MotionMark can be run using three different drawing sizes: small (568×320), medium (900×600), and large (1600×800). MotionMark contains 9 tests, and the overall score is the geometric mean of the 9 tests. The point at which failure occurs is used as the test score. MotionMark draws multiple renderings of graphics elements, adding elements till the browser begins to fail at rendering the images at 60 frames per second. MotionMark: This benchmark focuses on graphics performance. (Safari ran away with the ARES-6 benchmark. ARES-6 repeats the overall test 6 times, making ARES-6 ideal for evaluating startup performance, as well as how well a browser optimizes repeatedly used code. ARES-6 reports the execution time of the first run of each test, the worst 4 runs, and the overall geometric means. Air, Basic, and Babylon are run for 200 iterations each, while ML is run 60 times. ARES-6 is broken into four sub-tests: Air, Basic, Babylon, and ML. I decided to use four benchmarks for this test two I’ve used in the past (JetStream and Speedometer), and two are new, at least to me (ARES-6 and MotionMark).ĪRES-6: This benchmark measures the execution time of many of JavaScript’s newest features. Many of my favorite benchmarks are no longer supported, or have evolved into new benchmarks with different names and feature sets. Selecting the browser benchmarks to use tends to be a long and troublesome process. It may not be fair to include a beta browser, but it’s fun, and as long as we remember that it’s a beta product I think it’s OK to include it as a sneak peek into future browser performance. Safari Technology Preview: This last browser is a sneak peek at technology that will likely make it into the next version of Safari, allowing us to look ahead at what will be coming down the road. Although Firefox came into existence in 2002, many consider Mozilla and Firefox the direct offspring of Netscape and the older Navigator browser. It reaches back to 2002, when the Mozilla Foundation first created the Firefox browser.
26.įirefox: The Firefox browser is the second oldest competitor in our test. Even though it has a long history, it’s built on a modern foundation, using the Blink layout engine. Opera: In one form or another, Opera has been around since 1994, making it the most senior of our competitors. The current version of Chome (.109) makes use of Blink, a layout engine that is itself a derivative (a fork) of the WebKit engine used by Apple. Chrome was originally built on WebKit, the same layout engine used by Safari.
#OPERA FOR MAC 10.11.6 ANDROID#
Google Chrome: Chrome has been available for the Windows OS since 2008 it was later released for Mac, Linux, iOS, and Android devices. Safari: This is the browser Apple has included with the Mac since the introduction of OS X 10.2.
#OPERA FOR MAC 10.11.6 PLUS#
Our browser lineup consists of four of the leading browsers used with the Macintosh, plus one red herring.
A smoking hot browser will always have its appeal. This battle is strictly a performance test we won’t be considering features, security, ease of use, or other characteristics that, in the long run, may be more important than straight performance. With those questions and a few others in mind, we’re going to resurrect the battle of the browsers one more time, and pit four of the leading Mac browsers against each other in a straight benchmark comparison. Is my favorite browser the fastest? Which browser is best for web-based apps? Should I move on to a different browser? What about that new browser I just heard about? It was a time when Netscape Navigator and Internet Explorer ruled the roost, and were the dominant platforms for accessing and browsing the World Wide Web.Īt the time, the two browsing platforms were continually pitted against each other in magazines and other publications that reviewed performance and features, and would likely name one of them the winner that is, until the next version was released and the other browser made incremental improvements to take the crown that month.įor the most part, the great battle of the browsers is long over, with both Netscape (and its offspring) and Internet Explorer seeing their star fade from glory long ago.īut even with the battle over, many of us are still asking questions about the browsers we use. If you’re an old hacker like me (from back when the word “hacker” had good connotations), you may remember the battle of the browsers in the early days of the Internet. (All tests were run on a Retina 5K 27-inch iMac.)
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