Benchmark: SVG vs DIV Performance

HTML Preparation code:

<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="28" height="18" viewBox="0 0 28 18" fill="none">
<path d="M6.92323 0.0815023C7.60115 0.0310559 8.30045 0.000488281 8.99976 0.000488281H19.0005C19.6998 0.000488281 20.3991 0.0310559 21.077 0.0815024C23.693 0.276163 25.0009 0.373493 26.3138 1.68639C27.6267 2.99928 27.7241 4.30728 27.9187 6.92328C27.9692 7.6013 27.9998 8.30071 27.9998 9.00012C27.9998 9.69953 27.9692 10.3989 27.9187 11.077C27.7241 13.693 27.6267 15.001 26.3138 16.3139C25.0009 17.6267 23.693 17.7241 21.077 17.9187C20.3991 17.9692 19.6998 17.9998 19.0005 17.9998H8.99976C8.30045 17.9998 7.60115 17.9692 6.92323 17.9187C4.30728 17.7241 2.99931 17.6267 1.68641 16.3139C0.373517 15.001 0.276183 13.693 0.0815161 11.077C0.0310616 10.3989 0.000488281 9.69953 0.000488281 9.00012C0.000488281 8.30071 0.0310616 7.6013 0.0815162 6.92328C0.276183 4.30728 0.373517 2.99928 1.68641 1.68639C2.99931 0.373493 4.30728 0.276163 6.92323 0.0815023Z" fill="currentColor"/>
</svg>

<script src="https://unpkg.com/react@16/umd/react.production.min.js" crossorigin></script>
<script src="https://unpkg.com/react-dom@16/umd/react-dom.production.min.js" crossorigin></script>

<div id="main"></div>

Script Preparation code:

var SVGInline = function() {
  return React.createElement(
    "svg",
    { className: "icon", xmlns: "http://www.w3.org/2000/svg", width: 28, height: 18, viewBox: "0 0 28 18",
     dangerouslySetInnerHTML: {
       __html: '<path d="M6.92323 0.0815023C7.60115 0.0310559 8.30045 0.000488281 8.99976 0.000488281H19.0005C19.6998 0.000488281 20.3991 0.0310559 21.077 0.0815024C23.693 0.276163 25.0009 0.373493 26.3138 1.68639C27.6267 2.99928 27.7241 4.30728 27.9187 6.92328C27.9692 7.6013 27.9998 8.30071 27.9998 9.00012C27.9998 9.69953 27.9692 10.3989 27.9187 11.077C27.7241 13.693 27.6267 15.001 26.3138 16.3139C25.0009 17.6267 23.693 17.7241 21.077 17.9187C20.3991 17.9692 19.6998 17.9998 19.0005 17.9998H8.99976C8.30045 17.9998 7.60115 17.9692 6.92323 17.9187C4.30728 17.7241 2.99931 17.6267 1.68641 16.3139C0.373517 15.001 0.276183 13.693 0.0815161 11.077C0.0310616 10.3989 0.000488281 9.69953 0.000488281 9.00012C0.000488281 8.30071 0.0310616 7.6013 0.0815162 6.92328C0.276183 4.30728 0.373517 2.99928 1.68641 1.68639C2.99931 0.373493 4.30728 0.276163 6.92323 0.0815023Z" fill="currentColor"/>'
     }
    },
  );
}

var DivTest = function() {
	return React.createElement(
      "div",
      { className: "caption-medium flex h-[18px] w-[18px] items-center justify-center rounded-md text-dark-primary", width: 28, height: 18, },
      "2"
    );
}

Tests:

SVG
ReactDOM.render(React.createElement(SVGInline, null), document.querySelector("#main"));
DIV
ReactDOM.render(React.createElement(DivTest, null), document.querySelector("#main"));

Historical Performance Data aggregated from 7 community runs

Desktop Results:

Chrome 7 runs

DIV

658K/s

SVG

644K/s

View exact numbers

✓ DIV: 658,254 ops/sec
• SVG: 643,882 ops/sec

Results show median performance across all community submissions. Run this benchmark yourself to verify on your device.

Rendered benchmark preparation results:

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Previous results

Test case name	Result
SVG
DIV

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

Latest run results:

Run details: (Test run date: 3 months ago)

User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/147.0.0.0 Safari/537.36 Edg/147.0.0.0

Browser/OS: Chrome 147 on Windows

View result in a separate tab

DIV

1.6M/s

SVG

1.4M/s

View exact numbers

Test name	Executions per second
✓ DIV	1,599,031 Ops/sec
SVG	1,393,089 Ops/sec

Autogenerated LLM Summary (model llama3.2:3b, generated one year ago):

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**Benchmark Overview**

The provided benchmark measures the performance of React components, specifically a SVG inline element (`SVGInline`) and a simple `div` element (`DivTest`). The test assesses the rendering speed of these elements using ReactDOM.

**Options Compared**

There are two options being compared:

1. **SVG Inline**: This is a custom React component that renders an SVG image as inline content.
2. **Div Test**: A simple React component that renders a `div` element with a fixed class and text content.

**Pros and Cons of Each Approach**

### SVG Inline

Pros:

* Renders the SVG image directly in the DOM, potentially reducing the number of DOM mutations.
* Can leverage browser caching and optimized rendering for SVG images.

Cons:

* Requires more complex setup and configuration compared to a simple `div` element.
* May introduce additional overhead due to the complexity of the SVG image.

### Div Test

Pros:

* Simple and lightweight, with minimal setup and configuration required.
* Easy to understand and maintain.

Cons:

* Renders a plain `div` element, which may not leverage browser caching or optimized rendering for this specific use case.
* May result in more DOM mutations compared to the SVG inline approach.

**Benchmark Results**

The latest benchmark results show that the `Div Test` outperforms the `SVG Inline` component, with an average of 11.5% better performance (based on executions per second). However, it's essential to note that these results may vary depending on the specific use case and browser configuration.

**Device Platform and Browser**

The benchmark was run on a Windows Desktop with Chrome 126 browser, using a specific User Agent string (`Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/126.0.0.0 Safari/537.36`). The device platform and browser are not expected to significantly impact the performance results.

In conclusion, while both options have their pros and cons, the `Div Test` appears to be the faster of the two approaches in this benchmark. However, further investigation may be necessary to determine the best approach for a specific use case or project requirement.

SVG vs DIV Performance (version: 0)

Comparing performance of: `SVG vs DIV`

Created: 2 years ago by: Registered User

Go to the latest result

SVG

DIV

Historical Performance Data aggregated from 7 community runs

Desktop Results:

Chrome 7 runs

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

Autogenerated LLM Summary (model llama3.2:3b, generated one year ago):

SVG vs DIV Performance (version: 0)

Comparing performance of: SVG vs DIV

Created: 2 years ago by: Registered User

Go to the latest result

SVG

DIV

Historical Performance Data aggregated from 7 community runs

Desktop Results:

Chrome 7 runs

Suite status: <idle, ready to run>

Fastest: N/A

Slowest: N/A

Autogenerated LLM Summary (model llama3.2:3b, generated one year ago):

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