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JQuery run faster than Prototype in IE 7, but in Firefox 2…

We have launched a benchmark test of five javascript library called SlickSpeed, the speed/validity selectors test for frameworks, in different browser. Only the selector function are tested, for example the div:only-child selector, the tag selector, the div:nth-child(odd) or the div[class] selectors.

The javascript library tested are: prototype 1.5.1, jQuery 1.1.3, MooTools 1.2dev, ext 1.1b1 and dojo query.

We have found out that JQuery run very slower in Mozilla Firefox Browser than Prototype.

Above the final results in Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.5 (in milliseconds, less is better):

Prototype 473 ms
JQuery 1099 ms
MooTools 396 ms
ext 1.1b1 1525 ms
dojo query 600 ms

For Internet Explorer 7, JQuery run faster (but not so much) than Prototype that is very slow:

Prototype 2026 ms
JQuery 890 ms
MooTools 1981 ms
ext 1.1b1 847 ms
dojo query 1153 ms

It’s true that IE is the most popular browser…but not for a big range of application (for ex. web generator). For this web site, the surfers are for 64% Firefox utilisator.

This entry was posted on Thursday, July 19th, 2007 at 5:22 pm and is filed under Benchmark, JavaScript. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

2 Responses to “JQuery run faster than Prototype in IE 7, but in Firefox 2…”

  1. Ok,but wath about MooTools, only 400 ms in Firefox? Great!

  2. It would be nice if you publish the code for the test, so it can be duplicated (and tested on other browsers).
    BTW, the most popular version of IE is 6, not 7 (source: http://marketshare.hitslink.com/report.aspx?qprid=6)
    So you should check performance for that browser as well.

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