jQuery append vs html vs innerHTML list performance (v14)

Revision 14 of this benchmark created by Adam on

Preparation HTML

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js">
</script>
<div id="list" style="height:400px;overflow-y:scroll;">
</div>

Setup

var len = 20;
  var elems = [];
  for (var i = 0; i < len; i++) {
    elems += $('<div>Test ' + i + '</div>');
  }

Teardown



            $('#list').empty();

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Testing in
TestOps/sec
jquery .append()
var html = '';
for (var i = 0; i < len; i++) {
  html += '<div>Test ' + i + '</div>';
}
$('#list').append(html);
ready
jQuery .html()
var html = '';
for (var i = 0; i < len; i++) {
  html += '<div>Test ' + i + '</div>';
}

$('#list').html(html);
ready
javascript innerHTML
var html = '';
for (var i = 0; i < len; i++) {
  html += '<div>Test ' + i + '</div>';
}

document.getElementById('list').innerHTML = html;
ready
jquery .append() single
for (var i = 0; i < len; i++) {
  $('#list').append('<div>Test ' + i + '</div>');
}
ready
jquery .append() single $
for (var i = 0; i < len; i++) {
  $('#list').append(elems[i]);
}
ready
jquery .append() $
$('#list').append(elems);
ready

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