jQuery append vs html vs innerHTML list performance (v52)

Revision 52 of this benchmark created on

Preparation HTML

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js">
</script>
<div id="list">
</div>

Setup

var len = 20;

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

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