Is setInterval CPU intensive?

Question

I read somewhere that setInterval is CPU intensive. I created a script that uses setInterval and monitored the CPU usage but didn\'t notice a change. I want to know if there

Answer 1

In your case there will not be any issue. But if your doing some huge animations in canvas or working with webgl , then there will be some CPU issues, so for that you can use requestAnimationFrame.

Refer this link About requestAnimationFrame