Internet Explorer 9 32 bit (x86) vs. IE9 64 bit (x64)

Vygantas Lipskas — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 08:03:38 +0000

Today, we look at IE9 Beta (x86-64) vs. (x86) performance benchmarks. With the recent Flash Player release for 64 bit systems, it’s time to find out, how good (or not) 64-bit web browser really is.

System:
Intel Core2Duo E6750 @ 2.6 GHz
4 GB RAM

Software:
Windows 7
Internet Explorer 9 Beta

See benchmark results in numbers here.

Combined results (50+ tests)

So here you have it, with the exception of few tests, Internet Explorer 9 (64 bit) pretty much destroys its 32 bit brother.

Firefox 32 bit (x86) vs. Firefox 64 bit (x64)

Vygantas Lipskas — Sun, 30 Nov 2008 19:08:56 +0000

If you are looking to download Firefox 64 bit, then this is the right place to start. But first, let’s check some benchmarks to see if 64bit Firefox has any performance advantages against Firefox 32bit.

3.0 (x86) vs 3.1 (x64)

Lower is better

Ubuntu 8.04 TLS on AMD Turion 64 1.8GHz

Lower is better

15% faster JPEG decoding on Windows x64 with IJG’s JPEG library

Lower is better

As you can see, 64 bit builds indeed has an advantage against 32 bit builds.

In case you would like to download older Firefox 3.1 or 3.0 64 bit releases, check this page
Otherwise, you might be interested in this: How To Build Windows x64 Build

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