Another beta bump for Opera 10

Mac Daddy · Aug 13, 2009, 07:12 AM

Opera is touting the stability and performance enhancements in the third beta, but in casual testing it appeared to be have the slowest JavaScript engine when compared with Chrome and Firefox. Opera notched 3237.4ms in the SunSpider JavaScript test, while Firefox completed the test in 1142.4ms and Chrome was more than twice as fast as that, reaching 508.2ms.
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Source: CNET

IvanV · Aug 13, 2009, 09:32 AM

Well, as they say later in the article, JavaScript speed isn't everything (I am yet to encounter a situation where it will appear as an issue) and Opera's got quite a few tricks up it's sleeve to make it appealing. Downloaded and will be testing (fancy term for using

) it to see if it could become my first choice as the changes aren't just under the hood, but UI has been updated as well.

On a side note, I ran Sun Spider out of curiosity and got about double the times from the article, which is normal as I have an old PC, but interestingly Firefox took a somewhat smaller performance hit: Iron 2.0 (rebranded Chrome) 1081.4ms, Firefox 3.5.2 1860.2ms, Opera 10.0 beta 3 6459.8ms and IE8 8826.4ms, not that far behind Opera.

Aug 13, 2009, 07:12 AM	#1
Mac Daddy DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 7,950 Rep Power: 64 System Specs	Another beta bump for Opera 10 Opera is touting the stability and performance enhancements in the third beta, but in casual testing it appeared to be have the slowest JavaScript engine when compared with Chrome and Firefox. Opera notched 3237.4ms in the SunSpider JavaScript test, while Firefox completed the test in 1142.4ms and Chrome was more than twice as fast as that, reaching 508.2ms. _______________ Source: CNET __________________ "My mom said the only reason men are alive is for lawn care and vehicle maintenance." - Tim Allen

Aug 13, 2009, 09:32 AM	#2
IvanV DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 3,152 Rep Power: 65 System Specs	Re: Another beta bump for Opera 10 Well, as they say later in the article, JavaScript speed isn't everything (I am yet to encounter a situation where it will appear as an issue) and Opera's got quite a few tricks up it's sleeve to make it appealing. Downloaded and will be testing (fancy term for using ) it to see if it could become my first choice as the changes aren't just under the hood, but UI has been updated as well. On a side note, I ran Sun Spider out of curiosity and got about double the times from the article, which is normal as I have an old PC, but interestingly Firefox took a somewhat smaller performance hit: Iron 2.0 (rebranded Chrome) 1081.4ms, Firefox 3.5.2 1860.2ms, Opera 10.0 beta 3 6459.8ms and IE8 8826.4ms, not that far behind Opera. __________________ Feed the porkers and don't touch the buttons!