Speed: Firefox Vs Safari

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This test was done with Webkit's SunSpider JavaScript Benchmark on the latest versions of Firefox 3 and Safari available as of today.

It overall the test results indicate Safari is faster. But the individual results need to be looked at and decided which tests really matter in real world and how they affect our daily browsing speed.




TEST                   COMPARISON            FROM                 TO             DETAILS

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** TOTAL **:           1.07x as fast     3216.0ms +/- 1.8%   3003.4ms +/- 1.1%     significant

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3d:                  -                  393.0ms +/- 5.0%    377.8ms +/- 1.3%
  cube:              ??                 131.4ms +/- 14.2%    140.0ms +/- 2.1%     not conclusive: might be *1.07x as slow*
  morph:             1.19x as fast      136.8ms +/- 1.5%    115.4ms +/- 2.5%     significant
  raytrace:          1.02x as fast      124.8ms +/- 1.3%    122.4ms +/- 2.3%     significant

access:              1.19x as fast      501.0ms +/- 0.9%    422.6ms +/- 2.9%     significant
  binary-trees:      1.44x as fast       71.0ms +/- 2.1%     49.2ms +/- 2.1%     significant
  fannkuch:          1.40x as fast      230.0ms +/- 1.8%    163.8ms +/- 1.5%     significant
  nbody:             *1.07x as slow*    140.4ms +/- 1.6%    150.8ms +/- 6.8%     significant
  nsieve:            -                   59.6ms +/- 3.2%     58.8ms +/- 1.8%

bitops:              1.56x as fast      443.8ms +/- 1.4%    284.6ms +/- 1.3%     significant
  3bit-bits-in-byte: 1.48x as fast       70.0ms +/- 2.8%     47.2ms +/- 2.9%     significant
  bits-in-byte:      1.36x as fast       97.4ms +/- 2.8%     71.4ms +/- 1.6%     significant
  bitwise-and:       2.19x as fast      169.0ms +/- 2.0%     77.2ms +/- 4.2%     significant
  nsieve-bits:       1.21x as fast      107.4ms +/- 2.3%     88.8ms +/- 1.2%     significant

controlflow:         2.47x as fast       88.6ms +/- 1.3%     35.8ms +/- 6.7%     significant
  recursive:         2.47x as fast       88.6ms +/- 1.3%     35.8ms +/- 6.7%     significant

crypto:              1.26x as fast      231.8ms +/- 1.4%    183.6ms +/- 1.8%     significant
  aes:               1.07x as fast       77.8ms +/- 1.8%     72.6ms +/- 0.9%     significant
  md5:               1.42x as fast       77.0ms +/- 2.6%     54.4ms +/- 5.0%     significant
  sha1:              1.36x as fast       77.0ms +/- 3.0%     56.6ms +/- 2.0%     significant

date:                *1.28x as slow*    279.8ms +/- 4.8%    357.0ms +/- 0.9%     significant
  format-tofte:      *1.62x as slow*    133.0ms +/- 9.5%    215.6ms +/- 1.0%     significant
  format-xparb:      1.04x as fast      146.8ms +/- 2.4%    141.4ms +/- 2.5%     significant

math:                1.29x as fast      426.8ms +/- 1.4%    330.6ms +/- 3.8%     significant
  cordic:            1.22x as fast      166.2ms +/- 0.8%    136.0ms +/- 2.5%     significant
  partial-sums:      1.32x as fast      179.4ms +/- 2.1%    136.0ms +/- 8.3%     significant
  spectral-norm:     1.39x as fast       81.2ms +/- 2.9%     58.6ms +/- 2.8%     significant

regexp:              *1.27x as slow*    204.2ms +/- 0.8%    258.4ms +/- 0.9%     significant
  dna:               *1.27x as slow*    204.2ms +/- 0.8%    258.4ms +/- 0.9%     significant

string:              *1.16x as slow*    647.0ms +/- 3.9%    753.0ms +/- 2.7%     significant
  base64:            1.10x as fast       94.6ms +/- 1.2%     86.2ms +/- 2.4%     significant
  fasta:             *1.21x as slow*    171.0ms +/- 1.1%    206.4ms +/- 10.5%     significant
  tagcloud:          *1.20x as slow*    131.0ms +/- 1.5%    157.0ms +/- 0.6%     significant
  unpack-code:       *1.54x as slow*    128.4ms +/- 1.1%    198.0ms +/- 1.3%     significant
  validate-input:    -                  122.0ms +/- 20.2%    105.4ms +/- 3.0%

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