Memory test - Firefox 2.0.0.9 vs Firefox 3.0 b 1
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Does Firefox 3.0 beta 1 do a better job of handling memory than earlier versions? In a test put Firefox 3.0 beta up against Firefox 2.0.0.9 in a series of tests.
Before I go any further, a few disclaimers and notes. First off, I’ve carried out this test on a single system running Windows Vista Home Premium on which Firefox had not been previously installed. The system has 2GB of RAM. Both Firefox 2.0.0.9 and Firefox 3.0 b 1 were installed fresh using a standard install. For each test I visited the same web pages and did my best to make the browsing the same on both versions.
OK, with that out of the way, on with the tests. I simulated three different browsing scenarios:
* Loading a five pages into the browser
* Loading a single page and leaving the browser for 10 minutes
* Loading 12 pages into the browser and wait 5 minutes
Here are the results:
Firefox 2.0.0.9
* The memory test - Firefox 2.0.0.9 vs Firefox 3.0 b 1Loading a five pages into the browser - 35,640KB (img)
* Loading a single page and leaving the browser for 10 minutes - 47,852KB (img)
* Loading 12 pages into the browser and wait 5 minutes - 103,180KB (img)
Firefox 3.0 b 1
* Loading a five pages into the browser - 38,644KB (img)
* Loading a single page and leaving the browser for 10 minutes - 63,764KB (img)
* Loading 12 pages into the browser and wait 5 minutes - 62,312KB (img)
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Just to give us a baseline, I repeated the 12 page test using Internet Explorer 7 and found that the browser used 89,756KB (img), more than Firefox 3.0 beta 1 but substantially less than Firefox 2.0.0.9.source:
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Comments(4)
i opened fiefox. i didnt open any tabs only loaded google. i watched as mem use slowly
increaded to 1,500,000 k before my system crashed. i quickly uninstalled the beta. anyone
else with this problem.
many users have 2gb now on their mb, with the prices of the memory dropping.
whats
the problem with having 100mb memory used.
how much does vista use ?
i use, at home and at work, both opera (is fast, light and has a good download manager)
and portable firefox 2.0.0.8 (is more stable and i use several extensions)
some
firefox 2 extensions don't work on firefox 3, that was disappointing for me.
firefox 3.0 b looks as fast as opera is on a 256 mb ram (job computer) and a 2gb ram (my
home computer).
i use, at home and at work, both opera (is fast, light and has a good download manager)
and portable firefox 2.0.0.8 (is more stable and i use several extensions)
some
firefox 2 extensions don't work on firefox 3, that was disappointing for me.
firefox 3.0 b looks as fast as opera is on a 256 mb ram (job computer) and a 2gb ram (my
home computer). but firefox 3.0b seems to have bugs one example: in the bookmarks manager
i can't set a new separator.
keep working on it!
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By kj on 21.11.2007 - 23:11