jQuery .find() vs. context selector vs non-context selector (v43)

Revision 43 of this benchmark created on

Description

comparing selector speed

Preparation HTML

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.6.1/jquery.min.js"></script>

<article>
        <p>A test</p>
        <p><ins class="ins"></ins></p>
        <p>This is text</p>
</article>

Setup

var $article = $('article');

Test runner

Ready to run.

Testing in
TestOps/sec
find method (node context)
var has = $($article[0]).find('.ins').length > 0 ? true : false;
ready
find method (jquery context)
var has = $article.find('.ins').length > 0 ? true : false;
ready
context node
var has = $('.ins', $article[0]).length > 0 ? true : false;
ready
context jquery
var has = $('.ins', $article).length > 0 ? true : false;
ready
cascade
var has = $('article .ins').length > 0 ? true : false;
ready
context (no cached)
var has = $('.ins', 'article').length > 0 ? true : false;
ready
select and find
var has = $('article').find('.ins').length > 0 ? true : false;
ready
'parent > child' selector
var has = $('article > .ins').length > 0 ? true : false;
ready

Revisions

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