Performance StageXL vs. PixiJS vs. CreateJS

[Bernhard Pichler]

Hi guys,

I got the question how StageXL and Dart compares to PixiJS performance-wise in a popular benchmark called "Bunny Bench". This is a pretty stupid benchmark but just for fun let's take a look at the performance numbers. Since PixiJS claims to be the fastest render engine for JavaScript the results for StageXL and Dart are very satisfying.

I've also included the same benchmark for another popular JavaScript render engine called CreateJS (or EaselJS). 

http://www.stagexl.org/samples/bunny_bench/
http://www.goodboydigital.com/pixijs/bunnymark/
http://createjs.com/Demos/EaselJS/bunnymarkEasel/?c2d=0

I don't want to post absolute numbers or announce a winner since those numbers very much depend on your CPU and GPU. But they show that StageXL and PixiJS are similar performance-wise in this benchmark (on some computers StageXL is even a little bit faster). CreateJS is beaten pretty badly even with it's highly optimized WebGL renderer.

The source code for the StageXL and Dart version is available on GitHub:
https://github.com/bp74/StageXL_Samples/tree/master/web/bunny_bench

Best Greetings,

Bernhard