nexttick

JavaScript performance comparison

Revision 10 of this test case created by S Jobs

Preparation code 


      
      <script>

        Benchmark.prototype.setup = function() {

          
  var nextTick1 = function () {
    // Firefox doesn't support MessageChannel so we use something that works..
    if (!('MessageChannel' in window)) {
      return function(fn) { setTimeout(fn, 0) }
    }
    var channel = new MessageChannel();
    var queue = [];
    channel.port1.onmessage = function () {
      queue.shift()();
    };
    function nextTick(fn) {
      queue.push(fn);
      channel.port2.postMessage();
    }
    return nextTick;
  }();
  
  var nextTick2 = function () {
    function nextTick(fn) {
      return setTimeout(fn, 0);
    }
    return nextTick;
  }();
  
  
  var nextTick3 = function () {
    function nextTick(fn) {
      var image = new Image();
      image.onerror = fn;
      image.src = '///';
    }
    return nextTick;
  }();
  
  var nextTick4 = function () {
    function nextTick(fn) {
      var script = document.createElement('script');
      script.onload = function() {
        document.body.removeChild(script);
        fn();
      }
      script.src = 'data:text/javascript,';
      document.body.appendChild(script);
    }
    return nextTick;
  }();
  
  var nextTick5 = function () {
  // FAILS ON SOME BROWSERS SO USE SETTIMEOUT INSTEAD
    function nextTick(fn) {
      var req = new XMLHttpRequest;
      req.open('GET','data:text/plain,foo', false);
      req.onreadystatechange = function() {
        req.onreadystatechange = null;
        fn();
      };
      req.send(null);
    }
    return nextTick;
  }();
  
  var nextTick6 = function () {
    var key = 'nextTick__' + Math.random();
    var queue = [];
    window.addEventListener('message', function (e) {
      if (e.data !== key) {
        return;
      }
      queue.shift()();
    },false);
  
    function nextTick(fn) {
      queue.push(fn);
      window.postMessage(key, '*');
    }
  
    return nextTick;
  }();
  
  var nextTick7 = function () {
    function nextTick(fn) {
      requestAnimationFrame(fn);
    }
    return nextTick;
  }();
  
  var nextTick8 = function () {
    var resolved = Promise.resolve();
    function nextTick(fn) {
      resolved.then(fn);
    }
    return nextTick;
  }();

        
  };


      
</script>

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Test Ops/sec
Promise.prototype.then 
// async test
nextTick8(function() {
  deferred.resolve();
});
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window.onmessage 
// async test
nextTick6(function() {
  deferred.resolve();
});
 pending…
requestAnimationFrame 
// async test
nextTick7(function() {
  deferred.resolve();
});
 pending…
MessageChannel (fallback to setTimeout on Firefox) 
// async test
nextTick1(function() {
  deferred.resolve();
});
 pending…
setTimeout 
// async test
nextTick2(function() {
  deferred.resolve();
});
 pending…
Image.onerror 
// async test
nextTick3(function() {
  deferred.resolve();
});
 pending…
script.onload 
// async test
nextTick4(function() {
  deferred.resolve();
});
 pending…

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