http://webkit.org/perf/sunspider-0.9/sunspider-results.html?%7B%223d-cube%22:%5B278,280,279,278,276%5D,%223d-morph%22:%5B217,219,222,221,221%5D,%223d-raytrace%22:%5B329,323,321,322,320%5D,%22access-binary-trees%22:%5B228,228,227,230,227%5D,%22access-fannkuch%22:%5B560,550,572,547,557%5D,%22access-nbody%22:%5B315,314,311,314,310%5D,%22access-nsieve%22:%5B162,157,157,159,159%5D,%22bitops-3bit-bits-in-byte%22:%5B152,146,152,149,146%5D,%22bitops-bits-in-byte%22:%5B272,194,206,199,199%5D,%22bitops-bitwise-and%22:%5B408,393,390,393,391%5D,%22bitops-nsieve-bits%22:%5B227,228,228,228,227%5D,%22controlflow-recursive%22:%5B211,207,208,207,206%5D,%22crypto-aes%22:%5B244,248,252,247,244%5D,%22crypto-md5%22:%5B154,150,155,151,150%5D,%22crypto-sha1%22:%5B154,153,154,154,153%5D,%22date-format-tofte%22:%5B321,318,322,318,320%5D,%22date-format-xparb%22:%5B287,285,291,288,289%5D,%22math-cordic%22:%5B305,302,302,304,307%5D,%22math-partial-sums%22:%5B216,214,222,212,213%5D,%22math-spectral-norm%22:%5B210,213,212,210,212%5D,%22regexp-dna%22:%5B360,364,361,353,367%5D,%22string-base64%22:%5B1100,1095,1094,1106,1102%5D,%22string-fasta%22:%5B329,325,326,335,334%5D,%22string-tagcloud%22:%5B249,248,246,247,250%5D,%22string-unpack-code%22:%5B264,267,273,268,266%5D,%22string-validate-input%22:%5B253,258,266,255,259%5D%7D

My numbers:

http://webkit.org/perf/sunspider-0.9/sunspider-results.html?%7B%223d-cube%22:%5B731,738,686,701,704%5D,%223d-morph%22:%5B1577,1593,1557,1555,1580%5D,%223d-raytrace%22:%5B478,486,485,487,471%5D,%22access-binary-trees%22:%5B312,221,215,218,258%5D,%22access-fannkuch%22:%5B620,614,621,628,621%5D,%22access-nbody%22:%5B775,753,751,850,727%5D,%22access-nsieve%22:%5B386,334,326,327,329%5D,%22bitops-3bit-bits-in-byte%22:%5B520,469,474,474,470%5D,%22bitops-bits-in-byte%22:%5B428,403,399,409,467%5D,%22bitops-bitwise-and%22:%5B1338,1270,1215,1234,1218%5D,%22bitops-nsieve-bits%22:%5B458,410,410,407,404%5D,%22controlflow-recursive%22:%5B251,202,144,151,153%5D,%22crypto-aes%22:%5B397,361,379,371,359%5D,%22crypto-md5%22:%5B332,215,219,218,219%5D,%22crypto-sha1%22:%5B275,277,260,284,277%5D,%22date-format-tofte%22:%5B605,570,576,630,624%5D,%22date-format-xparb%22:%5B423,367,366,358,366%5D,%22math-cordic%22:%5B838,794,748,746,778%5D,%22math-partial-sums%22:%5B778,752,766,739,769%5D,%22math-spectral-norm%22:%5B455,392,394,372,401%5D,%22regexp-dna%22:%5B507,442,439,435,437%5D,%22string-base64%22:%5B774,748,761,749,739%5D,%22string-fasta%22:%5B732,684,676,694,695%5D,%22string-tagcloud%22:%5B543,474,478,470,470%5D,%22string-unpack-code%22:%5B954,867,927,920,926%5D,%22string-validate-input%22:%5B345,316,312,313,307%5D%7D

and

http://webkit.org/perf/sunspider-0.9/sunspider-results.html?%7B%223d-cube%22:%5B340,385,380,321,329%5D,%223d-morph%22:%5B417,344,417,462,403%5D,%223d-raytrace%22:%5B382,392,342,340,322%5D,%22access-binary-trees%22:%5B168,195,160,212,156%5D,%22access-fannkuch%22:%5B690,630,660,601,684%5D,%22access-nbody%22:%5B354,348,367,387,358%5D,%22access-nsieve%22:%5B168,230,194,192,188%5D,%22bitops-3bit-bits-in-byte%22:%5B197,227,203,220,203%5D,%22bitops-bits-in-byte%22:%5B351,294,318,282,283%5D,%22bitops-bitwise-and%22:%5B325,353,377,345,328%5D,%22bitops-nsieve-bits%22:%5B416,380,363,359,300%5D,%22controlflow-recursive%22:%5B217,204,269,212,200%5D,%22crypto-aes%22:%5B244,214,216,293,212%5D,%22crypto-md5%22:%5B251,198,228,225,247%5D,%22crypto-sha1%22:%5B224,301,248,245,233%5D,%22date-format-tofte%22:%5B373,377,335,342,347%5D,%22date-format-xparb%22:%5B410,402,392,445,492%5D,%22math-cordic%22:%5B541,547,520,495,559%5D,%22math-partial-sums%22:%5B415,427,412,397,472%5D,%22math-spectral-norm%22:%5B291,226,262,272,332%5D,%22regexp-dna%22:%5B491,479,554,515,505%5D,%22string-base64%22:%5B288,344,267,306,271%5D,%22string-fasta%22:%5B455,480,425,461,458%5D,%22string-tagcloud%22:%5B360,330,371,316,294%5D,%22string-unpack-code%22:%5B332,302,350,285,246%5D,%22string-validate-input%22:%5B317,341,289,312,333%5D%7D

Firefox 3 beta 3: 14935.4ms

Webkit Nightly: 8896.6ms

Think about it — every result is going to be affected in varying degrees by the memory, processor, OS, disk fragmentation, virus-detection software (and/or actual viruses!), other running software, thousands of configuration options on your OS & computer & the browsers themselves….

If you want to post numbers, do a fresh install of the browsers you’re testing (make sure they aren’t using existing profiles…), reboot your computer, and test them all running one browser at a time.

If you aren’t doing this, at least mention that you aren’t. If you aren’t even posting more than one number, just don’t bother. It’s like saying, “which is better, or an apple?”

http://webkit.org/perf/sunspider-0.9/sunspider-results.html?%7B%223d-cube%22:%5B163,169,166,165,165%5D,%223d-morph%22:%5B118,120,117,119,116%5D,%223d-raytrace%22:%5B140,228,140,135,139%5D,%22access-binary-trees%22:%5B79,72,72,73,72%5D,%22access-fannkuch%22:%5B201,205,202,202,201%5D,%22access-nbody%22:%5B209,169,168,160,174%5D,%22access-nsieve%22:%5B56,57,59,58,57%5D,%22bitops-3bit-bits-in-byte%22:%5B51,51,52,51,52%5D,%22bitops-bits-in-byte%22:%5B74,74,75,74,74%5D,%22bitops-bitwise-and%22:%5B172,163,165,160,168%5D,%22bitops-nsieve-bits%22:%5B112,113,112,112,113%5D,%22controlflow-recursive%22:%5B119,119,120,118,117%5D,%22crypto-aes%22:%5B88,89,93,93,93%5D,%22crypto-md5%22:%5B108,107,107,108,106%5D,%22crypto-sha1%22:%5B110,111,115,112,111%5D,%22date-format-tofte%22:%5B216,216,211,217,217%5D,%22date-format-xparb%22:%5B138,137,140,138,137%5D,%22math-cordic%22:%5B177,175,179,179,174%5D,%22math-partial-sums%22:%5B185,183,193,193,205%5D,%22math-spectral-norm%22:%5B121,122,120,119,119%5D,%22regexp-dna%22:%5B223,227,223,224,224%5D,%22string-base64%22:%5B80,79,78,78,79%5D,%22string-fasta%22:%5B215,222,214,213,214%5D,%22string-tagcloud%22:%5B153,155,155,153,154%5D,%22string-unpack-code%22:%5B201,206,205,202,205%5D,%22string-validate-input%22:%5B110,109,109,109,107%5D%7D

Touche! :P

Of course, I was only pointing out that Safari is not that slow on Leopard… By the way, I’m downloading FF3b4 to test it too :)

http://webkit.org/perf/sunspider-0.9/sunspider-results.html?%7B%223d-cube%22:%5B358,358,357,353,373%5D,%223d-morph%22:%5B434,429,441,432,427%5D,%223d-raytrace%22:%5B293,289,298,291,308%5D,%22access-binary-trees%22:%5B125,116,115,119,116%5D,%22access-fannkuch%22:%5B686,688,694,683,683%5D,%22access-nbody%22:%5B339,338,338,335,336%5D,%22access-nsieve%22:%5B429,432,423,440,424%5D,%22bitops-3bit-bits-in-byte%22:%5B308,270,272,272,271%5D,%22bitops-bits-in-byte%22:%5B372,363,365,358,365%5D,%22bitops-bitwise-and%22:%5B359,351,388,363,370%5D,%22bitops-nsieve-bits%22:%5B393,388,391,398,398%5D,%22controlflow-recursive%22:%5B185,211,194,198,178%5D,%22crypto-aes%22:%5B181,181,183,180,181%5D,%22crypto-md5%22:%5B226,226,226,243,231%5D,%22crypto-sha1%22:%5B222,229,227,223,221%5D,%22date-format-tofte%22:%5B204,208,209,206,206%5D,%22date-format-xparb%22:%5B199,212,198,200,201%5D,%22math-cordic%22:%5B520,517,503,514,507%5D,%22math-partial-sums%22:%5B235,235,236,236,236%5D,%22math-spectral-norm%22:%5B209,218,209,216,209%5D,%22regexp-dna%22:%5B283,284,285,285,283%5D,%22string-base64%22:%5B240,241,244,240,239%5D,%22string-fasta%22:%5B280,290,290,283,283%5D,%22string-tagcloud%22:%5B215,191,192,199,188%5D,%22string-unpack-code%22:%5B167,165,166,168,164%5D,%22string-validate-input%22:%5B175,174,175,174,173%5D%7D

Most of the “wow!” comments I see related to Safari 3 are from end users impressed with it’s page rendering performance (I think). I’d love to see a comparison of how fast these browsers render different types of web pages. (For example, test how well they render large tables, and CSS-heavy pages.)

As a heavy javascript developer I’m all in favor of increased javascript engine performance, but for the other 99% of the world, the speed with which a browser can render large/complex web pages is probably much more important.