Firefox 71 vs. Chrome 79 Performance
Intel Core i7-1065G7 Ice Lake Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome browser benchmarks by Michael Larabel.


Firefox 71: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-1065G7 @ 3.90GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: Dell 06CDVY (1.0.9 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Device 34ef, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: KBG40ZPZ512G NVMe TOSHIBA 512GB, Graphics: Intel Iris Plus 3GB (1100MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC289, Network: Intel Killer Wi-Fi 6 AX1650i 160MHz

	OS: Ubuntu 19.10, Kernel: 5.3.0-24-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.34.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.5, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.5, OpenGL: 4.6 Mesa 20.0.0-devel (git-dcb4230 2019-12-12 eoan-oibaf-ppa), OpenCL: OpenCL 2.1, Vulkan: 1.1.129, Compiler: GCC 9.2.1 20191008, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200

Firefox 71 + WR: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-1065G7 @ 3.90GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: Dell 06CDVY (1.0.9 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Device 34ef, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: KBG40ZPZ512G NVMe TOSHIBA 512GB, Graphics: Intel Iris Plus 3GB (1100MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC289, Network: Intel Killer Wi-Fi 6 AX1650i 160MHz

	OS: Ubuntu 19.10, Kernel: 5.3.0-24-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.34.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.5, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.5, OpenGL: 4.6 Mesa 20.0.0-devel (git-dcb4230 2019-12-12 eoan-oibaf-ppa), OpenCL: OpenCL 2.1, Vulkan: 1.1.129, Compiler: GCC 9.2.1 20191008, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200

Chrome 79: 

	Processor: Intel Core i7-1065G7 @ 3.90GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: Dell 06CDVY (1.0.9 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Device 34ef, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: KBG40ZPZ512G NVMe TOSHIBA 512GB, Graphics: Intel Iris Plus 3GB (1100MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC289, Network: Intel Killer Wi-Fi 6 AX1650i 160MHz

	OS: Ubuntu 19.10, Kernel: 5.3.0-24-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.34.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.5, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.5, OpenGL: 4.6 Mesa 20.0.0-devel (git-dcb4230 2019-12-12 eoan-oibaf-ppa), OpenCL: OpenCL 2.1, Vulkan: 1.1.129, Compiler: GCC 9.2.1 20191008, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1200


Selenium
Benchmark: ARES-6 - Browser: Firefox
ms < Lower Is Better
Firefox 71 ...... 51.05 |======================================================
Firefox 71 + WR . 50.79 |======================================================
Chrome 79 ....... 20.35 |======================


Selenium
Benchmark: Octane - Browser: Firefox
Geometric Mean > Higher Is Better
Firefox 71 ...... 35273 |========================================
Firefox 71 + WR . 35196 |========================================
Chrome 79 ....... 47803 |======================================================


Selenium
Benchmark: WebXPRT - Browser: Firefox
Score > Higher Is Better
Firefox 71 ...... 244 |========================================================
Firefox 71 + WR . 235 |======================================================
Chrome 79 ....... 214 |=================================================


Selenium
Benchmark: Basemark - Browser: Firefox
Overall Score > Higher Is Better
Firefox 71 ...... 604.68 |=====================================
Firefox 71 + WR . 547.66 |=================================
Chrome 79 ....... 875.83 |=====================================================


Selenium
Benchmark: Jetstream - Browser: Firefox
Score > Higher Is Better
Firefox 71 ...... 200.15 |===============================================
Firefox 71 + WR . 200.59 |===============================================
Chrome 79 ....... 225.01 |=====================================================


Selenium
Benchmark: CanvasMark - Browser: Firefox
Score > Higher Is Better
Firefox 71 ...... 13243 |===============================================
Firefox 71 + WR . 12934 |=============================================
Chrome 79 ....... 15358 |======================================================


Selenium
Benchmark: MotionMark - Browser: Firefox
Score > Higher Is Better
Firefox 71 ...... 111.57 |=============
Firefox 71 + WR . 331.12 |======================================
Chrome 79 ....... 467.44 |=====================================================


Selenium
Benchmark: StyleBench - Browser: Firefox
Runs / Minute > Higher Is Better
Firefox 71 ...... 86.5 |======================================================
Firefox 71 + WR . 88.8 |=======================================================
Chrome 79 ....... 35.5 |======================


Selenium
Benchmark: Maze Solver - Browser: Firefox
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Firefox 71 ...... 5.4 |========================================================
Firefox 71 + WR . 5.3 |=======================================================
Chrome 79 ....... 4.6 |================================================


Selenium
Benchmark: Speedometer - Browser: Firefox
Runs Per Minute > Higher Is Better
Firefox 71 ...... 87.82  |==========================================
Firefox 71 + WR . 86.16  |=========================================
Chrome 79 ....... 112.00 |=====================================================


Selenium
Benchmark: PSPDFKit WASM - Browser: Firefox
Score < Lower Is Better
Firefox 71 ...... 1462 |======================================
Firefox 71 + WR . 1555 |=========================================
Chrome 79 ....... 2103 |=======================================================