jQuery.html() vs jQuery.text() vs el.innerHTML vs el.innerText

JavaScript performance comparison

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Testing DOM vs native element content with append and single substitutions.

Preparation code

<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1/jquery.min.js"></script>

<div id="html"></div>
<div id="text"></div>
<div id="innerHTML"></div>
<div id="innerText"></div>

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Test Ops/sec
jQuery HTML
 
for (var i = 0; i < 50; i++) {
  $("#html").html("More text");
}
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jQuery Text
 
for (var i = 0; i < 50; i++) {
  $("#text").text("More text");
}
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el.innerHTML
 
for (var i = 0; i < 50; i++) {
  document.body.children[3].innerHTML = "More text";
}
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el.innerText
 
for (var i = 0; i < 50; i++) {
  document.body.children[3].innerText = "More text";
}
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