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Memory test - Firefox 2.0.0.9 vs Firefox 3.0 b1

Started by Guest_scaramonga_* , Nov 21 2007 06:05 PM

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#1 Guest_scaramonga_*

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Posted 21 November 2007 - 06:05 PM

images/news/firefox.jpgDoes Firefox 3.0 beta 1 do a better job of handling memory than earlier versions? In a test put Firefox 3.0 beta up against Firefox 2.0.0.9 in a series of tests.

Before I go any further, a few disclaimers and notes. First off, I’ve carried out this test on a single system running Windows Vista Home Premium on which Firefox had not been previously installed. The system has 2GB of RAM. Both Firefox 2.0.0.9 and Firefox 3.0 b 1 were installed fresh using a standard install. For each test I visited the same web pages and did my best to make the browsing the same on both versions.

OK, with that out of the way, on with the tests. I simulated three different browsing scenarios:

* Loading a five pages into the browser
* Loading a single page and leaving the browser for 10 minutes
* Loading 12 pages into the browser and wait 5 minutes

Lets find out @ ZDNet

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#2 Tweak

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Posted 22 November 2007 - 01:17 AM

Just so people realize I gave Mozilla a chance...I loaded the latest release (2.0.0.9) and opened a single tab, then opened my opera which is modded and thus should put more load and opened a single tab, firefox was using almost exactly double the resources of opera, after my opera upgrades and mods and such I would have expected a clean firefox to blow it away, exactly the opposite however. :chriso: