Run results for: matches vs. complex matches vs closest vs. classList

Run details:

User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:105.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/105.0

Browser: Firefox 105

Operating system: Windows

Device Platform: Desktop

Date tested: 2 years ago

Test name	Executions per second
matches	13811.7 Ops/sec
closest	12249.5 Ops/sec
classList	1230147.9 Ops/sec
matches with more complex selector	8110.8 Ops/sec

HTML Preparation code:

<div class="foo"></div>

Tests:

matches
var element = document.querySelector(".foo"); var i = 1000; while (i--) { element.matches(".foo"); }
closest
var element = document.querySelector(".foo"); var i = 1000; while (i--) { element.closest(".foo"); }
classList
var element = document.querySelector(".foo"); var i = 1000; while (i--) { element.classList.contains("foo"); }
matches with more complex selector
var element = document.querySelector(".foo"); var i = 1000; while (i--) { element.matches("div.bar, dev.baz, div.foo"); }