innerHTML vs innerText vs nodeValue vs textContent (v24)

Revision 24 of this benchmark created on

Preparation HTML

<div id="divinputme">
123 123 123
</div>
<span id="spaninputme">
123 123 123
</span>
<script>
  var a = document.getElementById('divinputme'),
      b = document.getElementById('spaninputme'),
      s = '1,2,3,4';
  function someText() {
    return Math.random().toString();
  }
</script>

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Testing in
TestOps/sec
innerText - div
var test = a.innerText;
a.innerText=someText();
ready
innerText - span
var test = b.innerText;
b.innerText=someText();
ready
innerHTML - div
var test = a.innerHTML;
a.innerHTML=someText();
ready
innerHTML - span
var test = b.innerHTML;
b.innerHTML=someText();
ready
nodeValue - div
var test = a.firstChild.nodeValue;
a.firstChild.nodeValue=someText();
ready
nodeValue - span
var test = b.firstChild.nodeValue;
b.firstChild.nodeValue=someText();
ready
textContent - div
var test = a.textContent;
a.textContent=someText();
ready
textContent - span
var test = b.textContent;
b.textContent=someText();
ready

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