Acid3 and JavaScript performance on OS X
Just for fun, I updated all 4 modern Web browsers on my Intel Mac Mini running Leopard to their latest stable versions and put them through Acid3 and the V8 JavaScript performance benchmark. While Acid3 should produce identical results on any hardware capable of running Leopard, V8 is obviously going to perform better on faster hardware so the numbers for V8 should only be compared relative to the other scores on my machine. I also ran V8 a few times for each browser and report the range of values produced.
Camino 1.6.4 came in dead last with a pathetic 50 on Acid3 and just 71-72 on V8.
Firefox 3.0.3 is significantly better with 70 on Acid3 and 93-114 on V8. [The beta of 3.1 scores a 93 on Acid3.]
Safari 3.1.2 improved on that with a 76 on Acid3 and 112-119 on V8.
Opera 9.52 blew even that Acid3 score away with an 84, although it's V8 performance wasn't quite as impressive with a 111-115.
For shits and giggles, I downloaded a Webkit nightly and was astonished to discover that in addition to acing Acid3, it also manages to hit well over 800 on V8!
