Google Chrome vs Firefox

[Thoob]

Just tried the latest nightly of Firefox. Clicked on the icon, window takes ~4 seconds to appear. For Chrome, almost instantaneous,

 

[Javier78]

I used to use both, but then all the extensions I needed from Firefox were ported to Chrome, which I prefer to use because it is the fastest web browser available. I use the dev builds.
You are unbelievably incorrect. Lol.

I tested nightly builds of both. FFox runs circles around chrome.

Proof.
Test Page

http://ie.microsoft.com/testdrive/Performance/FishIETank/Default.html

Win32 Nightly Build of chrome

http://build.chromium.org/f/chromium/snapshots/chromium-rel-xp/

Win32 Nightly Build of Firefox (64-bit build doesn't work, wich is fine, Because Chrome has no 64-bit build)

http://nightly.mozilla.org/

Results on my low-end PC:
Firefox with 20 fish: 60Fps
Chrome with 20 fish: 11Fps

For fun i ran Firefox with 50 fish, Still had 60Fps, and 100 Fish was 50Fps. Chrome dropping at 20, i didn't bother.

Test2:
CODEhttp://ie.microsoft.com/testdrive/Performance/SpeedReading/Default.html

Firefox: 41Fps, 24ms average draw duration
Chrome: 3fps, 272ms average draw duration (Had to retest, Chrome had an unfair advantage in my last test, and still lost MAJORLY, btw.)

Feel free to run these yourself.
And Stfu, you chrome fans remind me of religious nuts.

With Chrome and GPU Accelerated Canvas 2D on in about:flags I have 1000 fish and 35fps
With Firefox 4 beta and 1000 fish I get 28fps

Speed reading
Chrome: 60fps (Chrome is disadvatgaed to having a bigger browser size due to more compact toolbars)
Firefox: 43fps

I can confirm these results. You can stop bashing Chrome now.
I'm on a mid range PC, and I got similar results. Firefox being 10 frames slower than chrome when I reached 500 fish.

Tested with Firefox 4 beta 6 and latest Chrome dev version with GPU accelerated Canvas enabled.

 

[Matthew]

If you like IE

Does liking the new IE9 interface(and I mean JUST the interface) count

 

[Bunie]

If you like IE

Does liking the new IE9 interface(and I mean JUST the interface) count

The IE9 interface reminds me a bit of chrome, maybe because there is no interface Lol.

 

[Bunie]

Tested with Firefox 4 beta 6 and latest Chrome dev version with GPU accelerated Canvas enabled.

Firefox 4.0b6? b8 is out >_> lol b6 is ancient. unfair

 

[Javier78]

Tested with Firefox 4 beta 6 and latest Chrome dev version with GPU accelerated Canvas enabled.

Firefox 4.0b6? b8 is out >_> lol b6 is ancient. unfair

Fair enough. Chrome 7 is also quite old compared to Chrome 9.

Honestly, I don't really care. Just tried the latest nightly build, which did better than beta 6, but was still slower than Chrome.
It's childish, but I find it amusing that you think of chrome fans as religious nuts.

 

[Bunie]

Closest matching resolution i could get

1000 fish, like you guys did.

It's childish, but I find it amusing that you think of chrome fans as religious nuts.

It's true! They worship the one true chrome

 

[Urza]

You can't do this in Chrome.

That's why it's not a viable browser for me.

 

[Matthew]

Closest matching resolution i could get

1000 fish, like you guys did.

It's childish, but I find it amusing that you think of chrome fans as religious nuts.

It's true! They worship the one true chrome

Hmmmm. How old and how expensive is your pc?

 

[_Chaz_]

Closest matching resolution i could get

1000 fish, like you guys did.

It's childish, but I find it amusing that you think of chrome fans as religious nuts.

It's true! They worship the one true chrome

Hmmmm. How old and how expensive is your pc?

When running a web browser, that shouldn't matter.

My PC is an old HP and I can run FireFox perfectly.

 

[Javier78]

Closest matching resolution i could get

1000 fish, like you guys did.

It's childish, but I find it amusing that you think of chrome fans as religious nuts.

It's true! They worship the one true chrome

Hmmmm. How old and how expensive is your pc?

When running a web browser, that shouldn't matter.

My PC is an old HP and I can run FireFox perfectly.

Exactly! That's why I thought it was pointless. The average user couldn't care less about GPU accelerated graphics because really, how often does one utilize them in a web browser?

 

[MaK11-12]

512MB Ram: Firefox Fastest
1G Ram: Chrome faster

But i still use firefox because of its functuality. Its more mature than chrome, and it doesn't freeze when i click on a link.

 

[Vidboy10]

Chrome > All.

 

[default2k]

I spotted a typo in he title.

 

[Bunie]

Exactly! That's why I thought it was pointless. The average user couldn't care less about GPU accelerated graphics because really, how often does one utilize them in a web browser?

HTML5, the new standard, REALLY requires GPU Accelerated Graphics. GPU is good for flash ads, youtube, pages with alot of gifs, and HTML5 has alot of movement and smoothness to it that is almost impossible to view without acceleration.

My PC has an AMD64 3000+ clocked at 2Ghz.

But now browsing is possible again thanks to my Nvidia Geforce 8400 + firefox 4

 

[Deleted User]

OK. NO BROWSER IS THE BEST.

Chrome= Speed
Firefox= Addons

 

[Javier78]

Exactly! That's why I thought it was pointless. The average user couldn't care less about GPU accelerated graphics because really, how often does one utilize them in a web browser?
HTML5, the new standard, REALLY requires GPU Accelerated Graphics. GPU is good for flash ads, youtube, pages with alot of gifs, and HTML5 has alot of movement and smoothness to it that is almost impossible to view without acceleration.

My PC has an AMD64 3000+ clocked at 2Ghz.

But now browsing is possible again thanks to my Nvidia Geforce 8400 + firefox 4


I just used standard Google chrome without GPU acceleration to view a 1080p video on youtube. It was flawless, and not choppy at all. Of course, you can get into the technical details, but really, who cares? The average user wants something that "just works", so they obviously don't care if firefox runs some random demo faster or slower than chrome. Sure, the demo ran like crap (20 fps), but that didn't affect the performance of the HD video at all.

Although you have a point with HTML5, it isn't mainstream yet. All the browsers are changing rapidly to support HTML5 as best as they can, so we can't really say which one handles HTML5 better.

QUOTE

OK. NO BROWSER IS THE BEST.

Chrome= Speed
Firefox= Addons

Ok. I'm quoting you because your avatar is amazing.
Oh, and because what you say is the truth.

 

[Ace]

Got an old Fujitsu Siemens running FF4 Beta (old as in 2004-2005

). I just quit Chrome, but I used to use FF3 (before 3.5-3.6, which was waaay too slow) a few years down the line. I'm very satisfied with FF4 so far, and haven't even been using it for an entire hour, yet.

ACEDIT: Some specs, if you deem that necessary:
3,6 Ghz. Intel Pentium IV
1 GB DDR2 RAM (1 GB physical RAM, 2 GB Virtual RAM)
ATI RADEON X850 (256 MB)

 

[mameks]

IMHO, neither's better...I use Firefox 'cos it has all my bookmarks on...

 

[jalaneme]

I use Chrome on my Windows PC and Chromium on my Linux laptop. I would use firefox if it didn't take 15 seconds to start up, but it definitely is a nice browser.

By the way, for those saying that they aren't using Chrome because Google owns it, use Chromium. It doesn't send any data to Google, and it is identical to Chrome.

thanks for that i will try it, how do you download it? there is no link.

QUOTE(purplesludge @ Nov 4 2010, 01:23 PM) I used them both at the latest updates not some beta version.

Fine, Purplesludge, you think betas are slower.

So you can use normal chrome, and use the beta firefox. See whats faster then

Lol.;;I

'll give you a hint, it starts with fire, anisntnt chrome.

why does it bother you so much that some people prefer chrome ovefirefoxox??
does it hurt??

there will always be people who think their opinion only matters and no one else's, if the guy used my pc for just one day and saw how bad firefox lags on my pc he would uninstall the dam thing straight away, the lag is terrible why would i make this stuff up, if you don't believe me google it and you will see that i am not the only one with this problem (1gb of ram useage).