what is faster? a loop or multiple if condition

Question

I was wondering what was faster. Is it when you do a for loop with only one instruction (i.e 1=1) 9 times or is it when you go through 9 if condition?

I think the ifs are faster because you don't need to check for instruction in the loop

Answer 1

It should be pretty much the same - because for loops are essentially checking if a condition is true and running a block of code - very similar to if statements.

For details on how for loops and if statement are typically implemented in assembly - have a look at https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/X86_Disassembly/Loops and complex IF statement in assembly