Testing Opera and Firefox Browsers + Firefox Builder Optimization Utility

    Introduction


    I decided to conduct the next testing of Opera and Firefox browsers for myself. I myself am a fan of Opera products. But do not mind touching other convenient browsers, which Firefox is for me (the rest do not impress me, maybe it’s just not mature enough). Also, sometimes this “touch” is unfortunately forced, as, for example, with the Google Wave service . In addition, the statistics on browser usage in Runet pushes precisely these competitors' foreheads (about 25% for FF 3 and Opera 9-10, I do not take IE into account - you yourself understand that there is no point in it, although the proportion is 6, 7 and 8 its versions are quite large).

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    Other statisticsI do not really believe it. Of course, they may have it there in Germany, but it’s hard for me personally to believe in the total superiority of Firefox over its long-time rival Oper…

    So, let's start with ...



    Data


    Browsers :
    For the test I took stable and test versions of browsers, specifically Opera 10.10 build 1893 (I use it daily), Opera 10.50 Internal build 3199 (news here ), Firefox 3.5.7 , Firefox 3.6 pre (Namoroka) , Firefox 3.7 a1 pre (Minefield ) .

    OS, iron :
    operating systemMicrosoft Windows 7 Home Premium
    CPU TypeIntel Core 2 Duo E6420, 2133 MHz
    MotherboardAsus p5b
    Motherboard chipsetIntel Broadwater P965
    System memory2048 MB (DDR2-800 DDR2 SDRAM)
    Video adapterNVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT (256 MB)

    Internet and processes :
    The Internet channel is symmetrical 10 Mbit. All programs completed, antivirus deactivated. Browsers opened one by one, tested and closed.

    Tests :
    Conducted 2 tests, all probably know them: the comprehensive Peacekeeper test - The Browser Benchmark from Futuremark and the test for processing SunSpider JavaScript Benchmark scripts from the WebKit project.

    Additions : I additionally
    used Firefox Builder Optimization (further FBO). Tested with and without it (everything is displayed in the table below). By the way, I could not find a single mention of him on Habré.

    results


    Peacekeeper
    without FBO
    Peacekeeper
    with FBO
    SunSpider
    without FBO
    SunSpider
    with FBO
    points
    (more is better)
    points
    (more is better)
    ms
    (less is better)
    ms
    (less is better)
    Opera 10.10 build 18931817-3741.4-
    Opera 10.50 Internal build 31992877-559.6-
    Firefox 3.5.7179717641395.41368.6
    Firefox 3.6 pre (Namoroka)249824431110.01127.6
    Firefox 3.7 a1 pre (Minefield)257325171013.81034.2

    Screen for clarity: The
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    link to the Peacekeeper test results is one, so I didn’t clog the table - look here (Unknown unknown is Firefox 3.6 pre (Namoroka), for some reason the test did not recognize it).

    conclusions


    • As you can see from the table of performance loss or even in one case, the gain when using FBO is not more than 2.2%! We can say that FBO does not affect performance. But it saves RAM. During the test, all versions of Firefox with FBO spent from 1 to 15 MB, while without it from 60 to 200 MB (!).
    • The new Opera 10.50 made a huge leap compared to its predecessor Oper 10.10 and outperformed even Firefox versions 3.6 and 3.7.
    • But the negative dynamics of Oper's 10.50 build 3199 (already the third build of version 10.50) is also noticeable in comparison with Oper's 10.50 build 3172 (the very first build of version 10.50) - the results in the Peacekeeper test worsened: from 3400+ to 2800+ points (I wrote the reports on tests of the first assembly 10.50 here and here ).


    Add. links


    For those who do not yet know: “All versions and Russifications of Firefox” and Oper's similar storage (only there are no pre-alpha builds).

    Z.Y. Strongly do not kick, this is my first topic on Habré :)

    Thanks for attention!

    UPD: Since someone has added their Chrome 4.0.249.64 to the Peacekeeper test , let me add the fourth Opera 10.50 build 3202 released today . The result is 3688. Opera not only returned its original result, but also improved it by comparing it with Chrome.

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