Javascript Performance: Google Chrome, Firefox & Safari

Today I’ve been playing with Google’s new web browser, Google Chrome. So far I have to admit I’m very impressed. Specially about the new JavaScript engine called V8, as it even leaves WebKit’s new SquirrelFish JS engine eating dust.

Here’s the results from my most likely very-unscientific JS performance tests using DromaeoThis link is dead and no longer works.. All tests were done within minutes of each other, during equal system loads on a 1.8 GHz Core 2 Duo machine running XP SP2 (work machine, as I only have Macs myself).

Here’s the detailed test resultsThis link is dead and no longer works.

Google Chrome registers as “Safari/525.13” since they both use the WebKit rendering engine.

Best Dromaeo results I’ve seen with Google Chrome is 180ms on a friend’s 2.66 GHz Core 2 Quad system.

P.S. Yes, that chart was created using MS Office, rather than Keynote or something, as my MacBook Pro is still in the UK getting repaired. But more on that later :P