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A Real World HTML 5 Benchmark

Posted by timothy on from the global-variables dept.

KidCompy writes "The newest browsers boast huge performance improvements, but how much do you trust benchmarks trotted out to prove those claims? Do they reflect the real uses to which developers will put HTML 5 and JavaScript? We've extracted several benchmarks from our existing programs to measure actual versus theoretical performance."

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  1. Re:Not much faith in their programmers... by Carewolf · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Chrome is reporting both as safari and as chrome, it even includes a safari version number, as a minimum safari-version it is compatible with. When Chrome is spoofing to anyone not specifically testing for Chrome, it is hard to blame anyone misdetecting them.

  2. My Results by bgarcia · · Score: 3, Interesting
    My results (running on quad-core Windows Vista 32-bit):

    Chrome 8.0.552.224: 8641
    Firefox 3.6.13: 5082
    Internet Explorer 8.0.6001.18999: 2145

    --
    I'm a leaf on the wind. Watch how I soar.
  3. Interpreted languages ftw by ponos · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Well, seeing a Mandelbrot algorithm running on an interpreted language on top of an interpreted language and
    struggling on my super powerful quad core makes me suffer. I had coded the Mandelbrot fractal in assembly
    and it ran faster on a 80386...

    Now get out of my lawn...

    1. Re:Interpreted languages ftw by Seth+Kriticos · · Score: 3, Funny

      Don't you worry, one of these days, someone will write a full 386 emulator in JavaScript bringing the full Web 2.0 fidelity to your lawn.

      And if you have an especially powerful rig, you'll even be able to use the 'turbo' button.

  4. OS X and virtual Win + Ubuntu 10.10, 4 browsers by jovius · · Score: 3, Interesting

    MacBook Pro mid 2010 i5 2.4GHz, latest public browser versions

    Firefox: 5055 / window minimized: 4930
    Safari: 10628 / 11210
    Opera: 9121 / 9487
    Chrome: 10903 / 11035


    On virtualized Windows XP home SP3 (Parallels desktop 6):

    Firefox: 5878 / 6749
    Opera: 9170 / 9734
    ie 8: 1463 / 1440
    Chrome: 10920 / 11392


    Another reference point, virtualized Ubuntu 10.10

    Firefox: 5165 / 6040
    Chrome: 10769 / 11064
    Opera: 8942 / 9500


    Chrome was identified as safari 534.10 on all OS's. The results seem to fluctuate a bit from run to run, from 10 to 1500 points (i did some of the tests two - three times). It seems I get different results each time the test is run.

  5. Obligatory result by rshane · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Core i5-650
    8gb RAM
    Windows 7

    Firefox 4.0b8 - 8246/50000
    Chrome 8.0.552.224 - 12611/50000

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    Shane