getElementById.children vs. getElementsByClassName (v178)

Revision 178 of this benchmark created on

Description

Compare the speed of getElementById.children to getElementsByClassName.

Preparation HTML

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js">
</script>
<p id="foo" class="my-foo">
  Foo
</p>
<p id="bar" class="my-bar">
  Bar
</p>
<div id="paa" class="my-paa">
  <div id="pbb" class="my-pbb">
    <div id="pcc" class="my-pcc">
      <div id="pdd" class="my-pdd">
        <div id="pee" class="my-pee">
          <div id="pff" class="my-pff">
            <span id="baz" class="my-baz">
              Baz
            </span>
          </div>
        </div>
      </div>
    </div>
  </div>
</div>

Test runner

Ready to run.

Testing in
TestOps/sec
getElementById (0 deep)
var paa = document.getElementById("paa");
ready
getElementsByClassName (0 deep)
var paa = document.getElementsByClassName("my-paa")[0];
ready
getElementById (1 deep)
var pbb = document.getElementById("paa").children[0];
ready
getElementsByClassName (1 deep)
var pbb = document.getElementsByClassName("my-pbb")[0];
ready
getElementById (2 deep)
var pcc = document.getElementById("paa").children[0].children[0];
ready
getElementsByClassName (2 deep)
var pcc = document.getElementsByClassName("my-pcc")[0];
ready
getElementById (3 deep)
var pdd = document.getElementById("paa").children[0].children[0].children[0];
ready
getElementsByClassName (3 deep)
var pdd = document.getElementsByClassName("my-pdd")[0];
ready
getElementById (4 deep)
var pee = document.getElementById("paa").children[0].children[0].children[0].children[0];
ready
getElementsByClassName (4 deep)
var pee = document.getElementsByClassName("my-pee")[0];
ready
getElementById (5 deep)
var pff = document.getElementById("paa").children[0].children[0].children[0].children[0].children[0];
ready
getElementsByClassName (5 deep)
var pff = document.getElementsByClassName("my-pff")[0];
ready

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