Which is better in term of performance .htaccess or routes.php?

I wonder should I rewrite URL using a .htaccess file or routes.php to get best performance. It also lead me to 2 different ways to get params.

.htaccess way:

<IfModule mod_rewrite.c> RewriteEngine On

RewriteRule ^hello/(.*)$ index/hello?name=$1 [QSA,L]

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?_url=/$1 [QSA,L]

</IfModule>

In controller:

$name = $this->request->get('name', 'string');

routes.php way:

<?php

/*

• Define custom routes. File gets included in the router service definition. */

$router = new Phalcon\Mvc\Router();

$router->add('/hello/{name}', array( 'controller' => 'index', 'action' => 'hello' ));

return $router;

In controller:

$name = $this->dispatcher->getParam('name', 'string');

Is there any hidden cons if I choose to rewrite url by using .htaccess?

Thank you in advance!