Memory Test - How New Firefox 3 beta 1 faired against Firefox 2 & IE 7

ZDNet recently tested the new Firefox 3 beta 1 for Windows and pitted it against Firefox 2 and IE7 in the Memory Usage Comparison test. Their test clearly shows that the new build is going to be more efficient in memory management.

They have taken IE7 scores as base score.

Look below how they did the test :

Test Subjects:

Loading a five pages into the browser
Loading a single page and leaving the browser for 10 minutes
Loading 12 pages into the browser and wait 5 minutes

Here are the results:

Firefox 2.0.0.9

Loading a five pages into the browser - 35,640KB
Loading a single page and leaving the browser for 10 minutes - 47,852KB
Loading 12 pages into the browser and wait 5 minutes - 103,180KB

Firefox 3.0 b 1

Loading a five pages into the browser - 38,644KB
Loading a single page and leaving the browser for 10 minutes - 63,764KB
Loading 12 pages into the browser and wait 5 minutes - 62,312KB

Look at the sources : ZDNet

Cool... Thanks for the info..

But why have they left out opera.my fav,i prefer opera for firefox..
I dont know why opera is not making much of the news nowadays.it is also free..,
Anyway if they could have included opera in it , the test would have been complete.for of opera is way better than firefox..in speed and in memory consumption..

whatever ZDNet gives result....in my opinion IE 7 startup is much faster than firefox.I have tried firefox tweeks..but than also IE7 has better startup.

Even Opera has better startup than mozila firefox .Although I have not used Moxila firefox 3 beta.

I stopped using Firefox 3 weeks back, not required with a Pimped IE 7

It's good news because i have been using Mozilla and IE7. I have updated to Firefox 3 Beta 1 and it's working fine without any blockade.

Ya with ie pro installed for ie7, ie surely works awesome.

Even Opera has better startup than mozila firefox

even opera?? ofcourse opera is faster than firefox, its wayyy lighter than ff atleast on windows. I find ff a lil better on linux

But why have they left out opera.

prolly coz its obvious that Opera is so much lighter..

Also -

“The only one who seems blissfully unaffected is the lone Opera nerd in my office. He just keeps chugging along with what seem like 200 open tabs.”

source

not required with a Pimped IE 7

How cld you of all people use a browser without 'find as you type'??

chesss said:
How cld you of all people use a browser without 'find as you type'??

what you mean by this ???

the comparison afaik is just btwn ff2.0.0.9 & FF3 beta.and FF3 although still uses high memory is stable with more tabs opened.

what you mean by this ???

just press / in opera/ff

why didnt they compare with opera ?

anyway thanks for the info

chesss said:
just press / in opera/ff

In IE , you can do the same using:
ctrl+F

chesss said:
How cld you of all people use a browser without 'find as you type'??

Have a look at this thread & IE 7 Pro

*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/showthread.php?p=667256#post667256

^cool

i use opera and i like it more than ff or ie ....
only prob is that it fails to load gmail/orkut most of times and ...
it does not integrate well with free download manager ... meaning doesnt show 'download with' >> ....

ravi_9793 said:
In IE , you can do the same using:
ctrl+F

That ... was a worthless comment.

Firefox is improving day by day ....IE 78 dying day by day

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ssdivisiongermany1933 said:
Firefox is improving day by day ....IE 78 dying day by day

Very much true !