Я знаю 4 способа поиска, но я думаю, что определяющим фактором всегда будет процессор
Тест:
- out of the max of 1048576
- find cell        A1048573
Ничто не сравнится с Матчем
Time -   LookupAppMatch(): 0.047 sec      CPU usage 1%
Time -   LookupAppMatch(): 0.031 sec      CPU usage 0%
Time -   LookupAppMatch(): 0.031 sec      CPU usage 1%
Time -    LookupWSMatch(): 0.047 sec      CPU usage 1%
Time -    LookupWSMatch(): 0.063 sec      CPU usage 0%
Time -    LookupWSMatch(): 0.047 sec      CPU usage 0%
Time -       LookupFind(): 0.672 sec      CPU usage 8%
Time -       LookupFind(): 0.625 sec      CPU usage 5%
Time -       LookupFind(): 0.625 sec      CPU usage 7%
Time -    LookupForLoop(): 0.297 sec      CPU usage 5%
Time -    LookupForLoop(): 0.297 sec      CPU usage 3%
Time -    LookupForLoop(): 0.297 sec      CPU usage 3%
Time - LookupAutoFilter(): 0.672 sec      CPU usage 7%
Time - LookupAutoFilter(): 0.359 sec      CPU usage 5%
Time - LookupAutoFilter(): 0.375 sec      CPU usage 7%
Код:
Option Explicit
Private Const FND = "A1048573"
Private t As Double
Public Sub SetupData()
    Sheet1.Columns(1).Formula = "=Address(Row(), Column(), 4)"
End Sub
Public Sub LookupAppMatch()
    t = Timer
    Sheet1.Cells(1, 2) = Application.Match(FND, Sheet1.Columns(1), 0)
    Debug.Print "Time -   LookupAppMatch(): " & Format(Timer - t, "0.000") & " sec"
End Sub
Public Sub LookupWSMatch()
    t = Timer
    Sheet1.Cells(2, 2) = WorksheetFunction.Match(FND, Sheet1.Columns(1), 0)
    Debug.Print "Time -    LookupWSMatch(): " & Format(Timer - t, "0.000") & " sec"
End Sub
Public Sub LookupFind()
    t = Timer
    Sheet1.Cells(3, 2) = Sheet1.Columns(1).Find(What:=FND, LookIn:=xlValues, LookAt:=xlWhole, MatchCase:=True).Row
    Debug.Print "Time -       LookupFind(): " & Format(Timer - t, "0.000") & " sec"
End Sub
Public Sub LookupForLoop()
    Dim ur As Variant, r As Long
    t = Timer
    ur = Sheet1.Columns(1)
    For r = 1 To UBound(ur)
        If ur(r, 1) = FND Then Exit For
    Next
    Sheet1.Cells(4, 2) = r
    Debug.Print "Time -    LookupForLoop(): " & Format(Timer - t, "0.000") & " sec"
End Sub
Public Sub LookupAutoFilter()
    t = Timer
    Application.ScreenUpdating = False
    With Sheet1.Columns(1)
        .AutoFilter Field:=1, Criteria1:=FND
        Sheet1.Cells(5, 2) = .Rows.Count - .SpecialCells(xlVisible).Cells.CountLarge - 1
        .AutoFilter
    End With
    Application.ScreenUpdating = True
    Debug.Print "Time - LookupAutoFilter(): " & Format(Timer - t, "0.000") & " sec"
End Sub
Подробнее здесь и здесь