Transcript Web Browsers Gustavo Marrero e Ignacio Andresx

Web Browser Comparison
By: Gustavo Marrero & Ignacio Pérez
Universidad Interamericana de Puerto Rico
ABSTRACT
RESULTS
The purpose of this experiment was to find the best overall browser by submitting five of the
most used browsers to existing tests and benchmarks to determine which of them is the most
efficient. The tests and benchmarks used were Acid3 test, Peacekeeper “The Browser
Benchmark” test, and Memory consumption test. The Acid3 test checks how well a web
browser follows certain selected elements from web standards, especially relating to the
Document Object Model (DOM) and JavaScript. The Peacekeeper test compares different
browsers to find out which one offers the best performance on the PC. The memory
consumption test shows how much of the computer’s RAM is being used on the browser.
• In the acid3 test, Chrome, Safari and Opera got a 100/100 result.
• In the Peacekeeper test the 3 browser that had better results were Chrome, Opera and
Firefox4 Beta.
• In the JSbenchmark test the 3 with better results were Chrome, Opera and Safari
PURPOSE AND HYPOTHESIS
This research was conducted with the purpose to determine which of the most commonly used web
browsers is the most efficient and safe to use. The most common browsers used to date are: Apple’s Safari
browser, Microsoft’s Internet Explorer browser, Google’s Chrome browser, Mozilla’s Firefox browser, and
Opera Software’s Opera browser.
In our opinion and experience with a normal day to day usage of these web browsers we decided that
Google’s Chrome browser to be the best overall. We reached this conclusion observing the speed when
accessing web pages on a day to day basis and the simple to use Interface.
MATERIALS AND METHODS
For this research we used the same PC for each of the tests. We
used a Windows 7 64 bit PC with 4 GB of RAM, an AMD Vision dual
core 2.20 GHz processor , a 256 MB ATI dedicated graphics card, and
320 GB of HDD.
CONCLUSIONS
Tests and Benchmarks:
To test the web browser using the Acid 3 test we accessed
http://acid3.acidtests.org/ on the computer with each of the web
browsers, this web based test automatically verifies how the browser
follows certain elements from the web standards and gives the score on
a scale of 1- 100.
The “Peacekeeper” benchmark is a general test of the browser’s overall
performance on the PC. It determines which browser functions best on
your PC.
The JSBenchmark test measures how many repetitions of a process
within the browser can occur over an elapsed period of time. These are
called iterations per second. These iterations per second determine the
agility of the browser.
We tested each browsers memory consumption using Windows Task
Manager in order to see the amount of memory being used by the
browser with 1 open tab and then 5 open tabs. We made sure to reboot
the computer after each test to clear the RAM and have the least margin
of error possible.
Web Browser Memory Usage
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Memory (Kb)
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After all the test we ran, Google’s Chrome Browser was always in the top three.
Scoring 100/100 in the Acid3 test, 4463 in the Peacekeeper Benchmark test and 338 in
the JS Benchmark Test.
Also Chrome was the browser to use the least amount of RAM with both 1 tab and 5 tabs
opened making it a light software while still retaining speed and superiority over the rest
of the web browsers available today.
After all The tests and benchmarks we ran, the data pointed out that the overall best web
browser for every day use is Google’s Chrome Browser.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
During this experiment we used several web sites to gather information and
test the web browsers, the web sites we used were:
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http://jsbenchmark.celtickane.com/
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http://service.futuremark.com/peacekeeper/index.action
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http://acid3.acidtests.org/
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http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/firefox-chrome-opera,2558.html
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http://browsers.about.com/od/howbrowserswork/a/whatisabrowser.htm
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
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Chrome
Safari
Internet Explorer
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Opera
Firefox
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We would like to give special thanks to the creators of the websites we used
because without them this experiment would not be possible.
-AGMUS, Student Research Development Center – SRDC
- Dr. Juan F. Arratia, Executive Director SRDC
- Prof. Evelyn Haddock, SRDC Co-IP, Inter American University,
Metropolitan Campus
- Research Mentor: Dr. Ángel Caraballo
-Research Mentor Assistant: Prof. Irma Álvarez
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