Opera
was the only browser to fail a test due to not supporting a codec for HD video. However the raw speed from it's javascript engine and fast rendering should come as no surprise, over the last few years Opera has always excelled in that area.
Waterfox
claims to be 'probably' the fasted browser on the web. Well their uncertainty in their logo is enough reason to never go there, and the benchmarks support this.
Internet Explorer
is a mixed bag, while it has a low overall score it did come out on top in some tests, however it's average has brought down it's overall score.
Firefox
seemed to handle the tests quite well, though it really seemed to struggle on one test designed to tax your system, yet HD video rendering was quite good and it breezed through the hardcore HTML5 canvas tests. Oddly the results for Firefox vary greatly when re-running the test, I mean huge differences. It was actually this inconsistency that convinced me to run four benchmarks for each browser and determine the average score.
Chrome 32 bit
Was pretty much as expected, not much to say here and I assume most people who see this post already know the ins and outs of this browser.
Chrome 64 bit
Even though the score is only a little higher than the 32 bit version, it was quite a surprise. Usually with such a small margin of results you'd never notice the difference with your eye. However that's not case here. HD video is beautiful, not only smooth but actually better quality. Chrome's font rendering has also improved.
HTML5 canvas tests is chromes (32 and 64) weakest area, it's not bad but other browsers do better.
Conclusion:
If you use 32 bit chrome and are running 64 bit OS, you might as well upgrade to the 64 bit version. The claims of better stability cant be tested in a short space of time, however the other benefits seem well worth it in my opinion. Going from 64 bit back to 32 bit is also not a problem, I had no issues going either way.
30-Aug-2014 09:51:25
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Indecent Act