The latest versions of the five major most web browsers (Firefox 3.5, Google Chrome 3, M$ IE 8, Opera 10, and Safari 4) were evaluated under six performance indicators: JavaScript rendering speed, CPU usage, DOM selection, CSS rendering speed, page load time, and browser cache performance. Each browser was tested three times under an unprimed cache (except for the browser cache performance), and their average value reported in the results. Check it out after the jump
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In the details:
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
About the Bench Tester
Jacob Gube
Jacob Gube is the Founder and Chief Editor of Six Revisions. He’s also a web developer/designer who specializes in distance-learning education, front-end development, and web accessibility. If you’d like to connect with him, head on over to his contact page and follow him on Twitter:@sixrevisions.
Reposted with Permission from Jacob Gube
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