innerHTML vs innerText vs nodeValue vs textContent (v18)

Revision 18 of this benchmark created on

Preparation HTML

<div id="divinputme">
</div>
<span id="spaninputme">
</span>
<script>
  var a = document.getElementById('divinputme'),
      b = document.getElementById('spaninputme');
</script>

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innerText - div
a.innerText = 'consistent';
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innerText - span
b.innerText = 'consistent';
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innerHTML - div
a.innerHTML = 'consistent';
ready
innerHTML - span
b.innerHTML = 'consistent';
ready
nodeValue - div
a.firstChild.nodeValue = 'consistent';
ready
nodeValue - span
b.firstChild.nodeValue = 'consistent';
ready
textContent - div
a.textContent = 'consistent';
ready
textContent - span
b.textContent = 'consistent';
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