jQuery Selector Performance Test

HTML

<div class="foo"></div>
<span class="foo"></span>

JavaScript

var start, end, i;

start = new Date();
for(i = 0; i < 100000; i++){
    $("span.foo");
}
end = new Date();
$("span.foo").html(end - start);

start = new Date();
for(i = 0; i < 100000; i++){
    $(".foo");
}
end = new Date();
$("div.foo").html(end - start);