IE is faster than Firefox

[zephiK]

Firefox:

Throughput (2)

48658 Bps

bytes per second

Throughput

389 kbps

kilobits per second

Internet explorer:

Throughput (2)

74453 Bps

bytes per second

Throughput

596 kbps

kilobits per second

* Internet Explorer is much faster browser

* This is on: The World

* Test your speed! http://www.numion.com/YourSpeed

I just did the user.js tweak Results:

Throughput (2)

65743 Bps

bytes per second

Throughput

526 kbps

kilobits per second

// This one makes a huge difference. Last value in milliseconds (default is 250)

user_pref("nglayout.initialpaint.delay", 0);

// Enable pipelining:

user_pref("network.http.pipelining", true);

user_pref("network.http.proxy.pipelining", true);

user_pref("network.http.pipelining.maxrequests", 100);

Edited July 27, 2004 by zephiK

[kryptonate]

Firefox (with 7 tabs)

Throughput (2)

51772 Bps

bytes per second

Throughput

414 kbps

kilobits per second

IE

Throughput (2)

84676 Bps

bytes per second

Throughput

677 kbps

kilobits per second

Firefox (with 1 tab)

Throughput (2)

71722 Bps

bytes per second

Throughput

574 kbps

kilobits per second

[krmathis]

delete...

[krmathis]

For me Mozilla Firefox is much faster than Internet Explorer! :D

Mozilla Firefox:

Throughput (2)

26793 Bps

bytes per second

Throughput

214 kbps

kilobits per second

Internet Explorer:

Throughput (2)

16562 kbps

bytes per second

Throughput

142 kbps

kilobits per second

* Both browsers fresh started with only one tab (Firefox).

* This is on: The World.

[zephiK]

For me Mozilla Firefox is much faster than Internet Explorer! :D

Mozilla Firefox:

Throughput (2)

26793 Bps

bytes per second

Throughput

214 kbps

kilobits per second

Internet Explorer:

Throughput (2)

16562 kbps

bytes per second

Throughput

142 kbps

kilobits per second

* Both browsers fresh started with only one tab (Firefox).

* This is on: The World.

not to be rude or anything but why is it so low? i get 500s =/

[krmathis]

not to be rude or anything but why is it so low? i get 500s =/

Maybe because the server I contact is on the other side of the earth?

I'm in Norway and you are in New York City...

[Pink Floyd Veteran]

Maxthon (ie based)

Throughput (2)

96120 Bps

bytes per second

Throughput

769 kbps

kilobits per second

Firefox

Throughput (2)

7008 Bps

bytes per second

Throughput

56 kbps

kilobits per second

* Done in Canada

nice results uh?

Now I want a test website for security :rolleyes:

and here comes the flamewar....... :sleep:

[Verth-Neel]

Damn!

I must admit, IE is MUCH faster than Firefox!!!!!

[Pink Floyd Veteran]

Damn!

I must admit, IE is MUCH faster than Firefox!!!!!

dont always beleive whats on a website

[Chris Allen Veteran]

Interesting. But for a non-final version of a browser, what do you expect? :p

[dreamthief]

Here's mine

IE

13818 Bps

111 kbps

Firefox

16897 Bps

135 kbps

I'm using Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7) Gecko/20040726 Firefox/0.9.1+, Nightly builds. What Firefox version are you using? I'm sure since the release of 0.9.2 or 0.8, Firefox has gotten faster.

One more thing, you dont conclude one browser is faster just by doing this test. This test does not take into account of the rendering and actual loading of the websites. If one site was not loaded completely, the site wouldn't know.

EDIT: After completing the so called benchmark test, I vote for this thread to be closed. The test is not a valid test for benchmarking browsers. Just going to be one of those Firefox VS IE flame threads.

[reaper1576]

heres mine

IE6

27633 Bps

221 kbps

[tjay]

it depends on your browser caching options...

[Chadwick]

Yes this should be closed, it is obvious that the test results vary from location more so than browser.

[Pink Floyd Veteran]

Here's mine

IE

13818 Bps

111 kbps

Firefox

16897 Bps

135 kbps

I'm using Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7) Gecko/20040726 Firefox/0.9.1+, Nightly builds. What Firefox version are you using? I'm sure since the release of 0.9.2 or 0.8, Firefox has gotten faster.

One more thing, you dont conclude one browser is faster just by doing this test. This test does not take into account of the rendering and actual loading of the websites. If one site was not loaded completely, the site wouldn't know.

EDIT: After completing the so called benchmark test, I vote for this thread to be closed. The test is not a valid test for benchmarking browsers. Just going to be one of those Firefox VS IE flame threads.

im using same as you

I always use the lastest 0.9.1+ built

[Dessimat0r]

Firefox:

Throughput (2)

47572 Bps

bytes per second

Throughput

381 kbps

kilobits per second

IE:

Throughput (2)

69879 Bps

bytes per second

Throughput

559 kbps

kilobits per second

[Civilian]

IE turned out tobe faster then Opera on my comp

but meh, still prefer opera :)

[Sjokkel]

I have about twice the speed in IE then in Firefox.

My speeds could be influenced by the fact than about 1/3 of the sites on the page for belgium are being hosted in the serverroom behind me but that should influence both browsers

IE 6.0 :

throughput (2)

173531 Bps

throughput

1388 kbps

Mozilla

Throughput (2)

94172 Bps

Throughput

753 kbps

[Dessimat0r]

Perhaps IE is utililising QoS stuff on the connection?

[Inertia]

Perhaps IE is utililising QoS stuff on the connection?

maybe,. or maybe its just more efficient

[ad345zAdZ0d9_]

the security, features, and general use of firefox far outweighs any slight speed increase anyway

anyone can see that

[Pink Floyd Veteran]

Perhaps IE is utililising QoS stuff on the connection?

QoS is enabled at 0% on my system because of the bandwidth stealer

and see my results earlier...

[Kurt]

Firefox

Throughput

64644 Bps

bytes per second

Throughput

517 kbps

kilobits per second

Internet Explorer

Throughput

91440 Bps

bytes per second

Throughput

732 kbps

kilobits per second

Opera

Throughput

61131 Bps

bytes per second

Throughput

489 kbps

kilobits per second

[neo_joel]

Transfer speeds dont impress me that much really, you hardly notice the difference anyway on a high speed connection, whats a few thousand bps anyway. I still prefer Firefox over IE due to features that make it easier and more fun to use.

[Pink Floyd Veteran]

Transfer speeds dont impress me that much really, you hardly notice the difference anyway on a high speed connection, whats a few thousand bps anyway. I still prefer Firefox over IE due to features that make it easier and more fun to use.

well said