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Firefox 3.5RC2 Performance In Windows Vs. Linux

Posted by timothy on from the tradeoffs-and-tradeoffs dept.

pizzutz writes "Andy Lawrence has posted a Javascript speed comparison for the recently released Firefox 3.5RC2 between Linux (Ubuntu 9.04) and Windows(XP SP3) using the SunSpider benchmark test. Firefox 3.5 will include the new Tracemonkey Javascript engine. The Windows build edges out Linux by just under 15%, though the Linux build is still twice as fast as the current 3.0.11 version which ships with Jaunty."

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  1. Re:Don't benchmark it on Ubuntu by larry+bagina · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Firefox isn't slower because of ubuntu, it's slower because the microsoft's C compiler is better than gcc.

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    Do you even lift?

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  2. Re:There! You have it! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    This proves that, um, Windows,er, Linux is....um...what the fuck does this prove again?

    And why the fuck should I care if there's a 15% difference in performance of Firefox between those two OSes? I use my particular OS for reason that have nothing to do with how well Firefox runs on it.

    That 15% could very well be measured in hours when the Slashtard coders get through with their Web 2.0 abominization of Slashdot.