translate3d vs translate XY vs css left/top (v60)

Revision 60 of this benchmark created on

Preparation HTML

<div id="elem" style="position: absolute; background:#ccc; width:10px; height:10px;"></div>
<script>
  var elem = document.getElementById("elem");
  var style = elem.style;
</script>

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translate3d
var x = y = 0;
for (var i = 100; i--;) {
  x = i;
  y = i * 5;

  style.WebkitTransform = 'translate3d(' + x + 'px, ' + y + 'px, 0)';
  elem._width = elem.offsetWidth; // force reflow
}
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translateX/Y
var x = y = 0;
for (var i = 100; i--;) {
  x = i;
  y = i * 5;

  style.WebkitTransform = 'translateX(' + x + 'px) translateY(' + y + 'px)';
  elem._width = elem.offsetWidth; // force reflow

}
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css left/top
var x = y = 0;
for (var i = 100; i--;) {
  x = i;
  y = i * 5;
  style.left = x + 'px';
  style.top = y + 'px';
  elem._width = elem.offsetWidth; // force reflow
}
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css height/width
var x = y = 0;
for (var i = 100; i--;) {
  x = i;
  y = i * 5;
  style.width = x + 'px';
  style.height = y + 'px';
  elem._width = elem.offsetWidth; // force reflow
}
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matrix
var x = y = 0;
for (var i = 100; i--;) {
  x = i;
  y = i * 5;

  style.WebkitTransform = 'matrix(1,0,0,1,' + x + ',' + y + ')';
  elem._width = elem.offsetWidth; // force reflow

}
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matrix3d
var x = y = 0;
for (var i = 100; i--;) {
  x = i;
  y = i * 5;

  style.WebkitTransform = 'matrix3d(1,0,0,0,0,1,0,0,0,0,1,0,' + x + ',' + y + ',0,1)';
  elem._width = elem.offsetWidth; // force reflow

}
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translateY
var x = y = 0;
for (var i = 100; i--;) {
  x = i;
  y = i * 5;

  style.WebkitTransform = 'translateY(' + y + 'px)';
  elem._width = elem.offsetWidth; // force reflow

}
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translate3dY
var x = y = 0;
for (var i = 100; i--;) {
  x = i;
  y = i * 5;

  style.WebkitTransform = 'translate3d(0, ' + y + 'px, 0)';
  elem._width = elem.offsetWidth; // force reflow
}
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