querySelectorAll vs getElementsByTagName

JavaScript performance comparison

Test case created by Andrew Hedges

Preparation code 

<div>
  <ul>
    <li><a href="#">item 1</a></li>
    <li><a href="#">item 2</a></li>
    <li><a href="#">item 3</a></li>
  </ul>
</div>

Preparation code output

<div> <ul> <li><a href="#">item 1</a></li> <li><a href="#">item 2</a></li> <li><a href="#">item 3</a></li> </ul> </div>

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Test Ops/sec
querySelectorAll 
var nodes = document.querySelectorAll('a')
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getElementsByTagName 
var nodes = document.getElementsByTagName('a')
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6 Comments

mathenk2 commented : ∞

Wow, looks like Chrome 9.0.570 to 9.0.576 doubled its speed for getElementsByTagName. Nice! Love jsPerf!

KonP commented : ∞

I think this test case needs to be updated - in a current scenario that I am working on, I have a very complex page (ASP.NET, SharePoint 2010 SP1, Master Page is involved) that contains cascading filters, and I must iterate through 4000-5000 divs. By using querySelectorAll I am able to get runtimes of about ~20-30ms while the getElementByTagName is executing in 200-300ms.

  • IE9 querySelectorAll: 20-30ms
  • IE9 getElementByTagName: 200-300ms
  • Chrome querySelectorAll: 5-10ms
  • Chrome getElementByTagName: 15-30ms

While the difference for Chrome can be argued, the performance in IE9 is significant.

goldy commented : ∞

Se test est débile, querySelectorAll sert a faire des requette complexe, pas a remplacer les méthodes déjà existante, il aurait fallut comparer des requette complexe avec querySelectorAll contre l'équivalent avec les ancienne méthode avec les boucle...

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