jQuery is() vs nodeName.tolowercase (v9)

Revision 9 of this benchmark created on

Preparation HTML

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<img>
<script>
  var img = $('img')[0],
      result;
</script>

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is
result = $(img).is('img');
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nodeName
result = img.nodeName.toLowerCase() === 'img';
ready
tagName
result = img.tagName === 'IMG';
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localName
result = img.localName === 'img';
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localName + jQuery
// async test
result = $('img')[0].localName === 'img';
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