innerHTML vs removeChild (v139)

Revision 139 of this benchmark created by empty on

Preparation HTML

<div id='box'></div>

Setup

function write()
  {
   var box = document.getElementById('box');
  var div = document.createElement('div');
  div.innerHTML = "halo <br> des <div>aaaa</div><table></table>halo <br> des <div>aaaa</div><table></table>halo <br> des <div>aaaa</div><table></table>halo <br> des <div>aaaa</div><table></table>halo <br> des <div>aaaa</div><table></table>halo <br> des <div>aaaa</div><table></table>halo <br> des <div>aaaa</div><table></table>halo <br> des <div>aaaa</div><table></table>halo <br> des <div>aaaa</div><table></table>halo <br> des <div>aaaa</div><table></table>halo <br> des <div>aaaa</div><table></table>halo <br> des <div>aaaa</div><table></table>halo <br> des <div>aaaa</div><table></table>halo <br> des <div>aaaa</div><table></table>halo <br> des <div>aaaa</div><table></table>halo <br> des <div>aaaa</div><table></table>halo <br> des <div>aaaa</div><table></table>halo <br> des <div>aaaa</div><table></table>halo <br> des <div>aaaa</div><table></table>halo <br> des <div>aaaa</div><table></table>halo <br> des <div>aaaa</div><table></table>halo <br> des <div>aaaa</div><table></table>halo <br> des <div>aaaa</div><table></table>halo <br> des <div>aaaa</div><table></table>halo <br> des <div>aaaa</div><table></table>halo <br> des <div>aaaa</div><table></table>halo <br> des <div>aaaa</div><table></table>halo <br> des <div>aaaa</div><table></table>halo <br> des <div>aaaa</div><table></table>halo <br> des <div>aaaa</div><table></table>halo <br> des <div>aaaa</div><table></table>halo <br> des <div>aaaa</div><table></table>halo <br> des <div>aaaa</div><table></table>halo <br> des <div>aaaa</div><table></table>halo <br> des <div>aaaa</div><table></table>halo <br> des <div>aaaa</div><table></table>halo <br> des <div>aaaa</div><table></table>";
  box.appendChild(div);
  
  }

Test runner

Ready to run.

Testing in
TestOps/sec
removeChild
write();
while (box.firstChild) {
  box.removeChild(box.firstChild);
}
ready
innerHTML
write();
box.innerHTML = '';
ready
innerText
write();
box.innerText = '';
ready
withoutDom
write();
box.style.display='none';
box.innerHTML = '';
box.style.display='';
ready

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