sojs-coder/Worker_Threads_Test

Worker_Threads_Test

Testing out how worker_threads performs against synced processing in a variaty of loads.

We looped over a massive quantity of numbers and squared them to simulate a difficult work job for the comupter

Results:

Small Dataset (2 Cores)

Synchronous processing seems to be faster becuase of the latency when communicating with the threads

Medium Dataset (2 Cores)

Still worker threads is marginally slower.

Large Dataset (2 Cores)

This time, worker threads beats synced processing by a large margin

Large Dataset (4 cores)

Massive Dataset (4 Cores)

Once again, worker threads is significantly faster than single threaded. ~4 times faster, as expected, as we have 4 cores

Variable Dataset (4 cores)

This time worker_threads is not a clear winner, with just a 2 second lead on synced processing.

Gigantic Dataset (48 Million times to loop and square the numer)

8 real cores, 8 virtual cores

Worker_threads is ~13 times faster this time

Conclusions

Use worker_threads when you need massive computations to be done, otherwise the latency in communicating with the cores is too massive and will set you back.