Firefox 68 vs. Chrome 76 Linux Web Browser Performance Benchmarks

[Termy]

Man you probably should not have that many tabs open, that's ridiculus!

Imo unfortunately the performance difference is pretty noticable in day to day usage, which forces me to stick to chrome kinda :/

EDIT:
Btw one thing I have noticed is that chrome just *feels* much faster while scrolling for example. This is becasue firefox scrolling alorithm is designed to have more "drag" and be less responive than the chrome counterpart. At least that's what my testing has suggested.

Well, it's my "workflow" and it works flawless in FF, so...why not?

And the only site i see a significant difference (when using fresh profiles without many tabs open) is Google Maps - and i think we can all guess why that is

I have a lot more tabs than 50 and I'm fine.
Maybe either look into better extensions to help or removing the problematic ones

Why should i consolidate my extensions (of which all are the best for my usecase and none is problematic, as i consolidate my extensions regularly anyway xD) just to be able to use a (in my experience) slower browser with questionable privacy whose usage just further strengthens the chromium-"monopoly"?!

[Vistaus]

Plenty of these are just Chromium with a different interface, the likes of Otter-browser are based off Webkit, which shares a lot with Chromium as well.

The only remaining browser that stands out on the market is Firefox.

WebKit? No no no, that was deprecated from Otter and Falkon a long time ago. You're talking about QtWebEngine.

[Slartifartblast]

Yup and with this so-called "web browser", Google is going to use your porn searches, webcam snapshots of the nerdy posters in your mom's basement, and your credit card transactions of hentai and waifu pillows just to find a way to ruin your life for the greatest political and financial gain in corporate history. If only people would see the truth, and realize how important/valuable each individual person is and that we're all in great danger!


Or... you can just use Chromium, or better yet, just disconnect from the internet.

For the record, I have nothing against Firefox. I use it on 2 of my PCs and for the most part I'm happy with it. But I'm just so sick of this "hurr durr they're collecting your data!" fearmongering.

At least Mozilla isn't going to intentionally knacker your adblocker unlike chromium will do soon with it's API changes.

[geearf]

These synthetic benchmarks really don't reflect what i'm experiencing with 200 Tabs open ^^
I don't know if it's easily possible, but it would be interessting if those benchmarks could be done with a lot of open tabs - chrome really suffers beyond 50 tabs in my experience.

I have a lot more tabs than 50 and I'm fine.
Maybe either look into better extensions to help or removing the problematic ones

[juno]

Plenty of these are just Chromium with a different interface, the likes of Otter-browser are based off Webkit, which shares a lot with Chromium as well.

Experience differs though, e.g. many webkit-based browsers are locked at 60 FPS, regardless the actual display refresh rate, which makes them unusable on high refresh rate screens. Chromium and Firefox are not.

Possible at some day run benchmark for more Linux browser? Open and proprietary like Opera, Vivaldi, Yandex, Brave, Epiphany, Midori, Falkon, Otter-browser and etc?

Plenty of these are just Chromium with a different interface, the likes of Otter-browser are based off Webkit, which shares a lot with Chromium as well.

The only remaining browser that stands out on the market is Firefox.

[Ray_o]

just curious, which build of firefox was used in these benchmarks, is it the official build or the distribution build ?
if it's the distribution build, is the official build going to perform better or worse ?

[Danielsan]

I would like to see these benchmarks rather than with the default version when you use Firefox with my favorite extensions to see which is the faster...

[edwaleni]

Yup and with this so-called "web browser", Google is going to use your porn searches, webcam snapshots of the nerdy posters in your mom's basement, and your credit card transactions of hentai and waifu pillows just to find a way to ruin your life for the greatest political and financial gain in corporate history. If only people would see the truth, and realize how important/valuable each individual person is and that we're all in great danger!


Or... you can just use Chromium, or better yet, just disconnect from the internet.

For the record, I have nothing against Firefox. I use it on 2 of my PCs and for the most part I'm happy with it. But I'm just so sick of this "hurr durr they're collecting your data!" fearmongering.

Yeah, I can just call Google and say "give me all you have on GUID 0000501580-050750987-0501852374-50146800" and I will know everything I need to know about Warren Buffett. (Not).

Anyone who thinks their GUID is"special" out of the several 100 of millions they process, is a little misled, but it is their choice to be private if they so choose.

I have seen people spend several thousand to try to guarantee their privacy, (firewalls, VPN's, Tor) but have no qualms signing up for a Barnes & Noble discount card, which leaks more data about you to the world in a week than a ISP would in a year.

<sarcasm>

[mattlach]

I guess my question is, why does browser performance even matter?

Pages render pretty much instantaneously these days regardless of browser even on pretty old hardware.

Any browser comparison should focus more on what is really important: privacy.