Html.Partial vs Html.RenderPartial & Html.Action vs Html.RenderAction

Question

In ASP.NET MVC, what is the difference between:

• Html.Partial and Html.RenderPartial
• Html.Action and Html.

Answer 1

Html.Partial: returns MvcHtmlString and slow

Html.RenderPartial: directly render/write on output stream and returns void and it's very fast in comparison to Html.Partial