Linux Firefox vs. Chrome Browser Benchmarks
Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com.
Clear Linux 28500
Processor: Intel Core i9-9900K @ 5.00GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z390-A (0802 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Cannon Lake PCH, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 EVO 250GB, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 56/64 8GB (1590/800MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel I219-V
OS: Clear Linux OS 28500, Kernel: 5.0.4-722.native (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.20.4, Display Driver: amdgpu 19.0.1, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 19.1.0-devel (LLVM 7.0.1), Compiler: GCC 8.3.1 20190326 + Clang 7.0.1 + LLVM 7.0.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Environment Notes: CFFLAGS=-g-O3-feliminate-unused-debug-types-pipe-Wall-Wp-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2-fexceptions-fstack-protector--param=ssp-buffer-size=32-Wl--copy-dt-needed-entries-m64-fasynchronous-unwind-tables-Wp-D_REENTRANT-ftree-loop-distribute-patterns-Wl-z-Wl now-Wl-z-Wl relro-malign-data=abi-fno-semantic-interposition-ftree-vectorize-ftree-loop-vectorize-Wl-sort-common-Wl--enable-new-dtags FFLAGS=-g-O3-feliminate-unused-debug-types-pipe-Wall-Wp-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2-fexceptions-fstack-protector--param=ssp-buffer-size=32-Wl--copy-dt-needed-entries-m64-fasynchronous-unwind-tables-Wp-D_REENTRANT-ftree-loop-distribute-patterns-Wl-z-Wl relro-malign-data=abi-fno-semantic-interposition-ftree-vectorize-ftree-loop-vectorize-Wl--enable-new-dtags CXXFLAGS=-g-O3-feliminate-unused-debug-types-pipe-Wall-Wp-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2-fexceptions-fstack-protector--param=ssp-buffer-size=32-Wformat-Wformat-security-Wl--copy-dt-needed-entries-m64-fasynchronous-unwind-tables-Wp-D_REENTRANT-ftree-loop-distribute-patterns-Wl-z-Wl relro-fno-semantic-interposition-ffat-lto-objects-fno-signed-zeros-fno-trapping-math-fassociative-math-Wl-sort-common-Wl--enable-new-dtags-mtune=skylake-fvisibility-inlines-hidden-Wl--enable-new-dtags MESA_GLSL_CACHE_DISABLE=0 CFLAGS=-g-O3-feliminate-unused-debug-types-pipe-Wall-Wp-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2-fexceptions-fstack-protector--param=ssp-buffer-size=32-Wformat-Wformat-security-Wl--copy-dt-needed-entries-m64-fasynchronous-unwind-tables-Wp-D_REENTRANT-ftree-loop-distribute-patterns-Wl-z-Wl relro-fno-semantic-interposition-ffat-lto-objects-fno-signed-zeros-fno-trapping-math-fassociative-math-Wl-sort-common-Wl--enable-new-dtags-mtune=skylake THEANO_FLAGS=floatX=float32 openmp=true gcc.cxxflags="-ftree-vectorize-mavx"
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance
Python Notes: Python 3.7.2
Security Notes: __user pointer sanitization + Full generic retpoline IBPB: conditional IBRS_FW STIBP: conditional RSB filling + SSB disabled via prctl and seccomp
Debian Buster Testing
OS: Debian testing, Kernel: 4.19.0-4-amd64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.30.2, Display Server: X Server 1.20.3 + Wayland, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.3, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 18.3.4 (LLVM 7.0.1), Compiler: GCC 8.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
Python Notes: Python 2.7.16rc1 + Python 3.7.3rc1
Security Notes: __user pointer sanitization + Full generic retpoline IBPB: conditional IBRS_FW STIBP: conditional RSB filling + SSB disabled via prctl and seccomp
Fedora Workstation 29
OS: Fedora 29, Kernel: 5.0.3-200.fc29.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.30.2, Display Server: X Server + Wayland, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 18.3.5 (LLVM 7.0.1), Compiler: GCC 8.3.1 20190223, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
Python Notes: + Python 3.7.2
Security Notes: SELinux + __user pointer sanitization + Full generic retpoline IBPB: conditional IBRS_FW STIBP: conditional RSB filling + SSB disabled via prctl and seccomp
Fedora Workstation 29 - X.Org
OS: Fedora 29, Kernel: 5.0.3-200.fc29.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.30.2, Display Server: X Server 1.20.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.4, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 18.3.5 (LLVM 7.0.1), Compiler: GCC 8.3.1 20190223, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Manjaro Linux 18.0.4
OS: ManjaroLinux 18.0.4, Kernel: 4.19.30-1-MANJARO (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.13, Display Server: X Server 1.20.4, Display Driver: amdgpu 19.0.0, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 18.3.4 (LLVM 7.0.1), Compiler: GCC 8.2.1 20181127, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
Python Notes: Python 3.7.2
Security Notes: __user pointer sanitization + Full generic retpoline IBPB: conditional IBRS_FW STIBP: conditional RSB filling + SSB disabled via prctl and seccomp
Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS
Processor: Intel Core i9-9900K @ 5.00GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z390-A (0802 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Cannon Lake PCH, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 EVO 250GB, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 64 8GB (1590/800MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel I219-V
OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.18.0-16-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.3, Display Server: X Server 1.20.1, Display Driver: amdgpu 18.1.0, Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
Python Notes: Python 2.7.15rc1 + Python 3.6.7
Security Notes: __user pointer sanitization + Full generic retpoline IBPB IBRS_FW STIBP + SSB disabled via prctl and seccomp
Ubuntu 18.10
OS: Ubuntu 18.10, Kernel: 4.18.0-16-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.30.2, Display Server: X Server 1.20.1, Display Driver: amdgpu 18.1.0, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 18.2.8 (LLVM 7.0.0), Compiler: GCC 8.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
Python Notes: Python 2.7.15+ + Python 3.6.7
Security Notes: __user pointer sanitization + Full generic retpoline IBPB IBRS_FW STIBP + SSB disabled via prctl and seccomp
Ubuntu 19.04
OS: Ubuntu 19.04, Kernel: 5.0.0-7-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.20.4, Display Driver: amdgpu 18.1.99, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 19.0.0 (LLVM 8.0.0), Compiler: GCC 8.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
Python Notes: Python 2.7.16 + Python 3.7.2+
Security Notes: __user pointer sanitization + Full generic retpoline IBPB: conditional IBRS_FW STIBP: conditional RSB filling + SSB disabled via prctl and seccomp
openSUSE Tumbleweed
Processor: Intel Core i9-9900K @ 5.00GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z390-A (0802 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Cannon Lake PCH, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 EVO 250GB, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 56/64 8GB (1590/800MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel I219-V
OS: openSUSE 20190324, Kernel: 5.0.3-1-default (x86_64), Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.15.3, Display Server: X Server 1.20.4, Display Driver: amdgpu 19.0.0, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 19.0.0 (LLVM 7.0.1), File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
Python Notes: Python 2.7.15 + Python 3.7.2
Security Notes: __user pointer sanitization + Indirect Branch Restricted Speculation IBPB: conditional IBRS_FW STIBP: conditional RSB filling + SSB disabled via prctl and seccomp
Time To Load + View Popular Websites
This test profile uses the Selenium WebDriver for measuring the time it takes to load a majority of the top 50 most popular websites in the web browser in different tabs and to scroll to the bottom of the page, keeping previous tabs open. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
Selenium
This test profile uses the Selenium WebDriver for running various browser benchmarks in different available web browsers. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
Time To Load + View Popular Websites
This test profile uses the Selenium WebDriver for measuring the time it takes to load a majority of the top 50 most popular websites in the web browser in different tabs and to scroll to the bottom of the page, keeping previous tabs open. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
Selenium
This test profile uses the Selenium WebDriver for running various browser benchmarks in different available web browsers. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.
Clear Linux 28500
Processor: Intel Core i9-9900K @ 5.00GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z390-A (0802 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Cannon Lake PCH, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 EVO 250GB, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 56/64 8GB (1590/800MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel I219-V
OS: Clear Linux OS 28500, Kernel: 5.0.4-722.native (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.20.4, Display Driver: amdgpu 19.0.1, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 19.1.0-devel (LLVM 7.0.1), Compiler: GCC 8.3.1 20190326 + Clang 7.0.1 + LLVM 7.0.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Environment Notes: CFFLAGS=-g-O3-feliminate-unused-debug-types-pipe-Wall-Wp-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2-fexceptions-fstack-protector--param=ssp-buffer-size=32-Wl--copy-dt-needed-entries-m64-fasynchronous-unwind-tables-Wp-D_REENTRANT-ftree-loop-distribute-patterns-Wl-z-Wl now-Wl-z-Wl relro-malign-data=abi-fno-semantic-interposition-ftree-vectorize-ftree-loop-vectorize-Wl-sort-common-Wl--enable-new-dtags FFLAGS=-g-O3-feliminate-unused-debug-types-pipe-Wall-Wp-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2-fexceptions-fstack-protector--param=ssp-buffer-size=32-Wl--copy-dt-needed-entries-m64-fasynchronous-unwind-tables-Wp-D_REENTRANT-ftree-loop-distribute-patterns-Wl-z-Wl relro-malign-data=abi-fno-semantic-interposition-ftree-vectorize-ftree-loop-vectorize-Wl--enable-new-dtags CXXFLAGS=-g-O3-feliminate-unused-debug-types-pipe-Wall-Wp-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2-fexceptions-fstack-protector--param=ssp-buffer-size=32-Wformat-Wformat-security-Wl--copy-dt-needed-entries-m64-fasynchronous-unwind-tables-Wp-D_REENTRANT-ftree-loop-distribute-patterns-Wl-z-Wl relro-fno-semantic-interposition-ffat-lto-objects-fno-signed-zeros-fno-trapping-math-fassociative-math-Wl-sort-common-Wl--enable-new-dtags-mtune=skylake-fvisibility-inlines-hidden-Wl--enable-new-dtags MESA_GLSL_CACHE_DISABLE=0 CFLAGS=-g-O3-feliminate-unused-debug-types-pipe-Wall-Wp-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2-fexceptions-fstack-protector--param=ssp-buffer-size=32-Wformat-Wformat-security-Wl--copy-dt-needed-entries-m64-fasynchronous-unwind-tables-Wp-D_REENTRANT-ftree-loop-distribute-patterns-Wl-z-Wl relro-fno-semantic-interposition-ffat-lto-objects-fno-signed-zeros-fno-trapping-math-fassociative-math-Wl-sort-common-Wl--enable-new-dtags-mtune=skylake THEANO_FLAGS=floatX=float32 openmp=true gcc.cxxflags="-ftree-vectorize-mavx"
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performance
Python Notes: Python 3.7.2
Security Notes: __user pointer sanitization + Full generic retpoline IBPB: conditional IBRS_FW STIBP: conditional RSB filling + SSB disabled via prctl and seccomp
Testing initiated at 26 March 2019 19:00 by user phoronix.
Debian Buster Testing
Processor: Intel Core i9-9900K @ 5.00GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z390-A (0802 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Cannon Lake PCH, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 EVO 250GB, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 56/64 8GB (1590/800MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel I219-V
OS: Debian testing, Kernel: 4.19.0-4-amd64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.30.2, Display Server: X Server 1.20.3 + Wayland, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.3, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 18.3.4 (LLVM 7.0.1), Compiler: GCC 8.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
Python Notes: Python 2.7.16rc1 + Python 3.7.3rc1
Security Notes: __user pointer sanitization + Full generic retpoline IBPB: conditional IBRS_FW STIBP: conditional RSB filling + SSB disabled via prctl and seccomp
Testing initiated at 28 March 2019 15:13 by user phoronix.
Fedora Workstation 29
Processor: Intel Core i9-9900K @ 5.00GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z390-A (0802 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Cannon Lake PCH, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 EVO 250GB, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 56/64 8GB (1590/800MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel I219-V
OS: Fedora 29, Kernel: 5.0.3-200.fc29.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.30.2, Display Server: X Server + Wayland, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 18.3.5 (LLVM 7.0.1), Compiler: GCC 8.3.1 20190223, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
Python Notes: + Python 3.7.2
Security Notes: SELinux + __user pointer sanitization + Full generic retpoline IBPB: conditional IBRS_FW STIBP: conditional RSB filling + SSB disabled via prctl and seccomp
Testing initiated at 27 March 2019 17:13 by user phoronix.
Fedora Workstation 29 - X.Org
Processor: Intel Core i9-9900K @ 5.00GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z390-A (0802 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Cannon Lake PCH, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 EVO 250GB, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 56/64 8GB (1590/800MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel I219-V
OS: Fedora 29, Kernel: 5.0.3-200.fc29.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.30.2, Display Server: X Server 1.20.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.4, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 18.3.5 (LLVM 7.0.1), Compiler: GCC 8.3.1 20190223, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
Python Notes: + Python 3.7.2
Security Notes: SELinux + __user pointer sanitization + Full generic retpoline IBPB: conditional IBRS_FW STIBP: conditional RSB filling + SSB disabled via prctl and seccomp
Testing initiated at 28 March 2019 03:42 by user phoronix.
Manjaro Linux 18.0.4
Processor: Intel Core i9-9900K @ 5.00GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z390-A (0802 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Cannon Lake PCH, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 EVO 250GB, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 56/64 8GB (1590/800MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel I219-V
OS: ManjaroLinux 18.0.4, Kernel: 4.19.30-1-MANJARO (x86_64), Desktop: Xfce 4.13, Display Server: X Server 1.20.4, Display Driver: amdgpu 19.0.0, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 18.3.4 (LLVM 7.0.1), Compiler: GCC 8.2.1 20181127, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
Python Notes: Python 3.7.2
Security Notes: __user pointer sanitization + Full generic retpoline IBPB: conditional IBRS_FW STIBP: conditional RSB filling + SSB disabled via prctl and seccomp
Testing initiated at 27 March 2019 12:23 by user phoronix.
Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS
Processor: Intel Core i9-9900K @ 5.00GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z390-A (0802 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Cannon Lake PCH, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 EVO 250GB, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 64 8GB (1590/800MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel I219-V
OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.18.0-16-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.3, Display Server: X Server 1.20.1, Display Driver: amdgpu 18.1.0, Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
Python Notes: Python 2.7.15rc1 + Python 3.6.7
Security Notes: __user pointer sanitization + Full generic retpoline IBPB IBRS_FW STIBP + SSB disabled via prctl and seccomp
Testing initiated at 26 March 2019 11:00 by user phoronix.
Ubuntu 18.10
Processor: Intel Core i9-9900K @ 5.00GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z390-A (0802 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Cannon Lake PCH, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 EVO 250GB, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 64 8GB (1590/800MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel I219-V
OS: Ubuntu 18.10, Kernel: 4.18.0-16-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.30.2, Display Server: X Server 1.20.1, Display Driver: amdgpu 18.1.0, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 18.2.8 (LLVM 7.0.0), Compiler: GCC 8.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
Python Notes: Python 2.7.15+ + Python 3.6.7
Security Notes: __user pointer sanitization + Full generic retpoline IBPB IBRS_FW STIBP + SSB disabled via prctl and seccomp
Testing initiated at 28 March 2019 21:35 by user phoronix.
Ubuntu 19.04
Processor: Intel Core i9-9900K @ 5.00GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z390-A (0802 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Cannon Lake PCH, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 EVO 250GB, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 64 8GB (1590/800MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel I219-V
OS: Ubuntu 19.04, Kernel: 5.0.0-7-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.32.0, Display Server: X Server 1.20.4, Display Driver: amdgpu 18.1.99, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 19.0.0 (LLVM 8.0.0), Compiler: GCC 8.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
Python Notes: Python 2.7.16 + Python 3.7.2+
Security Notes: __user pointer sanitization + Full generic retpoline IBPB: conditional IBRS_FW STIBP: conditional RSB filling + SSB disabled via prctl and seccomp
Testing initiated at 26 March 2019 05:00 by user phoronix.
openSUSE Tumbleweed
Processor: Intel Core i9-9900K @ 5.00GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z390-A (0802 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Cannon Lake PCH, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 EVO 250GB, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 56/64 8GB (1590/800MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel I219-V
OS: openSUSE 20190324, Kernel: 5.0.3-1-default (x86_64), Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.15.3, Display Server: X Server 1.20.4, Display Driver: amdgpu 19.0.0, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 19.0.0 (LLVM 7.0.1), File-System: btrfs, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave
Python Notes: Python 2.7.15 + Python 3.7.2
Security Notes: __user pointer sanitization + Indirect Branch Restricted Speculation IBPB: conditional IBRS_FW STIBP: conditional RSB filling + SSB disabled via prctl and seccomp
Testing initiated at 27 March 2019 09:56 by user .