Or something like that. I ran a couple tests here: Firefox 4 beta 7 Chrome 7.0.517.5 Dev IE 9 platform preview (wouldn't even run on IE 8) According to those numbers, Firefox 4 beta 7-64 is horribly fast when compared to the IE 9 platform preview, and moderately faster than Chrome 7.0.517.5. This is a horrible apples to oranges comparison, the only right way to do this would be to have all browsers running in 32-bit mode, but this benchmark is so damn long that I am going to let somebody else take a shot at it. That said, it is nice to see at least one 64-bit app that seems to work faster than the 32-bit counterpart. Update : IE 9-32 Beta I guess all this whining about benchmarks got to somebody... Related articles by Zemanta Mozilla Unleashes the Kraken (news.slashdot.org) Release The Kraken - We're pleased to announce the first version ... (Rsayre/Rob Sayre's Mozilla Blog) (techmeme.com) Mozilla Releases the Kraken: A New JavaScript Benchmark (readwriteweb.c...
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