Firefox vs. Chrome - September 2020 on Ubuntu Linux

Benchmarks by Michael Larabel.

HTML result view exported from: https://openbenchmarking.org/result/2009265-PTS-FIREFOXJ49&gru.

Firefox vs. Chrome - September 2020 on Ubuntu LinuxProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioMonitorNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLOpenCLVulkanCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionFirefox 81Firefox 82b3Firefox 83a1Firefox 83a1 + WRAMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X 32-Core @ 3.70GHz (32 Cores / 64 Threads)ASUS ROG ZENITH II EXTREME (0702 BIOS)AMD Starship/Matisse64GB1000GB Corsair Force MP600NVIDIA TITAN RTX 24GB (390/405MHz)NVIDIA TU102 HD AudioASUS MG28UAquantia AQC107 NBase-T/IEEE + Intel I211 + Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200Ubuntu 20.045.4.0-48-generic (x86_64)GNOME Shell 3.36.4X Server 1.20.8NVIDIA 450.36.064.6.0OpenCL 1.2 CUDA 11.0.1851.2.133GCC 9.3.0 + CUDA 11.0ext43840x2160NVIDIA TITAN RTX 24GB (1935/7000MHz)NVIDIA TITAN RTX 24GB (390/810MHz)OpenBenchmarking.orgProcessor Details- Scaling Governor: acpi-cpufreq ondemand - CPU Microcode: 0x8301025Python Details- Python 3.8.2Security Details- itlb_multihit: Not affected + l1tf: Not affected + mds: Not affected + meltdown: Not affected + spec_store_bypass: Mitigation of SSB disabled via prctl and seccomp + spectre_v1: Mitigation of usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization + spectre_v2: Mitigation of Full AMD retpoline IBPB: conditional STIBP: conditional RSB filling + srbds: Not affected + tsx_async_abort: Not affected

Firefox vs. Chrome - September 2020 on Ubuntu Linuxselenium: Octaneselenium: Basemarkselenium: StyleBenchselenium: Speedometerselenium: WebXPRTselenium: Jetstreamselenium: CanvasMarkselenium: MotionMarkselenium: Jetstream 2selenium: ARES-6selenium: Krakenselenium: WASM imageConvoluteselenium: WASM collisionDetectionselenium: PSPDFKit WASMselenium: Maze SolverFirefox 81Firefox 82b3Firefox 83a1Firefox 83a1 + WRChrome 8538524754.9690.2118265232.5816061156.20110.43336.51736.827.8366.912764.137921753.0586.4120.7262230.3215118128.52108.55536.60747.627.8370.113044.120034755.6786.2127.1171.2014556105.1782.79251.911048.527.7372.414034.219977800.4491.4126170.3114008254.7382.00551.921054.527.6370.514024.1544551153.9135.6136.6214248.7318316464.48145.94618.94714.128.369287.001214684.3OpenBenchmarking.org

Selenium

Benchmark: Octane

OpenBenchmarking.orgGeometric Mean, More Is BetterSeleniumBenchmark: OctaneFirefox 81Firefox 82b3Firefox 83a1Firefox 83a1 + WRChrome 8512K24K36K48K60KSE +/- 72.60, N = 3SE +/- 196.98, N = 3SE +/- 30.02, N = 3SE +/- 57.55, N = 3SE +/- 128.81, N = 338524379212003419977544551. Firefox 81: firefox 81.02. Firefox 82b3: firefox 82.03. Firefox 83a1: firefox 83.0a14. Firefox 83a1 + WR: firefox 83.0a15. Chrome 85: chrome 85.0.4183.121

Selenium

Benchmark: Basemark

OpenBenchmarking.orgOverall Score, More Is BetterSeleniumBenchmark: BasemarkFirefox 81Firefox 82b3Firefox 83a1Firefox 83a1 + WRChrome 852004006008001000SE +/- 9.63, N = 9SE +/- 9.86, N = 9SE +/- 12.95, N = 9SE +/- 12.41, N = 9SE +/- 35.65, N = 7754.96753.05755.67800.441153.911. Firefox 81: firefox 81.02. Firefox 82b3: firefox 82.03. Firefox 83a1: firefox 83.0a14. Firefox 83a1 + WR: firefox 83.0a15. Chrome 85: chrome 85.0.4183.121

Selenium

Benchmark: StyleBench

OpenBenchmarking.orgRuns / Minute, More Is BetterSeleniumBenchmark: StyleBenchFirefox 81Firefox 82b3Firefox 83a1Firefox 83a1 + WRChrome 8520406080100SE +/- 0.38, N = 3SE +/- 0.40, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.26, N = 3SE +/- 0.09, N = 390.286.486.291.435.61. Firefox 81: firefox 81.02. Firefox 82b3: firefox 82.03. Firefox 83a1: firefox 83.0a14. Firefox 83a1 + WR: firefox 83.0a15. Chrome 85: chrome 85.0.4183.121

Selenium

Benchmark: Speedometer

OpenBenchmarking.orgRuns Per Minute, More Is BetterSeleniumBenchmark: SpeedometerFirefox 81Firefox 82b3Firefox 83a1Firefox 83a1 + WRChrome 85306090120150SE +/- 0.67, N = 3SE +/- 0.37, N = 3SE +/- 1.03, N = 3SE +/- 1.53, N = 3SE +/- 0.38, N = 3118.0120.7127.1126.0136.61. Firefox 81: firefox 81.02. Firefox 82b3: firefox 82.03. Firefox 83a1: firefox 83.0a14. Firefox 83a1 + WR: firefox 83.0a15. Chrome 85: chrome 85.0.4183.121

Selenium

Benchmark: WebXPRT

OpenBenchmarking.orgScore, More Is BetterSeleniumBenchmark: WebXPRTFirefox 81Firefox 82b3Chrome 8560120180240300SE +/- 0.88, N = 3SE +/- 0.67, N = 3SE +/- 0.67, N = 32652622141. Firefox 81: firefox 81.02. Firefox 82b3: firefox 82.03. Chrome 85: chrome 85.0.4183.121

Selenium

Benchmark: Jetstream

OpenBenchmarking.orgScore, More Is BetterSeleniumBenchmark: JetstreamFirefox 81Firefox 82b3Firefox 83a1Firefox 83a1 + WRChrome 8550100150200250SE +/- 0.36, N = 3SE +/- 0.21, N = 3SE +/- 0.78, N = 3SE +/- 0.80, N = 3SE +/- 0.36, N = 3232.58230.32171.20170.31248.731. Firefox 81: firefox 81.02. Firefox 82b3: firefox 82.03. Firefox 83a1: firefox 83.0a14. Firefox 83a1 + WR: firefox 83.0a15. Chrome 85: chrome 85.0.4183.121

Selenium

Benchmark: CanvasMark

OpenBenchmarking.orgScore, More Is BetterSeleniumBenchmark: CanvasMarkFirefox 81Firefox 82b3Firefox 83a1Firefox 83a1 + WRChrome 854K8K12K16K20KSE +/- 42.39, N = 3SE +/- 212.84, N = 12SE +/- 238.60, N = 12SE +/- 205.74, N = 4SE +/- 158.19, N = 316061151181455614008183161. Firefox 81: firefox 81.02. Firefox 82b3: firefox 82.03. Firefox 83a1: firefox 83.0a14. Firefox 83a1 + WR: firefox 83.0a15. Chrome 85: chrome 85.0.4183.121

Selenium

Benchmark: MotionMark

OpenBenchmarking.orgScore, More Is BetterSeleniumBenchmark: MotionMarkFirefox 81Firefox 82b3Firefox 83a1Firefox 83a1 + WRChrome 85100200300400500SE +/- 7.58, N = 9SE +/- 6.20, N = 9SE +/- 5.62, N = 6SE +/- 12.24, N = 6156.20128.52105.17254.73464.481. Firefox 81: firefox 81.02. Firefox 82b3: firefox 82.03. Firefox 83a1: firefox 83.0a14. Firefox 83a1 + WR: firefox 83.0a15. Chrome 85: chrome 85.0.4183.121

Selenium

Benchmark: Jetstream 2

OpenBenchmarking.orgScore, More Is BetterSeleniumBenchmark: Jetstream 2Firefox 81Firefox 82b3Firefox 83a1Firefox 83a1 + WRChrome 85306090120150SE +/- 1.39, N = 3SE +/- 0.41, N = 3SE +/- 0.61, N = 3SE +/- 0.72, N = 3SE +/- 0.35, N = 3110.43108.5682.7982.01145.951. Firefox 81: firefox 81.02. Firefox 82b3: firefox 82.03. Firefox 83a1: firefox 83.0a14. Firefox 83a1 + WR: firefox 83.0a15. Chrome 85: chrome 85.0.4183.121

Selenium

Benchmark: ARES-6

OpenBenchmarking.orgms, Fewer Is BetterSeleniumBenchmark: ARES-6Firefox 81Firefox 82b3Firefox 83a1Firefox 83a1 + WRChrome 851224364860SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.24, N = 3SE +/- 0.21, N = 3SE +/- 0.19, N = 3SE +/- 0.07, N = 336.5136.6051.9151.9218.941. Firefox 81: firefox 81.02. Firefox 82b3: firefox 82.03. Firefox 83a1: firefox 83.0a14. Firefox 83a1 + WR: firefox 83.0a15. Chrome 85: chrome 85.0.4183.121

Selenium

Benchmark: Kraken

OpenBenchmarking.orgms, Fewer Is BetterSeleniumBenchmark: KrakenFirefox 81Firefox 82b3Firefox 83a1Firefox 83a1 + WRChrome 852004006008001000SE +/- 0.25, N = 3SE +/- 2.27, N = 3SE +/- 2.57, N = 3SE +/- 1.96, N = 3SE +/- 2.77, N = 3736.8747.61048.51054.5714.11. Firefox 81: firefox 81.02. Firefox 82b3: firefox 82.03. Firefox 83a1: firefox 83.0a14. Firefox 83a1 + WR: firefox 83.0a15. Chrome 85: chrome 85.0.4183.121

Selenium

Benchmark: WASM imageConvolute

OpenBenchmarking.orgms, Fewer Is BetterSeleniumBenchmark: WASM imageConvoluteFirefox 81Firefox 82b3Firefox 83a1Firefox 83a1 + WRChrome 85714212835SE +/- 0.13, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.22, N = 327.8027.8027.7027.6028.371. Firefox 81: firefox 81.02. Firefox 82b3: firefox 82.03. Firefox 83a1: firefox 83.0a14. Firefox 83a1 + WR: firefox 83.0a15. Chrome 85: chrome 85.0.4183.121

Selenium

Benchmark: WASM collisionDetection

OpenBenchmarking.orgms, Fewer Is BetterSeleniumBenchmark: WASM collisionDetectionFirefox 81Firefox 82b3Firefox 83a1Firefox 83a1 + WRChrome 8580160240320400SE +/- 0.85, N = 3SE +/- 1.96, N = 3SE +/- 1.41, N = 3SE +/- 1.73, N = 3SE +/- 0.67, N = 3366.90370.10372.40370.50287.001. Firefox 81: firefox 81.02. Firefox 82b3: firefox 82.03. Firefox 83a1: firefox 83.0a14. Firefox 83a1 + WR: firefox 83.0a15. Chrome 85: chrome 85.0.4183.121

Selenium

Benchmark: PSPDFKit WASM

OpenBenchmarking.orgScore, Fewer Is BetterSeleniumBenchmark: PSPDFKit WASMFirefox 81Firefox 82b3Firefox 83a1Firefox 83a1 + WRChrome 8530060090012001500SE +/- 2.85, N = 3SE +/- 5.24, N = 3SE +/- 2.19, N = 3SE +/- 2.33, N = 3SE +/- 29.87, N = 15127613041403140214681. Firefox 81: firefox 81.02. Firefox 82b3: firefox 82.03. Firefox 83a1: firefox 83.0a14. Firefox 83a1 + WR: firefox 83.0a15. Chrome 85: chrome 85.0.4183.121

Selenium

Benchmark: Maze Solver

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterSeleniumBenchmark: Maze SolverFirefox 81Firefox 82b3Firefox 83a1Firefox 83a1 + WRChrome 850.96751.9352.90253.874.8375SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 34.14.14.24.14.31. Firefox 81: firefox 81.02. Firefox 82b3: firefox 82.03. Firefox 83a1: firefox 83.0a14. Firefox 83a1 + WR: firefox 83.0a15. Chrome 85: chrome 85.0.4183.121

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