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Browser Wars! (Late 2010)


CA3LE

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Because of the unique methods that testmy.net employs benchmarking of browsers is possible. This is not the case with most other speed testing sites. Flash and java based speed tests have it all wrong IMO.

Here are download tests that were taken moments apart and you can see the difference of how each specific browser has handled the test. There are many contributing factors that lead to the discrepancy. But, what this shows you is that testing here can really lead you to the fastest browsing solution.

Safari

:::.. Download Stats ..:::

Download Connection is:: 34975 Kbps about 35 Mbps (tested with 51195 kB)

Download Speed is:: 4269 kB/s or 4.3 MB/s

Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (Dallas, TX USA)

Test Time:: 2010-09-25 16:52:48 GMT

Bottom Line:: 610X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 0.24 sec

Tested from a 51195 kB file and took 11.991 seconds to complete

Download Diagnosis:: Running at 1090% of hosts average (Qwest.net)

D-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/db/VRGT619Z7

User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10_6_4; en-us) AppleWebKit/533.17.8 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.0.1 Safari/533.17.8 [!]

Firefox

:::.. Download Stats ..:::

Download Connection is:: 33002 Kbps about 33 Mbps (tested with 51195 kB)

Download Speed is:: 4029 kB/s or 4 MB/s

Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (Dallas, TX USA)

Test Time:: 2010-09-25 16:51:53 GMT

Bottom Line:: 576X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 0.25 sec

Tested from a 51195 kB file and took 12.708 seconds to complete

Download Diagnosis:: Running at 1029% of hosts average (Qwest.net)

D-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/db/R90W3FBA2

User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; en-US; rv:1.9.2.8) Gecko/20100722 Firefox/3.6.8 [!]

Chrome

:::.. Download Stats ..:::

Download Connection is:: 29011 Kbps about 29 Mbps (tested with 51195 kB)

Download Speed is:: 3541 kB/s or 3.5 MB/s

Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (Dallas, TX USA)

Test Time:: 2010-09-25 16:52:22 GMT

Bottom Line:: 506X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 0.29 sec

Tested from a 51195 kB file and took 14.456 seconds to complete

Download Diagnosis:: Running at 904% of hosts average (Qwest.net)

D-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/db/9GSZXOI0U

User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10_6_4; en-US) AppleWebKit/534.3 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/6.0.472.63 Safari/534.3 [!]

These were all tested on my girlfriends Macbook (it's like a 2006 model and it performs that well)

Normally Chrome performs better for me... but recently there has been bobbles... may need a fresh install

Post your browser comparisons here

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Opera:

:::.. Download Stats ..:::

Download Connection is:: 5324 Kbps about 5.3 Mbps (tested with 12280 kB)

Download Speed is:: 650 kB/s

Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (Dallas, TX USA)

Test Time:: 2010-09-26 11:28:16 GMT

Bottom Line:: 93X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 1.58 sec

Tested from a 12280 kB file and took 18.896 seconds to complete

Download Diagnosis:: Running at 83% of hosts average (Insightbb.com)

D-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/db/RNXJOF0DG

User Agent:: Opera/9.80 (Windows NT 6.1; U; en) Presto/2.6.30 Version/10.62 [!]

Firefox:

:::.. Download Stats ..:::

Download Connection is:: 6842 Kbps about 6.8 Mbps (tested with 12280 kB)

Download Speed is:: 835 kB/s

Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (Dallas, TX USA)

Test Time:: 2010-09-26 11:30:41 GMT

Bottom Line:: 119X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 1.23 sec

Tested from a 12280 kB file and took 14.704 seconds to complete

Download Diagnosis:: Running at 107% of hosts average (Insightbb.com)

D-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/db/371CGYI56

User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.10) Gecko/20100914 Firefox/3.6.10 [!]

IE8:

:::.. Download Stats ..:::

Download Connection is:: 8739 Kbps about 8.7 Mbps (tested with 12280 kB)

Download Speed is:: 1067 kB/s or 1.1 MB/s

Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (Dallas, TX USA)

Test Time:: 2010-09-26 11:33:50 GMT

Bottom Line:: 152X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 0.96 sec

Tested from a 12280 kB file and took 11.512 seconds to complete

Download Diagnosis:: Running at 137% of hosts average (Insightbb.com)

D-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/db/QDUVICOG2

User Agent:: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.1; Trident/4.0; Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1; SV1) ; SLCC2; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET CLR 3.0.30729; Media Center PC 6.0; InfoPath.2; .NET4.0C; AskTB5.5) [!]

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firefox

:::.. Download Stats ..:::

Download Connection is:: 10868 Kbps about 10.9 Mbps (tested with 12288 kB)

Download Speed is:: 1327 kB/s or 1.3 MB/s

Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (Dallas, TX USA)

Test Time:: 2010-09-26 11:37:21 GMT

Bottom Line:: 190X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 0.77 sec

Tested from a 12288 kB file and took 9.262 seconds to complete

Download Diagnosis:: Running at 125% of hosts average (Cox.net)

D-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/db/X2D53VRMG

User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.2.8) Gecko/20100723 Ubuntu/10.04 (lucid) Firefox/3.6.8 [!]

sea monkey

:::.. Download Stats ..:::

Download Connection is:: 11981 Kbps about 12 Mbps (tested with 12288 kB)

Download Speed is:: 1463 kB/s or 1.5 MB/s

Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (Dallas, TX USA)

Test Time:: 2010-09-26 11:38:52 GMT

Bottom Line:: 209X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 0.7 sec

Tested from a 12288 kB file and took 8.402 seconds to complete

Download Diagnosis:: Running at 138% of hosts average (Cox.net)

D-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/db/EUYT6HWN8

User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.1.11) Gecko/20100722 SeaMonkey/2.0.6 [!]

chrome

:::.. Download Stats ..:::

Download Connection is:: 12755 Kbps about 12.8 Mbps (tested with 12288 kB)

Download Speed is:: 1557 kB/s or 1.6 MB/s

Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (Dallas, TX USA)

Test Time:: 2010-09-26 11:40:40 GMT

Bottom Line:: 222X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 0.66 sec

Tested from a 12288 kB file and took 7.892 seconds to complete

Download Diagnosis:: Running at 146% of hosts average (Cox.net)

D-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/db/XI6VOTQ1U

User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US) AppleWebKit/533.4 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/5.0.375.99 Safari/533.4 [!]

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Mind you my connection is experiencing some issues right now , so the tests are correct , but should be a lot higher for my modems boot file

Webkit

:::.. Download Stats ..:::

Download Connection is:: 6401 Kbps about 6.4 Mbps (tested with 12280 kB)

Download Speed is:: 781 kB/s

Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (Dallas, TX USA)

Test Time:: 2010-09-26 12:03:07 GMT

Bottom Line:: 112X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 1.31 sec

Tested from a 12280 kB file and took 15.715 seconds to complete

Download Diagnosis:: Running at 105% of hosts average (Rr.com)

D-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/db/LXVO6A4P8

User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10_6_4; en-us) AppleWebKit/534.9+ (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.0.2 Safari/533.18.5 [!]

Safari

:::.. Download Stats ..:::

Download Connection is:: 6499 Kbps about 6.5 Mbps (tested with 12280 kB)

Download Speed is:: 793 kB/s

Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (Dallas, TX USA)

Test Time:: 2010-09-26 12:05:05 GMT

Bottom Line:: 113X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 1.29 sec

Tested from a 12280 kB file and took 15.479 seconds to complete

Download Diagnosis:: Running at 106% of hosts average (Rr.com)

D-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/db/RLDEV0WYA

User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10_6_4; en-us) AppleWebKit/533.18.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/5.0.2 Safari/533.18.5 [!]

Chrome

:::.. Download Stats ..:::

Download Connection is:: 5162 Kbps about 5.2 Mbps (tested with 12280 kB)

Download Speed is:: 630 kB/s

Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (Dallas, TX USA)

Test Time:: 2010-09-26 12:07:23 GMT

Bottom Line:: 90X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 1.63 sec

Tested from a 12280 kB file and took 19.487 seconds to complete

Download Diagnosis:: Running at 84% of hosts average (Rr.com)

D-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/db/JI46TYX7U

User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10_6_4; en-US) AppleWebKit/533.4 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/5.0.375.125 Safari/533.4 [!]

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Having tried most , I only got I.E. 8 , firtefox went out the window a long while back , Google Chrome ? I tried it once , it went out the window also , but then I don't use much google stuff anyway , ( a pet hate )

Have you tried IE9?

Read the IE9 Test Drive thread

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Opera:

:::.. Download Stats ..:::

Download Connection is:: 19901 Kbps about 19.9 Mbps (tested with 25600 kB)

Download Speed is:: 2429 kB/s or 2.4 MB/s

Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (Dallas, TX USA)

Test Time:: 2010-09-27 00:31:02 GMT

Bottom Line:: 347X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 0.42 sec

Tested from a 25600 kB file and took 10.538 seconds to complete

Download Diagnosis:: Running at 511% of hosts average (###.###)

D-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/db/05Y4RWKTE

User Agent:: Opera/9.80 (Windows NT 6.1; U; en) Presto/2.2.15 Version/10.10 [!]

Test Result Details

Your connection is: 19901 Kbps or 19.9 Mbps

You downloaded at: 2429 kB/s or 2.4 MB/s

You are running: 347 times faster than 56K and can download 1 megabyte in 0.42 second(s)

Member Ident:Username:WebUser CompID:189655#######

Test Time:: 2010-09-27 00:31:02 GMT

Test Browser and OS info: Opera/9.80 (Windows NT 6.1; U; en) Presto/2.2.15 Version/10.10

Test ID: 05Y4RWKTE (if this is a screenshot go to testmy.net to see if this is fake)

Diagnosis ^info^: Seriously? Are you kidding me?: You are running at 511% of your hosts average (###.###) :idiot2:

This was tested from a 25600 kB file and took 10.538 seconds to complete

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Webuser... don't be afraid to post your compID. It reveils nothing personal about your computer ;)

Oh and those numbers where your hostname should be... just means that I had a hard time detecting your host... working to resolve that, it's not always as easy as it seems.

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Chrome-

Download Connection is:: 2913 Kbps about 2.91 Mbps (tested with 4096 kB)

Download Speed is:: 356 kB/s

Upload Connection is:: 984 Kbps about 1 Mbps (tested with 1496 kB)

Upload Speed is:: 120 kB/s

Tested From:: https://testmy.net (Dallas, TX USA)

Test Time:: 2010-09-28 20:13:16 GMT

D-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/db/IYJHWBTN3

U-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/db/ZJNODHM4U

User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US) AppleWebKit/534.3 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/6.0.472.63 Safari/534.3 [!]

Firefox-:::.. testmy.net test results ..:::

Download Connection is:: 1736 Kbps about 1.74 Mbps (tested with 1536 kB)

Download Speed is:: 212 kB/s

Upload Connection is:: 987 Kbps about 1 Mbps (tested with 1496 kB)

Upload Speed is:: 120 kB/s

Tested From:: https://testmy.net (Dallas, TX USA)

Test Time:: 2010-09-28 20:14:38 GMT

D-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/db/JQ6295WNZ

U-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/db/ST71NFDBE

User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 6.0; en-US; rv:1.9.2.10) Gecko/20100914 Firefox/3.6.10 ( .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET4.0C) [!]

IE-:::.. testmy.net test results ..:::

Download Connection is:: 2494 Kbps about 2.49 Mbps (tested with 3072 kB)

Download Speed is:: 304 kB/s

Upload Connection is:: 993 Kbps about 1 Mbps (tested with 1496 kB)

Upload Speed is:: 121 kB/s

Tested From:: https://testmy.net (Dallas, TX USA)

Test Time:: 2010-09-28 20:16:28 GMT

D-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/db/P0DRN385C

U-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/db/IEVWHS80O

User Agent:: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 6.0; Trident/4.0; SLCC1; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; Media Center PC 5.0; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET CLR 3.0.30729; .NET4.0C; Creative AutoUpdate v1.40.04) [!]

And thats why I use chrome!

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CHROMIUM

:::.. pitbull481's Combined Test Results ..:::

Download Connection is:: 20504 Kbps about 20.5 Mbps (tested with 25 MB)

Download Speed is:: 2563 kB/s or 2.6 MB/s

Upload Connection is:: 3138 Kbps about 3.1 Mbps (tested with 2.9 MB)

Upload Speed is:: 392 kB/s

Tested From:: https://testmy.net (Dallas, TX USA) Test Time:: 2011-02-02 03:14:35 GMT -7 Validation:: https://testmy.net/db/9RLNC3SBH&q2=EF0ZWP67O&dual=yes User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US) AppleWebKit/534.10 (KHTML, like Gecko) Ubuntu/10.04 Chromium/8.0.552.237 Chrome/8.0.552.237 Safari/534.10 [!]

FIREFOX

:::.. pitbull481's Combined Test Results ..:::

Download Connection is:: 19307 Kbps about 19.31 Mbps (tested with 25 MB)

Download Speed is:: 2413 kB/s or 2.4 MB/s

Upload Connection is:: 3033 Kbps about 3 Mbps (tested with 2.9 MB)

Upload Speed is:: 379 kB/s

Tested From:: https://testmy.net (Dallas, TX USA) Test Time:: 2011-02-02 03:05:56 GMT -7 Validation:: https://testmy.net/db/WQRH2KY41&q2=EDBZYRUCT&dual=yes User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.13) Gecko/20101206 Ubuntu/10.04 (lucid) Firefox/3.6.13 [!]

OPERA SUCKED TRIED MANY TIMES

:::.. pitbull481's Combined Test Results ..:::

Download Connection is:: 7905 Kbps about 7.91 Mbps (tested with 6 MB)

Download Speed is:: 988 kB/s

Upload Connection is:: 2722 Kbps about 2.7 Mbps (tested with 2.9 MB)

Upload Speed is:: 340 kB/s

Tested From:: https://testmy.net (Dallas, TX USA) Test Time:: 2011-02-02 03:07:35 GMT -7 Validation:: https://testmy.net/db/YJPVM8HGQ&q2=V8COA5N0P&dual=yes User Agent:: Opera/9.80 (X11; Linux x86_64; U; en) Presto/2.7.62 Version/11.01 [!]

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I apparently get PowerBoost even though it's supposedly not included on my plan, and it fools TMN:

:::.. sivran's Download Test Results ..:::

Download Connection is:: 21230 Kbps about 21.2 Mbps (tested with 15 MB)

Download Speed is:: 2654 kB/s or 2.7 MB/s

Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (Dallas, TX USA)

Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/db/Z97WOvc

Test Time:: 2011-05-06 02:47:45 GMT -7

1MB Download in 0.39 Seconds - 1GB Download in ~7 Minutes - 370X faster than 56K

Tested from a 15 MB file and took 5.927 seconds to complete

Running at 220% of hosts average (rr.com)

User Agent:: Opera/9.80 (Windows NT 5.2; U; en) Presto/2.7.62 Version/11.01 [!]

:::.. Download Test Results ..:::

Download Connection is:: 15467 Kbps about 15.5 Mbps (tested with 25 MB)

Download Speed is:: 1933 kB/s or 1.9 MB/s

Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (Dallas, TX USA)

Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/db/vh3qPyX

Test Time:: 2011-05-06 02:51:30 GMT -7

1MB Download in 0.53 Seconds - 1GB Download in ~9 Minutes - 270X faster than 56K

Tested from a 25 MB file and took 13.559 seconds to complete

Running at 160% of hosts average (rr.com)

User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.2; WOW64; rv:2.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/4

So I try a larger size....

:::.. Download Test Results ..:::

Download Connection is:: 11537 Kbps about 11.5 Mbps (tested with 50 MB)

Download Speed is:: 1442 kB/s or 1.4 MB/s

Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (Dallas, TX USA)

Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/db/v3IpU2N

Test Time:: 2011-05-06 02:53:57 GMT -7

1MB Download in 0.71 Seconds - 1GB Download in ~12 Minutes - 201X faster than 56K

Tested from a 50 MB file and took 36.356 seconds to complete

Running at 119% of hosts average (rr.com)

User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 5.2; WOW64; rv:2.0) Gecko/20100101 Fire

Still high but close enough. Actual provisioned speed: 10 Mbps.

:::.. sivran's Download Test Results ..:::

Download Connection is:: 10706 Kbps about 10.7 Mbps (tested with 50 MB)

Download Speed is:: 1338 kB/s or 1.3 MB/s

Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (Dallas, TX USA)

Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/db/5K72hSm

Test Time:: 2011-05-06 02:56:46 GMT -7

1MB Download in 0.77 Seconds - 1GB Download in ~13 Minutes - 187X faster than 56K

Tested from a 50 MB file and took 39.177 seconds to complete

Running at 111% of hosts average (rr.com)

User Agent:: Opera/9.80 (Windows NT 5.2; U; en) Presto/2.7.62 Version/11.01 [!]

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