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Firefox 4's JavaScript Now Faster Than Chrome's

Posted by timothy on from the when-browsers-jostle dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Firefox 4's JavaScript engine is now faster than V8 (used in Chrome) and Nitro (used in Safari) in the SunSpider benchmark on x86. On Mozilla's test system Nitro completes the benchmark in 369.7 milliseconds, V8 in 356.5 milliseconds, and Firefox 4's TraceMonkey and JaegerMonkey combination in 350.3 milliseconds. Conceivably Tech has a brief rundown of some benchmark figures from their test system obtained with the latest JS preview build of Firefox 4: 'Our AMD Phenom X6-based Dell XPS 7100 PC completed the Sunspider test with the latest Firefox JS (4.0 b8-pre) build in 478.6 ms this morning, while Chrome 8.0.560.0 clocked in at 589.8 ms.' On x86-64 Nitro still has the lead over V8 and TraceMonkey+JaegerMonkey in the SunSpider benchmark."

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  1. Who cares... by Jellyman72 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Cue browser fanboy hooliganism....

  2. Seriously... by LMahesa · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    ... who really cares? Why should this twitch anyone's eyebrow, nevermind be deemed newsworthy? It may have been amusing when they first started, but now?

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    Look, no SIG!
  3. Re:Most of Firefox is written in JavaScript. by hedwards · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    And that explains that they're second only to MS in market share and why they're more broadly available than the other browsers? Or perhaps it explains why it is that the other browsers are suddenly getting features that Firefox has had for years?

    Perhaps JavaScript wasn't the wisest path to take, but it's hard to argue with results. Especially since at the rate that Firefox is getting faster and the rate at which the other browsers are adding bloat, I'd be surprised if Firefox keeps it's reputation for being slow much longer. Barring something changing the present course.

  4. Re:FF4 by RaymondKurzweil · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Really? So because you have a PhD in software engineering and 25 years experience you judge a person impolite because they construct a run-on sentence?

    I have a 13" penis and an IQ of 170. I suggest you learn to be less lame.

  5. Re:6 milliseconds! Wheee!!! by bonch · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    It's interesting how SunSpider was often dismissed by Firefox fans, as were most benchmarks, as not reflecting real-world usage of the web. Now, they're cheering Firefox for being faster at the SunSpider benchmark.