Microsoft’s own speed tests show IE beating Chrome, Firefox

Just before announcing that Internet Explorer 8 has been finalized, Microsoft has released a new report titled “Measuring Browser Performance: Understanding issues in benchmarking and performance analysis.” The document explains the various browser and network components and how each piece can impact performance when benchmarking, capabilities and limitations of various benchmarking tools, as well as ways to design tests to avoid these issues. What makes this report extremely dubious is the chart that is buried at the bottom. It shows IE8 outperforming Firefox 3.05 and Chrome 1.0, something that no other test on the Internet has ever shown before.

Before I start to rant and rave, I want to explain that I am an IE8 user (in fact this post was written using IE8 on Windows 7), though I do use other browsers from time to time. IE8 is a vast improvement over IE7, especially in performance, but I will be the first to admit that it still does not compete with third-party browsers when it comes to speed. However, the table Microsoft provides shows the load times for the top 25 websites according to comScore, and IE8 does quite well. The report notes that Microsoft “used the browser ‘Done’ indicator for timing when the page when the page is completely loaded at that point. For pages which continue to load and change after the ‘one’ indication we have used common visual cues to generate the timings. Timing is started when the Go button is pressed. These timings were captured in January 2009; because Internet content is always changing you may get different timings when you run these tests.”



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Lol! Microsoft makes me laugh.
From that link:

But coming soon!

 

I am not really sure you are more concentrated towards IE Failure though it's not gonna fall with your stupid trials. Day by day tests are proving that IE8 to be the best. And i got with IE8. Even the Release candidate I'm using is quite better then 7.0.

At side of Chrome. 35% of the Websites doesn't open up in Chrome and have alignment problem for sure =)

 

I doubt this is true...to me IE feels really really reeeaaaallly slow. FF is really fast and chrome is good too in speed.

 

The proof is in the pudding wheather you taste it or not

 

I see turning people everyday. IE is fast when i shifted to new ram.

 

I think this could be true because IE8 is a lot fast than the older versions. And in my opinion FF isn't to fast.

 

I found IE fast as firefox, thats a big improvement.

 

I say firefox is the fastest my a mile. That a load of bull by Mircosoft.

 

If you try IE 6, then stop commenting on v8.

Check this & then comment.

I found IE8 faster than FF or Chrome. FF uses too much ram, I don't know why. But IE don't use too much ram too.

 

Why people underestimate MIcrosoft i fail to understand...
Cannot the report be true..come on its Microsoft

 

Microsoft will favor their own IE, but its the users preference or choice for me its Firefox

 

You can do it , I can do it? But Microsoft wont be lying. Its a company with great good will in the world. You don't expect them to speak lie.

 

this can't be true....
ie is slowwww

 

can you post test results of downloading 1 MB file

 

Watch the "Internet Documentary" (I forget its exact name) and you will understand what kind of methods microsoft can use to get ahead of competition . This is one of the method to tell people ie still rocks .Microsoft can even go illegal to get ahead of competition .

 

Microsoft can even go illegal to get ahead of competition

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I can't stop laughing. LOL

 

Are you that out of touch? Microsoft was fined billions of dollars by the US Justice Department and under Federal oversite from 1999 till just last year because of their lying. The EU has also fined Microsoft almost a billion dollars just last year for the exact same thing!

 

I can't believe people are arguing about this. Who cares if a browser is .1 seconds faster.

I guess no one has better things to do.

 

i agree with SGBoise.

FF the best. lods of addon man. IE doesn't have those.