Google Leads in Futuremark Peacekeeper Browser Benchmark

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By Wolfgang Gruener
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Futuremark has updated its Peacekeeper browser benchmark.

According to its own scores, Futuremark claims that Chrome still holds the performance crown on a Windows PC with an Intel Core i7-2600K processor.

Futuremark said that Peacekeeper has been "rebuilt" to evaluate the "latest" HTML5 standards and now supports PCs, tablets as well as smartphones. Chrome 15 scored 4720 points on the Futuremark test system, followed by Opera 11.5 with 4318, Firefox 8 with 2554, IE9 with 2471 and Safari 5 with 1752. There are also some scores for a Macbook Pro with an Core i7-2720QM processor, which also sees Chrome in front, followed by Opera, Firefox and Safari.

While Safari does not look that great on a PC, Apple shines on the iPad 2, which leads the benchmark results on tablets, followed by the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, the Acer Iconia W500, the iPhone 4S and the Samsung Galaxy S2.

Like the previous version, the Peacekeeper test requires about 5 minutes to complete and now includes a rendering test, a WebGL test, HTML5 video, canvas and web worker tests, data manipulation tests, DOM operations test and text parsing tests.

Wolfgang Gruener
31 Comments Comment from the forums
  • ohim
    maybe this way Opera will get the attention that it needs ... always was in the back FF just because ppl said is better not even taking into consideration any alternative.
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  • Cryio
    Chrome got first place because they didn't test again Opera 11.60 ^_^
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  • Cryio
    against*
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  • nikorr
    Fellas, its just a benchmark, nothing more... U wont detect any speed difference in real life...

    They all are fast now-a-days!
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  • Cryio
    Well...it funny cuz they are all fast, and Opera doesn't even have Hardware acceleration yet.
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  • Dark Lord of Tech
    Firefox is still my staple browser!
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  • sixdegree
    Crytek should make a web version of Crysis, for benchmarking web browser.
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  • makaveli316
    I don't care about the speed. Few milliseconds aren't even perceptible.
    Many things in Chrome bothers me, one big example is the Add ons. Chrome's Add Block sucks compared to Firefox, i tried it so many times and it really bugs up many sites. Not to mention the idiotic impossibility to change temp folder in Chrome, without the silly commands on the shortcut.
    Way too many things, which let me stick with good old Firefox.
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  • alidan
    nikorrFellas, its just a benchmark, nothing more... U wont detect any speed difference in real life...They all are fast now-a-days!yes you can... you just need lots of open tabs, the more tabs you have open the slower the browser goes. firefox for me right now, cant play any video due to 600ish tabs open. chrome can still play video with about 70 tabs open. opera... well... it wont install right, and the version i have is annoying, and i cant find the setting to make it not annoying.
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  • joytech22
    While Safari does not look that great on a PC, Apple shines on the iPad 2, which leads the benchmark results on tablets, followed by the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, the Acer Iconia W500, the iPhone 4S and the Samsung Galaxy S2.

    The Iconia W500 is a Windows 7 tablet. :\ does that even count?
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