Comments on: Chrome vs Firefox 3.6 vs Safari vs Webkit: Chrome Wins Again!

By: Dgden

Dgden — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 20:25:08 +0000

I use both Chrome and Firefox as my primary browsers at work. And benchmark results aside Chrome just feels faster for everyday general browsing from opening new tabs to loading pages…and performance matters a lot. Also when a page crashes Chrome it doesn’t usually take the other pages with it, unlike Firefox.

The reason I still use Firefox is because certain pages just don’t work/look right on Chrome. Certain web based application work great with Firefox and not so much with Chrome. Firefox has gained the status of one of the most popular browsers and so most developers make sure their stuff works with Firefox…the browser stole thunder from IE. Plus where the heck is the print preview mr Chrome.

It would be so much easier for me to just use Firefox and forget about Chrome saving myself the trouble of using two browsers, but when I tried to do just that, I missed Chrome’s performance.

I hope that Firefox community with time can close the performance gaps and make the browser sessions independent from each other. Until then, I’ll just have to use both.

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By: Joseph Black

Joseph Black — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 10:38:44 +0000

So what you are basically saying is that you are using Chrome’s and Webkit’s benchmarks to test the browser, and find out that Firefox is the slowest. Nice!

By: Vlad

Vlad — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:14:41 +0000

Indeed, Firefox has more features, but when it comes to general user experience, it miserably falls behind Chrome. By “user experience” I mean regular freezing and lack of response from tabs, memory eating, and general slow response when many tabs are opened and PC was idle for some time.

When Google is saying each tab is a separate process, those are not empty words. I really have a feeling that each tab is like an independent application, with no freezing and hanging anytime during the use.

By: Marcin

Marcin — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 14:37:41 +0000

I agree. Who cares about JavaScript performance? Computers are very fast these days and vast majority of sites do not use JavaScript extensively – not to the extent where performance differences on core duo’s are important (or eveny my old good Athlon 64). Firefox performance is increasing from version to version, so there is no need to worry – when sites will use more JS, FX will be ready :)

Firefox is a winner when it comes to extensions and overall quality.

By: WhoCares

WhoCares — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 02:06:27 +0000

Only Ultra-Geeks worry about Javascript numbers. Normal people care about FEATURES and usability more than loading Javascript (what do you read 1000 page long blogs every day and nothing else or what?). Firefox trounces EVERYTHING ON EARTH when it comes to sheer features and expansion capability. You can customize it to be almost anything you want. With Safari and Chrome you’re stuck with whatever crap is spoon fed to you. Forget about customization. Javascript speed is all you will get. If that’s all you care about, great. There’s a reason Firefox has almost 25% of the market while Chrome and Safari are under 5% each and it has little to do with speed. One would think that Mac users would appreciate the sheer usability of Firefox over Safari, but they worship only Apple made products so half of them don’t get it. Chrome users worship Google and probably hope Google will take over the world. They probably enjoy giving their personal data to Google to use as only Big Brother can because that is what Chrome does, it monitors your key presses and hands them over to Google for a rainy day in the future. It’s a pretty fierce competition as to which company (Microsoft or Google) is spying on your personal habits more, but my money is on Google at this point. Call me a nut, but just wait and see in the next few years.

By: Palmer

Palmer — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 05:05:48 +0000

Chrome: http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii21/palmer640/Browser%20Benchmarks/chrome-score.png

FF: http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii21/palmer640/Browser%20Benchmarks/FF-score.png

Safari: http://i260.photobucket.com/albums/ii21/palmer640/Browser%20Benchmarks/Safari-score.png

Intel only my ass!! It actually runs faster on AMD chips. Stats will show you this.
Also, yes, chrome is the fastest and best performing. It might not have a whole bunch of extra graphic features that do nothing but take up space on your screen and use a lot of memory like firefox does], but that’s one reason a lot of people use it [for the clean and simple look, which I also prefer] and the main reason why its much faster.

It’s not faster in every single aspect, but overall, yes… it is considered the best performing browser. Safari 4 is considered the SECOND best performing browser since both Safari and Chrome actually SHARE the same webkit [believe it or not]…

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By: rmaffeo

rmaffeo — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 02:50:30 +0000

Care to comment what those other benchmarks might be? Also, what basis do you have for your Intel vs AMD comment? Does Chrome generate specific instruction sequences that do not run as efficiently on AMD processors?