Web Browser Grand Prix: Chrome 20, Opera 12, Firefox 13

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How do the latest Windows 7-based Web browsers stack up? Chrome and Firefox each have three wins under this operating system; can one become our champion? Or will Opera clean house here, as it did under Windows XP? We set up a new test system to find out.

Crowning A Windows 7 WBGP Champion

Our new scoring system allows us to see the winner as well as a basic sense of scale between the browser's performances.

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PlacingWeb BrowserPoint Score
1stChrome19
2ndFirefox18.5
3rdOpera15.5
4thInternet Explorer11
5thSafari6

For the first time in a while, the slim margin of victory favors Chrome over Firefox. The addition of HTML5 hardware acceleration introduced in version 18 and continued high scores in performance testing allow Chrome 20 to regain the Windows 7 Web Browser Grand Prix Championship, making Chrome the most-winningest browser for this operating system once again. Congratulations, Google!

Stay tuned this summer, we'll be taking the series into completely new territory with mobile editions of the Web Browser Grand Prix for Android and iOS.

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