realistic innerHTML vs. appendChild (v16)

Revision 16 of this benchmark created on

Preparation HTML

<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<div id="result" style="display:none;" />
<script>
  var el = document.getElementById("result");
</script>

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innerHTML
var str = '';
for (var i = 0; i < 100; i++){
  str += '<div><img src="abc.jpg" /></div>'
}
el.innerHTML += str;
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appendChild
for (var i = 0; i < 100; i++){
  var div = document.createElement('div')
  var img = document.createElement('img')
  img.setAttribute("src","abc.jpg");
  div.appendChild(img)
  el.appendChild(div)
}
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jquery.append
var $el = $(el)
for (var i = 0; i < 100; i++){
  var div = $('<div><img src="abc.jpg" /></div>')
  $el.append(div)
}
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