Platform:
- Hardware: IBM ThinkPad T41, Intel Pentium M 1.59 GHz, 512M of RAM
- OS: MS Windows XP SP2
Test:
Browsers:
- MS Internet Explorer 7, RC, version 7.0.5700.6
- Firefox-Minefield, version 3.0a1, Mozilla 1.9a1, Gecko/2006090404
- Flock, version 0.7.4.1, Mozilla 1.8.0.5, Gecko/20060731, Firefox/1.5.0.5
- Opera 9.01
- Swift 0.1, WebKit for WIN32
Results:
- Opera 9 - 668ms
- Swift 0.1 - 781ms
- MS IE 7 - 958ms
- FF 3.0 - 1386ms
- Flock 0.7 - 2379ms
- Tests were made several times for every browser but the average result is about the one above.
Resume:
- Opera 9 is a winner.
- Mozilla 1.8-1.9 is a looser.
Browser notes:
- Flock browser is based on Firefox, that based on Mozilla.
- Every Mozilla based browser info contains also correspondent Mozilla and Gecko versions.
- Swift is a first WebKit based browser for MS Windows.
Update 2006.09.05 16:27:
I’ve made a bug report for Mozilla regarding this issue: Bug # 351406