Each has his own favorite, the one with which he finds himself best, the one deemed more powerful and faster than the others, the one he is used to. We are talking about web browsers, the programs for surfing the internet that can be downloaded and installed for free on any computer in the world, whether Linux, Windows, Mac or other. Web browsers have undoubtedly become the most important application on a modern computer .
The evolution of the internet has in fact led browsers to become real operating systems, from which it is possible to start and use web applications and video games without having to install anything more on the PC.
I had already written an analysis article to understand which browser was better between Edge, Safari, Firefox, Chrome and Opera, but it is always difficult to remain objective when it comes to features that if they can please me, it is not said they are liked by everyone.
It also depends a lot on which computer you use because a browser like Firefox could be more performing on a new pc while on an older one maybe Internet Explorer is the best choice or even a lighter and less known one.
It would then be useful to ask the question: " for my computer, what is the browser that loads the fastest internet">
Beyond any judgment of aesthetics and functionality, we see how to measure the performance of browsers on your computer, which loads every type of web page in the shortest time, weighing down the computer as little as possible.
Always remaining firm on the assumption that a computer is never exactly identical to another, you can perform simple automatic tests that prove the effective capacity of a web browser not only in absolute terms (in the end they are all the same if used in ideal environments), but on a single computer .
When it comes to benchmarking, computer magazines and specialized blogs always test in ideal conditions, on a clean and powerful PC.
Those who work on computers never have this type of environment so measurements can differ and there may be surprises of no small importance.
1) The best and most objective test is Basekeeper is an online meter that performs a series of checks on the browser giving a final score based on the system resources (CPU, memory, video card) specific for a computer. It is also possible to directly compare the score obtained for the other browsers, view the statistics, and read the suggestions on how to improve the score and therefore the performances. After doing, for example, the test with Google Chrome, a single link is provided to copy and paste on the Internet Explorer address bar and then on Firefox and so on. Among the various tests there is the Java test, the one on graphics rendering and the social networking test which checks the loading of javascript code typically used by Facebook or other social networks.
2) BrowserBench is a Javascript-based online browser benchmarking tool with many tests to emulate the loading of today's most complex web applications. The most important test is the one called MotionMark which measures the browser's ability to load graphics on the move. To obtain more precise results, the test must be carried out a couple of times by restarting the browser with no other tabs open.
3) A very useful test is BrowserScope which measures which browser is safer to navigate by comparing the one used with the others.
4) JetStream is a browser benchmark widely used by industry experts, always internal to the BrowserBench.org site. It focuses only on loading javascript, in 3D scenarios and in web applications. The site does not provide tools to make comparisons so you have to mark your scores with pen and paper. SunSpider is very reliable and is proof of the fact that, by trying the same test several times, you always get roughly identical scores.
5) Dromaeo is instead the Mozilla test that checks different parameters, not just Javascript. The control of Dromaeo may be a bit long on slower computers because it goes to make an all-out verification.
6) Acid3 is not a performance test but only a check of browser compatibility with the various web technologies. It is a compliance test created by the Web Standards Project which in fact serves no purpose but completes. If you don't get 100/100 the test can be considered failed so you have to change the computer (joke).
Benchmarking the various browsers can only be a game of statistics but it can also be useful to understand which is the best program to surf the internet on that computer, thus discovering its online performance. You could also find that the best performing browser on the PC is one of the less famous ones such as, for example, the very fast but little known Seamonkey that I personally use on an old laptop.
