Benchmark Results: Final Placing
Performance Placing
| Header Cell - Column 0 | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | 8 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 6 |
| Firefox | 3 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 4 |
| Internet Explorer | 10 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| Opera | 6 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 3 |
| Safari | 2 | 8 | Row 4 - Cell 3 | 8 | 7 |
When judging by pure speed, Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 is still the champ, taking in ten first-place finishes. This is despite being excluded from the WebGL tests, where second-place finisher Chrome 10 and third-place finisher Firefox 4 were guaranteed two extra first- or second-place spots each. Opera 11.01 drops to fourth and Safari 5.04, the oldest browser here, ranks last.
Efficiency Placing
| Header Cell - Column 0 | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | 2 | 1 | Row 0 - Cell 3 | Row 0 - Cell 4 | 1 |
| Firefox | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | Row 1 - Cell 5 |
| Internet Explorer | 1 | 1 | Row 2 - Cell 3 | 2 | Row 2 - Cell 5 |
| Opera | Row 3 - Cell 1 | Row 3 - Cell 2 | 2 | Row 3 - Cell 4 | 2 |
| Safari | Row 4 - Cell 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Chrome finishes first in our efficiency results; Firefox comes in a close second. Internet Explorer is third, followed by Safari and then Opera.
Conformance Placing
| Header Cell - Column 0 | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | 2 | 1 | 1 | Row 0 - Cell 4 | Row 0 - Cell 5 |
| Firefox | 1 | 2 | Row 1 - Cell 3 | Row 1 - Cell 4 | 1 |
| Internet Explorer | 2 | Row 2 - Cell 2 | 1 | Row 2 - Cell 4 | 1 |
| Opera | 2 | 1 | 1 | Row 3 - Cell 4 | Row 3 - Cell 5 |
| Safari | 2 | Row 4 - Cell 2 | Row 4 - Cell 3 | 2 | Row 4 - Cell 5 |
Rivals Google Chrome and Opera tie for first place in standards conformance. Another set of rivals tie for second place: Microsoft Internet Explorer and Mozilla Firefox. Safari 5, the oldest browser in the WBGP, places third.
Total Placing
| Header Cell - Column 0 | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chrome | 12 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 7 |
| Firefox | 5 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 5 |
| Internet Explorer | 13 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 4 |
| Opera | 8 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 5 |
| Safari | 4 | 9 | 1 | 11 | 8 |
When you combine the placing from all three types of benchmarks, we get a mirror of the performance benchmark lineup. Internet Explorer 9 is still in the number-one spot. Chrome, Firefox, Opera, and Safari also remain in their respective second-, third-, fourth-, and fifth place ranking.