jQuery.load VS. jQuery.ajax

jQuery.load VS. jQuery.ajax

I hope this is the right forum, newb here.

Anyways, I was wondering what practice is better and faster for loading data onto a page.

  1. $(document).ready(function() {
  2.       $("#page").load("something.html");
  3. });
- OR -
  1. $(document).ready(function() {
  2.       $.ajax({
  3.             url: "something.html",
  4.             cache: false,
  5.             success: function(response) {
  6.                   $("#page").html(response);
  7.             }
  8.       });
  9. });
Is there significant ups/downs to using either one of these? Is one better than the other?
Thanks!
- Sam.