jQuery vs JavaScript Performance Comparison (v15)

Revision 15 of this benchmark created on


Preparation HTML

<div id="hello"></div>
<div class="bye"></div>
<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js"></script>

Test runner

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Testing in
TestOps/sec
jQuery ID Selector
var $el = $('#hello'); // jQuery object
ready
JavaScript ID Selector
var el = document.querySelector('#hello'); // DOM element
ready
jQuery Class Selector
var $el = $('.bye'); // jQuery object
ready
JavaScript Class Selector
var el = document.querySelector('.bye'); // DOM elements
ready
get element by id
var el = document.getElementById('hello'); // DOM element
ready
get element by id to Jquery
var el = document.getElementById('hello'), // DOM element
   $el = $(el);                            // jQuery object
ready
get element by id wrapped
var $el = $(document.getElementById('hello'));
ready

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