jQuery #id selector vs jQuery select DOM object directly

Benchmark created by Todd on

Preparation HTML

<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js">
</script>
<script>
  var elem = document.createElement('div');
  elem.id = 'div';
  document.appendChild(elem);
</script>

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Select by #id string
$('#div');
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Select DOM object directly
$(document.getElementById('div'));
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