The BIG browser benchmark (January 2013 edition)

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    The BIG browser benchmark (January 2013 edition)


    Posted: 14 Jan 2013
    It has only been a couple of months since the last Big Browser Benchmark but there has been enough changes to warrant a re-running the tests. There's also a new benchmark test to put the browsers through their paces.

    Let's pit the leading browsers against four of the toughest benchmark tests available to see which one is triumphant. Here are the browsers that will be put through their paces:
    •Chrome 24
    •Chrome 23 (left in the listing for comparison with newer release)
    •Firefox 18
    •Firefox 16 (left in the listing for comparison with newer release)
    •Opera 12
    •Internet Explorer 9 (32-bit)
    •Internet Explorer 10 (32-bit)
    •Safari 5
    Here are the tests that the browsers will face:
    •SunSpider JavaScript 0.9.1: A JavaScript benchmark developed by Apple's WebKit team in 2007 with a focus on real-world problem solving;
    •V8 Benchmark Suite: A pure JavaScript benchmark used by Google to tune the V8 JavaScript engine;
    •Peacekeeper: FutureMark's JavaScript test which stress-tests features such as animation, navigation, forms and other commonly utilized tasks;
    •Kraken 1.0: Another JavaScript benchmark developed by Mozilla. This is based on SunSpider but features crucial benchmarking enhancements;
    •RoboHornet: A Google-led open-source browser benchmark.
    •Octane: Google's new benchmark, based on the V8 test suite.
    All testing carried out on a Windows 7 (32-bit) machine, running a P8600 2.4GHz dual-core processor, 4GB RAM, and an NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics card.

    Read more at source:
    The BIG browser benchmark (January 2013 edition) | ZDNet
    Brink's Avatar Posted By: Brink
    14 Jan 2013


  1.    #1

    Opera did quite well considering it's not a very well-known or used browser.
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       #2

    x BlueRobot said:
    Opera did quite well considering it's not a very well-known or used browser.
    it has minor issues like loading whole pages with out missing links sometimes ( not a deal breaker btw) and flash issues but hey I can say it is way better then Firefox hands down

    Most of the time it is on point which is very good for me
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       #3

    The MS way of testing browsers is the Mendelbrot explorer, available at this link:

    Mandelbrot Explorer

    The non-siectific results of testing my PC with different browsers...

    Firefox v.18.0: 51,777,896 iterations in 1.94 seconds
    Opera v.12.12: 51,777,896 iterations in 5.57 seconds
    IE v.9.0: 51,777,896 iterations in 22.76 seconds

    Nice benchmark MS...
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    The non-siectific results of testing my PC with different browsers...

    Firefox v.18.0: 51,777,896 iterations in 1.94 seconds
    Opera v.12.12: 51,777,896 iterations in 5.57 seconds
    IE v.9.0: 51,777,896 iterations in 22.76 seconds
    PaleMoonx64 v15.4: 51,777,896 iterations in 2.42 seconds
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    Chrome 25.0.1364.36 beta-m: 51,777,896 iterations in 1.43 seconds
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       #6

    Cr00zng said:
    Nice benchmark MS...
    You can't make this stuff up...
    Attachment 251303
    Last edited by Urthboundmisfit; 12 Mar 2013 at 07:34.
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       #7

    Waterfox 18.0.1 (64bit version of Firefox): 51,777,896 iterations in 2.18 seconds
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       #8

    IE10 32 bit 51,777,896 iterations in 2.60 seconds
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    10 Home x64
       #9

    When are Microsoft going to release IE 10 RTW on Windows 7?
    Anyway, my results:
    The BIG browser benchmark (January 2013 edition)-capture.png
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