for(;;;) vs forEach vs $.each

JavaScript performance comparison

Revision 24 of this test case created by Todd

Preparation code

<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js"></script>
 
<script>
  Benchmark.prototype.setup = function() {
    var i,
        cachedFunc = function(i){ i / 2; };
    
    window.arr = [];
    
    for (i = 0; i < 10000; i += 1) {
      arr.push(i);
    }
  };
</script>

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Test Ops/sec
for(;;;)
 
var ii = 0, len = arr.length;

for (ii = 0; ii < len; ii += 1) {
  ii / 2;
}
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native forEach
 
arr.forEach(function (i) {
  i / 2;
});
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$.each
 
$.each(arr, function (i) {
  i / 2;
});
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native forEach (cached func)
 
arr.forEach(cachedFunc);
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$.each (cached func)
 
$.each(arr, cachedFunc);
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for(;;;) (self func)
 
var ii = 0, len = arr.length;

for (ii = 0; ii < len; ii += 1) {
  (function(i){ i / 2; }(ii));
}
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reverse for(;;;)
 
var ii, len = arr.length;

for (ii = len - 1; ii >= 0; ii--) {
  ii / 2;
}
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for(;;;) (no var caching)
 
for (var ii = 0; ii < arr.length; ii += 1) {
  ii / 2;
}
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