Web Browser Grand Prix 2: Running The Linux Circuit

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Last week we showed Opera 10.60 to be the world's fastest Web browser. That was in the Windows world. But where do Chrome, Firefox, and Opera stand in Linux? Today we find out. Adding the Win 7 results, we'll also learn which OS has the speediest browser.

Benchmark Results: Flash

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Firefox takes the lead with Chrome less than a frame behind. Opera trails Google's browser by three FPS, placing third.

All three of the browsers suffer a pretty big performance hit under Linux. Opera sees the largest decrease, creating a gap of nearly eight frames per second from its strong score of 22.5 FPS in Windows 7.

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In Flash bitmap gaming, Firefox is first. Chrome is close behind Mozilla, with Opera not far behind Google. All of the Linux scores are pretty close, with just over a single frame between winner and loser. The results in Ubuntu are, however, lower all across the board than in Windows 7.

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Firefox is again the leader with a fantastic 21 FPS, nearly seven frames more than any of the Windows scores. Chrome and Opera trail far behind in second and third (respectively), both earning around 7.5 FPS (about half of their Windows 7 frame rate).