Firefox 3.6 vs. Google Chrome 2 vs. Safari 4 vs. Opera 10

Firefox 3.6 vs. Google Chrome 2 vs. Safari 4 vs. Opera 10

Written by Vygantas Lipskas on April 27, 2009

While companies are working on their next-generation web browsers, Betanews has managed to test the performance of the upcoming ones, such as:

Firefox 3.5, Firefox 3.6, Google Chrome, Google Chrome 2, Safari 4, Opera 10. Test also includes Internet Explorer 7 and 8.

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As it says: “Tests combine the Acid3 standards test with three trusted performance tests for CSS rendering and JavaScript speed.”

And now… The results.

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More is better

Speaking of latest stable releases, Betanews claims that while Firefox 3.0.8 scored 4.7, the latest 3.0.9 release was actually slower (scored 4.37).

What do you guys think? I personally think there's something wrong with those results. I've heard Safari isn't very good at all...

What are exactly those tests ? Things like iBench (Apple), Sunspider (Apple) or V8 Benchmark suite (Google) ?

Are IE7 and 8 in 32 or 64 bits ? Too many unanswered questions...

Things like "FF 3.0.8 is faster than 3.0.9" are weird. I don't think Mozilla would release an update slowing the browser...

What are exactly those tests ? Things like iBench (Apple), Sunspider (Apple) or V8 Benchmark suite (Google) ?

Are IE7 and 8 in 32 or 64 bits ? Too many unanswered questions...

Things like "FF 3.0.8 is faster than 3.0.9" are weird. I don't think Mozilla would release an update slowing the browser...

I totally agree with you. Their past tests haven't been very accurate either, so I don't trust FavBrowser's comparisons.

What about 3.0.10?

What about 3.0.10?

It works, so far.

I've used Opera, Mozilla Firefox, IE, and Chrome, and want to admit, that Chrome is the fastest of them. As I know, each tab in Chrome is еру separate process

I think firefox is the best out of all of them, it's fast, it has great add-ons and its nice and easy to use.

What do you guys think? I personally think there's something wrong with those results. I've heard Safari isn't very good at all...

Got a PcWorld today had the same exact test. Chrome came first, IE 8 came second, FF and Safari tied for third

I like Firefox 3.5.3. Hate the interface of chrome. They tried too hard to make it look good and missed the basics i.e Ease of Use.

I like Firefox 3.5.3. Hate the interface of chrome. They tried too hard to make it look good and missed the basics i.e Ease of Use.

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