The latest versions of the five major most web browsers (Mozilla Firefox 3.5, Google Chrome 3.0, Microsoft Internet Explorer 8.0, Opera 10.0, and Apple Safari 4.0) went head to head under six performance indicators: JavaScript speed, average CPU usage under stress, DOM selection, CSS rendering speed, page load time, and browser cache performance. Each web browser was tested three times under an unprimed cache (except for the browser cache performance), and their average value reported in the results.
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Download the Data
If you’d like to download the raw data, you can grab them as a CSV below.
- web-browser-performance-data.csv (CSV, 2.0KB)
Benchmarking Tools
- SunSpider JavaScript Benchmark
- SlickSpeed (jQuery values reported)
- Numion stopwatch
- CSS Rendering Benchmark
- Resource Monitor
Acknowledgement: Thanks to Sean Hurley of 96Robots for inspiring this study
#1 by vamshikumar541 on October 19, 2009 - 11:07 AM
its very useful comparison between the browsers based on this we can find the best browser based on our requirement but i go with google chrome is best in some aspects like speed and compatability.
#2 by tryptech on October 19, 2009 - 11:17 AM
Wow these are “THE” tools u have here mate ….
Dont think i have ever come across so much details in the stats provided elsewhere, but another great option would be to compare ratios as opposed to other browsers on a single page …
so its instantly clear on a single page …as opposed to using 3 links to Figure out the differences between 3 browsers … an In my opinion
Google Chrome Rocks !!!
#3 by knug on October 19, 2009 - 11:19 AM
I think this benchmark almost represent the reality. Firefox is very slow if we open many tabs, it consume so much RAM.
#4 by ZMEU.NET on October 19, 2009 - 11:42 AM
Great and useful comparison, Now i use more often google chrome. I also like firefox for the variety of add ons.
#5 by devilok on October 19, 2009 - 11:55 AM
Well there is no doubt that Internet Explorer is the best web browser . But if you ask me i will prefer Mozilla Firefox . It is more faster thats my observation . And it has got some options like multiple upload at once , which internet explorer does not have.
#6 by jawadca on October 19, 2009 - 12:39 PM
thanx for the kind information, i didnot about it before. thanx ones again
#7 by aleepta on October 19, 2009 - 12:51 PM
From my personal experience I feel that Mozilla Firefox is the best web browser. Its the most heavily customizable browser with support for almost everything and its blazing fast. Internet Explorer really sucks in every respect. Google Chrome is fast for some specific Google sites but functionality wise is very plain without any customizations….
#8 by dreamhaxor on October 19, 2009 - 1:37 PM
Nice and seems more realistic comparison although there are many choices available but every browser have their own unique property which differentiate them from others i personally prefer firefox which is more sophisticated functionality available which i can’t found anyother browser may have some minor bugs as well which can easily ignore although chrome is speedy browser but still lack of many important things which needs to be improved anyway comparison in this article is so good thanks for sharing.
#9 by aurelia_mea on October 19, 2009 - 3:17 PM
I’m using Opera for over 4 years and it works very well even if all this tests shows something else. Though, it’s the most recomended browser for using on slow network conections.
#10 by sucre_gbx on October 19, 2009 - 4:28 PM
I tried them all but i like the most Mozilla Firefox..very useful for those who are not determined what program to use. thank you
#11 by hamzav12 on October 19, 2009 - 5:59 PM
amazing performance personaly the better is google chrome
#12 by bayu84 on October 19, 2009 - 6:48 PM
Until Now, I already use firefox, IE, Opera, and Google Chrome for my browsing in Internet.
I think, the best performance browser is Google Chrome.
#13 by ahyzthea on October 19, 2009 - 7:21 PM
I only use 2 browser, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome. So far, my favorite is Google Chrome because not only it’s fast but i can also choose many themes. I also like Mozilla Firefox because it’s much faster than any browser. I dislike using Internet Explorer, it is so slow.
#14 by penggemarnokia on October 19, 2009 - 7:39 PM
i like to use firefox from mozila. there are interesing addons that can make us useful to browse
#15 by rohit174 on October 19, 2009 - 8:19 PM
i feel google chrome is the best web browser. i have used it and its way ahead of apple safari.but most plugins are available for firefox
#16 by teguhipbiz on October 19, 2009 - 9:23 PM
good infromation,i will change my browser to chrome
#17 by oelet on October 19, 2009 - 9:48 PM
that was nice info…
should i change to safari???
#18 by enexel on October 19, 2009 - 10:19 PM
thanks for posting. this is the very thing i need and had been looking for sometime. again, my heartfelt thanks. i’ve been using chrome and mozilla but the later seems to be always down.
#19 by revidevil666 on October 19, 2009 - 10:49 PM
Thats Quiet interesting .i have used almost all of them ,Mozilla,opera,IE of course ,and chrome .Chrome is the best among all of them more speed and yea simple to use . good post brother thanks for sharing
Regards
revi
#20 by moneygrabber889 on October 19, 2009 - 11:04 PM
I never use Chrome before, but I will try it since it is number one in your chart. I have used IE, Opera and Firefox. I think I like firefox more then others. That’s why I keep using Firefox until now. Thanks for the great post. It’s very useful.
#21 by blackmamba21 on October 20, 2009 - 12:14 AM
generaly, i use firefox as my default browser, but my friends said that flock is better, the others said that chrome is better. i dont know who’s true about it. but one thing i dont like about firefox is, it spend a lot of memory source on my computer.
#22 by brn123 on October 20, 2009 - 12:17 AM
Thanks for these very useful informations. We generally use browsers without knowing their utilities or the advantages over the others. I am presently using IE and occassionaly the Mozilla Firefox. After reading this post, I have to think about it.
#23 by sudharbhat on October 20, 2009 - 12:52 AM
I have 2 browsers in my pc. for fast working one and for noprmal working one. But I never known the difference between them. nice information
#24 by ajit24 on October 20, 2009 - 1:47 PM
I have used google chrome, Ie and mozila firefox among these firefox is best for with its adds on like click4change helps me lot
#25 by rahulrajmehra on October 20, 2009 - 2:35 PM
I think the best performer is Google Chrome,though i used to Mozilla Firefox more.
#26 by bacninh on October 20, 2009 - 4:02 PM
I tried them all. But i like firefox. Browser firefox for the variety of add ons. i used firefox as my default browser. Thanh you.
#27 by venki40 on October 20, 2009 - 8:29 PM
Great work dude. I’m using firefox till now. After seeing this post i got a clear idea which browser suits my utility.
Thanks for very useful information.
#28 by Gitanjali123 on October 22, 2009 - 1:00 PM
nice info….keep it up.:)
#29 by led1090 on October 23, 2009 - 10:56 PM
Nice information man…i used to think opera is the fastest. But these results clearly show Google Chrome decimates the competition by a big margin.