Here is the execution resuls of the 1-st and 4-th query:
--Query 1
SQL Server Execution Times:
CPU time = 0 ms, elapsed time = 76 ms.
--Query 4
SQL Server Execution Times:
CPU time = 0 ms, elapsed time = 0 ms
SQL Server parse and compile time:
CPU time = 0 ms, elapsed time = 142 ms.
So the Query #1 was faster.