Run results for: JS dataset Vs. classList read vs write

Run details:

User agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:140.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/140.0

Browser: Firefox 140

Operating system: Linux

Device Platform: Desktop

Date tested: one year ago

classList read

556K/s

dataset read

492K/s

classList write one class

2K/s

dataset write one attribute

1K/s

dataset write multiple attributes

759/s

classList write multiple classes

19/s

View exact numbers

Test name	Executions per second
✓ classList read	556,392 Ops/sec
dataset read	491,697 Ops/sec
classList write one class	2,348 Ops/sec
dataset write one attribute	1,465 Ops/sec
dataset write multiple attributes	759 Ops/sec
classList write multiple classes	19 Ops/sec

Script Preparation code:

var elem1 = document.createElement("div");
var elem2 = document.createElement("div");
var elem3 = document.createElement("div");
var elem4 = document.createElement("div");

Tests:

dataset write multiple attributes
let i = 1000; while (i--){ elem1.dataset["test" + i] = true; }
classList write multiple classes
let i = 1000; while (i--){ elem2.classList.add("test" + i); }
dataset write one attribute
let i = 1000; while (i--){ elem3.dataset["test"] = i; }
classList write one class
let i = 1000; while (i--){ elem4.classList.toggle("test"); }
dataset read
let i = 1000; while (i--){ if(elem2.dataset["test"] === i){} }
classList read
let i = 1000; while (i--){ if(elem4.classList.contains("test")){} }