jQuery 1.4 vs 1.3 vs 1.2 vs 1.1 performance test (v6)

Revision 6 of this benchmark created on

Description

Let's test the different versions of jQuery library for: * selectors * DOM traversing * DOM manipulation * form serialization * events

Preparation HTML

<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7/jquery.js">
</script>
<script type="text/javascript">
  var j7 = jQuery.noConflict();
</script>
<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.6/jquery.js">
</script>
<script type="text/javascript">
  var j6 = jQuery.noConflict();
</script>
<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.4.2/jquery.js">
</script>
<script type="text/javascript">
  var j4 = jQuery.noConflict();
</script>
<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.3.2/jquery.js">
</script>
<script type="text/javascript">
  var j3 = jQuery.noConflict();
</script>
<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.2.6/jquery.js">
</script>
<script type="text/javascript">
  var j2 = jQuery.noConflict();
</script>
<script src="//jqueryjs.googlecode.com/files/jquery-1.1.4.js">
</script>
<script type="text/javascript">
  var j1 = jQuery.noConflict();
</script>
<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.js">
</script>
<script type="text/javascript">
  var j15 = jQuery.noConflict();
</script>
<div id="test">
  <div class="testlink">
    <a href="#" id="linkone" title="test">test link</a>
  </div>
  <div class="testmenu">
    <ul>
      <li class="menuitem itemone">
        <a href="#" title="item 1">menu item 1</a>
      </li>
      <li class="menuitem itemtwo">
        <a href="#" title="item 2">menu item 2</a>
      </li>
      <li class="menuitem itemthree">
        not clickable item 3
      </li>
    </ul>
  </div>
</div>
<form action="" method="get">
  <p>
    <input type="hidden" name="a" value="abc" />
    <input type="hidden" name="b" value="1.0" />
    <input type="hidden" name="c" value="1" />
  </p>
</form>
<script>
  var selectors = ['body', 'div', 'body div', 'div a', 'div > a', 'div[class^=test]', 'div, li, a', '.menuitem', 'li.menuitem', '#linkone', 'div#test', 'a[title*=item]', 'a[title=test]', 'div:not(.testlink)', 'li:nth-child(even)', 'li:nth-child(odd)', 'li:last-child', 'li:first-child'];
  var htmlafter = '<a href="#" id="linktwo" title="test">test link 2</a>';
  var htmlappend = '<span> 1</span>';
  clickaction = function() {
    return $(this);
  }
</script>

Test runner

Ready to run.

Testing in
TestOps/sec
jQuery 1.4
for (var sel in selectors) {
  j4(sel);
}
j4('#linkone').parent().next().find('li').eq(0);
j4('#linkone').after(htmlafter).append(htmlappend);
j4('form').serialize();
j4('#linkone').click(clickaction);
ready
jQuery 1.3
for (var sel in selectors) {
  j3(sel);
}
j3('#linkone').parent().next().find('li').eq(0);
j3('#linkone').after(htmlafter).append(htmlappend);
j3('form').serialize();
j3('#linkone').click(clickaction);
ready
jQuery 1.2
for (var sel in selectors) {
  j2(sel);
}
j2('#linkone').parent().next().find('li').eq(0);
j2('#linkone').after(htmlafter).append(htmlappend);
j2('form').serialize();
j2('#linkone').click(clickaction);
ready
jQuery 1.1
for (var sel in selectors) {
  j1(sel);
}
j1('#linkone').parent().next().find('li').eq(0);
j1('#linkone').after(htmlafter).append(htmlappend);
j1('form').serialize();
j1('#linkone').click(clickaction);
ready
jQuery1.52
for (var sel in selectors) {
  j15(sel);
}
j15('#linkone').parent().next().find('li').eq(0);
j15('#linkone').after(htmlafter).append(htmlappend);
j15('form').serialize();
j15('#linkone').click(clickaction);
ready
jQuery 1.6
for (var sel in selectors) {
  j6(sel);
}
j6('#linkone').parent().next().find('li').eq(0);
j6('#linkone').after(htmlafter).append(htmlappend);
j6('form').serialize();
j6('#linkone').click(clickaction);
ready
jQuery 1.7
for (var sel in selectors) {
  j7(sel);
}
j7('#linkone').parent().next().find('li').eq(0);
j7('#linkone').after(htmlafter).append(htmlappend);
j7('form').serialize();
j7('#linkone').click(clickaction);
ready

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