Firefox 70 vs. Chrome 78 Benchmarks

Chrome vs. Firefox web browser benchmarks by Michael Larabel on Linux.

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Firefox 70 + WR
October 23 2019
  1 Hour, 42 Minutes
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October 23 2019
  2 Hours, 44 Minutes
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Firefox 70 + WR

Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: acpi-cpufreq ondemand
Python Notes: Python 2.7.17rc1 + Python 3.7.5rc1
Security Notes: l1tf: Not affected + mds: Not affected + meltdown: Not affected + spec_store_bypass: Mitigation of SSB disabled via prctl and seccomp + spectre_v1: Mitigation of usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization + spectre_v2: Mitigation of Full AMD retpoline IBPB: conditional STIBP: always-on RSB filling

Chrome 78

Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12-Core @ 3.80GHz (12 Cores / 24 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (WI-FI) (1001 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Starship/Matisse, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 2000GB Force MP600, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 56/64 8GB (1630/945MHz), Audio: AMD Vega 10 HDMI Audio, Monitor: ASUS VP28U, Network: Realtek Device 8125 + Intel I211 + Intel Device 2723

OS: Ubuntu 19.10, Kernel: 5.3.0-19-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.34.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.5, Display Driver: amdgpu 19.0.1, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 19.2.1 (LLVM 9.0.0), Compiler: GCC 9.2.1 20191008, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

Firefox 70 vs. Chrome 78 BenchmarksOpenBenchmarking.orgPhoronix Test SuiteAMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12-Core @ 3.80GHz (12 Cores / 24 Threads)ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (WI-FI) (1001 BIOS)AMD Starship/Matisse16384MB2000GB Force MP600AMD Radeon RX 56/64 8GB (1630/945MHz)AMD Vega 10 HDMI AudioASUS VP28URealtek Device 8125 + Intel I211 + Intel Device 2723Ubuntu 19.105.3.0-19-generic (x86_64)GNOME Shell 3.34.1X Server 1.20.5amdgpu 19.0.14.5 Mesa 19.2.1 (LLVM 9.0.0)GCC 9.2.1 20191008ext43840x2160ProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioMonitorNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionFirefox 70 Vs. Chrome 78 Benchmarks PerformanceSystem Logs- Scaling Governor: acpi-cpufreq ondemand- Python 2.7.17rc1 + Python 3.7.5rc1- l1tf: Not affected + mds: Not affected + meltdown: Not affected + spec_store_bypass: Mitigation of SSB disabled via prctl and seccomp + spectre_v1: Mitigation of usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization + spectre_v2: Mitigation of Full AMD retpoline IBPB: conditional STIBP: always-on RSB filling

Firefox 70 + WR vs. Chrome 78 ComparisonPhoronix Test SuiteBaseline+33.8%+33.8%+67.6%+67.6%+101.4%+101.4%135%73.6%70.9%28.2%18.1%8.5%ARES-6MotionMarkBasemarkOctaneCanvasMarkSpeedometerWebXPRT5.7%Jetstream2.5%SeleniumSeleniumSeleniumSeleniumSeleniumSeleniumSeleniumSeleniumFirefox 70 + WRChrome 78

Firefox 70 vs. Chrome 78 Benchmarksselenium: ARES-6selenium: Octaneselenium: WebXPRTselenium: Basemarkselenium: Jetstreamselenium: CanvasMarkselenium: MotionMarkselenium: Speedometerselenium: ARES-6 - Google Chromeselenium: Octane - Google Chromeselenium: WebXPRT - Google Chromeselenium: Basemark - Google Chromeselenium: Jetstream - Google Chromeselenium: CanvasMark - Google Chromeselenium: MotionMark - Google Chromeselenium: Speedometer - Google ChromeFirefox 70 + WRChrome 7844.7438129278878.59234.8617791433.70123.5019.04488922631501.60229.1121003752.8213419.04488922631501.60229.1121003752.82134OpenBenchmarking.org

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.

OpenBenchmarking.orgms, Fewer Is BetterSeleniumBenchmark: ARES-6Firefox 70 + WRChrome 781020304050SE +/- 0.38, N = 3SE +/- 0.25, N = 344.7419.041. Firefox 70 + WR: firefox 70.02. Chrome 78: chrome 78.0.3904.70
OpenBenchmarking.orgms, Fewer Is BetterSeleniumBenchmark: ARES-6Firefox 70 + WRChrome 78918273645Min: 44.13 / Avg: 44.74 / Max: 45.45Min: 18.64 / Avg: 19.04 / Max: 19.51. Firefox 70 + WR: firefox 70.02. Chrome 78: chrome 78.0.3904.70

OpenBenchmarking.orgGeometric Mean, More Is BetterSeleniumBenchmark: OctaneFirefox 70 + WRChrome 7810K20K30K40K50KSE +/- 480.89, N = 4SE +/- 60.10, N = 338129488921. Firefox 70 + WR: firefox 70.02. Chrome 78: chrome 78.0.3904.70
OpenBenchmarking.orgGeometric Mean, More Is BetterSeleniumBenchmark: OctaneFirefox 70 + WRChrome 788K16K24K32K40KMin: 37057 / Avg: 38128.75 / Max: 39278Min: 48791 / Avg: 48892.33 / Max: 489991. Firefox 70 + WR: firefox 70.02. Chrome 78: chrome 78.0.3904.70

OpenBenchmarking.orgScore, More Is BetterSeleniumBenchmark: WebXPRTFirefox 70 + WRChrome 7860120180240300SE +/- 1.53, N = 32782631. Firefox 70 + WR: firefox 70.02. Chrome 78: chrome 78.0.3904.70
OpenBenchmarking.orgScore, More Is BetterSeleniumBenchmark: WebXPRTFirefox 70 + WRChrome 7850100150200250Min: 260 / Avg: 263 / Max: 2651. Firefox 70 + WR: firefox 70.02. Chrome 78: chrome 78.0.3904.70

OpenBenchmarking.orgOverall Score, More Is BetterSeleniumBenchmark: BasemarkFirefox 70 + WRChrome 7830060090012001500SE +/- 4.42, N = 3SE +/- 11.84, N = 3878.591501.601. Firefox 70 + WR: firefox 70.02. Chrome 78: chrome 78.0.3904.70
OpenBenchmarking.orgOverall Score, More Is BetterSeleniumBenchmark: BasemarkFirefox 70 + WRChrome 7830060090012001500Min: 869.96 / Avg: 878.59 / Max: 884.57Min: 1487.05 / Avg: 1501.6 / Max: 1525.061. Firefox 70 + WR: firefox 70.02. Chrome 78: chrome 78.0.3904.70

OpenBenchmarking.orgScore, More Is BetterSeleniumBenchmark: JetstreamFirefox 70 + WRChrome 7850100150200250SE +/- 0.57, N = 3SE +/- 1.44, N = 3234.86229.111. Firefox 70 + WR: firefox 70.02. Chrome 78: chrome 78.0.3904.70
OpenBenchmarking.orgScore, More Is BetterSeleniumBenchmark: JetstreamFirefox 70 + WRChrome 784080120160200Min: 233.72 / Avg: 234.86 / Max: 235.5Min: 227.63 / Avg: 229.11 / Max: 231.991. Firefox 70 + WR: firefox 70.02. Chrome 78: chrome 78.0.3904.70

OpenBenchmarking.orgScore, More Is BetterSeleniumBenchmark: CanvasMarkFirefox 70 + WRChrome 784K8K12K16K20KSE +/- 222.27, N = 3SE +/- 190.44, N = 317791210031. Firefox 70 + WR: firefox 70.02. Chrome 78: chrome 78.0.3904.70
OpenBenchmarking.orgScore, More Is BetterSeleniumBenchmark: CanvasMarkFirefox 70 + WRChrome 784K8K12K16K20KMin: 17427 / Avg: 17791 / Max: 18194Min: 20802 / Avg: 21003.33 / Max: 213841. Firefox 70 + WR: firefox 70.02. Chrome 78: chrome 78.0.3904.70

OpenBenchmarking.orgScore, More Is BetterSeleniumBenchmark: MotionMarkFirefox 70 + WRChrome 78160320480640800SE +/- 36.56, N = 6SE +/- 4.62, N = 3433.70752.821. Firefox 70 + WR: firefox 70.02. Chrome 78: chrome 78.0.3904.70
OpenBenchmarking.orgScore, More Is BetterSeleniumBenchmark: MotionMarkFirefox 70 + WRChrome 78130260390520650Min: 347.24 / Avg: 433.7 / Max: 561.14Min: 746.1 / Avg: 752.82 / Max: 761.671. Firefox 70 + WR: firefox 70.02. Chrome 78: chrome 78.0.3904.70

OpenBenchmarking.orgRuns Per Minute, More Is BetterSeleniumBenchmark: SpeedometerFirefox 70 + WRChrome 78306090120150SE +/- 0.87, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3123.50134.001. Firefox 70 + WR: firefox 70.02. Chrome 78: chrome 78.0.3904.70
OpenBenchmarking.orgRuns Per Minute, More Is BetterSeleniumBenchmark: SpeedometerFirefox 70 + WRChrome 78306090120150Min: 122 / Avg: 123.5 / Max: 125Min: 134 / Avg: 134.33 / Max: 1351. Firefox 70 + WR: firefox 70.02. Chrome 78: chrome 78.0.3904.70

OpenBenchmarking.orgms, Fewer Is BetterSeleniumBenchmark: ARES-6 - Browser: Google ChromeChrome 78510152025SE +/- 0.25, N = 319.041. chrome 78.0.3904.70

OpenBenchmarking.orgGeometric Mean, More Is BetterSeleniumBenchmark: Octane - Browser: Google ChromeChrome 7810K20K30K40K50KSE +/- 60.10, N = 3488921. chrome 78.0.3904.70

OpenBenchmarking.orgScore, More Is BetterSeleniumBenchmark: WebXPRT - Browser: Google ChromeChrome 7860120180240300SE +/- 1.53, N = 32631. chrome 78.0.3904.70

OpenBenchmarking.orgOverall Score, More Is BetterSeleniumBenchmark: Basemark - Browser: Google ChromeChrome 7830060090012001500SE +/- 11.84, N = 31501.601. chrome 78.0.3904.70

OpenBenchmarking.orgScore, More Is BetterSeleniumBenchmark: Jetstream - Browser: Google ChromeChrome 7850100150200250SE +/- 1.44, N = 3229.111. chrome 78.0.3904.70

OpenBenchmarking.orgScore, More Is BetterSeleniumBenchmark: CanvasMark - Browser: Google ChromeChrome 784K8K12K16K20KSE +/- 190.44, N = 3210031. chrome 78.0.3904.70

OpenBenchmarking.orgScore, More Is BetterSeleniumBenchmark: MotionMark - Browser: Google ChromeChrome 78160320480640800SE +/- 4.62, N = 3752.821. chrome 78.0.3904.70

OpenBenchmarking.orgRuns Per Minute, More Is BetterSeleniumBenchmark: Speedometer - Browser: Google ChromeChrome 78306090120150SE +/- 0.33, N = 31341. chrome 78.0.3904.70

Firefox 70 + WR

Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: acpi-cpufreq ondemand
Python Notes: Python 2.7.17rc1 + Python 3.7.5rc1
Security Notes: l1tf: Not affected + mds: Not affected + meltdown: Not affected + spec_store_bypass: Mitigation of SSB disabled via prctl and seccomp + spectre_v1: Mitigation of usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization + spectre_v2: Mitigation of Full AMD retpoline IBPB: conditional STIBP: always-on RSB filling

Testing initiated at 23 October 2019 06:40 by user phoronix.

Chrome 78

Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 12-Core @ 3.80GHz (12 Cores / 24 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (WI-FI) (1001 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Starship/Matisse, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 2000GB Force MP600, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 56/64 8GB (1630/945MHz), Audio: AMD Vega 10 HDMI Audio, Monitor: ASUS VP28U, Network: Realtek Device 8125 + Intel I211 + Intel Device 2723

OS: Ubuntu 19.10, Kernel: 5.3.0-19-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.34.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.5, Display Driver: amdgpu 19.0.1, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 19.2.1 (LLVM 9.0.0), Compiler: GCC 9.2.1 20191008, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

Processor Notes: Scaling Governor: acpi-cpufreq ondemand
Python Notes: Python 2.7.17rc1 + Python 3.7.5rc1
Security Notes: l1tf: Not affected + mds: Not affected + meltdown: Not affected + spec_store_bypass: Mitigation of SSB disabled via prctl and seccomp + spectre_v1: Mitigation of usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization + spectre_v2: Mitigation of Full AMD retpoline IBPB: conditional STIBP: always-on RSB filling

Testing initiated at 23 October 2019 06:40 by user phoronix.