cloneNode vs createElement Performance

JavaScript performance comparison

Revision 44 of this test case created by Venkatesh Appala

Preparation code 

<script>
  var img = document.createElement("img");
  img.src = "http://www.google.com/intl/en_com/images/srpr/logo2w.png";
  
  var div = document.createElement("div");
  div.className = "myclass1 myclass2";
  
  var input = document.createElement("input");
  input.type = "checkbox";
  input.className = "myinputclass";
</script>

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Test Ops/sec
clone image 
var imgClone = img.cloneNode(false);
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create image 
var img = document.createElement("img");
img.className = "myinputclass";
img.src = "http://www.google.com/intl/en_com/images/srpr/logo2w.png";
pending…
clone div 
var divClone = div.cloneNode(false);
 pending…
create div 
var div = document.createElement("div");
div.className = "myclass1 myclass2";
pending…
clone input 
var div = document.createElement("div");
div.className = "myclass1 myclass2";
  div.setAttribute('class', myclass1 myclass2');
 pending…
create input 
var input = document.createElement("input");
input.type = "checkbox";
input.className = "myinputclass";
 pending…

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