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Run results for: jQuery 3.6 parent() vs closest() speed performance comparison

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Run details:
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64; rv:109.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/110.0
Firefox 110
Windows
Desktop
2 years ago
Test name Executions per second
Parent 165070.6 Ops/sec
Closest 157697.2 Ops/sec
HTML Preparation code:
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<ul>
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    <li class="current">1</li>
3
    <li>2</li>
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    <li>3</li>
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</ul>
6
​
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<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.6.0/jquery.min.js"></script>
Script Preparation code:
 
item = $('.current');
Tests:

  • Parent

     
    console.log(item.parent());

  • Closest

     
    console.log(item.closest('ul'));