A new report coming out of Microsoft claims that Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) is on average faster than both Google Chrome 1.0 and Firefox 3.0.5.
The report titled Measuring Browser Performance: Understanding issues in benchmarking and performance analyzes how various parts of the browser and their network components can impact on performance benchmarking.
Contradictory to all other tests, Microsoft claims that IE8 outperforms both Firefox 3.05 and Chrome 1.0, so the results should be taken with a grain of salt.
Of interesting note, IE8 loads mozilla.com faster than Firefox while Firefox loads microsoft.com faster than IE8.
The full 14-page report is available from the Microsoft Download Center.
EBK wrote on March 12, 2009 at 9:35 pm
Misleading, and does not compare proper versions. Compare this IE8 to Chrome 2.0 and Firefox 3.2a1pre. IE8 will not even be able to keep up with the dust.
Alex wrote on March 13, 2009 at 11:11 am
I completely agree with you. You should take a look at the method they used. It’s an absolute joke.