Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) vs. Firefox 4 vs. Google Chrome 10 vs. Opera 11 vs. Safari 5

By | April 6, 2011


Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) vs. Firefox 4 vs. Google Chrome 10 vs. Opera 11 vs. Safari 5

Some time ago, TomsHardware has published a nice list of benchmark results for the top 5 web browsers. Unfortunately, they did not test the final version of Firefox 4.

Well, this is no longer the case as the most recent tests now include the following:

Internet Explorer 9
Firefox 4
Google Chrome 10
Opera 11
Safari 5

Startup

Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) vs. Firefox 4 vs. Google Chrome 10 vs. Opera 11 vs. Safari 5

Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) vs. Firefox 4 vs. Google Chrome 10 vs. Opera 11 vs. Safari 5

Browsers Performance

Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) vs. Firefox 4 vs. Google Chrome 10 vs. Opera 11 vs. Safari 5

Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) vs. Firefox 4 vs. Google Chrome 10 vs. Opera 11 vs. Safari 5

Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) vs. Firefox 4 vs. Google Chrome 10 vs. Opera 11 vs. Safari 5

Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) vs. Firefox 4 vs. Google Chrome 10 vs. Opera 11 vs. Safari 5

Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) vs. Firefox 4 vs. Google Chrome 10 vs. Opera 11 vs. Safari 5

Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) vs. Firefox 4 vs. Google Chrome 10 vs. Opera 11 vs. Safari 5

Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) vs. Firefox 4 vs. Google Chrome 10 vs. Opera 11 vs. Safari 5

Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) vs. Firefox 4 vs. Google Chrome 10 vs. Opera 11 vs. Safari 5

Hardware Acceleration

Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) vs. Firefox 4 vs. Google Chrome 10 vs. Opera 11 vs. Safari 5

Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) vs. Firefox 4 vs. Google Chrome 10 vs. Opera 11 vs. Safari 5

HTML5 and WebGL

Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) vs. Firefox 4 vs. Google Chrome 10 vs. Opera 11 vs. Safari 5

Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) vs. Firefox 4 vs. Google Chrome 10 vs. Opera 11 vs. Safari 5

Memory Usage

Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) vs. Firefox 4 vs. Google Chrome 10 vs. Opera 11 vs. Safari 5

Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) vs. Firefox 4 vs. Google Chrome 10 vs. Opera 11 vs. Safari 5

Final Results

Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) vs. Firefox 4 vs. Google Chrome 10 vs. Opera 11 vs. Safari 5
* This table represents the total amount of wins (1st place, 2nd place, etc.)

Even with the Firefox 4 inclusion, IE9 is still the number one browser, according to TomsHardware tests.

Hail to the King, baby?

Thanks, Blake!


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Vygantas is a former web designer whose projects are used by companies such as AMD, NVIDIA and departed Westood Studios. Being passionate about software, Vygantas began his journalism career back in 2007 when he founded FavBrowser.com. Having said that, he is also an adrenaline junkie who enjoys good books, fitness activities and Forex trading.

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  1. Anonymous says:

    Bullshit. My results:

    Opera 11.10 1st
    Chrome 2nd
    IE9 3rd
    Firefox 4th

    • I remember reading that speed deal improvements for 11.10 are just the beginning.

      Have I missed something or they were talking about the future versions of Opera?

  2. Anonymous says:

    Yeah. One thing wrong with Toms is that the results vary heavily in regards to other sites. Most “enthusiast” avoid that site these days.

    PS: Check out toms guide.

  3. dXm99 says:

    There is one problem with two default Opera settings.
    Preferences -> Network -> Max connections to a server
    Preferences -> Network -> Max total connections

    Change those two to 128 and try to lower opera:config#Network|HTTPLoadingDelayedTimeout.
    Then go to Youtube or some other “heavy” page and feel the difference

  4. mrUI says:

    dang chrome falling off …ie9 is beast

  5. NEBlacksmith says:

    Not everyone runs Windows 7. How is a browser that runs on only one platform better?

  6. Mete says:

    i dont trust toms hardware tests