Dojo vs JQuery vs MooTools vs Prototype Performance Comparison

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As part of my Mootools lecture at Codecamp I showed a brief speed comparison between the most used Javascript Frameworks running in the major browsers. Now as the Mootools team has extended their performance test tool (slickspeed) it is time to revise my benchmarks and extend them over more browser/platforms.

Test results (Lower is better):

*For example FF (XP-NA) is Firefox 2.0.0.12 with no addons (extensions) enabled running under Windows XP

You can check the actual numbers (in ms) and the full browsers information in the table bellow:

Dojo 1.0.2	JQuery 1.2.3	MooTools 1.2beta2	Prototype 1.6.0.2
Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.12 – no addons – winxp	128	266	115	259
Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.12 – winxp	144	290	127	260
Mozilla Firefox 2.0.0.12 – linux	253	438	255	384
Opera 9.26 – winxp	32	136	148	194
Opera 9.26 – linux	110	188	238	364
Internet Explorer 7 –…