The .htaccess catches requests before WordPress is even started. That’s much faster than any plugin.
For a handful of redirects I wouldn’t install a plugin. You need that only in cases when the server cannot know the new address, for example if you rename permalinks (slugs) automatically (you shouldn’t ;)).
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