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See what you're missing - Firefox 3.6 vs Firefox 8.0.1
Just how much faster is Firefox 8.0.1 compared to Firefox 3.6?
There's only one way to find out - FIGHT!
Check out the ‘The BIG browser benchmark! Chrome 15 vs Opera 11 vs IE9 vs Firefox 8 vs Safari 5‘
Here are the tests that the two browsers will face:
- SunSpider JavaScript 0.9.1 - A JavaScript benchmark developed by Mozilla with a focus on real-world problem solving.
- V8 Benchmark Suite - A pure JavaScript benchmark used by Google to to tune the V8 JavaScript engine.
- Kraken 1.1 - Another JavaScript benchmark developed by Mozilla. This is based on the SunSpider JavaScript benchmark test but features some additional enhancements.
All testing carried out on a Windows 7 64-bit system running a Q9300 2.5GHz quad-core processor with 4GB of RAM and an NVIDIA GTX 260 graphics card.
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The tests -->
SunSpider JavaScript benchmark results
A JavaScript benchmark developed by Mozilla with a focus on real-world problem solving.
- Winner: Firefox 8.0.1- Nearly 4x faster than Firefox 3.6.24
V8 benchmark results
A pure JavaScript benchmark used by Google to to tune the V8 JavaScript engine.
- Winner: Firefox 8.0.1 - Almost 9x faster than Firefox 3.6.24
Kraken benchmark results
Another JavaScript benchmark developed by Mozilla. This is based on the SunSpider JavaScript benchmark test but features some additional enhancements.
- Winner: Firefox 8.0.1 - More than 3x faster than Firefox 3.6.24
CONCLUSION
And the winner is ... by a knock-out punch, Firefox 8.0.1!
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- ‘Firefox with Bing’ - You asked for it!
- Ed Bott: Firefox faces uncertain future as Google deal apparently ends
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