Firefox 72 vs. Chrome 80 Linux benchmarks AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X 32-Core testing of Firefox and Chrome web browser performance on Ubuntu Linux desktop by Michael Larabel. Firefox 72: Processor: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X 32-Core @ 3.70GHz (32 Cores / 64 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG ZENITH II EXTREME (0702 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Starship/Matisse, Memory: 64GB, Disk: 1000GB Force MP600, Graphics: AMD Radeon VII 16GB (1801/1000MHz), Audio: AMD Vega 20 HDMI Audio, Monitor: ASUS MG28U, Network: Aquantia AQC107 NBase-T/IEEE + Intel I211 + Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 OS: Ubuntu 20.04, Kernel: 5.4.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.34.3, Display Server: X Server 1.20.7, Display Driver: amdgpu 19.1.0, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 19.2.4 (LLVM 9.0.0), Compiler: GCC 9.2.1 20200123, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Firefox 72 + WR: Processor: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X 32-Core @ 3.70GHz (32 Cores / 64 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG ZENITH II EXTREME (0702 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Starship/Matisse, Memory: 64GB, Disk: 1000GB Force MP600, Graphics: AMD Radeon VII 16GB (1801/1000MHz), Audio: AMD Vega 20 HDMI Audio, Monitor: ASUS MG28U, Network: Aquantia AQC107 NBase-T/IEEE + Intel I211 + Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 OS: Ubuntu 20.04, Kernel: 5.4.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.34.3, Display Server: X Server 1.20.7, Display Driver: amdgpu 19.1.0, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 19.2.4 (LLVM 9.0.0), Compiler: GCC 9.2.1 20200123, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Chrome 80: Processor: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X 32-Core @ 3.70GHz (32 Cores / 64 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG ZENITH II EXTREME (0702 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Starship/Matisse, Memory: 64GB, Disk: 1000GB Force MP600, Graphics: AMD Radeon VII 16GB (1801/1000MHz), Audio: AMD Vega 20 HDMI Audio, Monitor: ASUS MG28U, Network: Aquantia AQC107 NBase-T/IEEE + Intel I211 + Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 OS: Ubuntu 20.04, Kernel: 5.4.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.34.3, Display Server: X Server 1.20.7, Display Driver: amdgpu 19.1.0, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 19.2.4 (LLVM 9.0.0), Compiler: GCC 9.2.1 20200123, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Selenium Benchmark: Octane Geometric Mean > Higher Is Better Chrome 80 ....... 47796 |====================================================== Firefox 72 ...... 35992 |========================================= Firefox 72 + WR . 36176 |========================================= Selenium Benchmark: Basemark Overall Score > Higher Is Better Chrome 80 ....... 1321.44 |==================================================== Firefox 72 ...... 735.19 |============================= Firefox 72 + WR . 738.40 |============================= Selenium Benchmark: StyleBench Runs / Minute > Higher Is Better Chrome 80 ....... 34.5 |====================== Firefox 72 ...... 79.0 |=================================================== Firefox 72 + WR . 84.5 |======================================================= Selenium Benchmark: Speedometer Runs Per Minute > Higher Is Better Chrome 80 ....... 134.00 |===================================================== Firefox 72 ...... 97.36 |======================================= Firefox 72 + WR . 97.90 |======================================= Selenium Benchmark: WebXPRT Score > Higher Is Better Chrome 80 ....... 254 |======================================================= Firefox 72 ...... 257 |======================================================== Firefox 72 + WR . 258 |======================================================== Selenium Benchmark: Jetstream Score > Higher Is Better Chrome 80 ....... 220.01 |===================================================== Firefox 72 ...... 216.19 |==================================================== Firefox 72 + WR . 217.99 |===================================================== Selenium Benchmark: Jetstream 2 Score > Higher Is Better Chrome 80 ....... 129.53 |===================================================== Firefox 72 ...... 95.72 |======================================= Firefox 72 + WR . 94.94 |======================================= Selenium Benchmark: CanvasMark Score > Higher Is Better Chrome 80 ....... 21280 |====================================================== Firefox 72 ...... 14542 |===================================== Firefox 72 + WR . 15459 |======================================= Selenium Benchmark: MotionMark Score > Higher Is Better Chrome 80 ....... 741.75 |===================================================== Firefox 72 ...... 142.09 |========== Firefox 72 + WR . 365.58 |========================== Selenium Benchmark: ARES-6 ms < Lower Is Better Chrome 80 ....... 20.27 |===================== Firefox 72 ...... 50.74 |====================================================== Firefox 72 + WR . 51.03 |====================================================== Selenium Benchmark: Kraken ms < Lower Is Better Chrome 80 ....... 766.8 |====================================================== Firefox 72 ...... 733.5 |==================================================== Firefox 72 + WR . 735.2 |==================================================== Selenium Benchmark: WASM imageConvolute ms < Lower Is Better Chrome 80 ....... 37.95 |====================================================== Firefox 72 ...... 26.60 |====================================== Firefox 72 + WR . 26.60 |====================================== Selenium Benchmark: WASM collisionDetection ms < Lower Is Better Chrome 80 ....... 286.33 |========================================== Firefox 72 ...... 359.90 |==================================================== Firefox 72 + WR . 363.70 |===================================================== Selenium Benchmark: PSPDFKit WASM Score < Lower Is Better Chrome 80 ....... 1698 |======================================================= Firefox 72 ...... 1315 |=========================================== Firefox 72 + WR . 1309 |========================================== Selenium Benchmark: Maze Solver Seconds < Lower Is Better Chrome 80 ....... 4.1 |==================================================== Firefox 72 ...... 4.4 |======================================================== Firefox 72 + WR . 4.1 |====================================================