Run results for: jQuery.text() vs Element.textContent

Run details:

User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 10.0; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/123.0.0.0 Safari/537.36 Edg/123.0.0.0

Browser: Chrome 123

Operating system: Windows

Device Platform: Desktop

Date tested: 2 years ago

Benchmark engine: Benchmark.js

set Element.textContent

4.9M/s

get Element.textContent

944K/s

get jQuery.text()

0/s

set jQuery.text()

0/s

View exact numbers

Test name	Executions per second
✓ set Element.textContent	4,929,951 Ops/sec
get Element.textContent	944,017 Ops/sec
get jQuery.text()	0 Ops/sec
set jQuery.text()	0 Ops/sec

HTML Preparation code:

<div id="content">
  <p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Curabitur dictum magna dolor, a convallis erat convallis a. Etiam interdum tincidunt leo non elementum. Mauris rhoncus lorem eu dapibus porta. Integer tincidunt mi a justo dignissim suscipit. Aenean accumsan eget eros eget suscipit. Aliquam maximus rhoncus felis, nec vestibulum turpis fermentum a. Donec sagittis augue eros, non vehicula urna mollis volutpat. Pellentesque gravida placerat arcu, et gravida tellus pellentesque sed. Ut efficitur ornare massa nec aliquet. Aenean pharetra elementum aliquet. Etiam faucibus, metus vel consequat lobortis, ligula ipsum hendrerit erat, id dictum justo purus in metus. Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.</p>
</div>

Script Preparation code:

var el = document.getElementById('content');
var replacementText = "Narwhal gentrify squid franzen vape 90's man bun, literally godard raw denim pabst mlkshk. Banjo church-key seitan bushwick, cardigan pop-up single-origin coffee tumblr godard disrupt roof party lyft shoreditch yuccie. Church-key hot chicken umami kitsch, vaporware cardigan pop-up. Waistcoat organic sriracha, hashtag meh single-origin coffee brunch wayfarers small batch mustache. Normcore skateboard mumblecore, cold-pressed small batch live-edge try-hard typewriter waistcoat master cleanse heirloom. Heirloom VHS chia, flannel put a bird on it sustainable portland try-hard 90's locavore. Try-hard lo-fi heirloom, sartorial cray chillwave ennui lyft taxidermy farm-to-table.";

Tests:

get jQuery.text()
var text = $(el).text();
get Element.textContent
var text = el.textContent;
set jQuery.text()
$(el).text(replacementText);
set Element.textContent
el.textContent = replacementText;