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Performance of cloning vs creating new elements with html string

Preparation code

<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js">
</script>
<script>
  Benchmark.prototype.setup = function() {
    $.testElemStr = '<div class="ui-resizable-iframefix" style="background: #fff;"></div>';
    $.testElem = $($.testElemStr);
  };
</script>

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$('body').append('<div class="ui-resizable-iframefix" style="background: #fff;"></div>');

$('body').append($.testElemStr);

$('body').append($.testElem.clone());

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