Firefox vs. Chrome - September 2020 on Ubuntu Linux Benchmarks by Michael Larabel. Firefox 81: 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 Corsair Force MP600, Graphics: NVIDIA TITAN RTX 24GB (390/405MHz), Audio: NVIDIA TU102 HD Audio, Monitor: ASUS MG28U, Network: Aquantia AQC107 NBase-T/IEEE + Intel I211 + Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 OS: Ubuntu 20.04, Kernel: 5.4.0-48-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.36.4, Display Server: X Server 1.20.8, Display Driver: NVIDIA 450.36.06, OpenGL: 4.6.0, OpenCL: OpenCL 1.2 CUDA 11.0.185, Vulkan: 1.2.133, Compiler: GCC 9.3.0 + CUDA 11.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Firefox 82b3: 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 Corsair Force MP600, Graphics: NVIDIA TITAN RTX 24GB (390/405MHz), Audio: NVIDIA TU102 HD Audio, Monitor: ASUS MG28U, Network: Aquantia AQC107 NBase-T/IEEE + Intel I211 + Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 OS: Ubuntu 20.04, Kernel: 5.4.0-48-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.36.4, Display Server: X Server 1.20.8, Display Driver: NVIDIA 450.36.06, OpenGL: 4.6.0, OpenCL: OpenCL 1.2 CUDA 11.0.185, Vulkan: 1.2.133, Compiler: GCC 9.3.0 + CUDA 11.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Firefox 83a1: 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 Corsair Force MP600, Graphics: NVIDIA TITAN RTX 24GB (1935/7000MHz), Audio: NVIDIA TU102 HD Audio, Monitor: ASUS MG28U, Network: Aquantia AQC107 NBase-T/IEEE + Intel I211 + Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 OS: Ubuntu 20.04, Kernel: 5.4.0-48-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.36.4, Display Server: X Server 1.20.8, Display Driver: NVIDIA 450.36.06, OpenGL: 4.6.0, OpenCL: OpenCL 1.2 CUDA 11.0.185, Vulkan: 1.2.133, Compiler: GCC 9.3.0 + CUDA 11.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Firefox 83a1 + 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 Corsair Force MP600, Graphics: NVIDIA TITAN RTX 24GB (390/810MHz), Audio: NVIDIA TU102 HD Audio, Monitor: ASUS MG28U, Network: Aquantia AQC107 NBase-T/IEEE + Intel I211 + Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 OS: Ubuntu 20.04, Kernel: 5.4.0-48-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.36.4, Display Server: X Server 1.20.8, Display Driver: NVIDIA 450.36.06, OpenGL: 4.6.0, OpenCL: OpenCL 1.2 CUDA 11.0.185, Vulkan: 1.2.133, Compiler: GCC 9.3.0 + CUDA 11.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Selenium Benchmark: ARES-6 ms < Lower Is Better Firefox 81 ........ 36.51 |===================================== Firefox 82b3 ...... 36.60 |===================================== Firefox 83a1 ...... 51.91 |==================================================== Firefox 83a1 + WR . 51.92 |==================================================== Chrome 85 ......... 18.94 |=================== Selenium Benchmark: Kraken ms < Lower Is Better Firefox 81 ........ 736.8 |==================================== Firefox 82b3 ...... 747.6 |==================================== Firefox 83a1 ...... 1048.5 |=================================================== Firefox 83a1 + WR . 1054.5 |=================================================== Chrome 85 ......... 714.1 |=================================== Selenium Benchmark: Octane Geometric Mean > Higher Is Better Firefox 81 ........ 38524 |===================================== Firefox 82b3 ...... 37921 |==================================== Firefox 83a1 ...... 20034 |=================== Firefox 83a1 + WR . 19977 |=================== Chrome 85 ......... 54455 |==================================================== Selenium Benchmark: WebXPRT Score > Higher Is Better Firefox 81 ... 265 |=========================================================== Firefox 82b3 . 262 |========================================================== Chrome 85 .... 214 |================================================ Selenium Benchmark: Basemark Overall Score > Higher Is Better Firefox 81 ........ 754.96 |================================= Firefox 82b3 ...... 753.05 |================================= Firefox 83a1 ...... 755.67 |================================= Firefox 83a1 + WR . 800.44 |=================================== Chrome 85 ......... 1153.91 |================================================== Selenium Benchmark: Jetstream Score > Higher Is Better Firefox 81 ........ 232.58 |================================================ Firefox 82b3 ...... 230.32 |=============================================== Firefox 83a1 ...... 171.20 |=================================== Firefox 83a1 + WR . 170.31 |=================================== Chrome 85 ......... 248.73 |=================================================== Selenium Benchmark: CanvasMark Score > Higher Is Better Firefox 81 ........ 16061 |============================================== Firefox 82b3 ...... 15118 |=========================================== Firefox 83a1 ...... 14556 |========================================= Firefox 83a1 + WR . 14008 |======================================== Chrome 85 ......... 18316 |==================================================== Selenium Benchmark: MotionMark Score > Higher Is Better Firefox 81 ........ 156.20 |================= Firefox 82b3 ...... 128.52 |============== Firefox 83a1 ...... 105.17 |============ Firefox 83a1 + WR . 254.73 |============================ Chrome 85 ......... 464.48 |=================================================== Selenium Benchmark: StyleBench Runs / Minute > Higher Is Better Firefox 81 ........ 90.2 |==================================================== Firefox 82b3 ...... 86.4 |================================================== Firefox 83a1 ...... 86.2 |================================================== Firefox 83a1 + WR . 91.4 |===================================================== Chrome 85 ......... 35.6 |===================== Selenium Benchmark: Jetstream 2 Score > Higher Is Better Firefox 81 ........ 110.43 |======================================= Firefox 82b3 ...... 108.56 |====================================== Firefox 83a1 ...... 82.79 |============================= Firefox 83a1 + WR . 82.01 |============================= Chrome 85 ......... 145.95 |=================================================== Selenium Benchmark: Maze Solver Seconds < Lower Is Better Firefox 81 ........ 4.1 |=================================================== Firefox 82b3 ...... 4.1 |=================================================== Firefox 83a1 ...... 4.2 |===================================================== Firefox 83a1 + WR . 4.1 |=================================================== Chrome 85 ......... 4.3 |====================================================== Selenium Benchmark: Speedometer Runs Per Minute > Higher Is Better Firefox 81 ........ 118.0 |============================================= Firefox 82b3 ...... 120.7 |============================================== Firefox 83a1 ...... 127.1 |================================================ Firefox 83a1 + WR . 126.0 |================================================ Chrome 85 ......... 136.6 |==================================================== Selenium Benchmark: PSPDFKit WASM Score < Lower Is Better Firefox 81 ........ 1276 |============================================== Firefox 82b3 ...... 1304 |=============================================== Firefox 83a1 ...... 1403 |=================================================== Firefox 83a1 + WR . 1402 |=================================================== Chrome 85 ......... 1468 |===================================================== Selenium Benchmark: WASM imageConvolute ms < Lower Is Better Firefox 81 ........ 27.80 |=================================================== Firefox 82b3 ...... 27.80 |=================================================== Firefox 83a1 ...... 27.70 |=================================================== Firefox 83a1 + WR . 27.60 |=================================================== Chrome 85 ......... 28.37 |==================================================== Selenium Benchmark: WASM collisionDetection ms < Lower Is Better Firefox 81 ........ 366.90 |================================================== Firefox 82b3 ...... 370.10 |=================================================== Firefox 83a1 ...... 372.40 |=================================================== Firefox 83a1 + WR . 370.50 |=================================================== Chrome 85 ......... 287.00 |=======================================