Firefox Performance Testing Lab Fall 2010 sbologna

Firefox Information

Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.0; rv:2.0b7pre) Gecko/20100914 Firefox/4.0b7pre

Chromium Information

Version 7.0.526.0 (59515)

Graphics

Adapter Description: NVIDIA GeForce 8800GT
Vendor ID: 10de
Device ID: 0611
Adapter RAM: 512
Adapter Drivers: nvd3dum nvwgf2um
Driver Version: 7.15.11.7545
Driver Date: 8-22-2008
Direct2D Enabled: false
DirectWrite Enabled: false
GPU Accelerated Windows: 2/2 Direct3D 9

Test Notes

Name & URL	Tester	Date	Firefox Performance - Speed	Firefox Performance - Smoothness	Firefox Performance - Responsiveness	Notes and other Details
31 Canvas 3d Engine	Stephen Bologna	Sept 15 2010	Speed was very good, same as Chromium	Firefox was able to rotate the flat 2d images noticeably better than Chromium	'Clicking Rampages' were handled about the same in each browser. In each case, there was a slight lag when the rampage began, but it caught up quickly	Overall, Firefox definitely outperformed Chromium here.
32 Lorenz 84	Stephen Bologna	Sept 15 2010	-	-	-	-
33 Apophis 2029	Stephen Bologna	Sept 15 2010	The foreground effects were noticeably slower in Firefox	Both browsers were about the same	Controls felt slightly more sluggish in Firefox	This one was noticeably faster in Chromium
34 Bing-Bong!	Stephen Bologna	Sept 15 2010	Very fast	Very smooth	Very responsive	Both browsers performed equally well
35 JuicyDrop	Stephen Bologna	Sept 15 2010	Very fast	Very smooth	Very responsive	One of the visualization effects didn't work quite right in Chromium (and it REALLY stood out). Firefox on the other hand handled all of them without any trouble. Other than that, both browsers had equally high speed, smoothness and responsiveness. Because of the issue with visualization, I would give this one to Firefox
36 HasCanvas	Stephen Bologna	Sept 15 2010	Chromium was faster	Both browsers were the same	Both browsers were the same	There was some start up lag in both browsers. This was more noticeable on Chromium. Still, Chromium outperformed Minefield
37 Canvas Sketch	Stephen Bologna	Sept 15 2010	Both browsers were the same	Both browsers were the same	'Clicking Rampages' caused Minefield to slow slightly. This did not happen in Chromium	The slowdowns mentioned in responsiveness was the only issue I could find in either browser. Chromium just narrowly outperformed Minefield
38 World of Solitaire	Stpehen Bologna	Sept 15 2010	Chromium was slightly better	Both browsers were the same	Chromium was slightly better	There was an in-game option to adjust the speed. Using this option, Chromium displayed a more varied difference between its top speed and its lowest speed. Chromium outperformed Minefield
39 Google Sphere	Stephen Bologna	Sept 15 2010	Chromium was much faster	Both browsers were the same	Both browsers were the same	Minefield's presentation looked much sloppier than Chromium. In Minefield, as the text got closer to the screen and grew larger, it also appeared to become 'bold' and less legible. Chromium very much outperformed Minefield here
40 JS Fireworks	Stephen Bologna	Sept 15 2010	Very fast	There was a small amount of lag in the first second or two when the visualizations started in Firefox. Once things got going however, both browsers were very smooth	Very responsive	Both browsers performed equally well