Setting one HTML5 Canvas Pixel, with loop (v11)

Revision 11 of this benchmark created by dood on

Description

Testing 'reasonable' methods to set one pixel on an HTML5 Canvas; used to support this Stack Overflow question.

Preparation HTML

<p>
  (Scroll down to see the 'Run Tests' button.)
</p>
<canvas id="c" width="800" height="300">
</canvas>
<script>
  $c = document.getElementById('c');
  $ctx = $c.getContext('2d');
  $ctx.clearRect(0, 0, 800, 300);
  $px = $ctx.createImageData(1, 1);
  $pxls = [];
  // Precompute random pixels so this time isn't included in the tests
  for (var i = 0; i < 10000; ++i) $pxls.push({
    x: Math.random() * 800 << 0,
    y: Math.random() * 300 << 0,
    r: Math.random() * 255 << 0,
    g: Math.random() * 255 << 0,
    b: Math.random() * 255 << 0,
    a: Math.random() * 128 << 0 + 128
  });
  $i = 0;
  $iters = 200;
</script>

Setup

$i = 0;

Test runner

Ready to run.

Testing in
TestOps/sec
get/putImageData
var idata = $ctx.getImageData(0, 0, 800, 300);
var d = idata.data;
for (var n = 0; n < $iters; n++) {
  var px = $pxls[$i++ % 10000];
  var o = (px.y * 800 + px.x) * 4;
  d[o] = px.r;
  d[o + 1] = px.g;
  d[o + 2] = px.b;
  d[o + 3] = px.a;
}
$ctx.putImageData(idata, 0, 0);
ready
fillRect
for (var n = 0; n < $iters; n++) {
  var px = $pxls[$i++ % 10000];
  $ctx.fillStyle = 'rgba(' + px.r + ',' + px.g + ',' + px.b + ',' + (px.a / 255) + ')';
  $ctx.fillRect(px.x, px.y, 1, 1);
}
ready
1x1 image data
for (var n = 0; n < $iters; n++) {
  var px = $pxls[$i++ % 10000];
  var d = $px.data;
  d[0] = px.r;
  d[1] = px.g;
  d[2] = px.b;
  d[3] = px.a;
}
$ctx.putImageData($px, px.x, px.y);
ready
1x1 image data, putimagedata in loop
for (var n = 0; n < $iters; n++) {
  var px = $pxls[$i++ % 10000];
  var d = $px.data;
  d[0] = px.r;
  d[1] = px.g;
  d[2] = px.b;
  d[3] = px.a;
  $ctx.putImageData($px, px.x, px.y);
}
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