jQuery children vs find (v3)

Revision 3 of this benchmark created by zarjay on

Preparation HTML

<div id="test">
 <div class="level1"><div class="level2"></div></div>
 <div class="level1"><div class="level2"></div></div>
 <div class="level1"><div class="level2"></div></div>
 <div class="level1"><div class="level2"></div></div>
 <div class="level1"><div class="level2"></div></div>
 <div class="level1"><div class="level2"></div></div>
 <div class="level1"><div class="level2"></div></div>
 <div class="level1"><div class="level2"></div></div>
 <div class="level1"><div class="level2"></div></div>
 <div class="level1"><div class="level2"></div></div>
 <div class="level1"><div class="level2"></div></div>
 <div class="level1"><div class="level2"></div></div>
</div><script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js"></script>

Test runner

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Testing in
TestOps/sec
children('div')
$('#test').children('div'); // 12 results
ready
find('div')
$('#test').find('div'); // 24 results
ready
children('.level1')
$('#test').children('.level1'); // 12 results
ready
find('.level1')
$('#test').find('.level1'); // 12 results
ready
children('.level2')
$('#test').children('.level2'); // 0 results
ready
find('.level2')
$('#test').find('.level2'); // 12 results
ready
children('.doesnotexist')
$('#test').children('.doesnotexist'); // 0 results
ready
find('.doesnotexist')
$('#test').find('.doesnotexist'); // 0 results
ready

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