SunSpider Javascript Benchmark Results
The benchmark by the webkit team is pretty old (about an year), but out of boredom, I decided to put a few browsers that I use through it for the kicks. It tests only the core javascript functions, and not other components like DOM, or other APIs, so promises to be consistent. A few interesting observations, and the scores below:
Test Platform:
The tests for Windows XP SP3 Professional 32 bit and Linux (Linux Mint 6 based on Ubuntu 8.10 32 bit were run on a Core2Duo Conroe 2.33 with 2gb of DD2-800 ram. The mac tests were performed on OSX 10.5.6 on a macbook with a 2.4ghz Core2Duo processor, and 2gb of DD2-677 ram. The test being core javascript focussed, I don't know to what extend the hardware will affect the scores. Anyway, the platforms aren't radically different, and are virtually the same. Also, all addons were disable in Firefox, as they negatively impacted considerably.