefined;
  var endStringRegExNew = undefined;
  var endStringStoredRegEx = undefined;
  
  var re = new RegExp("abc", "g");
</script>

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Regex
endStringRegEx = startString.replace(/abc/g, "def")
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String
endStringString = startString.replace("abc", "def", "g")
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new RegExp String
endStringRegExNewStr = startString.replace(new RegExp("abc", "g"), "def");
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new RegExp
endStringRegExNew = startString.replace(new RegExp(/abc/g), "def");
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saved RegExp
endStringStoredRegEx = startString.replace(re, "def")
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