What's the speed difference between drawing with html5 canvas and html and javascript?

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I'm interested in making a game using html and javascript. I was wondering if it really is that much faster drawing in html5 and javascript than it is with images and div's in html and javascript.

Example of a game using html and javascript that works nicely: http://scrabb.ly/

Example of a game using html5 and javascript that works nicely: http://htmlchess.sourceforge.net/demo/example.html

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