Clone vs Instance.new(), which one would be faster?

[OminousVibes0 (OminousVibes)]

I’m wondering whether Object:Clone() is faster, or just Instance.new() and setting the properties faster in terms of performance.

[nicemike40]

Probably cloning? Depends on your exact situation. Test it and find out

Also sort of unrelated but:

PSA: Don't use Instance.new() with parent argument

I’ve discovered a pretty bad performance issue in one of top games that has to do with Instance.new and wanted to write about this, since this is not obvious unless you know the system inside out. Tthere are several ways to create a ROBLOX object in Lua: local obj = Instance.new(‘type’); fill obj fields local obj = Instance.new(‘type’, parent); fill obj fields local obj = util.Create(‘type’, { field1 = value1, … }) If you care at all about performance, please only use the first option - I wi…

[nexos_x7 (Nexos)]

It depends what your using it for, if you are cloning an object that has a ton of parts in it, then yes Instance.new() would be faster but if your cloning an object that is relatively small and/or doesn’t have a lot of parts like a union then it may not only be faster but easier to use Object:Clone()

[Denzel2415]

Hi Stratus, I was wondering does this also apply for UI’s, for example if I need to clone a simple image UI that is just an imagelabel, would it be better to clone from like replicatedstorage or create a instance.new and set the image properties?

[nexos_x7 (Nexos)]

I personally would clone it tbh because it has more on it then 1 thing