Firefox 73 + 74 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 Firefox 73: 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 73 + 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 Firefox 74: 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 74 + 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 Selenium Benchmark: ARES-6 ms < Lower Is Better Chrome 80 ....... 20.27 |===================== Firefox 72 ...... 50.74 |====================================================== Firefox 72 + WR . 51.03 |====================================================== Firefox 73 ...... 46.12 |================================================= Firefox 73 + WR . 46.49 |================================================= Firefox 74 ...... 47.23 |================================================== Firefox 74 + WR . 47.77 |=================================================== Selenium Benchmark: Kraken ms < Lower Is Better Chrome 80 ....... 766.8 |====================================================== Firefox 72 ...... 733.5 |==================================================== Firefox 72 + WR . 735.2 |==================================================== Firefox 73 ...... 713.3 |================================================== Firefox 73 + WR . 714.6 |================================================== Firefox 74 ...... 717.7 |=================================================== Firefox 74 + WR . 716.3 |================================================== Selenium Benchmark: Octane Geometric Mean > Higher Is Better Chrome 80 ....... 47796 |====================================================== Firefox 72 ...... 35992 |========================================= Firefox 72 + WR . 36176 |========================================= Firefox 73 ...... 37024 |========================================== Firefox 73 + WR . 36237 |========================================= Firefox 74 ...... 36605 |========================================= Firefox 74 + WR . 36290 |========================================= Selenium Benchmark: WebXPRT Score > Higher Is Better Chrome 80 ....... 254 |====================================================== Firefox 72 ...... 257 |====================================================== Firefox 72 + WR . 258 |======================================================= Firefox 73 ...... 262 |======================================================= Firefox 73 + WR . 265 |======================================================== Firefox 74 ...... 259 |======================================================= Firefox 74 + WR . 261 |======================================================= Selenium Benchmark: Basemark Overall Score > Higher Is Better Chrome 80 ....... 1321.44 |==================================================== Firefox 72 ...... 735.19 |============================= Firefox 72 + WR . 738.40 |============================= Firefox 73 ...... 820.05 |================================ Firefox 73 + WR . 793.75 |=============================== Firefox 74 ...... 792.59 |=============================== Firefox 74 + WR . 783.78 |=============================== Selenium Benchmark: Jetstream Score > Higher Is Better Chrome 80 ....... 220.01 |=================================================== Firefox 72 ...... 216.19 |================================================== Firefox 72 + WR . 217.99 |=================================================== Firefox 73 ...... 227.35 |===================================================== Firefox 73 + WR . 227.13 |===================================================== Firefox 74 ...... 224.61 |==================================================== Firefox 74 + WR . 224.24 |==================================================== Selenium Benchmark: Jetstream 2 Score > Higher Is Better Chrome 80 ....... 129.53 |===================================================== Firefox 72 ...... 95.72 |======================================= Firefox 72 + WR . 94.94 |======================================= Firefox 73 ...... 102.22 |========================================== Firefox 73 + WR . 99.50 |========================================= Firefox 74 ...... 97.88 |======================================== Firefox 74 + WR . 99.95 |========================================= Selenium Benchmark: CanvasMark Score > Higher Is Better Chrome 80 ....... 21280 |====================================================== Firefox 72 ...... 14542 |===================================== Firefox 72 + WR . 15459 |======================================= Firefox 73 ...... 15927 |======================================== Firefox 73 + WR . 16624 |========================================== Firefox 74 ...... 16522 |========================================== Firefox 74 + WR . 16662 |========================================== Selenium Benchmark: MotionMark Score > Higher Is Better Chrome 80 ....... 741.75 |===================================================== Firefox 72 ...... 142.09 |========== Firefox 72 + WR . 365.58 |========================== Firefox 73 ...... 164.04 |============ Firefox 73 + WR . 310.66 |====================== Firefox 74 ...... 146.76 |========== Firefox 74 + WR . 237.80 |================= Selenium Benchmark: StyleBench Runs / Minute > Higher Is Better Chrome 80 ....... 34.5 |===================== Firefox 72 ...... 79.0 |=============================================== Firefox 72 + WR . 84.5 |================================================== Firefox 73 ...... 86.9 |==================================================== Firefox 73 + WR . 92.3 |======================================================= Firefox 74 ...... 84.7 |================================================== Firefox 74 + WR . 90.5 |====================================================== Selenium Benchmark: Maze Solver Seconds < Lower Is Better Chrome 80 ....... 4.1 |==================================================== Firefox 72 ...... 4.4 |======================================================== Firefox 72 + WR . 4.1 |==================================================== Firefox 73 ...... 4.1 |==================================================== Firefox 73 + WR . 4.1 |==================================================== Firefox 74 ...... 4.2 |===================================================== Firefox 74 + WR . 4.0 |=================================================== Selenium Benchmark: Speedometer Runs Per Minute > Higher Is Better Chrome 80 ....... 134.00 |===================================================== Firefox 72 ...... 97.36 |======================================= Firefox 72 + WR . 97.90 |======================================= Firefox 73 ...... 119.00 |=============================================== Firefox 73 + WR . 119.40 |=============================================== Firefox 74 ...... 115.00 |============================================= Firefox 74 + WR . 115.60 |============================================== Selenium Benchmark: PSPDFKit WASM Score < Lower Is Better Chrome 80 ....... 1698 |======================================================= Firefox 72 ...... 1315 |=========================================== Firefox 72 + WR . 1309 |========================================== Firefox 73 ...... 1275 |========================================= Firefox 73 + WR . 1275 |========================================= Firefox 74 ...... 1295 |========================================== Firefox 74 + WR . 1292 |========================================== Selenium Benchmark: WASM imageConvolute ms < Lower Is Better Chrome 80 ....... 37.95 |====================================================== Firefox 72 ...... 26.60 |====================================== Firefox 72 + WR . 26.60 |====================================== Firefox 73 ...... 27.10 |======================================= Firefox 73 + WR . 26.90 |====================================== Firefox 74 ...... 27.00 |====================================== Firefox 74 + WR . 27.10 |======================================= Selenium Benchmark: WASM collisionDetection ms < Lower Is Better Chrome 80 ....... 286.33 |========================================== Firefox 72 ...... 359.90 |==================================================== Firefox 72 + WR . 363.70 |===================================================== Firefox 73 ...... 362.00 |===================================================== Firefox 73 + WR . 361.30 |===================================================== Firefox 74 ...... 359.60 |==================================================== Firefox 74 + WR . 362.00 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