Toms Hardware extensive browser test roundup - IE9 not so bad

[Rainbird]

ssj12 said:

Rainbird said:

ssj12 said:

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/hardware/ie9-vs-chrome-10-vs-firefox-4-vs-opera-1101-vs-safari-5-the-big-browser-benchmark/12023?pg=2&tag=mantle_skin;content

a real benchmark.

It is worth noting that FireFox 4 was designed to go against Chrome 9, not 10.

How is that worth noting at all?

because of the v8 benchmark specifically. Back when FF4's engine was locked down so no more enhancements would be allowed it was battling Chrome 9 in v8. It was about 1800 points below at the time. Chrome 10 advanced its engine just like FireFox will with Firefox 5.

That doesn't make any difference though. Regardless of what FF4 was designed to compete with, if the competition moves ahead, then that's something you have to deal with. Saying that it's designed to compete with an older version of the browser is pretty irrelevant.