Firefox 18 beta out: Faster JavaScript via IonMonkey, PDF viewer, Retina support

pyonir

Lifer
Dec 18, 2001
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Glad to hear of the Java improvements. Interested to see how the PDF viewer performs as well. Thanks for the info
 

Miramonti

Lifer
Aug 26, 2000
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I didn't want to start a new firefox beta version thread, so I posted this in the v17 final thread. But since it's here...I'll post it here too. :)

Firefox 18.0b1 released

I'm really liking this one with the new ionmonkey javascript engine. Noticeably quicker in java-rich environments than 17.

However it does break Tab Mix Plus (0.4.0.4pre.120724a) on one of my installs (Portable), but held up on my full install.
 
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Jodell88

Diamond Member
Jan 29, 2007
8,762
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Sunspider Benchmarks

Firefox beta 18


Code:
============================================
RESULTS (means and 95% confidence intervals)
--------------------------------------------
Total:                 310.8ms +/- 1.7%
--------------------------------------------

  3d:                   50.7ms +/- 1.3%
    cube:               18.8ms +/- 2.4%
    morph:               8.1ms +/- 5.0%
    raytrace:           23.8ms +/- 2.8%

  access:               25.7ms +/- 1.9%
    binary-trees:        3.8ms +/- 7.9%
    fannkuch:           12.1ms +/- 3.4%
    nbody:               4.7ms +/- 7.3%
    nsieve:              5.1ms +/- 4.4%

  bitops:               18.4ms +/- 4.9%
    3bit-bits-in-byte:   1.3ms +/- 26.6%
    bits-in-byte:        6.1ms +/- 8.6%
    bitwise-and:         5.5ms +/- 6.8%
    nsieve-bits:         5.5ms +/- 6.8%

  controlflow:           4.1ms +/- 5.5%
    recursive:           4.1ms +/- 5.5%

  crypto:               32.3ms +/- 7.0%
    aes:                16.7ms +/- 14.3%
    md5:                 9.9ms +/- 4.1%
    sha1:                5.7ms +/- 6.1%

  date:                 40.1ms +/- 5.8%
    format-tofte:       25.5ms +/- 7.6%
    format-xparb:       14.6ms +/- 4.1%

  math:                 39.0ms +/- 3.0%
    cordic:              4.7ms +/- 7.3%
    partial-sums:       29.5ms +/- 4.3%
    spectral-norm:       4.8ms +/- 6.3%

  regexp:               16.6ms +/- 2.2%
    dna:                16.6ms +/- 2.2%

  string:               83.9ms +/- 3.6%
    base64:              6.5ms +/- 5.8%
    fasta:               9.9ms +/- 2.3%
    tagcloud:           22.2ms +/- 2.5%
    unpack-code:        34.2ms +/- 6.8%
    validate-input:     11.1ms +/- 15.9%
Firefox 17
Code:
============================================
RESULTS (means and 95% confidence intervals)
--------------------------------------------
Total:                 361.3ms +/- 2.7%
--------------------------------------------

  3d:                   56.6ms +/- 7.1%
    cube:               19.9ms +/- 9.3%
    morph:              12.8ms +/- 13.4%
    raytrace:           23.9ms +/- 11.1%

  access:               36.2ms +/- 11.4%
    binary-trees:        5.2ms +/- 29.5%
    fannkuch:           14.1ms +/- 12.3%
    nbody:               7.6ms +/- 27.0%
    nsieve:              9.3ms +/- 15.8%

  bitops:               31.5ms +/- 13.5%
    3bit-bits-in-byte:   2.8ms +/- 23.5%
    bits-in-byte:        9.4ms +/- 25.9%
    bitwise-and:        10.0ms +/- 19.4%
    nsieve-bits:         9.3ms +/- 8.9%

  controlflow:           5.0ms +/- 22.3%
    recursive:           5.0ms +/- 22.3%

  crypto:               37.4ms +/- 6.4%
    aes:                17.8ms +/- 8.4%
    md5:                11.8ms +/- 12.0%
    sha1:                7.8ms +/- 21.5%

  date:                 42.6ms +/- 7.6%
    format-tofte:       27.1ms +/- 9.0%
    format-xparb:       15.5ms +/- 6.2%

  math:                 46.2ms +/- 6.0%
    cordic:              8.5ms +/- 24.8%
    partial-sums:       32.5ms +/- 6.6%
    spectral-norm:       5.2ms +/- 22.3%

  regexp:               18.9ms +/- 10.5%
    dna:                18.9ms +/- 10.5%

  string:               86.9ms +/- 4.3%
    base64:              9.9ms +/- 19.1%
    fasta:              15.5ms +/- 8.5%
    tagcloud:           23.0ms +/- 6.4%
    unpack-code:        28.1ms +/- 5.4%
    validate-input:     10.4ms +/- 25.8%


Chromium Version 23.0.1271.91 (167501)
Code:
============================================
RESULTS (means and 95% confidence intervals)
--------------------------------------------
Total:                 278.5ms +/- 1.1%
--------------------------------------------

  3d:                   44.2ms +/- 2.3%
    cube:               14.5ms +/- 2.6%
    morph:              12.5ms +/- 4.0%
    raytrace:           17.2ms +/- 4.7%

  access:               27.9ms +/- 3.1%
    binary-trees:        2.8ms +/- 10.8%
    fannkuch:           12.2ms +/- 3.7%
    nbody:               7.2ms +/- 7.8%
    nsieve:              5.7ms +/- 8.5%

  bitops:               23.1ms +/- 4.2%
    3bit-bits-in-byte:   2.0ms +/- 23.8%
    bits-in-byte:        6.9ms +/- 5.9%
    bitwise-and:         5.8ms +/- 5.2%
    nsieve-bits:         8.4ms +/- 5.9%

  controlflow:           4.0ms +/- 11.9%
    recursive:           4.0ms +/- 11.9%

  crypto:               24.6ms +/- 4.4%
    aes:                10.4ms +/- 4.8%
    md5:                 7.1ms +/- 5.7%
    sha1:                7.1ms +/- 7.4%

  date:                 27.0ms +/- 3.1%
    format-tofte:       14.3ms +/- 5.3%
    format-xparb:       12.7ms +/- 3.8%

  math:                 23.2ms +/- 2.4%
    cordic:              4.8ms +/- 6.3%
    partial-sums:       13.5ms +/- 3.7%
    spectral-norm:       4.9ms +/- 8.3%

  regexp:               10.8ms +/- 2.8%
    dna:                10.8ms +/- 2.8%

  string:               93.7ms +/- 2.6%
    base64:              8.0ms +/- 6.0%
    fasta:              11.9ms +/- 4.4%
    tagcloud:           27.2ms +/- 4.6%
    unpack-code:        30.8ms +/- 1.8%
    validate-input:     15.8ms +/- 5.6%
Epiphany 3.6.1

Code:
============================================
RESULTS (means and 95% confidence intervals)
--------------------------------------------
Total:                 275.2ms +/- 1.2%
--------------------------------------------

  3d:                   42.3ms +/- 1.6%
    cube:               11.5ms +/- 3.3%
    morph:              14.3ms +/- 2.4%
    raytrace:           16.5ms +/- 2.3%

  access:               21.9ms +/- 3.2%
    binary-trees:        2.7ms +/- 12.8%
    fannkuch:            9.5ms +/- 4.0%
    nbody:               5.3ms +/- 6.5%
    nsieve:              4.4ms +/- 8.4%

  bitops:               14.2ms +/- 3.2%
    3bit-bits-in-byte:   2.0ms +/- 0.0%
    bits-in-byte:        3.8ms +/- 7.9%
    bitwise-and:         3.2ms +/- 9.4%
    nsieve-bits:         5.2ms +/- 5.8%

  controlflow:           3.4ms +/- 10.9%
    recursive:           3.4ms +/- 10.9%

  crypto:               23.0ms +/- 2.1%
    aes:                13.5ms +/- 2.8%
    md5:                 5.2ms +/- 5.8%
    sha1:                4.3ms +/- 8.0%

  date:                 45.4ms +/- 7.5%
    format-tofte:       31.4ms +/- 10.8%
    format-xparb:       14.0ms +/- 2.4%

  math:                 30.9ms +/- 1.3%
    cordic:              5.1ms +/- 4.4%
    partial-sums:       21.8ms +/- 1.4%
    spectral-norm:       4.0ms +/- 0.0%

  regexp:               12.1ms +/- 1.9%
    dna:                12.1ms +/- 1.9%

  string:               82.0ms +/- 1.0%
    base64:              7.3ms +/- 4.7%
    fasta:              10.9ms +/- 3.7%
    tagcloud:           20.3ms +/- 1.7%
    unpack-code:        29.7ms +/- 1.2%
    validate-input:     13.8ms +/- 3.3%
Opera 12.11
Code:
============================================
RESULTS (means and 95% confidence intervals)
--------------------------------------------
Total:                  342.5ms +/- 2.5%
--------------------------------------------

  3d:                    48.6ms +/- 3.2%
    cube:                13.8ms +/- 7.6%
    morph:               19.4ms +/- 4.0%
    raytrace:            15.4ms +/- 7.0%

  access:                42.2ms +/- 3.6%
    binary-trees:         4.7ms +/- 16.1%
    fannkuch:            19.7ms +/- 3.8%
    nbody:                9.3ms +/- 7.3%
    nsieve:               8.5ms +/- 13.9%

  bitops:                17.7ms +/- 7.6%
    3bit-bits-in-byte:    2.1ms +/- 25.1%
    bits-in-byte:         2.9ms +/- 14.0%
    bitwise-and:          2.8ms +/- 10.8%
    nsieve-bits:          9.9ms +/- 9.3%

  controlflow:            5.1ms +/- 18.0%
    recursive:            5.1ms +/- 18.0%

  crypto:                23.4ms +/- 7.8%
    aes:                 13.8ms +/- 6.8%
    md5:                  5.2ms +/- 16.9%
    sha1:                 4.4ms +/- 21.9%

  date:                  40.5ms +/- 5.0%
    format-tofte:        17.6ms +/- 7.0%
    format-xparb:        22.9ms +/- 5.2%

  math:                  47.5ms +/- 7.4%
    cordic:               8.5ms +/- 21.1%
    partial-sums:        30.2ms +/- 4.8%
    spectral-norm:        8.8ms +/- 12.6%

  regexp:                14.9ms +/- 6.6%
    dna:                 14.9ms +/- 6.6%

  string:               102.6ms +/- 3.5%
    base64:               9.5ms +/- 6.4%
    fasta:               20.9ms +/- 6.1%
    tagcloud:            28.5ms +/- 4.9%
    unpack-code:         25.1ms +/- 7.3%
    validate-input:      18.6ms +/- 7.1%
 
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nemesismk2

Diamond Member
Sep 29, 2001
4,810
5
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www.ultimatehardware.net
Sunspider Benchmarks

Firefox beta 18


Code:
============================================
RESULTS (means and 95% confidence intervals)
--------------------------------------------
Total:                 310.8ms +/- 1.7%
--------------------------------------------

  3d:                   50.7ms +/- 1.3%
    cube:               18.8ms +/- 2.4%
    morph:               8.1ms +/- 5.0%
    raytrace:           23.8ms +/- 2.8%

  access:               25.7ms +/- 1.9%
    binary-trees:        3.8ms +/- 7.9%
    fannkuch:           12.1ms +/- 3.4%
    nbody:               4.7ms +/- 7.3%
    nsieve:              5.1ms +/- 4.4%

  bitops:               18.4ms +/- 4.9%
    3bit-bits-in-byte:   1.3ms +/- 26.6%
    bits-in-byte:        6.1ms +/- 8.6%
    bitwise-and:         5.5ms +/- 6.8%
    nsieve-bits:         5.5ms +/- 6.8%

  controlflow:           4.1ms +/- 5.5%
    recursive:           4.1ms +/- 5.5%

  crypto:               32.3ms +/- 7.0%
    aes:                16.7ms +/- 14.3%
    md5:                 9.9ms +/- 4.1%
    sha1:                5.7ms +/- 6.1%

  date:                 40.1ms +/- 5.8%
    format-tofte:       25.5ms +/- 7.6%
    format-xparb:       14.6ms +/- 4.1%

  math:                 39.0ms +/- 3.0%
    cordic:              4.7ms +/- 7.3%
    partial-sums:       29.5ms +/- 4.3%
    spectral-norm:       4.8ms +/- 6.3%

  regexp:               16.6ms +/- 2.2%
    dna:                16.6ms +/- 2.2%

  string:               83.9ms +/- 3.6%
    base64:              6.5ms +/- 5.8%
    fasta:               9.9ms +/- 2.3%
    tagcloud:           22.2ms +/- 2.5%
    unpack-code:        34.2ms +/- 6.8%
    validate-input:     11.1ms +/- 15.9%
Firefox 17
Code:
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RESULTS (means and 95% confidence intervals)
--------------------------------------------
Total:                 361.3ms +/- 2.7%
--------------------------------------------

  3d:                   56.6ms +/- 7.1%
    cube:               19.9ms +/- 9.3%
    morph:              12.8ms +/- 13.4%
    raytrace:           23.9ms +/- 11.1%

  access:               36.2ms +/- 11.4%
    binary-trees:        5.2ms +/- 29.5%
    fannkuch:           14.1ms +/- 12.3%
    nbody:               7.6ms +/- 27.0%
    nsieve:              9.3ms +/- 15.8%

  bitops:               31.5ms +/- 13.5%
    3bit-bits-in-byte:   2.8ms +/- 23.5%
    bits-in-byte:        9.4ms +/- 25.9%
    bitwise-and:        10.0ms +/- 19.4%
    nsieve-bits:         9.3ms +/- 8.9%

  controlflow:           5.0ms +/- 22.3%
    recursive:           5.0ms +/- 22.3%

  crypto:               37.4ms +/- 6.4%
    aes:                17.8ms +/- 8.4%
    md5:                11.8ms +/- 12.0%
    sha1:                7.8ms +/- 21.5%

  date:                 42.6ms +/- 7.6%
    format-tofte:       27.1ms +/- 9.0%
    format-xparb:       15.5ms +/- 6.2%

  math:                 46.2ms +/- 6.0%
    cordic:              8.5ms +/- 24.8%
    partial-sums:       32.5ms +/- 6.6%
    spectral-norm:       5.2ms +/- 22.3%

  regexp:               18.9ms +/- 10.5%
    dna:                18.9ms +/- 10.5%

  string:               86.9ms +/- 4.3%
    base64:              9.9ms +/- 19.1%
    fasta:              15.5ms +/- 8.5%
    tagcloud:           23.0ms +/- 6.4%
    unpack-code:        28.1ms +/- 5.4%
    validate-input:     10.4ms +/- 25.8%


Chromium Version 23.0.1271.91 (167501)
Code:
============================================
RESULTS (means and 95% confidence intervals)
--------------------------------------------
Total:                 278.5ms +/- 1.1%
--------------------------------------------

  3d:                   44.2ms +/- 2.3%
    cube:               14.5ms +/- 2.6%
    morph:              12.5ms +/- 4.0%
    raytrace:           17.2ms +/- 4.7%

  access:               27.9ms +/- 3.1%
    binary-trees:        2.8ms +/- 10.8%
    fannkuch:           12.2ms +/- 3.7%
    nbody:               7.2ms +/- 7.8%
    nsieve:              5.7ms +/- 8.5%

  bitops:               23.1ms +/- 4.2%
    3bit-bits-in-byte:   2.0ms +/- 23.8%
    bits-in-byte:        6.9ms +/- 5.9%
    bitwise-and:         5.8ms +/- 5.2%
    nsieve-bits:         8.4ms +/- 5.9%

  controlflow:           4.0ms +/- 11.9%
    recursive:           4.0ms +/- 11.9%

  crypto:               24.6ms +/- 4.4%
    aes:                10.4ms +/- 4.8%
    md5:                 7.1ms +/- 5.7%
    sha1:                7.1ms +/- 7.4%

  date:                 27.0ms +/- 3.1%
    format-tofte:       14.3ms +/- 5.3%
    format-xparb:       12.7ms +/- 3.8%

  math:                 23.2ms +/- 2.4%
    cordic:              4.8ms +/- 6.3%
    partial-sums:       13.5ms +/- 3.7%
    spectral-norm:       4.9ms +/- 8.3%

  regexp:               10.8ms +/- 2.8%
    dna:                10.8ms +/- 2.8%

  string:               93.7ms +/- 2.6%
    base64:              8.0ms +/- 6.0%
    fasta:              11.9ms +/- 4.4%
    tagcloud:           27.2ms +/- 4.6%
    unpack-code:        30.8ms +/- 1.8%
    validate-input:     15.8ms +/- 5.6%
Epiphany 3.6.1

Code:
============================================
RESULTS (means and 95% confidence intervals)
--------------------------------------------
Total:                 275.2ms +/- 1.2%
--------------------------------------------

  3d:                   42.3ms +/- 1.6%
    cube:               11.5ms +/- 3.3%
    morph:              14.3ms +/- 2.4%
    raytrace:           16.5ms +/- 2.3%

  access:               21.9ms +/- 3.2%
    binary-trees:        2.7ms +/- 12.8%
    fannkuch:            9.5ms +/- 4.0%
    nbody:               5.3ms +/- 6.5%
    nsieve:              4.4ms +/- 8.4%

  bitops:               14.2ms +/- 3.2%
    3bit-bits-in-byte:   2.0ms +/- 0.0%
    bits-in-byte:        3.8ms +/- 7.9%
    bitwise-and:         3.2ms +/- 9.4%
    nsieve-bits:         5.2ms +/- 5.8%

  controlflow:           3.4ms +/- 10.9%
    recursive:           3.4ms +/- 10.9%

  crypto:               23.0ms +/- 2.1%
    aes:                13.5ms +/- 2.8%
    md5:                 5.2ms +/- 5.8%
    sha1:                4.3ms +/- 8.0%

  date:                 45.4ms +/- 7.5%
    format-tofte:       31.4ms +/- 10.8%
    format-xparb:       14.0ms +/- 2.4%

  math:                 30.9ms +/- 1.3%
    cordic:              5.1ms +/- 4.4%
    partial-sums:       21.8ms +/- 1.4%
    spectral-norm:       4.0ms +/- 0.0%

  regexp:               12.1ms +/- 1.9%
    dna:                12.1ms +/- 1.9%

  string:               82.0ms +/- 1.0%
    base64:              7.3ms +/- 4.7%
    fasta:              10.9ms +/- 3.7%
    tagcloud:           20.3ms +/- 1.7%
    unpack-code:        29.7ms +/- 1.2%
    validate-input:     13.8ms +/- 3.3%
Opera 12.11
Code:
============================================
RESULTS (means and 95% confidence intervals)
--------------------------------------------
Total:                  342.5ms +/- 2.5%
--------------------------------------------

  3d:                    48.6ms +/- 3.2%
    cube:                13.8ms +/- 7.6%
    morph:               19.4ms +/- 4.0%
    raytrace:            15.4ms +/- 7.0%

  access:                42.2ms +/- 3.6%
    binary-trees:         4.7ms +/- 16.1%
    fannkuch:            19.7ms +/- 3.8%
    nbody:                9.3ms +/- 7.3%
    nsieve:               8.5ms +/- 13.9%

  bitops:                17.7ms +/- 7.6%
    3bit-bits-in-byte:    2.1ms +/- 25.1%
    bits-in-byte:         2.9ms +/- 14.0%
    bitwise-and:          2.8ms +/- 10.8%
    nsieve-bits:          9.9ms +/- 9.3%

  controlflow:            5.1ms +/- 18.0%
    recursive:            5.1ms +/- 18.0%

  crypto:                23.4ms +/- 7.8%
    aes:                 13.8ms +/- 6.8%
    md5:                  5.2ms +/- 16.9%
    sha1:                 4.4ms +/- 21.9%

  date:                  40.5ms +/- 5.0%
    format-tofte:        17.6ms +/- 7.0%
    format-xparb:        22.9ms +/- 5.2%

  math:                  47.5ms +/- 7.4%
    cordic:               8.5ms +/- 21.1%
    partial-sums:        30.2ms +/- 4.8%
    spectral-norm:        8.8ms +/- 12.6%

  regexp:                14.9ms +/- 6.6%
    dna:                 14.9ms +/- 6.6%

  string:               102.6ms +/- 3.5%
    base64:               9.5ms +/- 6.4%
    fasta:               20.9ms +/- 6.1%
    tagcloud:            28.5ms +/- 4.9%
    unpack-code:         25.1ms +/- 7.3%
    validate-input:      18.6ms +/- 7.1%


thanks for the benchmark results
 

Miramonti

Lifer
Aug 26, 2000
28,653
100
106
The next version of Tab Mix Plus will be out in the middle of January, per the developer website's forum.