jquery.html vs innerHTML (v24)

Revision 24 of this benchmark created on

Preparation HTML

<script src="//code.jquery.com/jquery-2.1.1.min.js"></script>

<div id="list" style="display:none"></div>

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jQuery.html()
var html = [];
for (var i = 0; i < 1000; i++) {
  html.push('<div>Test ');
  html.push(i);
  html.push('</div>');
}

$('#list').html(html.join(''));
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innerHTML
var list = document.getElementById('list');
var html = [];

for (var i = 0; i < 1000; i++) {
  html.push('<div>Test ');
  html.push(i);
  html.push('</div>');
}

list.innerHTML = html.join('');
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jQuery.append()
var html = [];
for (var i = 0; i < 1000; i++) {
  html.push('<div>Test ');
  html.push(i);
  html.push('</div>');
}

$('#list').append(html.join(''));
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