What are the differences between ng-repeat and ng-options and why do they not behave the same way?

Question

How do ng-options and ng-repeat differ?

In the following code, I have an ng-repeat that iterates through a list of people:

Answer 1

ng-repeat creates a new scope for each iteration so will not perform as well as ng-options.

For small lists, it will not matter, but larger lists should use ng-options. Apart from that, It provides lot of flexibility in specifying iterator and offers performance benefits over ng-repeat.