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Run results for: querySelector vs getElementById vs getElementsByClassName vs getElementsByTagName

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Run details:
Mozilla/5.0 (Android 11; Mobile; rv:122.0) Gecko/122.0 Firefox/122.0
Firefox Mobile 122
Android
Mobile
one year ago
Test name Executions per second
getElementById 4264977.0 Ops/sec
querySelector (id) 1265958.5 Ops/sec
getElementsByClassName 4380357.0 Ops/sec
querySelector (class) 1210883.8 Ops/sec
getElementsByTagName 4360594.0 Ops/sec
querySelector (tag) 1278573.2 Ops/sec
HTML Preparation code:
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    <div class="test1">
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        <div class="test1">
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        <div class="test1"></div>
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            <div class="test1">
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                <div class="test1">
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                    <div class="test1">
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                    <article class="test" id="test"></article>
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Tests:

  • getElementById

     
    document.getElementById("test");

  • querySelector (id)

     
    document.querySelector("#test")

  • getElementsByClassName

     
    document.getElementsByClassName("test")

  • querySelector (class)

     
    document.querySelector(".test")

  • getElementsByTagName

     
    document.getElementsByTagName("test")

  • querySelector (tag)

     
    document.querySelector("article")