Compare performance difference of T-SQL Between and '<' '>' operator?

Question

I\'ve tried searching through search engines,MSDN,etc. but can\'t anything. Sorry if this has been asked before. Is there any performance difference between using the T-SQL

Answer 1

I was also interested in whether there is a performance difference when I used (>= and <=) compared to using the between keyword. (I come from a dotnet background and like the >= style operators).
Here is the script I used:

DECLARE
    @Startdatetime datetime ,
    @Diff int = 0 ,
    @Addrowcount int = 1000;

SET NOCOUNT ON;

--Create a tempory table to perform our tests on

CREATE TABLE dbo.perftest( id smallint NOT NULL
                                       IDENTITY(1 , 1)
                                       PRIMARY KEY ,
                           mytext nvarchar( 50 )NOT NULL );

--Now add some sample rows

SET @Addrowcount = 1000;

WHILE(@Addrowcount > 0)

    BEGIN

        INSERT INTO dbo.perftest( mytext )
        VALUES( 'thetext' );

        SET @Addrowcount = @Addrowcount - 1;

    END;

SELECT @Startdatetime = GETDATE();

-- do method 1 here

SELECT mytext
  FROM dbo.perftest
  WHERE(id >= 100)
   AND (id <= 900);

--end method1

SELECT @Diff = DATEDIFF( millisecond , @Startdatetime , GETDATE());

PRINT ':Method 1: ' + CAST(@Diff AS nvarchar( 20 )) + ' ms';

--reset start time

SELECT @Startdatetime = GETDATE();

--do method2 here

SELECT mytext
  FROM dbo.perftest
  WHERE id BETWEEN 100
    AND 900;

--end method2

SELECT @Diff = DATEDIFF( millisecond , @Startdatetime , GETDATE());

PRINT ':Method 2: ' + CAST(@Diff AS nvarchar( 20 )) + ' ms';

The results were:

Method 1: 140 ms

Method 2: 70 ms

So it appears that performance is improved by using between.