Peacekeeper: Futuremark Browser Benchmark!

gurusan · 14 Mar 2009 at 14:00

Sort of interesting...

New online benchmark from Futuremark reveals huge gap in performance between browsers

HELSINKI, FINLAND – MARCH 12th, 2009 – Futuremark® Corporation today unveiled Peacekeeper™, a free online benchmarking tool for measuring and comparing the performance of common internet browsers. (Peacekeeper - The Browser Benchmark)

Competition between browsers has never been as hotly contested, nor have internet users had as many choices as they do now. The big five: Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, Chrome and Opera, see regular releases of new and innovative features and each camp’s fans keep many a forum and blog busy.

So far, words have been the only shots fired in the long-running browser wars. Now, with Peacekeeper web users finally have an easy to use, impartial tool for measuring and comparing the performance of different web browsers.

Peacekeeper is a new online benchmark from Futuremark that realistically simulates the load placed on the browser by common JavaScript functions as used by popular, modern websites. For users who prioritize speed and performance, Peacekeeper helps answer the question of which browser is best for them.

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I just got 760 pts with firefox v3.0.7 and scored 1116 with firefox 3.1 beta 3 ...significant increase!

Greenlizard0 · 14 Mar 2009 at 20:36

304..that's..hm...

Lightnix · 14 Mar 2009 at 21:03

IE8, still too slow. Opera, also slow. Chrome is much faster than the other browsers in my above test, however, shortly thereafter I tested Safari 4 which scored about 1700. Those tests were run under Windows 7 (build 7000), I've also tested Chrome in Windows XP which scored 1460.

Pho · 14 Mar 2009 at 21:22

454 with Firefox 3.0.7

. Mind, it has been running slow for a while (I have a lot of extensions) and I need a format

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Craigius · 14 Mar 2009 at 21:38

489 with Firefox 3.0.7 here

Kona* · 14 Mar 2009 at 21:50

530 with FF 3.0.7

Spyhop · 14 Mar 2009 at 22:04

So is it a browser benchmark, or a system benchmark utilizing the browser? D:

Moredhel · 14 Mar 2009 at 22:22

1317 points in Safari 4.0

gurusan · 14 Mar 2009 at 22:32

wush said:
So is it a browser benchmark, or a system benchmark utilizing the browser? D:

both I think

tolien · 14 Mar 2009 at 23:21

Unless they're doing something odd, you can't compare the absolute results without having the exact same configuration.

It wanted to install some crap and uses Java. No thanks, I'll stick with Sunspider, Dromaeo and V8, I already know they're fairly reliable...

ShakenNstirred · 15 Mar 2009 at 02:21

its of no real use

Duke · 15 Mar 2009 at 09:23

Firefox (v3.0.7) Scored:
536 Points

philjohn · 15 Mar 2009 at 10:15

tolien said:
Unless they're doing something odd, you can't compare the absolute results without having the exact same configuration.

It wanted to install some crap and uses Java. No thanks, I'll stick with Sunspider, Dromaeo and V8, I already know they're fairly reliable...

The Java bit runs an installshield setup that gets some basic info (processor, memory, speeds and GPU) and I would assume it uses this to normalise the results, hence not needing to run it again to profile another browser on the same computer.

mrk · 15 Mar 2009 at 11:02

Pretty useless? :/

Deinos93 · 15 Apr 2009 at 09:11

That's wierd with a new core i7 machine i'm getting 867 on firefox 3.1b3?

Deinos93 · 15 Apr 2009 at 09:23

1673 with safari. I think it also depends on whether you've overclocked your processor. It says safari with a core i7 should get a 2389, this score is similar to the 2220 of the 3.00 ghz E8400, so I think the person who got this score must have overclocked his i7 920