I have been using Mozilla Firefox 5 since Mozilla developer announced it, firstly when I decide to add this post I was not going to compare between Mozilla Firefox 5 and Google Chrome 12, just to check Firefox 5 enhancements. But when I used couple benchmarks for checking HTML 5, JavaScript, and CSS 3, didn’t expect this result.
Check Mozilla Firefox 5 release notes and what’s new Here.
Browsers Versions
Mozilla Firefox 5.0 – Google Chrome 12.0.742.100 “.91”
In both web browsers we used same benchmark tools for checking web browser performance, memory usage, CPU usage, JavaScript, CSS 3, and HTML 5.
1. PeaceKeeper Benchmark
Peacekeeper is a JavaScript performance and animations, navigations functionality benchmark tool. check mostly common used JavaScript functions in web browsers.
After few minutes for peacekeeper benchmarking performs rendering, social network, complex graphics, data processing, DOM operation, and text parsing test.
2. Asteroidsbench for kevs3d
HTML 5 Benchmark teets 2D canvas rendering performance with FPS for commonly used HTML 5 functions in games drawimage, drawimage scaling, alpha, composition, shadows, and text functions.
check the benchmark on the screencast for Firefox with chrome side by side.
3. V8 Benchmark Suite
Another JavaScript benchmark higher score means better performance Here.
4. PaintBall Benchmark Tool
Even after using Microsoft PaintBall benchmark tool Firefox 5 able to paint the whole paint in 41.70 seconds, and painted 125 Paintballs per minutes. Google Chrome 12 able to paint the whole paint in 53.90 seconds, and painted 96 paintballs per minutes, Google Chrome 12 couldn’t handle Paintball benchmark quite well and took long time and slows down the machine. Give it a try in your browser Here.
5. Mozilla Kraken JavaScript Benchmark
6. SunSpider JavaScript Benchmark
7. Memory Usage
Opening same number of tabs “10 tabs” in both web browser the memory usage was 125 MB for Firefox 5 and 320 MB for Google chrome 12.
Benchmark Conclusion
Google Chrome 12 performs really well with many JavaScript functions according to benchmarks used in this post. HTML 5 video benchmark and CSS 3D hardware acceleration works incredibly well, also you can check HTML 5 video experiment for shaun the sheep in this post Here. Google chrome uses a separated memory usage for each tab and google extensions but overall after comparing it with firefox it require more memory with running same number to tabs.
Mozilla Firefox 5 benchmark scores looks really low compared to Google Chrome benchmark scores even though it was performing quite good with same benchmark tools specially for compiling JavaScript with taking advantage of your CPU and RAM. Firefox 5 does not require a lot of memory usage.
It’s interesting… I’m using Firefox 5 currently :/
I see no reason why someone would still use Firefox, unless perhaps you’re a web developer.
Chrome is a nice browser, but not very usable with many tabs open at once: if you need to switch between tabs often, then MRU is a show stopper (http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=5569); besides, Chrome’s memory use is an issue for 20+ open tabs (unless Chrome is the only program you are running). Besides, ad blockers for Firefox are far more superior than for any other browser (I re-try all of them from time to time).
For web-junkies like me there are no close alternatives to Firefox (and I’m not a “web developer”).
I don’t believe you are up to date in comparing the ad blocks between the two. And my experience has been Chrome handling many tabs way better than Firefox, that and FF memory leaks were the main reason I moved to Chrome. I regularly try FF alongside Chrome just to see which runs best to save me time. FF has so far not tempted me back, I just don’t find it very enjoyable to use in comparison.
I am critical of Chrome performance on Windows though where I think memory use probably does suck. Another issue with Chrome used to be using it remotely over say NX, it’s update used to be agonisingly slow to the point some way past unusable. That seems fix although FF still edges it there and so frequently has me use it for that scenario.
don’t listen to the tool [go to] he couldn’t begin to comprehend a chi-squared test, let alone a population sample mean normal distribution test to the 1% significance level – bless him and his primitive constructs
If you believe there are decent extensions in this field for Chrome, please name them. I currently use AdBlock + FlashBlock + Noscript for Chrome vs Adblock Plus + NoScript for Firefox. All versions of the browsers and extensions are up to date. Chrome’s Noscript is way more hard to use. Chrome’s option to disable gif animations is way more hard to use. I’ve just re-tested on all up-to-date software and extensions.
Memory leaks – I tend to think some extensions are to blame. I used to restart the browser once in 2 days – no big deal.
well said, i don’t touch chrome because of the unique ID thing though….
I see no reason to use this encumbered browser Chrome, even after you and other google-sponsored people or fanboys pitch it. Look at other implications and choose firefox because it is a pure free software. If you want to live in a world where big corporations dictate how you must live your life, you are welcome to choose “no-evil” google.
another big thing is the “google-ID” the browser gains a unique ID which it sends to google with every page request you do, and everything you type into the adress bar. they also remove ALOT of fault tollerant code, that is, like old timeless example (it probably is fine with this, but its the concept)
and say you missed the slash from the closing tag, FF is fine, chrome isn’t; it probably is as this is such a simple example, but more advanced mistakes it won’t like at all.
Dimwit. Chrome is built from Chromium. Chromium is a v.good browser too and as Free as Firefox. The cleanness of Chrome/Chromium for me versus Firefox is what keeps me using it. (Although I don’t know if my original reasons for leaving Firefox still exist which were appalling memory leaks and it being slow.) Spin off components from Chrome are threatening as bigger impact too such as Node (built on V8). One invaluable feature Chrome offers for me is the built in PDF handling, the fastest PDF tool I’ve used. That alone would be enough to keep me with Chrome.
its not as free as firefox, free means Freedom where firefox comes from, chrome isn’t GNU compatible. but keep leaking data to google
some of us still care about privacy
Privacy dies when you connect the plug with internet connection into your pc. Nothing is impossible to reach when the media that transfers data is available.
It would be interesting to find what compilers were used to compile the Chrome and FireFox. If Chrome was compiled using ICC and FireFox using GCC, then the difference is easy to explain.
FF is awesome….And if u want a fast FF,try installing FF 6.0,its in alpha…believe me,its like a rocket,it blows out Chrome like a fly in the tea.i mean seriously.
in that case try google chrome canary, its updated almost daily and blows FF 6.0 out of the water
Why test google’s v8 benchmark, but not mozilla’s kraken as well? And no sunspider either?
Kraken and sunspider benchmarks added.
Bah, it’s affected.
But regarding the post, I’ve tried using in the same way both browsers, and I find that there are no major differences in real use. And Chrome doesn’t have Panorama, so FF is my choice.
your should try “tab sugar” its chrome equivalent of panorama.
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/libokbfffpaopdjmeofdfpmlanaenaje
I am wondering why Firefox lost most its ground on the browser market? I mean Google Chrome is taking up so fast and it works great and fast. But I used to be a FireFox fan after they release their bulky 3.x version and now I am using Google Chrome like any other wise web programmer.
advertizing
It is getting preinstalled on a lot of store-bought computers (Best Buy, Staples, Office Depot, Wal-Mart, etc.), and that is still where a majority of computers are bought. People see it on there and use it, find out it really is better than “The little blue ‘e’ ” and bam, there’s your increase in market share.
Google created google-chrome, chome-os. chromium-broswer, chromium-os when Mozllia people declined to meet the demands of Google; recall the days when Google was promoting and funding Firefox, Thunderbird and other Mozilla projects.
MOZZILA FIRE FOX 5 IS BETTER THAN CHROME 12 EVERYWHERE
BUTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I WUD GO WITH >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> CHROME 12CUZ IT HAVE BETTER SPEED N PERFORMENCE THEN FIREROX………………………..>>>>MOZZILA WAS BEST> 3.xxxx>>CHROME IS PROVIDING ME BETTER SPEDD N PROFORMENCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
please stop using the internet
I’m using FF 5.0 as used to develop on this webrowser cause if my application works on it that also means it works on Chrome (regardless the css and major difference between them)
and oh ! I like pussies
you’re right, this benchmark is so useless, just promoting Google Chrome team and the way they are better than any other development group in many area. Who didn’t know that ?
now everyone use FF as it’s the best browser (maybe not technically as reads in these tests) but for sure passionately (by the way I’m not kind of hippy peace and love like flowers I’m just a real computer scientists not thinking about coins in corner of my head when I want to improve communication systems)
and oh I like pussies too
Well I’m not a geek I just want stuff to work right. I tried Chrome for the first time today and went to some of my sites and on some video’s It would make the screen full size I’d get white background with audio, (RT News etc.) It did seem to get to and load pages faster than FF5. But FF seemed to handle multi-media better including full screen. One site uses Windows media, so I loaded moonlight plugin on both browsers and neither one would play the media. Running Suse Linux 11.4
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Quote: ”Mozilla Firefox 5 benchmark scores looks really low compared to firefox scores ”
Was this a typo or did u mean “as compared to previous firefox scores”?
Sorry, my mistake, I meant compared to chrome. Thank you for noticing this. Post updated.
I had been using Chromium since its binary was 14Mb, it was more efficient then though not usable even for Google Finance. It has grown up (bloated a lot) now a days and still not not compatible and, or usable with many a internet-banking and payment sites.
IMHO, Firefox is a much more mature, stable and truly free per Free Software Foundations’s guidelines. Do check the /usr/share/doc/chromium-browser/copyright and copyright.problems files; not only the content but, size of these files matters as well
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I use the three-core browser of avant browser! It is built-in gecko, webkit and trident core in it and I can change my rendering mode every time .it is so cool!
Btw: chrome 18 is slowly than firefox 12