Massive is a new benchmark for asm.js. While many JavaScript benchmarks already exist, asm.js - a strict subset of JavaScript, designed to be easy to optimize - poses some new challenges. In particular, asm.js is typically generated by compiling from another language, like C++, and people are using that approach to run large asm.js codebases, by porting existing large C++ codebases (for example, game engines like Unity and Unreal).
Very large codebases can be challenging to optimize for several reasons: Often they contain very large functions, for example, which stress register allocation and other compiler optimizations. Total code size can also cause pauses while the browser parses and prepares to execute a very large script. Existing JavaScript benchmarks typically focus on small programs, and tend to focus on throughput, ignoring things like how responsive the browser is (which matters a lot for the user experience). Massive does focus on those things, by running several large real-world codebases compiled to asm.js, and testing them on throughput, responsiveness, preparation time and variance. For more details, see the FAQ at the bottom of the benchmark page.
Massive is not finished yet, it is a work in progress - the results should not be taken seriously yet (bugs might cause some things to not be measured accurately, etc.). Massive is being developed as an open source project, so please test it and report your feedback. Any issues you find or suggestions for improvements are very welcome!
