Firefox vs. Chrome - September 2020 on Ubuntu Linux

Benchmarks by Michael Larabel.

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

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: ARES-6selenium: Krakenselenium: Octaneselenium: WebXPRTselenium: Basemarkselenium: Jetstreamselenium: CanvasMarkselenium: MotionMarkselenium: StyleBenchselenium: Jetstream 2selenium: Maze Solverselenium: Speedometerselenium: PSPDFKit WASMselenium: WASM imageConvoluteselenium: WASM collisionDetectionFirefox 81Firefox 82b3Firefox 83a1Firefox 83a1 + WRChrome 8536.51736.838524265754.96232.5816061156.2090.2110.4334.1118127627.8366.936.60747.637921262753.05230.3215118128.5286.4108.5554.1120.7130427.8370.151.911048.520034755.67171.2014556105.1786.282.7924.2127.1140327.7372.451.921054.519977800.44170.3114008254.7391.482.0054.1126140227.6370.518.94714.1544552141153.91248.7318316464.4835.6145.9464.3136.6146828.369287.0012OpenBenchmarking.org

Selenium

Benchmark: ARES-6

OpenBenchmarking.orgms, Fewer Is BetterSeleniumBenchmark: ARES-6Chrome 85Firefox 81Firefox 82b3Firefox 83a1Firefox 83a1 + WR1224364860SE +/- 0.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.24, N = 3SE +/- 0.21, N = 3SE +/- 0.19, N = 318.9436.5136.6051.9151.921. Chrome 85: chrome 85.0.4183.1212. Firefox 81: firefox 81.03. Firefox 82b3: firefox 82.04. Firefox 83a1: firefox 83.0a15. Firefox 83a1 + WR: firefox 83.0a1

Selenium

Benchmark: Kraken

OpenBenchmarking.orgms, Fewer Is BetterSeleniumBenchmark: KrakenChrome 85Firefox 81Firefox 82b3Firefox 83a1Firefox 83a1 + WR2004006008001000SE +/- 2.77, N = 3SE +/- 0.25, N = 3SE +/- 2.27, N = 3SE +/- 2.57, N = 3SE +/- 1.96, N = 3714.1736.8747.61048.51054.51. Chrome 85: chrome 85.0.4183.1212. Firefox 81: firefox 81.03. Firefox 82b3: firefox 82.04. Firefox 83a1: firefox 83.0a15. Firefox 83a1 + WR: firefox 83.0a1

Selenium

Benchmark: Octane

OpenBenchmarking.orgGeometric Mean, More Is BetterSeleniumBenchmark: OctaneChrome 85Firefox 81Firefox 82b3Firefox 83a1Firefox 83a1 + WR12K24K36K48K60KSE +/- 128.81, N = 3SE +/- 72.60, N = 3SE +/- 196.98, N = 3SE +/- 30.02, N = 3SE +/- 57.55, N = 354455385243792120034199771. Chrome 85: chrome 85.0.4183.1212. Firefox 81: firefox 81.03. Firefox 82b3: firefox 82.04. Firefox 83a1: firefox 83.0a15. Firefox 83a1 + WR: firefox 83.0a1

Selenium

Benchmark: WebXPRT

OpenBenchmarking.orgScore, More Is BetterSeleniumBenchmark: WebXPRTChrome 85Firefox 81Firefox 82b360120180240300SE +/- 0.67, N = 3SE +/- 0.88, N = 3SE +/- 0.67, N = 32142652621. Chrome 85: chrome 85.0.4183.1212. Firefox 81: firefox 81.03. Firefox 82b3: firefox 82.0

Selenium

Benchmark: Basemark

OpenBenchmarking.orgOverall Score, More Is BetterSeleniumBenchmark: BasemarkChrome 85Firefox 81Firefox 82b3Firefox 83a1Firefox 83a1 + WR2004006008001000SE +/- 35.65, N = 7SE +/- 9.63, N = 9SE +/- 9.86, N = 9SE +/- 12.95, N = 9SE +/- 12.41, N = 91153.91754.96753.05755.67800.441. Chrome 85: chrome 85.0.4183.1212. Firefox 81: firefox 81.03. Firefox 82b3: firefox 82.04. Firefox 83a1: firefox 83.0a15. Firefox 83a1 + WR: firefox 83.0a1

Selenium

Benchmark: Jetstream

OpenBenchmarking.orgScore, More Is BetterSeleniumBenchmark: JetstreamChrome 85Firefox 81Firefox 82b3Firefox 83a1Firefox 83a1 + WR50100150200250SE +/- 0.36, N = 3SE +/- 0.36, N = 3SE +/- 0.21, N = 3SE +/- 0.78, N = 3SE +/- 0.80, N = 3248.73232.58230.32171.20170.311. Chrome 85: chrome 85.0.4183.1212. Firefox 81: firefox 81.03. Firefox 82b3: firefox 82.04. Firefox 83a1: firefox 83.0a15. Firefox 83a1 + WR: firefox 83.0a1

Selenium

Benchmark: CanvasMark

OpenBenchmarking.orgScore, More Is BetterSeleniumBenchmark: CanvasMarkChrome 85Firefox 81Firefox 82b3Firefox 83a1Firefox 83a1 + WR4K8K12K16K20KSE +/- 158.19, N = 3SE +/- 42.39, N = 3SE +/- 212.84, N = 12SE +/- 238.60, N = 12SE +/- 205.74, N = 418316160611511814556140081. Chrome 85: chrome 85.0.4183.1212. Firefox 81: firefox 81.03. Firefox 82b3: firefox 82.04. Firefox 83a1: firefox 83.0a15. Firefox 83a1 + WR: firefox 83.0a1

Selenium

Benchmark: MotionMark

OpenBenchmarking.orgScore, More Is BetterSeleniumBenchmark: MotionMarkChrome 85Firefox 81Firefox 82b3Firefox 83a1Firefox 83a1 + WR100200300400500SE +/- 7.58, N = 9SE +/- 6.20, N = 9SE +/- 5.62, N = 6SE +/- 12.24, N = 6464.48156.20128.52105.17254.731. Chrome 85: chrome 85.0.4183.1212. Firefox 81: firefox 81.03. Firefox 82b3: firefox 82.04. Firefox 83a1: firefox 83.0a15. Firefox 83a1 + WR: firefox 83.0a1

Selenium

Benchmark: StyleBench

OpenBenchmarking.orgRuns / Minute, More Is BetterSeleniumBenchmark: StyleBenchChrome 85Firefox 81Firefox 82b3Firefox 83a1Firefox 83a1 + WR20406080100SE +/- 0.09, N = 3SE +/- 0.38, N = 3SE +/- 0.40, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.26, N = 335.690.286.486.291.41. Chrome 85: chrome 85.0.4183.1212. Firefox 81: firefox 81.03. Firefox 82b3: firefox 82.04. Firefox 83a1: firefox 83.0a15. Firefox 83a1 + WR: firefox 83.0a1

Selenium

Benchmark: Jetstream 2

OpenBenchmarking.orgScore, More Is BetterSeleniumBenchmark: Jetstream 2Chrome 85Firefox 81Firefox 82b3Firefox 83a1Firefox 83a1 + WR306090120150SE +/- 0.35, N = 3SE +/- 1.39, N = 3SE +/- 0.41, N = 3SE +/- 0.61, N = 3SE +/- 0.72, N = 3145.95110.43108.5682.7982.011. Chrome 85: chrome 85.0.4183.1212. Firefox 81: firefox 81.03. Firefox 82b3: firefox 82.04. Firefox 83a1: firefox 83.0a15. Firefox 83a1 + WR: firefox 83.0a1

Selenium

Benchmark: Maze Solver

OpenBenchmarking.orgSeconds, Fewer Is BetterSeleniumBenchmark: Maze SolverChrome 85Firefox 81Firefox 82b3Firefox 83a1Firefox 83a1 + WR0.96751.9352.90253.874.8375SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 34.34.14.14.24.11. Chrome 85: chrome 85.0.4183.1212. Firefox 81: firefox 81.03. Firefox 82b3: firefox 82.04. Firefox 83a1: firefox 83.0a15. Firefox 83a1 + WR: firefox 83.0a1

Selenium

Benchmark: Speedometer

OpenBenchmarking.orgRuns Per Minute, More Is BetterSeleniumBenchmark: SpeedometerChrome 85Firefox 81Firefox 82b3Firefox 83a1Firefox 83a1 + WR306090120150SE +/- 0.38, N = 3SE +/- 0.67, N = 3SE +/- 0.37, N = 3SE +/- 1.03, N = 3SE +/- 1.53, N = 3136.6118.0120.7127.1126.01. Chrome 85: chrome 85.0.4183.1212. Firefox 81: firefox 81.03. Firefox 82b3: firefox 82.04. Firefox 83a1: firefox 83.0a15. Firefox 83a1 + WR: firefox 83.0a1

Selenium

Benchmark: PSPDFKit WASM

OpenBenchmarking.orgScore, Fewer Is BetterSeleniumBenchmark: PSPDFKit WASMChrome 85Firefox 81Firefox 82b3Firefox 83a1Firefox 83a1 + WR30060090012001500SE +/- 29.87, N = 15SE +/- 2.85, N = 3SE +/- 5.24, N = 3SE +/- 2.19, N = 3SE +/- 2.33, N = 3146812761304140314021. Chrome 85: chrome 85.0.4183.1212. Firefox 81: firefox 81.03. Firefox 82b3: firefox 82.04. Firefox 83a1: firefox 83.0a15. Firefox 83a1 + WR: firefox 83.0a1

Selenium

Benchmark: WASM imageConvolute

OpenBenchmarking.orgms, Fewer Is BetterSeleniumBenchmark: WASM imageConvoluteChrome 85Firefox 81Firefox 82b3Firefox 83a1Firefox 83a1 + WR714212835SE +/- 0.22, N = 3SE +/- 0.13, N = 3SE +/- 0.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.00, N = 328.3727.8027.8027.7027.601. Chrome 85: chrome 85.0.4183.1212. Firefox 81: firefox 81.03. Firefox 82b3: firefox 82.04. Firefox 83a1: firefox 83.0a15. Firefox 83a1 + WR: firefox 83.0a1

Selenium

Benchmark: WASM collisionDetection

OpenBenchmarking.orgms, Fewer Is BetterSeleniumBenchmark: WASM collisionDetectionChrome 85Firefox 81Firefox 82b3Firefox 83a1Firefox 83a1 + WR80160240320400SE +/- 0.67, N = 3SE +/- 0.85, N = 3SE +/- 1.96, N = 3SE +/- 1.41, N = 3SE +/- 1.73, N = 3287.00366.90370.10372.40370.501. Chrome 85: chrome 85.0.4183.1212. Firefox 81: firefox 81.03. Firefox 82b3: firefox 82.04. Firefox 83a1: firefox 83.0a15. Firefox 83a1 + WR: firefox 83.0a1

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