New Unity UI - Performance benefits?

Unity Engine
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Is there any performance benefits of using the new Unity UI vs call like
GUI.DrawTextureWithTexCoords(_imagePosition, Texture, _textureCoord, AlphaBlend);

I know there are other benefits, but I am just asking about performance.

In other words do new Unity UI uses something more efficient than GUI.DrawTextureWithTexCoords(_imagePosition, Texture, _textureCoord, AlphaBlend); ?

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Yes.