Firefox performance

[Patrick O'Callaghan]

On Fri, 2009-02-13 at 11:03 -0600, Michael Cronenworth wrote:
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Firefox performance
> From: Adam Pribyl <pribyl at lowlevel.cz>
> To: fedora-test-list at redhat.com
> Date: 02/13/2009 10:45 AM
> 
> > Is there anything we can do to improve the Fedora picture?
> > http://www.tuxradar.com/content/browser-benchmarks-2-even-wine-beats-linux-firefox 
> > 
> 
> 
> Yes, this needs to be addressed.
> 
> i386 Firefox 3.0.6       i386 Firefox 3.0.6 w/ Wine
> Score: 99.9              Score: 117
> Richards: 97.5           Richards: 139
> DeltaBlue: 122           DeltaBlue: 154
> Crypto: 83.0             Crypto: 83.4
> RayTrace: 84.3           RayTrace: 88.6
> EarleyBoyer: 140         EarleyBoyer: 157
> RegExp: 85.7             RegExp: 101
> 
> Pentium 4 3.06ghz
> 2.6.27.12-170.2.5.fc10.i686
> 
> This is after running the test three times on each browser. Let me add 
> that using -safe-mode made Zero difference in this test. With a capital Z.
> 
> Turning off compiz gave me a whole 5 extra total score points.

There's some discussion on Slashdot that this is because the Windows
version uses something called Profile-Based Optimization and the Linux
version doesn't. I don't know if that's true (or if it matters).

poc