jQuery .data() performance vs .attr() performance (v43)

Revision 43 of this benchmark created on

Preparation HTML

<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.9.0/jquery.min.js"></script>
<input type="text" id="theInput" value="foo"></input>
<script>
  var theInput = $('#theInput');
  theInput.attr('someAttr', 'theValue').data('someData', 'theValue');
</script>

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Attribute get
theInput.attr('someAttr');
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Attribute set
theInput.attr('someAttr', 'newValue');
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Data get
theInput.data('someData');
ready
Data set
theInput.data('someData', 'newValue');
ready
Data get direct
theInput.data().someData;
ready
Data set direct
theInput.data().someData = 'newValue';
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