Firefox performance

[Jerry Amundson]

On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 12:35 PM, Jerry Amundson <jamundso at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 11:03 AM, Michael Cronenworth <mike at cchtml.com> wrote:
>> -------- Original Message --------
>> Subject: Firefox performance
>> From: Adam Pribyl <pribyl at lowlevel.cz>
>> To: fedora-test-list at redhat.com
>> Date: 02/13/2009 10:45 AM
>>
>>> Is there anything we can do to improve the Fedora picture?
>>>
>>> http://www.tuxradar.com/content/browser-benchmarks-2-even-wine-beats-linux-firefox
>>
>>
>> Yes, this needs to be addressed.
>>
>> i386 Firefox 3.0.6       i386 Firefox 3.0.6 w/ Wine
>> Score: 99.9              Score: 117
>> Richards: 97.5           Richards: 139
>> DeltaBlue: 122           DeltaBlue: 154
>> Crypto: 83.0             Crypto: 83.4
>> RayTrace: 84.3           RayTrace: 88.6
>> EarleyBoyer: 140         EarleyBoyer: 157
>> RegExp: 85.7             RegExp: 101
>>
>> Pentium 4 3.06ghz
>> 2.6.27.12-170.2.5.fc10.i686
>>
>> This is after running the test three times on each browser. Let me add that
>> using -safe-mode made Zero difference in this test. With a capital Z.
>>
>> Turning off compiz gave me a whole 5 extra total score points.
>
> Hmm, you running Gnome? On my laptop (Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor
> 2.00GHz), fresh F10, and updated (KDE 4.2, woo-hoo! :-), I get 120.
> Score: 120
> Richards: 144
> DeltaBlue: 158
> Crypto: 79.8
> RayTrace: 114
> EarleyBoyer: 134
> RegExp: 110
>
> 2.6.27.12-170.2.5.fc10.i686
> firefox-3.0.6-1.fc10.i386
> kdebase-4.2.0-2.fc10.i386

Is compiz the same as "Enable desktop effects" in KDE?

Either way, it drops the same machine to 104.
Score: 104
Richards: 53.2
DeltaBlue: 158
Crypto: 77.7
RayTrace: 111
EarleyBoyer: 161
RegExp: 108

jerry