jQuery vs JavaScript Performance Comparison (v37)

Revision 37 of this benchmark created on

Preparation HTML

<div id="hello"></div>
<div class="bye"></div>
<script src="//code.jquery.com/jquery-2.0.3.min.js"></script>

Test runner

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Testing in
TestOps/sec
jQuery ID Selector
var $el = $('#hello');
ready
JavaScript ID Selector
var $el = $(document.querySelector('#hello'));
ready
jQuery Class Selector
var $el = $('.bye');
ready
JavaScript Class Selector
var $el = $(document.querySelector('.bye'));
ready
getElementById
var $el = $(document.getElementById('hello'));
ready

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