2
Nov
Inspired by this post
I test three browsers in my Karmic / x61s
Google Chrome 4.0.223.11
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RESULTS (means and 95% confidence intervals)
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Total: 688.2ms +/- 1.1%
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3d: 105.8ms +/- 4.4%
cube: 37.6ms +/- 9.5%
morph: 35.2ms +/- 3.0%
raytrace: 33.0ms +/- 2.7%
access: 54.6ms +/- 2.0%
binary-trees: 2.8ms +/- 19.9%
fannkuch: 19.2ms +/- 2.9%
nbody: 26.8ms +/- 3.9%
nsieve: 5.8ms +/- 17.9%
bitops: 49.0ms +/- 3.1%
3bit-bits-in-byte: 3.8ms +/- 14.6%
bits-in-byte: 11.4ms +/- 9.8%
bitwise-and: 12.0ms +/- 7.3%
nsieve-bits: 21.8ms +/- 4.8%
controlflow: 4.0ms +/- 0.0%
recursive: 4.0ms +/- 0.0%
crypto: 44.0ms +/- 2.0%
aes: 13.8ms +/- 4.0%
md5: 15.4ms +/- 4.4%
sha1: 14.8ms +/- 3.8%
date: 105.8ms +/- 0.5%
format-tofte: 46.0ms +/- 1.9%
format-xparb: 59.8ms +/- 0.9%
math: 65.2ms +/- 0.9%
cordic: 25.0ms +/- 0.0%
partial-sums: 29.0ms +/- 0.0%
spectral-norm: 11.2ms +/- 5.0%
regexp: 24.4ms +/- 2.8%
dna: 24.4ms +/- 2.8%
string: 235.4ms +/- 1.3%
base64: 26.0ms +/- 8.9%
fasta: 39.0ms +/- 3.9%
tagcloud: 52.6ms +/- 1.3%
unpack-code: 73.6ms +/- 1.9%
validate-input: 44.2ms +/- 4.6%
Firefox 3.5.4
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RESULTS (means and 95% confidence intervals)
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Total: 1982.6ms +/- 5.7%
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3d: 285.6ms +/- 15.4%
cube: 96.6ms +/- 43.5%
morph: 57.6ms +/- 7.7%
raytrace: 131.4ms +/- 4.9%
access: 254.4ms +/- 7.0%
binary-trees: 67.2ms +/- 2.7%
fannkuch: 115.4ms +/- 14.9%
nbody: 51.0ms +/- 10.1%
nsieve: 20.8ms +/- 8.9%
bitops: 69.0ms +/- 8.1%
3bit-bits-in-byte: 2.4ms +/- 46.3%
bits-in-byte: 13.2ms +/- 15.5%
bitwise-and: 4.0ms +/- 53.8%
nsieve-bits: 49.4ms +/- 10.9%
controlflow: 58.6ms +/- 10.9%
recursive: 58.6ms +/- 10.9%
crypto: 113.2ms +/- 17.5%
aes: 64.2ms +/- 29.3%
md5: 32.2ms +/- 13.2%
sha1: 16.8ms +/- 19.9%
date: 287.2ms +/- 3.0%
format-tofte: 153.2ms +/- 2.5%
format-xparb: 134.0ms +/- 4.3%
math: 124.8ms +/- 10.8%
cordic: 77.0ms +/- 26.2%
partial-sums: 36.6ms +/- 19.9%
spectral-norm: 11.2ms +/- 9.3%
regexp: 119.8ms +/- 10.1%
dna: 119.8ms +/- 10.1%
string: 670.0ms +/- 13.8%
base64: 40.8ms +/- 39.7%
fasta: 150.8ms +/- 5.7%
tagcloud: 192.4ms +/- 40.2%
unpack-code: 212.2ms +/- 7.9%
validate-input: 73.8ms +/- 5.5%
Konqueror 4.3.2
... somehow I cannot get a result from the test ...
Chrome won!

By the way, I really like the bold font display method Chrome used "burring"

vs in Firefox (same font setting)

On my iMac
Firefox 3.5.4
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RESULTS (means and 95% confidence intervals)
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Total: 1059.4ms +/- 1.8%
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3d: 157.0ms +/- 1.3%
cube: 46.0ms +/- 1.9%
morph: 28.2ms +/- 6.5%
raytrace: 82.8ms +/- 2.0%
access: 138.4ms +/- 3.9%
binary-trees: 40.8ms +/- 2.5%
fannkuch: 57.6ms +/- 1.9%
nbody: 27.2ms +/- 12.3%
nsieve: 12.8ms +/- 4.3%
bitops: 34.6ms +/- 4.1%
3bit-bits-in-byte: 1.6ms +/- 42.6%
bits-in-byte: 7.8ms +/- 7.1%
bitwise-and: 2.0ms +/- 0.0%
nsieve-bits: 23.2ms +/- 5.9%
controlflow: 32.0ms +/- 2.7%
recursive: 32.0ms +/- 2.7%
crypto: 69.4ms +/- 13.1%
aes: 36.0ms +/- 2.4%
md5: 23.8ms +/- 39.2%
sha1: 9.6ms +/- 25.2%
date: 152.2ms +/- 3.6%
format-tofte: 80.4ms +/- 1.8%
format-xparb: 71.8ms +/- 6.0%
math: 37.2ms +/- 3.7%
cordic: 17.6ms +/- 3.9%
partial-sums: 12.6ms +/- 5.4%
spectral-norm: 7.0ms +/- 0.0%
regexp: 68.2ms +/- 3.3%
dna: 68.2ms +/- 3.3%
string: 370.4ms +/- 0.6%
base64: 20.6ms +/- 3.3%
fasta: 81.4ms +/- 1.7%
tagcloud: 100.4ms +/- 0.7%
unpack-code: 131.0ms +/- 0.7%
validate-input: 37.0ms +/- 2.4%
On my iMac
Safari 4.0.3
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RESULTS (means and 95% confidence intervals)
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Total: 529.0ms +/- 0.5%
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3d: 106.4ms +/- 1.3%
cube: 40.4ms +/- 1.7%
morph: 40.2ms +/- 1.4%
raytrace: 25.8ms +/- 2.2%
access: 53.6ms +/- 2.1%
binary-trees: 4.6ms +/- 14.8%
fannkuch: 14.0ms +/- 0.0%
nbody: 27.8ms +/- 2.0%
nsieve: 7.2ms +/- 7.7%
bitops: 28.2ms +/- 3.7%
3bit-bits-in-byte: 2.4ms +/- 28.4%
bits-in-byte: 6.8ms +/- 8.2%
bitwise-and: 3.0ms +/- 0.0%
nsieve-bits: 16.0ms +/- 0.0%
controlflow: 3.0ms +/- 0.0%
recursive: 3.0ms +/- 0.0%
crypto: 37.2ms +/- 2.8%
aes: 11.2ms +/- 5.0%
md5: 13.2ms +/- 4.2%
sha1: 12.8ms +/- 4.3%
date: 57.2ms +/- 1.0%
format-tofte: 26.0ms +/- 0.0%
format-xparb: 31.2ms +/- 1.8%
math: 66.2ms +/- 1.6%
cordic: 25.8ms +/- 2.2%
partial-sums: 28.4ms +/- 2.4%
spectral-norm: 12.0ms +/- 0.0%
regexp: 20.8ms +/- 2.7%
dna: 20.8ms +/- 2.7%
string: 156.4ms +/- 0.9%
base64: 16.4ms +/- 4.2%
fasta: 30.0ms +/- 0.0%
tagcloud: 33.4ms +/- 2.0%
unpack-code: 44.2ms +/- 2.4%
validate-input: 32.4ms +/- 2.1%
On my iMac
Google Chrome 4.0.223.11
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RESULTS (means and 95% confidence intervals)
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Total: 462.0ms +/- 8.4%
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3d: 71.2ms +/- 8.7%
cube: 24.4ms +/- 4.6%
morph: 24.8ms +/- 20.2%
raytrace: 22.0ms +/- 9.8%
access: 36.0ms +/- 7.3%
binary-trees: 1.6ms +/- 42.6%
fannkuch: 12.6ms +/- 5.4%
nbody: 17.6ms +/- 13.8%
nsieve: 4.2ms +/- 13.2%
bitops: 33.6ms +/- 2.0%
3bit-bits-in-byte: 2.6ms +/- 26.2%
bits-in-byte: 8.0ms +/- 0.0%
bitwise-and: 8.4ms +/- 8.1%
nsieve-bits: 14.6ms +/- 7.6%
controlflow: 3.0ms +/- 0.0%
recursive: 3.0ms +/- 0.0%
crypto: 29.4ms +/- 11.0%
aes: 10.0ms +/- 27.8%
md5: 10.0ms +/- 0.0%
sha1: 9.4ms +/- 7.2%
date: 61.6ms +/- 33.2%
format-tofte: 35.6ms +/- 47.7%
format-xparb: 26.0ms +/- 13.9%
math: 41.0ms +/- 7.1%
cordic: 16.6ms +/- 10.0%
partial-sums: 17.4ms +/- 3.9%
spectral-norm: 7.0ms +/- 12.6%
regexp: 18.4ms +/- 3.7%
dna: 18.4ms +/- 3.7%
string: 167.8ms +/- 3.5%
base64: 19.6ms +/- 3.5%
fasta: 27.2ms +/- 2.0%
tagcloud: 38.0ms +/- 4.0%
unpack-code: 52.4ms +/- 2.7%
validate-input: 30.6ms +/- 12.7%