jquery 1.4.2 vs 1.6.2 (v10)

Revision 10 of this benchmark created on


Description

Comparison of performance between jQuery versions

Preparation HTML

<div id="test">
  <div class="testlink">
    <a href="#" id="linkone" title="test">test link</a>
  </div>
  <input type="text" val="test" />
  <div class="testmenu">
    <ul>
      <li class="menuitem itemone">
        <a href="#" title="item 1">menu item 1</a>
      </li>
      <li class="menuitem itemtwo">
        <a href="#" title="item 2">menu item 2</a>
      </li>
      <li class="menuitem itemthree">
        not clickable item 3
      </li>
    </ul>
  </div>
</div>
<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4.2/jquery.min.js">
</script>
<script>
  var $jq14 = jQuery.noConflict(true);
</script>
<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.6.2/jquery.min.js">
</script>
<script>
  var $jq16 = jQuery.noConflict(true);
</script>
<script>
  var jsid=document.getElemetById('test');
  var jqid=$("#test");
</script>

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Testing in
TestOps/sec
1.4 by id
$jq14('#linkone');
ready
1.6 by id
$jq16('#linkone')
ready
1.4 by class
$jq14('.menuitem');
ready
1.6 by class
$jq16('.menuitem');
ready
1.4 descendent tag - class
$jq14('div.testmenu a');
ready
1.6 descendent tag - class
$jq16('div.testmenu a');
ready
1.4 by attr
$jq14('a[title="test"]');
ready
1.6 by attr
$jq16('a[title="test"]');
ready
1.4 with regex
$jq14('a[title*="item"]')
ready
1.6 with regex
$jq16('a[title*="item"]');
ready
1.4 nth-child(even)
$jq14('li:nth-child(even)');
ready
1.6 nth-child(even)
$jq16('li:nth-child(even)');
ready
1.4 input select
$jq14('input');
ready
1.6 input select
$jq16('input');
ready
1.4 unquoted attr with simpler regex
$jq14('div[class^=test]');
ready
1.6 unquoted attr with simpler regex
$jq16('div[class^=test]');
ready
1.4 unquoted attr check
$jq14('div[title=test]');
ready
1.6 unquoted attr check
$jq16('div[title=test]');
ready
1.4 tagged-Id
$jq14('div#test');
ready
1.6 taggedId
$jq16('div#test');
ready
1.4 generic descendant
$jq14('body div');
ready
1.6 generic descendant
$jq16('body div');
ready
1.4 multiple
$jq14('div, li, a');
ready
1.6 multiple
$jq16('div, li, a');
ready
1.6 ids
$jq14('#test #linkone');
ready
1.6 ids1
$jq14('#linkone');
ready
jsid
document.getElementById("test");
ready
jqid
$jq14("#test");
ready

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