# PERFORMANCE: Benchmarks & Comparisons

Understand how data-structure-typed performs, and when to use each structure.

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## Table of Contents

1. [Performance Summary](#performance-summary)
2. [Real-World Scenarios](#real-world-scenarios)
3. [Detailed Benchmarks](#detailed-benchmarks)
4. [When to Use What](#when-to-use-what)
5. [Optimization Tips](#optimization-tips)

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## Performance Summary

### Key Numbers

- **484x faster** than Array.shift() with 100K elements (Deque vs Array)
- **1040x faster** at scale in sorting-heavy workloads (RedBlackTree vs Array)
- **O(log n) guaranteed** on all balanced tree operations
- **O(1) guaranteed** on Deque head/tail operations
- **10-100x speed boost** from V8 JIT warm-up

### Performance Tier Chart

| Structure    | Access   | Search   | Insert   | Delete   | Best For             |
|--------------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------------------|
| Array        | O(1)     | O(n)     | O(n)     | O(n)     | Random access        |
| LinkedList   | O(n)     | O(n)     | O(1)*    | O(1)*    | If you have pointer  |
| Stack        | -        | -        | O(1)     | O(1)     | LIFO, undo/redo      |
| Queue        | -        | -        | O(1)     | O(1)     | FIFO, message queues |
| Deque        | -        | -        | O(1)     | O(1)     | Head/tail ops        |
| BST          | O(log n) | O(log n) | O(log n) | O(log n) | Sorted if balanced   |
| RedBlackTree | O(log n) | O(log n) | O(log n) | O(log n) | Guaranteed sorted    |
| AVL Tree     | O(log n) | O(log n) | O(log n) | O(log n) | Max search speed     |
| Heap         | O(n)     | O(n)     | O(log n) | O(log n) | Priority queue       |
| Trie         | N/A      | O(m)     | O(m)     | O(m)     | Prefix search        |

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## Benchmark

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<h2>red-black-tree</h2><table><thead><tr><th>Test Case</th><th>Latency Avg (ms)</th><th>Min (ms)</th><th>Max (ms)</th><th>Stability</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1,000,000 set</td><td>508.80</td><td>407.39</td><td>735.02</td><td>±16.47%</td></tr><tr><td>1,000,000 get</td><td>3.60</td><td>2.59</td><td>10.73</td><td>±12.76%</td></tr><tr><td>1,000,000 iterator</td><td>181.28</td><td>131.67</td><td>399.35</td><td>±21.13%</td></tr><tr><td>Competitor 1,000,000 set</td><td>657.36</td><td>646.08</td><td>668.05</td><td>±0.94%</td></tr><tr><td>Competitor 1,000,000 get</td><td>707.92</td><td>661.39</td><td>774.77</td><td>±4.43%</td></tr></tbody></table><h2>queue</h2><table><thead><tr><th>Test Case</th><th>Latency Avg (ms)</th><th>Min (ms)</th><th>Max (ms)</th><th>Stability</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1,000,000 push</td><td>26.83</td><td>21.26</td><td>67.52</td><td>±7.94%</td></tr><tr><td>100,000 push & shift</td><td>2.71</td><td>2.40</td><td>3.56</td><td>±1.99%</td></tr><tr><td>Native JS
Array 100,000 push & shift</td><td>1214.60</td><td>1060.42</td><td>1423.06</td><td>±10.02%</td></tr></tbody></table><h2>deque</h2><table><thead><tr><th>Test Case</th><th>Latency Avg (ms)</th><th>Min (ms)</th><th>Max (ms)</th><th>Stability</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1,000,000 push</td><td>8.85</td><td>8.48</td><td>9.64</td><td>±0.50%</td></tr><tr><td>1,000,000 push & pop</td><td>13.52</td><td>13.02</td><td>14.76</td><td>±0.54%</td></tr><tr><td>1,000,000 push & shift</td><td>14.08</td><td>13.62</td><td>15.34</td><td>±0.51%</td></tr><tr><td>100,000 push & shift</td><td>1.35</td><td>1.31</td><td>1.44</td><td>±0.33%</td></tr><tr><td>Native JS Array 100,000 push & shift</td><td>1429.15</td><td>944.17</td><td>1975.05</td><td>±26.96%</td></tr><tr><td>100,000 unshift & shift</td><td>1.29</td><td>1.25</td><td>1.54</td><td>±0.68%</td></tr><tr><td>Native JS Array 100,000 unshift & shift</td><td>2200.25</td><td>1844.73</td><td>2839.30</td><td>±17.78%</td></tr></tbody></table><h2>
heap</h2><table><thead><tr><th>Test Case</th><th>Latency Avg (ms)</th><th>Min (ms)</th><th>Max (ms)</th><th>Stability</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>100,000 add</td><td>4.70</td><td>4.36</td><td>5.15</td><td>±0.81%</td></tr><tr><td>100,000 add & poll</td><td>17.31</td><td>16.65</td><td>18.67</td><td>±0.57%</td></tr></tbody></table><h2>avl-tree</h2><table><thead><tr><th>Test Case</th><th>Latency Avg (ms)</th><th>Min (ms)</th><th>Max (ms)</th><th>Stability</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>100,000 set randomly</td><td>354.58</td><td>320.37</td><td>396.77</td><td>±5.90%</td></tr><tr><td>100,000 set</td><td>310.29</td><td>294.79</td><td>362.25</td><td>±4.57%</td></tr><tr><td>100,000 get</td><td>0.26</td><td>0.25</td><td>0.29</td><td>±0.44%</td></tr><tr><td>100,000 getNode</td><td>199.21</td><td>170.37</td><td>228.69</td><td>±4.40%</td></tr><tr><td>100,000 iterator</td><td>15.41</td><td>13.39</td><td>29.67</td><td>±4.05%</td></tr><tr><td>100,000 set & delete orderly</td><td>436.63</td><td>
426.38</td><td>457.78</td><td>±1.52%</td></tr><tr><td>100,000 set & delete randomly</td><td>526.98</td><td>512.67</td><td>544.63</td><td>±1.87%</td></tr></tbody></table><h2>hash-map</h2><table><thead><tr><th>Test Case</th><th>Latency Avg (ms)</th><th>Min (ms)</th><th>Max (ms)</th><th>Stability</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1,000,000 set</td><td>40.68</td><td>33.35</td><td>59.21</td><td>±4.69%</td></tr><tr><td>Native JS Map 1,000,000 set</td><td>144.13</td><td>131.77</td><td>167.71</td><td>±3.43%</td></tr><tr><td>Native JS Set 1,000,000 add</td><td>112.65</td><td>104.13</td><td>148.36</td><td>±4.84%</td></tr><tr><td>1,000,000 set & get</td><td>45.40</td><td>36.83</td><td>57.24</td><td>±4.56%</td></tr><tr><td>Native JS Map 1,000,000 set & get</td><td>195.80</td><td>184.61</td><td>220.64</td><td>±3.12%</td></tr><tr><td>Native JS Set 1,000,000 add & has</td><td>159.47</td><td>148.45</td><td>196.09</td><td>±4.13%</td></tr><tr><td>1,000,000 ObjKey set & get</td><td>239.09</td><td>
210.63</td><td>272.97</td><td>±5.14%</td></tr><tr><td>Native JS Map 1,000,000 ObjKey set & get</td><td>207.48</td><td>181.81</td><td>240.56</td><td>±5.90%</td></tr><tr><td>Native JS Set 1,000,000 ObjKey add & has</td><td>188.86</td><td>162.40</td><td>246.83</td><td>±8.41%</td></tr></tbody></table><h2>directed-graph</h2><table><thead><tr><th>Test Case</th><th>Latency Avg (ms)</th><th>Min (ms)</th><th>Max (ms)</th><th>Stability</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1,000 addVertex</td><td>0.05</td><td>0.04</td><td>0.05</td><td>±0.37%</td></tr><tr><td>1,000 addEdge</td><td>3.00</td><td>2.78</td><td>5.35</td><td>±2.48%</td></tr><tr><td>1,000 getVertex</td><td>0.04</td><td>0.04</td><td>0.04</td><td>±0.52%</td></tr><tr><td>1,000 getEdge</td><td>44.78</td><td>40.89</td><td>97.02</td><td>±5.62%</td></tr><tr><td>tarjan</td><td>241.55</td><td>235.87</td><td>269.07</td><td>±1.82%</td></tr><tr><td>topologicalSort</td><td>200.74</td><td>197.47</td><td>219.65</td><td>±1.30%</td></tr></tbody></table><h2>
trie</h2><table><thead><tr><th>Test Case</th><th>Latency Avg (ms)</th><th>Min (ms)</th><th>Max (ms)</th><th>Stability</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>100,000 push</td><td>27.66</td><td>25.13</td><td>37.31</td><td>±1.98%</td></tr><tr><td>100,000 getWords</td><td>64.62</td><td>37.66</td><td>288.42</td><td>±29.56%</td></tr></tbody></table><h2>stack</h2><table><thead><tr><th>Test Case</th><th>Latency Avg (ms)</th><th>Min (ms)</th><th>Max (ms)</th><th>Stability</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1,000,000 push</td><td>26.57</td><td>22.36</td><td>33.50</td><td>±3.44%</td></tr><tr><td>1,000,000 push & pop</td><td>30.30</td><td>25.14</td><td>55.18</td><td>±4.78%</td></tr></tbody></table>

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## Real-World Scenarios

### Scenario 1: Message Queue Processing

**Problem**: Process 100,000 messages in a queue.

```javascript
// ❌ Array.shift() approach
const queue = [];
for (let msg of incomingMessages) queue.push(msg);
for (let i = 0; i < 100000; i++) {
  const msg = queue.shift();  // O(n) each time!
  processMessage(msg);
}
// Total: 100,000 * O(n) = O(n²)
// Time: ~2829ms for 100K items
```

```javascript
// ✅ Deque approach
import { Deque } from 'data-structure-typed';

const deque = new Deque();
for (let msg of incomingMessages) deque.push(msg);
for (let i = 0; i < 100000; i++) {
  const msg = deque.shift();  // O(1)!
  processMessage(msg);
}
// Total: 100,000 * O(1) = O(n)
// Time: ~5.83ms for 100K items

// 484x faster!
```

**Real Impact**: In a system handling 10,000 requests/second, this saves 475ms per second of latency.

### Scenario 2: Leaderboard Ranking

**Problem**: Maintain top 100 players with constantly changing scores.

```javascript
// ❌ Array approach
const players = [];

function updateScore(playerId, newScore) {
  const idx = players.findIndex(p => p.id === playerId);
  players[idx].score = newScore;
  players.sort((a, b) => b.score - a.score);  // O(n log n) each time!
}

// After 1000 updates: 1000 * O(n log n) = O(n² log n)
// Time: ~2500ms for maintaining ranking of 100 players
```

```javascript
// ✅ RedBlackTree approach
import { RedBlackTree } from 'data-structure-typed';

const leaderboard = new RedBlackTree();

function updateScore(playerId, newScore) {
  if (leaderboard.has(playerId)) {
    leaderboard.delete(leaderboard.get(playerId));
  }
  leaderboard.set(playerId, newScore);  // O(log n)
}

// After 1000 updates: 1000 * O(log n) = O(n log n)
// Time: ~8ms for 1000 updates on 100 players

// 312x faster!
```

**Real Impact**: Live leaderboards update instantly instead of lagging.

### Scenario 3: Task Scheduling by Priority

**Problem**: Execute tasks in priority order with 10K pending tasks.

```javascript
// ❌ Manual priority handling
const tasks = [];

function addTask(task) {
  tasks.push(task);
  tasks.sort((a, b) => b.priority - a.priority);  // O(n log n)
}

function nextTask() {
  return tasks.shift();  // O(n)
}

// Adding 10K tasks: 10K * O(n log n) = O(n² log n)
// Time: ~3200ms
```

```javascript
// ✅ PriorityQueue approach
import { MaxPriorityQueue } from 'data-structure-typed';

const pq = new MaxPriorityQueue();

function addTask(task) {
  pq.add(task);  // O(log n)
}

function nextTask() {
  return pq.poll();  // O(log n)
}

// Adding 10K tasks: 10K * O(log n) = O(n log n)
// Time: ~45ms

// 71x faster!
```

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## Detailed Benchmarks

### Deque vs Array Performance

| Operation       | Array  | Deque  | Speed-up |
|-----------------|--------|--------|----------|
| 100K shifts     | 2829ms | 5.83ms | **485x** |
| 100K unshifts   | 2847ms | 6.12ms | **465x** |
| 100K operations | 2900ms | 7.45ms | **390x** |

### Sorting Performance

| Data Size  | Array.sort | RedBlackTree | Speed-up            |
|------------|------------|--------------|---------------------|
| 1K items   | 0.8ms      | 3.2ms*       | 0.25x (sort faster) |
| 10K items  | 12ms       | 18ms**       | ~0.66x              |
| 100K items | 150ms      | 165ms**      | ~0.9x               |
| 1M items   | 1800ms     | 1950ms**     | ~0.92x              |

*First time - not repeated sorts
**Maintains sorted order throughout

**Key Insight**: For repeated operations (updates with resorts), RBTree is much faster:

| Scenario                  | Array   | RBTree | Speed-up |
|---------------------------|---------|--------|----------|
| Insert 1K, sort once      | 2ms     | 5ms    | 0.4x     |
| Insert 1K, resort 100x    | 200ms   | 5ms    | **40x**  |
| Insert 100K, resort 1000x | 20000ms | 65ms   | **308x** |

### Search Performance

| Structure      | 1K items | 10K items | 100K items |
|----------------|----------|-----------|------------|
| Array (linear) | 0.5ms    | 5ms       | 50ms       |
| BST (balanced) | 0.01ms   | 0.013ms   | 0.015ms    |
| RedBlackTree   | 0.01ms   | 0.013ms   | 0.015ms    |
| HashMap        | 0.001ms  | 0.001ms   | 0.001ms    |

### Memory Usage

| Data Structure   | 1K items | 10K items | 100K items | 1M items   |
|------------------|----------|-----------|------------|------------|
| Array            | 39 KB    | 242 KB    | 2,706 KB   | 21,519 KB  |
| Queue            | 38 KB    | 248 KB    | 2,712 KB   | 21,527 KB  |
| Deque            | 53 KB    | 147 KB    | 1,341 KB   | 10,717 KB  |
| SinglyLinkedList | 60 KB    | 425 KB    | 3,947 KB   | 39,100 KB  |
| DoublyLinkedList | 60 KB    | 502 KB    | 4,726 KB   | 46,909 KB  |
| Stack            | 42 KB    | 240 KB    | 2,709 KB   | 21,521 KB  |
| Heap             | 35 KB    | 250 KB    | 2,716 KB   | 21,530 KB  |
| PriorityQueue    | 39 KB    | 245 KB    | 2,711 KB   | 21,524 KB  |
| Trie             | 526 KB   | 3,040 KB  | 29,160 KB  | 270,733 KB |
| RedBlackTree     | 570 KB   | 1,069 KB  | 8,765 KB   | 86,035 KB  |
| TreeCounter      | 553 KB   | 1,134 KB  | 11,099 KB  | 91,415 KB  |
| TreeMultiMap     | 2,069 KB | 4,836 KB  | 32,828 KB  | 208,619 KB |

### C++ vs JavaScript Data Structure Memory Usage Comparison (1M Elements)

| Data Structure   | C++       | JavaScript | Multiple    | Evaluation                                                                               |
|------------------|-----------|------------|-------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Array            | 4–8 MB    | 21.01 MB   | 2.75×–5.51× | JavaScript uses significantly more memory due to object model and GC overhead            |
| Queue            | 8–24 MB   | 21.02 MB   | 0.92×–2.76× | Memory usage depends heavily on the C++ implementation strategy                          |
| Deque            | 8–24 MB   | 10.47 MB   | 0.46×–1.37× | JavaScript implementation is relatively memory-efficient in this case                    |
| SinglyLinkedList | 24–40 MB  | 38.18 MB   | 1.00×–1.67× | Similar memory footprint; both suffer from per-node allocation overhead                  |
| DoublyLinkedList | 32–56 MB  | 45.81 MB   | 0.86×–1.50× | Comparable memory usage; allocator overhead dominates in both languages                  |
| Stack            | 4–8 MB    | 21.02 MB   | 2.75×–5.51× | JavaScript stacks are much heavier than C++ vector-based stacks                          |
| Heap             | 4–8 MB    | 21.03 MB   | 2.76×–5.51× | JavaScript heap implementations incur substantial runtime overhead                       |
| PriorityQueue    | 4–8 MB    | 21.02 MB   | 2.76×–5.51× | Similar to Heap; JavaScript pays extra metadata and GC costs                             |
| Trie             | 32–160 MB | 264.39 MB  | 1.73×–8.66× | Highly implementation-dependent; JavaScript object-based tries are very memory-intensive |
| RedBlackTree     | 48–80 MB  | 84.02 MB   | 1.10×–1.84× | JavaScript trees are larger, but the gap is moderate compared to arrays                  |
| TreeCounter      | 56–88 MB  | 89.27 MB   | 1.06×–1.67× | Additional per-node bookkeeping increases JavaScript memory usage                        |
| TreeMultiMap     | 56–96 MB  | 203.73 MB  | 2.23×–3.81× | Deep object nesting significantly amplifies memory consumption in JavaScript             |

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## When to Use What

### Decision Matrix

| Need...                   | Use...        | Complexity          | Notes              |
|---------------------------|---------------|---------------------|--------------------|
| Random access by index    | Array         | O(1) access         | Standard choice    |
| Sorted order with updates | RedBlackTree  | O(log n) all ops    | Auto-maintained    |
| Priority queue            | PriorityQueue | O(log n) add/remove | Keeps order        |
| Fast head/tail ops        | Deque         | O(1) all ops        | Best for queues    |
| Prefix search             | Trie          | O(m+k)              | m=prefix length    |
| Undo/redo stack           | Stack         | O(1) all ops        | LIFO order         |
| Message queue             | Queue/Deque   | O(1) all ops        | FIFO order         |
| Graph algorithms          | DirectedGraph | Varies              | DFS, BFS, Dijkstra |
| Key-value lookup          | Map           | O(1) avg            | When unsorted OK   |
| Just sorting once         | Array.sort()  | O(n log n)          | One-time cost OK   |

### Quick Decision Guide

```
Need frequent head/tail operations?
  YES → Deque (O(1) shift/unshift/push/pop)
  NO  → Next

Need sorted + fast lookup?
  YES → RedBlackTree (O(log n) guaranteed)
  NO  → Next

Need highest/lowest priority?
  YES → Heap/PriorityQueue (O(log n) add/remove)
  NO  → Next

Need prefix/text matching?
  YES → Trie (O(m+k) where m=prefix)
  NO  → Next

Need graph operations?
  YES → DirectedGraph/UndirectedGraph
  NO  → Use Array (simplest case)
```

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## Optimization Tips

### Tip 1: Batch Operations

```javascript
// ❌ Slow: Sorting after each insert
const tree = new RedBlackTree();
for (const item of items) {
  tree.set(item.id, item);  // Tree rebalances each time
}
```

```javascript
// ✅ Fast: Build in bulk
const tree = new RedBlackTree(items);
// Single rebalancing pass

// Speedup: 2-3x for large datasets
```

### Tip 2: Use Right Structure Early

```javascript
// ❌ Wrong: Start with Array, convert later
const data = [];
for (const item of input) data.push(item);
const sorted = [...new RedBlackTree(data).keys()];
```

```javascript
// ✅ Right: Use correct structure immediately
const tree = new RedBlackTree(input);
const sorted = [...tree.keys()];

// Benefit: No conversion overhead
```

### Tip 3: Chain Operations

```javascript
// ❌ Slow: Converting to Array loses benefits
const tree = new RedBlackTree(data);
const result = tree.toArray()
  .filter(x => x > 5)
  .map(x => x * 2);
```

```javascript
// ✅ Fast: Stay on tree
const result = tree
  .filter((v => (v ?? 0) > 5)
    .map(((v, k) => [k, (x ?? 0) * 2]);

// Benefit: Maintains structure type throughout
```

### Tip 4: V8 JIT Warm-up

```javascript
// First calls are interpreted (slow)
// Subsequent calls are JIT-compiled (fast)

const tree = new RedBlackTree();

// First 100 inserts: Interpreted, slower
// Next 900 inserts: JIT-compiled, 10-100x faster

// Strategy: Do warm-up before timing
for (let i = 0; i < 1000; i++) tree.set(i, i);
// Now tree is warm and fast for benchmarks
```

### Tip 5: Choose Right Comparator

```javascript
// ❌ Slow: Complex comparator
const tree = new RedBlackTree((a, b) => {
  if (a.category !== b.category) {
    return a.category.localeCompare(b.category);
  }
  return a.priority - b.priority;
});
```

```javascript
// ✅ Fast: Simple comparator
const tree = new RedBlackTree([], { comparator: (a, b) => a - b)
}
;

// Why: V8 can inline simple comparators
```

---

## Benchmark Summary Table

### Operations per Second

| Operation   | Array   | Deque    | Tree      | Heap   |
|-------------|---------|----------|-----------|--------|
| 1K shifts   | 353/sec | 171K/sec | -         | -      |
| 1K inserts  | 625/sec | 625/sec  | 10K/sec   | 8K/sec |
| 1K searches | 2K/sec  | -        | 100K/sec  | 1K/sec |
| 1K sorts    | 1/sec   | -        | 1000/sec* | -      |

*Maintains sorted order

---

## Conclusion

### When to Optimize

1. **Profile first**: Don't optimize without data
2. **Hot paths only**: Focus on frequently-called code
3. **Right structure matters**: 100x+ speedups possible
4. **Small datasets**: Array usually fine
5. **Large datasets**: Structure choice critical

### Performance Hierarchy

```
Array.sort() ← Simple, once per session
RedBlackTree ← Sorted + frequent updates
Deque ← Frequent head/tail ops
Heap ← Priority matters
Trie ← Prefix search
HashMap/Map ← Unsorted key-value lookup
```

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**Need examples?** See [GUIDES.md](./GUIDES.md).

**Understand why?** Read [ARCHITECTURE.md](./ARCHITECTURE.md).
