Firefox vs. Chrome Wayland vs. X.Org Linux Benchmarks

Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article.

HTML result view exported from: https://openbenchmarking.org/result/2004104-PTS-FIREFOX735.

ProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioMonitorNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionX.OrgWaylandX.Org Firefox 75 Firefox 75 + WR Firefox 76b1 Firefox 76b1 + WR Firefox 75 Firefox 75 + WR Firefox 76b1 Firefox 76b1 + WR Chrome 80 Chrome 80Intel Core i9-9900KS @ 5.00GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads)ASUS PRIME Z390-A (1302 BIOS)Intel Cannon Lake PCH16GBSamsung SSD 970 EVO 250GBASUS Intel UHD 630 3GB (1200MHz)Realtek ALC1220ASUS MG28UIntel I219-VUbuntu 20.045.4.0-18-generic (x86_64)GNOME Shell 3.36.0X Server 1.20.7modesetting 1.20.74.6 Mesa 20.0.2GCC 9.3.0ext41920x1080OpenBenchmarking.orgProcessor Details- Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave - CPU Microcode: 0xcaPython Details- + Python 3.8.2Security Details- itlb_multihit: KVM: Vulnerable + l1tf: Not affected + mds: Not affected + meltdown: Not affected + spec_store_bypass: Vulnerable + spectre_v1: Vulnerable: __user pointer sanitization and usercopy barriers only; no swapgs barriers + spectre_v2: Vulnerable IBPB: disabled STIBP: disabled + tsx_async_abort: Mitigation of TSX disabled

selenium: WebXPRTselenium: Basemarkselenium: CanvasMarkselenium: MotionMarkX.OrgWaylandX.Org Firefox 75 Firefox 75 + WR Firefox 76b1 Firefox 76b1 + WR Firefox 75 Firefox 75 + WR Firefox 76b1 Firefox 76b1 + WR Chrome 80 Chrome 80279608.3615876335.28258550.3315275592.51278554.0915516338.56254569.8915190559.59299599.6215791295.13273558.9515049587.70296592.0115444308.53273547.6814644643.6224350881226693.1713923604.96OpenBenchmarking.org

Selenium

Benchmark: WebXPRT

X.OrgWaylandOpenBenchmarking.orgScore, More Is BetterSeleniumBenchmark: WebXPRTFirefox 75Firefox 75 + WRFirefox 76b1Firefox 76b1 + WRChrome 8070140210280350SE +/- 2.00, N = 3SE +/- 1.45, N = 3SE +/- 1.73, N = 3SE +/- 1.00, N = 3SE +/- 1.20, N = 3SE +/- 0.33, N = 3SE +/- 1.53, N = 3SE +/- 2.96, N = 32792582782542262992732962732431. Firefox 75: firefox 75.02. Firefox 75 + WR: firefox 75.03. Firefox 76b1: firefox 76.04. Firefox 76b1 + WR: firefox 76.05. Chrome 80: chrome 80.0.3987.149

Selenium

Benchmark: Basemark

X.OrgWaylandOpenBenchmarking.orgOverall Score, More Is BetterSeleniumBenchmark: BasemarkFirefox 75Firefox 75 + WRFirefox 76b1Firefox 76b1 + WRChrome 80150300450600750SE +/- 13.57, N = 9SE +/- 2.45, N = 3SE +/- 4.48, N = 3SE +/- 9.33, N = 3SE +/- 20.08, N = 9SE +/- 14.39, N = 9SE +/- 4.83, N = 3SE +/- 10.31, N = 9SE +/- 12.62, N = 9608.36550.33554.09569.89693.17599.62558.95592.01547.681. Firefox 75: firefox 75.02. Firefox 75 + WR: firefox 75.03. Firefox 76b1: firefox 76.04. Firefox 76b1 + WR: firefox 76.05. Chrome 80: chrome 80.0.3987.149

Selenium

Benchmark: CanvasMark

X.OrgWaylandOpenBenchmarking.orgScore, More Is BetterSeleniumBenchmark: CanvasMarkFirefox 75Firefox 75 + WRFirefox 76b1Firefox 76b1 + WRChrome 803K6K9K12K15KSE +/- 58.15, N = 3SE +/- 100.01, N = 3SE +/- 34.28, N = 3SE +/- 137.63, N = 3SE +/- 269.48, N = 10SE +/- 48.01, N = 3SE +/- 195.56, N = 3SE +/- 84.76, N = 3SE +/- 41.88, N = 3SE +/- 45.58, N = 315876152751551615190139231579115049154441464450881. Firefox 75: firefox 75.02. Firefox 75 + WR: firefox 75.03. Firefox 76b1: firefox 76.04. Firefox 76b1 + WR: firefox 76.05. Chrome 80: chrome 80.0.3987.149

Selenium

Benchmark: MotionMark

X.OrgWaylandOpenBenchmarking.orgScore, More Is BetterSeleniumBenchmark: MotionMarkFirefox 75Firefox 75 + WRFirefox 76b1Firefox 76b1 + WRChrome 80140280420560700SE +/- 13.97, N = 9SE +/- 13.06, N = 9SE +/- 28.03, N = 6SE +/- 23.76, N = 6SE +/- 36.42, N = 9SE +/- 18.37, N = 9SE +/- 34.35, N = 9SE +/- 11.77, N = 6SE +/- 6.24, N = 3335.28592.51338.56559.59604.96295.13587.70308.53643.621.001. Firefox 75: firefox 75.02. Firefox 75 + WR: firefox 75.03. Firefox 76b1: firefox 76.04. Firefox 76b1 + WR: firefox 76.05. Chrome 80: chrome 80.0.3987.149

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