jQuery 1.7.1 vs. jQuery 1.8.3

JavaScript performance comparison

Revision 12 of this test case created by disy-mk

Preparation code

<script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.7.1.min.js">
</script>
<script type="text/javascript">
  var jQ17 = jQuery.noConflict();
</script>
<script src="http://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.8.3.min.js">
</script>
<script type="text/javascript">
  var jQ18 = jQuery.noConflict();
</script>
<div id="idSelector">
</div>
<div class="classSelector">
</div>
<ul id="iteration">
  <li>
  </li>
  <li>
  </li>
  <li>
  </li>
  <li>
  </li>
  <li>
  </li>
  <li>
  </li>
  <li>
  </li>
</ul>
<div id="cssGetter" style="color: black;">
</div>
<div id="cssSetter" style="color: black;">
</div>
<div id="find">
  <span>
  </span>
  <div>
    <strong>
    </strong>
  </div>
</div>

Preparation code output

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Test Ops/sec
1.7.1 ID Selector
 
jQ17("#idSelector");
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1.8.3 ID Selector
 
jQ18("#idSelector");
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1.7.1 Class Selector
 
jQ17(".classSelector");
 pending…
1.8.3 Class Selector
 
jQ18(".classSelector");
 pending…
1.7.1 Iteration
 
jQ17("#iteration li").each(function(i, e) {

});
 pending…
1.8.3 Iteration
 
jQ18("#iteration li").each(function(i, e) {

});
 pending…
1.7.1 CSS Getter
 
jQ17("#cssGetter").css("color");
 pending…
1.8.3 CSS Getter
 
jQ18("#cssGetter").css("color");
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1.7.1 CSS Setter
 
jQ17("#cssSetter").css("color", "red");
 pending…
1.8.3 CSS Setter
 
jQ18("#cssSetter").css("color", "red");
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1.7.1 Find
 
jQ17("#find").find("strong");
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1.8.3 Find
 
jQ18("#find").find("strong");
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1.7.1 Non-existent ID
 
jQ17("#someID");
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1.8.3 Non-existent ID
 
jQ18("#someID");
 pending…
1.7.1 Non-existent Class
 
jQ17(".someClass");
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1.8.3 Non-existent Class
 
jQ18(".someClass");
 pending…

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