Linux vs. Windows - Firefox + Chrome Browser Benchmarks Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com comparing Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome browser performance across operating systems. 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Windows 10 Pro: Processor: Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z390-A (0802 BIOS), Memory: 2 x 8192 MB 3000MHz Corsair CMU16GX4M2C3000C15, Disk: 233GB Samsung SSD 970 EVO 250GB, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX Vega 4GB OS: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro Build 17763, Kernel: 10.0 (x86_64), Display Driver: 22.19.677.257, OpenCL: OpenCL 2.0 AMD-APP (2442.9), File-System: NTFS, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Selenium Benchmark: ARES-6 - Browser: Firefox ms < Lower Is Better Clear Linux 28500 ............. 51.80 |=========================== Debian Buster Testing ......... 55.85 |============================= Fedora Workstation 29 ......... 50.85 |========================== Fedora Workstation 29 - X.Org . 51.07 |========================== Manjaro Linux 18.0.4 .......... 53.48 |============================ Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS ............ 56.35 |============================= Ubuntu 18.10 .................. 55.79 |============================= Ubuntu 19.04 .................. 56.72 |============================= openSUSE Tumbleweed ........... 77.45 |======================================== Windows 10 Pro ................ 46.37 |======================== Selenium Benchmark: ARES-6 - Browser: Google Chrome ms < Lower Is Better Clear Linux 28500 ............. 21.59 |================================ Debian Buster Testing ......... 22.54 |================================== Fedora Workstation 29 ......... 22.46 |================================== Fedora Workstation 29 - X.Org . 22.28 |================================= Manjaro Linux 18.0.4 .......... 22.39 |================================== Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS ............ 22.41 |================================== Ubuntu 18.10 .................. 22.64 |================================== Ubuntu 19.04 .................. 22.49 |================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ........... 26.69 |======================================== Windows 10 Pro ................ 15.56 |======================= Selenium Benchmark: Octane - Browser: Firefox Geometric Mean > Higher Is Better Clear Linux 28500 ............. 43060 |=================================== Debian Buster Testing ......... 42715 |=================================== Fedora Workstation 29 ......... 43023 |=================================== Fedora Workstation 29 - X.Org . 43064 |=================================== Manjaro Linux 18.0.4 .......... 42268 |=================================== Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS ............ 41100 |================================== Ubuntu 18.10 .................. 41734 |================================== Ubuntu 19.04 .................. 41566 |================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ........... 37076 |============================== Windows 10 Pro ................ 48845 |======================================== Selenium Benchmark: Octane - Browser: Google Chrome Geometric Mean > Higher Is Better Clear Linux 28500 ............. 45023 |=============================== Debian Buster Testing ......... 44876 |============================== Fedora Workstation 29 ......... 44560 |============================== Fedora Workstation 29 - X.Org . 44452 |============================== Manjaro Linux 18.0.4 .......... 44590 |============================== Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS ............ 44577 |============================== Ubuntu 18.10 .................. 44859 |============================== Ubuntu 19.04 .................. 44848 |============================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ........... 39076 |========================== Windows 10 Pro ................ 59018 |======================================== Selenium Benchmark: WebXPRT - Browser: Firefox Score > Higher Is Better Clear Linux 28500 ............. 302 |====================================== Debian Buster Testing ......... 256 |================================ Fedora Workstation 29 ......... 272 |================================== Fedora Workstation 29 - X.Org . 256 |================================ Manjaro Linux 18.0.4 .......... 274 |================================== Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS ............ 251 |================================ Ubuntu 18.10 .................. 251 |================================ Ubuntu 19.04 .................. 247 |=============================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ........... 236 |============================== Windows 10 Pro ................ 334 |========================================== Selenium Benchmark: WebXPRT - Browser: Google Chrome Score > Higher Is Better Clear Linux 28500 ............. 276 |======================================== Debian Buster Testing ......... 225 |================================= Fedora Workstation 29 ......... 222 |================================ Fedora Workstation 29 - X.Org . 224 |================================= Manjaro Linux 18.0.4 .......... 224 |================================= Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS ............ 223 |================================= Ubuntu 18.10 .................. 225 |================================= Ubuntu 19.04 .................. 224 |================================= openSUSE Tumbleweed ........... 194 |============================ Windows 10 Pro ................ 287 |========================================== Selenium Benchmark: Basemark - Browser: Firefox Overall Score > Higher Is Better Clear Linux 28500 ............. 813 |========================================== Debian Buster Testing ......... 693 |==================================== Fedora Workstation 29 ......... 720 |===================================== Fedora Workstation 29 - X.Org . 763 |======================================= Manjaro Linux 18.0.4 .......... 740 |====================================== Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS ............ 636 |================================= Ubuntu 18.10 .................. 649 |================================== Ubuntu 19.04 .................. 666 |================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ........... 527 |=========================== Windows 10 Pro ................ 782 |======================================== Selenium Benchmark: Basemark - Browser: Google Chrome Overall Score > Higher Is Better Clear Linux 28500 ............. 1422 |========================================= Debian Buster Testing ......... 1020 |============================= Fedora Workstation 29 ......... 995 |============================= Fedora Workstation 29 - X.Org . 970 |============================ Manjaro Linux 18.0.4 .......... 1044 |============================== Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS ............ 1004 |============================= Ubuntu 18.10 .................. 984 |============================ Ubuntu 19.04 .................. 990 |============================= openSUSE Tumbleweed ........... 848 |======================== Windows 10 Pro ................ 1291 |===================================== Selenium Benchmark: Jetstream - Browser: Firefox Score > Higher Is Better Clear Linux 28500 ............. 250 |======================================= Debian Buster Testing ......... 236 |==================================== Fedora Workstation 29 ......... 242 |===================================== Fedora Workstation 29 - X.Org . 242 |===================================== Manjaro Linux 18.0.4 .......... 237 |===================================== Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS ............ 231 |==================================== Ubuntu 18.10 .................. 233 |==================================== Ubuntu 19.04 .................. 233 |==================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ........... 198 |=============================== Windows 10 Pro ................ 272 |========================================== Selenium Benchmark: Jetstream - Browser: Google Chrome Score > Higher Is Better Clear Linux 28500 ............. 220 |================================= Debian Buster Testing ......... 215 |================================= Fedora Workstation 29 ......... 213 |================================ Fedora Workstation 29 - X.Org . 213 |================================ Manjaro Linux 18.0.4 .......... 212 |================================ Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS ............ 213 |================================ Ubuntu 18.10 .................. 211 |================================ Ubuntu 19.04 .................. 214 |================================ openSUSE Tumbleweed ........... 184 |============================ Windows 10 Pro ................ 277 |========================================== Selenium Benchmark: CanvasMark - Browser: Firefox Score > Higher Is Better Clear Linux 28500 ............. 14285 |==================== Debian Buster Testing ......... 29048 |======================================== Fedora Workstation 29 ......... 13460 |=================== Fedora Workstation 29 - X.Org . 13548 |=================== Manjaro Linux 18.0.4 .......... 14064 |=================== Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS ............ 12767 |================== Ubuntu 18.10 .................. 13073 |================== Ubuntu 19.04 .................. 12808 |================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ........... 9106 |============= Windows 10 Pro ................ 14571 |==================== Selenium Benchmark: CanvasMark - Browser: Google Chrome Score > Higher Is Better Clear Linux 28500 ............. 18899 |======================================== Debian Buster Testing ......... 12112 |========================== Fedora Workstation 29 ......... 11021 |======================= Fedora Workstation 29 - X.Org . 13438 |============================ Manjaro Linux 18.0.4 .......... 10631 |======================= Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS ............ 14028 |============================== Ubuntu 18.10 .................. 13729 |============================= Ubuntu 19.04 .................. 12004 |========================= openSUSE Tumbleweed ........... 13063 |============================ Windows 10 Pro ................ 17245 |==================================== Selenium Benchmark: MotionMark - Browser: Firefox Score > Higher Is Better Clear Linux 28500 ............. 280.00 |===================================== Debian Buster Testing ......... 296.57 |======================================= Fedora Workstation 29 ......... 222.11 |============================= Fedora Workstation 29 - X.Org . 239.23 |=============================== Manjaro Linux 18.0.4 .......... 197.83 |========================== Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS ............ 146.00 |=================== Ubuntu 18.10 .................. 156.91 |===================== Ubuntu 19.04 .................. 181.00 |======================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ........... 31.73 |==== Windows 10 Pro ................ 133.97 |================== Selenium Benchmark: MotionMark - Browser: Google Chrome Score > Higher Is Better Clear Linux 28500 ............. 674 |======================================== Debian Buster Testing ......... 701 |========================================== Fedora Workstation 29 ......... 500 |============================== Fedora Workstation 29 - X.Org . 576 |=================================== Manjaro Linux 18.0.4 .......... 697 |========================================== Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS ............ 640 |====================================== Ubuntu 18.10 .................. 640 |====================================== Ubuntu 19.04 .................. 645 |======================================= openSUSE Tumbleweed ........... 503 |============================== Windows 10 Pro ................ 279 |================= Selenium Benchmark: Speedometer - Browser: Firefox Runs Per Minute > Higher Is Better Clear Linux 28500 ............. 104.00 |====================================== Debian Buster Testing ......... 84.55 |=============================== Fedora Workstation 29 ......... 106.27 |======================================= Fedora Workstation 29 - X.Org . 106.63 |======================================= Manjaro Linux 18.0.4 .......... 97.75 |==================================== Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS ............ 88.44 |================================ Ubuntu 18.10 .................. 88.41 |================================ Ubuntu 19.04 .................. 87.40 |================================ openSUSE Tumbleweed ........... 70.58 |========================== Windows 10 Pro ................ 106.00 |======================================= Selenium Benchmark: Speedometer - Browser: Google Chrome Runs Per Minute > Higher Is Better Clear Linux 28500 ............. 118.00 |================================== Debian Buster Testing ......... 112.00 |================================ Fedora Workstation 29 ......... 112.00 |================================ Fedora Workstation 29 - X.Org . 112.00 |================================ Manjaro Linux 18.0.4 .......... 113.00 |================================ Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS ............ 112.00 |================================ Ubuntu 18.10 .................. 112.00 |================================ Ubuntu 19.04 .................. 112.00 |================================ openSUSE Tumbleweed ........... 88.53 |========================= Windows 10 Pro ................ 136.57 |======================================= Selenium Benchmark: Jetstream 2 - Browser: Firefox Score > Higher Is Better Debian Buster Testing ......... 85.05 |================================ Fedora Workstation 29 - X.Org . 92.76 |=================================== Ubuntu 18.10 .................. 87.57 |================================= Windows 10 Pro ................ 103.98 |======================================= Selenium Benchmark: Jetstream 2 - Browser: Google Chrome Score > Higher Is Better Debian Buster Testing ......... 116 |=============================== Fedora Workstation 29 - X.Org . 117 |================================ Ubuntu 18.10 .................. 117 |================================ Windows 10 Pro ................ 155 |========================================== Time To Load + View Popular Websites Browser: Firefox Seconds < Lower Is Better Debian Buster Testing ......... 152 |================= Fedora Workstation 29 - X.Org . 383 |========================================== Windows 10 Pro ................ 182 |==================== Time To Load + View Popular Websites Browser: Google Chrome Seconds < Lower Is Better Debian Buster Testing ......... 136 |================================== Fedora Workstation 29 - X.Org . 134 |================================= Ubuntu 18.10 .................. 170 |========================================== Windows 10 Pro ................ 122 |==============================