jQuery vs JavaScript Performance Comparison (v5)

Revision 5 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>

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Testing in
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jQuery ID Selector Append
var $el = $('#hello');
 
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JavaScript ID Append
var $el = document.getElementById('#hello');

 
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jQuery Class Selector
var $el = $('.bye');
 
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JavaScript Class Selector
var $el = document.getElementsByClassName('.bye');
 
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