jQuery vs Underscore Each

Benchmark created by James Brown on

Description

Is jQuery's $.each or Underscore's _.each faster?

Preparation HTML

<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="//documentcloud.github.com/underscore/underscore-min.js"></script>
<script src="//www.modernizr.com/downloads/modernizr-2.0.js"></script>

<div id="content"></div>

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Testing in
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jQuery Each
var $content = $('#content');
$(Modernizr).each(function(property, value) {
        $('<div/>', {
                 id: property
                ,css: {
                        width   : '100%'
                }
                ,html: property + ' ' + value
        }).appendTo($content);
});
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Underscore.js Each
var $content = $('#content');
_(Modernizr).each(function(value, property,object){
        $('<div/>', {
                 id: property
                ,css: {
                        width   : '100%'
                }
                ,html: property + ' ' + value
        }).appendTo($content);
});
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