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		sktrdie on Oct 27, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Pokemon Card Animation CSS 3d transforms happen on a different thread and don't block main thread. Whilst with WebGL you still have to do some work on the JS thread. So I would say CSS animations are faster.

rasz on Oct 28, 2022 | [–]

Maybe faster as in less potential for frame drop, but not more efficient

mijoharas on Oct 28, 2022 | | [–]

*not necessarily more efficient.

Kiro on Oct 28, 2022 | [–]

There's a lot of JS involved here though. This is not a "pure CSS" demo.

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