translate3d vs translate XY vs css left/top (v75)

Revision 75 of this benchmark created on


Preparation HTML

<div id="elem" style="position: relative; 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;
  var transform = 'translate3d(' + x + 'px, ' + y + 'px, 0px)';
  if (style.WebkitTransform) {
    style.WebkitTransform = transform;
  } else if (style.MozTransform) {
    style.MozTransform = transform;
  } else {
    style.OTransform = transform;
  }
}
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translateX/Y
var x = y = 0;
for (var i = 100; i--;) {
  x = i;
  y = i * 5;
  var transform = 'translateX(' + x + 'px) translateY(' + y + 'px)';
  if (style.WebkitTransform) {
    style.WebkitTransform = transform;
  } else if (style.MozTransform) {
    style.MozTransform = transform;
  } else {
    style.OTransform = transform;
  }
}
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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';
}
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translate2d
var x = y = 0;
for (var i = 100; i--;) {
  x = i;
  y = i * 5;
  var transform = 'translate(' + x + 'px, ' + y + 'px)';
  if (style.WebkitTransform) {
    style.WebkitTransform = transform;
  } else if (style.MozTransform) {
    style.MozTransform = transform;
  } else {
    style.OTransform = transform;
  }
}
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