jquery.html vs innerHTML (v35)

Revision 35 of this benchmark created on

Preparation HTML

<script src="//code.jquery.com/jquery-2.0.3.min.js"></script>

<div id="list1" style="display:none"></div>
<div id="list2" style="display:none"></div>
<div id="list3" style="display:none"></div>
<div id="list4" style="display:none"></div>

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

$('#list1').html(html);
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jQuery.html() no cache
var html = '';
for (var i = 0; i < 1000; i++) {
  $('#list2').html('<div>Test ' + i + '</div>');
}
ready
innerHTML cache
var list = document.getElementById('list3');
var html = '';

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

list.innerHTML = html;
ready
innerHTML no cache
var list = document.getElementById('list4');
var html = '';

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