Firefox 72 vs. Chrome 80 Browser Performance On Ubuntu Linux With AMD Ryzen

Written by Michael Larabel in Software on 6 February 2020 at 11:47 AM EST. Page 5 of 5. 33 Comments.
Firefox 72 vs. Chrome 80 Linux benchmarks

Out of the 15 browser benchmarks run today Chrome 80 won 10 of those 15.

Firefox 72 vs. Chrome 80 Linux benchmarks
Firefox 72 vs. Chrome 80 Linux benchmarks

On a geometric mean basis for this Ryzen Threadripper + Radeon VII Ubuntu setup, Chrome 80 was about 24% faster than Firefox 72. Enabling WebRender did help in a few of the relevant benchmarks to provide an overall uplift of about 8%.

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