getElementsByClassName vs innerHTML

Benchmark created by HelenFr on

Preparation HTML

<div id="p"><span class="a">a</span><span class="b">b</span></div>
<script>
var elem = document.getElementById('p');
</script>

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getElementsByClassName
elem.getElementsByClassName('a')[0].innerText = 'a text';
elem.getElementsByClassName('b')[0].innerText = 'b text';
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innerHTML
elem.innerHTML = '<span class="a">a text</span><span class="b">b text</span>';
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