jQuery :contains VS .filter (v4)

Revision 4 of this benchmark created by Ben on

Preparation HTML

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.10.2/jquery.min.js"></script>
<ul id="list">
    <li><a href="#">text</a></li>
    <li><a href="#">text</a></li>
    <li><a href="#">text</a></li>
    <li><a href="#">text</a></li>
    <li><a href="#">text</a></li>
    <li><a href="#">text</a></li>
    <li><a href="#">text</a></li>
    <li><a href="#">text</a></li>
    <li><a href="#">text</a></li>
    <li><a href="#">text</a></li>
    <li><a href="#">text</a></li>
    <li><a href="#">text</a></li>
    <li><a href="#">text</a></li>
    <li><a href="#">text</a></li>
    <li><a href="#">text</a></li>
</ul>

Setup

var $A     = $('#list').find('li'),
      filter = "ext";
  var regX = new RegExp('<a.*?>'+filter+'</a>','gi');

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Testing in
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:contains
var no  = $A.not(':contains(" + filter + ")'),
    yes = $A.filter(":contains(" + filter + ")");
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.filter
var no = $A.filter(function () {
        return !(regX.test($(this).text()))
    }),
    yes = $A.filter(function () {
        return (regX.test($(this).text()))
    });
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