Setting one HTML5 Canvas Pixel (v38)

Revision 38 of this benchmark created by Naor Biton 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;
</script>

Test runner

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fillRect join str
var px = $pxls[$i++ % 10000];
$ctx.fillStyle = ['rgba(', px.r, ',', px.g, ',', px.b, ',', (px.a / 255), ')'].join('');
$ctx.fillRect(px.x, px.y, 1, 1);
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fillRect
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);
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