Benchmarks and comparision between many browsers

Firefox 3 has been out recently, it announces that the memory usage is enhanced dramatically. The time we use a browser more, the performance get worse. Let's see the report by Sam Allen. He tested Safari 3.1.2, Firefox 3.0, Flock 1.2.2, Opera 9.5, IE 8.0 over 14 hours by "Memory Watcher".


Benchmarks

Browser name	Exact version	Time active (s) Hours	Comments
Safari	3.1.2	10,470 s 2.91 hours	Normal browsing
Firefox	3.0	9,681 s 2.69 hours	Normal browsing No extensions
Flock	1.2.2	10,146 s 2.82 hours	Flock is based on Firefox 2.0 No extensions other than the default
Opera	9.5	9,855 s 2.74 hours	No extensions Only browser was used
IE	8.0	10,236 s 2.84 hours	Used 7.0 rendering mode No extensions

Memory measurements after 14 hours

Browser name	Ending private set in MB
Safari	636.9
Firefox 3	111.8
Flock (Firefox 2)	191.9
Opera 9.5	190.6
Internet Explorer	194.4

SOURCE: Dot Net Perls