Performance Comparison of Major Web Browsers

Each web browser was tested three times under an unprimed cache (except for the browser cache performance), and their average value reported in the results.

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Written by admin on April 7th, 2010 with 47 comments.
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#1. April 7th, 2010, at 5:00 PM.

Wow.. It seems these tests are carried out by google..lol

coz almost chrome is all above the graph in each category

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#2. April 7th, 2010, at 5:00 PM.

anyways I still have to stick to with ma favt web browser firefox :)

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#3. April 7th, 2010, at 5:01 PM.

I like Google Chrome sometimes :) but the preference is for Firefox only

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#4. April 7th, 2010, at 10:18 PM.

yup i too love firefox

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#5. April 7th, 2010, at 10:18 PM.

Firefox rocks coz of all additional addons and its speed

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#6. April 7th, 2010, at 10:19 PM.

google chrome is faster but will become slow with addition of lot of extentions i think.. so Firefox stands out

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#7. April 8th, 2010, at 12:41 AM.

My preference is still Internet Explorer (although it seems to rate the slowest — which I tend to agree). Mozilla is a good backup but you REALLLLLLLLLY have to watch what add-ons you put on because some of them can wipe your browsers altogether.

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#8. April 8th, 2010, at 1:43 AM.

yeah, where did you get these?

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#9. April 8th, 2010, at 1:45 AM.

Yup, I like firefox more than Chrome… but I’m still using Internet Explorer now (my friend’s pc)

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#10. April 8th, 2010, at 7:52 AM.

LOL.. you are right.. it seems like this graph is released by Google

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#11. April 8th, 2010, at 7:53 AM.

I too love Firefox.. it is best internet browser :)

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#12. April 8th, 2010, at 7:54 AM.

Sometimes in my college I use Google Chrome as it starts faster than Fiefox but Firefox is still the first preference

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#13. April 8th, 2010, at 7:55 AM.

Hey Nolan any particular reason why you still using IE ?

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#14. April 8th, 2010, at 10:37 AM.

@ Dany

Even I love firfox but dude no way that google chrome is slower

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#15. April 8th, 2010, at 10:38 AM.

@ Ellen

So your friend don’t like firefox or wat ?? why (s)he is using slower IE ;-)

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#16. April 8th, 2010, at 10:39 AM.

@ Nolan

Can you tell us the specific reason for loving IE so much :)

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#17. April 8th, 2010, at 9:52 PM.

lol IE sucks ..hope Microsoft look at tht too

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#18. April 8th, 2010, at 9:53 PM.

only we choose addons if anything goes wrong its by our mistake.. thts y firefox rocks :)

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#19. April 8th, 2010, at 9:53 PM.

me 2 want to knw tht ..

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#20. April 9th, 2010, at 4:56 AM.

haha.. it does… and I changed my mind.. I like Chrome more than firefox now :)

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#21. April 9th, 2010, at 4:59 AM.

Actually, she’s not really doing much with this comp so she didn’t bother downloading firefox… (that is also the reason why she lent it to me for the meantime :) )

I changed her browser to Chrome now :) and it’s fast :) I love it!

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#22. April 9th, 2010, at 9:59 AM.

Me too love firefox :)

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#23. April 9th, 2010, at 9:59 AM.

I agree with you danny

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#24. April 9th, 2010, at 10:00 AM.

I don think so chrome become slow coz of add ons

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#25. April 9th, 2010, at 10:00 AM.

Yeah IE really sucks

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#26. April 10th, 2010, at 7:18 PM.

If MS perfects its internet explorer then there won’t be any need to install browsers :) Nice!

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#27. April 10th, 2010, at 7:19 PM.

Yeah, I want to know why too… coz I hate it.

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#28. April 10th, 2010, at 7:48 PM.

y do u think so dude?

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#29. April 10th, 2010, at 7:49 PM.

lol IE looks lik a primitive browser..i too wanna knw d reason

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#30. April 10th, 2010, at 10:00 PM.

Why do you prefer firefox over chrome?

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#31. April 11th, 2010, at 12:17 AM.

coz chrome doesn’t get slow coz of addons dude

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#32. April 14th, 2010, at 11:07 PM.

I’m using opera now (I’m in an internet cafe) and it’s also faster than IE

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#33. April 14th, 2010, at 11:08 PM.

Yeah.. if the add-on slows down your pc, then simply delete or uninstall it

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#34. April 14th, 2010, at 11:10 PM.

@Dany Just be careful of the add-ons you install

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#35. April 15th, 2010, at 5:50 PM.

I was just kidding but still my blogging friends are agree with me :)

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#36. April 15th, 2010, at 5:50 PM.

It’s simply awesome :)

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#37. April 15th, 2010, at 5:52 PM.

Becoz of lot of awesome and useful add on , themes and lot more stuff

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#38. April 15th, 2010, at 5:53 PM.

But now a days they got tough competition so now I don think so MS Browsers will be on No 1 again

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#39. April 15th, 2010, at 5:55 PM.

Agree with you Ellen.. I do the same in case i though some add on is slowin my browser

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#40. April 15th, 2010, at 5:56 PM.

Ohh..finally she got some change in her machine… BDW chrome is really better than IE :)

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#41. April 15th, 2010, at 5:57 PM.

Ohh you again switched to another browser ..good

I used Opera sometimes back ..I like it’s graphics

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#42. April 17th, 2010, at 3:23 AM.

well.. you have a point with that.. chrome does have themes too… but no add-ons, parental controls, spell check.. etc..

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#43. April 17th, 2010, at 3:25 AM.

:) Yup! I followed the advice here :)

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#44. April 17th, 2010, at 3:27 AM.

No vishal, opera is just used in that internet cafe where I rented a pc when my comp was taken to the repair shop.. I just used it at that time.. but it’s slower than chrome

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#45. April 17th, 2010, at 3:28 AM.

same principle applies with computer applications.. if it slows down your pc, get rid of it and look for an alternative :)

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#46. April 17th, 2010, at 3:30 AM.

I found another article on performance comparison and you might want to look at it too:

http://internet-browser-review.toptenreviews.com/

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#47. April 17th, 2010, at 4:51 PM.

perhaps… but I think MS still has a chance at coming up with the best IE if they would just focus on it.. after all, if they were able to make the OS,they can also make the best browser compatible to it.

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