Yesterday Mozilla foundation released the latest beta version : FireFox 3 beta 5. Today we will continue our review and check the development of this powerful and secure browser .
This new version can be downloaded here : Mozilla FireFox V.3.0 Beta 5
FireFox 2.0.0.12
FireFox 3 Beta 3
FireFox 3 Beta 5
How we tested :
We used process timer to measure the cpu time and windows task manager for memory and peak memory usage .
We started with blank page , then 10 simple page (Pure HTML no images no javascript .....) , then we used Our site (xtreview.com) as complex page since there is flash animation javascript and images ...
The system Used was :
Intel Core 2 extreme x6800 @ default
Asus P5k -Deluxe
2 Ocz Gig DDR 2 800 Mhz (4-4-4-12 1.8 V) .
2 HDD 500 Gig Raid 0
Geforce 8800 Ultra
FireFox FireFox 2.0.0.12 vs FireFox 3 Beta 3 vs FireFox 3 Beta 5 Blank page
FireFox FireFox 2.0.0.12 vs FireFox 3 Beta 3 vs FireFox 3 Beta 5 (10) simple page
FireFox FireFox 2.0.0.12 vs FireFox 3 Beta 3 vs FireFox 3 Beta 5 (10) complex page
FireFox FireFox 2.0.0.12 vs FireFox 3 Beta 3 vs FireFox 3 Beta 5 (20) complex page
FireFox FireFox 2.0.0.12 vs FireFox 3 Beta 3 vs FireFox 3 Beta 5 (40) complex page
Comparison chart memory:
Here it became clear that Mozilla foundation work seriously in memory usage . From the version 2 to the 3 beta 5 there is already 18MB of memory gain . As it was observed in previous test FireFox (third generation) use less memory in comparison with FF 2 especially with 20-40 + . This picture was improved with the new version (beta 5) witch was even more efficient than previous one .
Comparison chart Cpu:
Just like Memory usage CPU time was also improved with FireFox 3 . The new browser use about half CPU power than previous one .The new fire fox beta version (5) improves the CPU usage by almost 20 % in comparison with FireFox 3 beta 3 .This is already a nice progress .The above speak about browser optimization . For example, fire fox 2 was clearly built for a simple HTML page while Fire fox 3 shows better performance with a complex page (average 20) .
Test result proves that Mozilla foundation is trying to improve its browser not only at the graphic plan but also functionally