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Source: Open Source China, compiled from: ZDNet.com
www.oschina.net/news/82799/whats-the-fastest-linux-web-browser
After testing on Windows 10, Windows 7, and MacOS, the results for Linux are now available. According to a survey conducted by LinuxQuestions, Mozilla Firefox is the favorite browser among Linux users, with nearly 51.7% of participants using Firefox. Google’s Chrome ranks second with only 15.67%.
Firefox is the most popular browser on Linux, but is it the fastest? Let’s take a look at the benchmark results:
Configuration
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Ubuntu 16.04
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Asus CM6730
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3.4GHz Intel Core i7-3770
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NVIDIA GeForce GT 620
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8GB RAM & 1TB hard drive
Browsers
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Firefox 51
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GNOME Web 3.22
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Google Chrome 56
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Google Chromium 56
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Opera 43
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Vivaldi 1.7.7
Testing Tools & Results
JetStream 1.1: Based on SunSpider, it combines tests from the SunSpider 1.0.2 and Octane 2 JavaScript benchmark suites, LLVM compiler benchmarks, Apache Harmony-based HashMap, and Cdx real-time Java test benchmark ports, to report a single score, which is then averaged. In this benchmark, a higher score is better.
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Results: The open-source Chromium scored 180.89, ranking first, followed by Chrome at 179.77 and Opera at 178.84; then Vivaldi (176.84), Web (172.94), and Firefox (163.38).
Kraken-1.1: Also based on SunSpider, but it adds many typical use case scenarios. In this benchmark, a lower score is better.
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Results: Opera took first place with a score of 988.84 milliseconds (ms), followed by Chromium (989.5 ms), Chrome (993.0 ms), Vivaldi (988.5 ms), Firefox (1088 ms), and Web (1121 ms).
Octane 2.0: This is Google’s JavaScript testing benchmark, which includes scenario tests for today’s interactive web applications. It can also be used to test other tasks, such as measuring TypeScript compilation speed. In this benchmark, a higher score is better.
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Results: Chrome scored 31737, surpassing Chromium (31453) to take first place. Opera came in third with 30979; then Vivaldi at 30772; Firefox at 30628. Web lagged far behind with only 27949.
Speedometer: This benchmark aims to move beyond simple JavaScript performance tests to understand how quickly web browsers respond to user actions, with a higher score being better.
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Results: Chrome again took the crown with a score of 113.2; followed by Vivaldi (112.3), Opera (108.5), Web (107.2); surprisingly, Chromium, which performed well earlier, scored only 97.23, ranking fifth; while Firefox had a disastrous score of just 44.6.
WebXPRT 2015: This is currently the most comprehensive browser benchmark, specifically designed for benchmarking, with a higher score being better.
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Results: Firefox finally shone with a score of 353, ranking first and far exceeding the second place Web (294); Chrome and Opera tied for third with scores of 282; Vivaldi at 244; and Chromium ranked last with a score of 231.
HTML5 Test: Finally, this checks each browser’s compliance with HTML5 web standards. This is not a benchmark test; it simply shows how close each browser is to the HTML5 standard. The highest score is 550, with a higher score being better.
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Results: Chrome scored 519, Vivaldi 517, Opera 512, Chromium 505, Firefox 471, and Web only 386.
Overall, Chrome is the browser that Linux users should consider using the most. Firefox, more often than not, is really not that fast. As for the other options, Opera performs quite well; Chromium and Vivaldi are also worth trying and keeping an eye on.
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