$rootScope.emit() vs $rootScope.$broadcast() (v3)

Revision 3 of this benchmark created on

Preparation HTML

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.2.0-rc.3/angular.min.js"></script>

<script>
angular
    .module("testApp",[])
    .controller("testController",function($rootScope, $scope) {

        window.$rootScope = $rootScope;
        var items = $scope.items = [];

        for (i=0;i<100;i++){
            items.push({
                number: i,
                text: 'some text'
            })
        }

    });

var pubsub = {};
(function(q) {
    var topics = {}, subUid = -1;
    q.subscribe = function(topic, func) {
        if (!topics[topic]) {
            topics[topic] = [];
        }
        var token = (++subUid).toString();
        topics[topic].push({
            token: token,
            func: func
        });
        return token;
    };
 
    q.publish = function(topic, args) {
        if (!topics[topic]) {
            return false;
        }
        setTimeout(function() {
            var subscribers = topics[topic],
                len = subscribers ? subscribers.length : 0;
 
            while (len--) {
                subscribers[len].func(topic, args);
            }
        }, 0);
        return true;
 
    };
 
    q.unsubscribe = function(token) {
        for (var m in topics) {
            if (topics[m]) {
                for (var i = 0, j = topics[m].length; i < j; i++) {
                    if (topics[m][i].token === token) {
                        topics[m].splice(i, 1);
                        return token;
                    }
                }
            }
        }
        return false;
    };
}(pubsub));

pubsub.subscribe('fooHappened', function(){});
</script>

<div ng-app="testApp">
    <div ng-controller="testController">
        <ul>
            <li ng-repeat="item in items" ng-bind="item.number">
            </li>
        </ul>
    </div>
</div>

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Testing in
TestOps/sec
$broadcast
window.$rootScope.$broadcast('fooHappened');
ready
$emit
window.$rootScope.$emit('fooHappened');
ready
simple pubsub
window.pubsub.publish('fooHappened');
ready

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