Some benchmarks of community-made JavaScript/TypeScript libraries for converting units.
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Each test was called 10,000 times to allow the runtime to warmup. Afterward 100,000 trials were performed for each library. Information about the execution times are shown below. Lower execution times and higher executions per second are better.
A baseline of raw math is included when relevant.
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| Library | Median execution time | 75th percentile execution time | Executions per second |
|---|---|---|---|
| math (baseline) | 50ns (100%) |
50ns (100%) |
20,000,000/sec |
| convert (fast) | 120ns (240%) |
130ns (260%) |
8,333,333/sec |
| simple-units (fast) | 140ns (280%) |
141ns (282%) |
7,142,857/sec |
| convert-units (popular) | 150ns (300%) |
151ns (302%) |
6,666,667/sec |
| uom (fast) | 241ns (482%) |
251ns (502%) |
4,149,378/sec |
| moment (popular) | 401ns (802%) |
411ns (822%) |
2,493,766/sec |
| safe-units (fast) | 431ns (862%) |
432ns (864%) |
2,320,186/sec |
| dayjs (popular) | 551ns (1,102%) |
571ns (1,142%) |
1,814,882/sec |
| luxon (popular) | 1,052ns (2,104%) |
1,082ns (2,164%) |
950,570/sec |
| js-quantities (popular) | 1,984ns (3,968%) |
2,014ns (4,028%) |
504,032/sec |
| Library | Median execution time | 75th percentile execution time | Executions per second |
|---|---|---|---|
| convert (fast) | 551ns (100%) |
661ns (120%) |
1,814,882/sec |
| convert-units (popular) | 1,773ns (322%) |
1,974ns (358%) |
564,016/sec |
| byte-size (popular) | 25,855ns (4,692%) |
28,047ns (5,090%) |
38,677/sec |
| Library | Median execution time | 75th percentile execution time | Executions per second |
|---|---|---|---|
| math (baseline) | 60ns (100%) |
60ns (100%) |
16,666,667/sec |
| convert-units (popular) | 130ns (217%) |
140ns (233%) |
7,692,308/sec |
| convert (fast) | 140ns (233%) |
140ns (233%) |
7,142,857/sec |
| simple-units (fast) | 170ns (283%) |
170ns (283%) |
5,882,353/sec |
| uom (fast) | 240ns (400%) |
251ns (418%) |
4,166,667/sec |
| safe-units (fast) | 461ns (768%) |
471ns (785%) |
2,169,197/sec |
| js-quantities (popular) | 2,105ns (3,508%) |
2,133ns (3,555%) |
475,059/sec |
| Library | Median execution time | 75th percentile execution time | Executions per second |
|---|---|---|---|
| math (baseline) | 50ns (100%) |
50ns (100%) |
20,000,000/sec |
| simple-units (fast) | 100ns (200%) |
100ns (200%) |
10,000,000/sec |
| convert (fast) | 130ns (260%) |
131ns (262%) |
7,692,308/sec |
| convert-units (popular) | 141ns (282%) |
150ns (300%) |
7,092,199/sec |
| uom (fast) | 491ns (982%) |
511ns (1,022%) |
2,036,660/sec |
| safe-units (fast) | 1,152ns (2,304%) |
1,162ns (2,324%) |
868,056/sec |
| js-quantities (popular) | 2,915ns (5,830%) |
2,937ns (5,874%) |
343,053/sec |
| Library | Median execution time | 75th percentile execution time | Executions per second |
|---|---|---|---|
| ms (popular) | 200ns (100%) |
201ns (100%) |
5,000,000/sec |
| @lukeed/ms (fast) | 231ns (116%) |
240ns (120%) |
4,329,004/sec |
| convert (fast) | 290ns (145%) |
291ns (146%) |
3,448,276/sec |
| Library | Median execution time | 75th percentile execution time | Executions per second |
|---|---|---|---|
| math (baseline) | 50ns (100%) |
50ns (100%) |
20,000,000/sec |
| convert (fast) | 100ns (200%) |
100ns (200%) |
10,000,000/sec |
