En af de ting, jeg var interesseret i at lære om Windows 8 , er, om Internet Explorer 10 er en god browser eller ej. Er det værd at bruge som din hovedbrowser? Tilbyder den god nok ydeevne til at blive betragtet som en relevant browser i fremtiden? Jeg kørte et par test og sammenlignede det også med Google Chrome , Firefox og Opera . Jeg sammenlignede også dataene fra mine tidligere tests med Windows 8 Consumer Preview , Release Preview , og jeg har bemærket nogle meget interessante ændringer. Lad os se, hvad jeg har lært.

Benchmarks brugt til test

Jeg besluttede at gå efter følgende benchmarks: HTML5 -test, SunSpider JavaScript-benchmark og Peacekeeper .

For at citere deres hjemmeside^{(their website)} : "HTML5-testresultatet er en indikation af, hvor godt din browser understøtter den kommende HTML5-standard og relaterede specifikationer. Selvom specifikationen ikke er færdiggjort endnu, sørger alle større browserproducenter for, at deres browser er klar til fremtid. Find ud af, hvilke dele af HTML5, der allerede understøttes af din browser i dag..."

SunSpider JavaScript - benchmark^{(SunSpider JavaScript Benchmark)} måler JavaScript- ydeevne på opgaver, der er relevante for den nuværende og nære fremtidige brug af JavaScript i den virkelige verden, såsom kryptering og tekstmanipulation. Dette er et af de få benchmarks, hvor det er vigtigt at få en lavere karakter. De laveste resultater betyder hurtigere hastighed og bedre ydeevne.

Peacekeeper-benchmark måler browserens ydeevne ved at teste dens JavaScript - funktionalitet og dens evne til at håndtere almindeligt anvendte JavaScript - funktioner. Hvis du vil vide mere om, hvad det tester, så tjek deres FAQ-side^{(FAQ page)} .

V8 benchmark - version 7 - er en JavaScript -testpakke af Google , der bruges til at optimere Google Chrome -webbrowseren. Den indeholder en række rene JavaScript- benchmarks, der bruges til at justere Google Chrome- ydeevne. Det er klart, at Google Chrome vil have den højeste score i dette benchmark. Det tjener dog til at sammenligne ydeevnen med andre browsere i henhold til, hvad Google anser for at være relevant i forhold til JavaScript- ydeevne.

SunSpider , Peacekeeper og V8 blev kørt tre gange på hver browser. Resultaterne, du ser nedenfor, repræsenterer gennemsnittet af de scores, der er opnået af hver browser i hver test.

Testsystemet

Jeg brugte mit personlige skrivebord til at lave disse test, som har følgende hardwarekomponenter: en AMD Phenom II X4 905 (2,5 GHz ) processor, et Gigabyte GA-MA785GT-UD3H bundkort, hukommelsen er Corsair XMS3 DHX 6GB DDR3 1600 MHz , en Gigabyte Radeon HD6870 OC 1GB DDR5 videokort, et 120GB RunCore Pro V 2,5" SATA III SSD -drev.

Testene for Internet Explorer 9 blev kørt på Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit med Service Pack 1 installeret og alle de seneste opdateringer.

Tidligere testede jeg Internet Explorer 10 i Consumer Preview og Release Preview af Windows 8 på samme computer. Til sidst testede jeg også den endelige version af Windows 8 .

For at sikre, at testene er så upartiske som muligt, deaktiverede jeg alle tilføjelser og moduler i Internet Explorer . De andre browsere havde heller ingen moduler installeret. Der blev heller ikke lavet nogen speciel konfiguration. Alle browsere brugte deres standardindstillinger.

Jeg testede følgende browsere: Internet Explorer 9.0 , Internet Explorer 10 Consumer Preview , Internet Explorer 10 Release Preview , Internet Explorer 10 final, Firefox 16 , Chrome 22 og Opera 12 .

Alle browsere undtagen Internet Explorer 9 blev testet i den endelige version af Windows 8 .

Internet Explorer 10 vs. Internet Explorer 9 - Imponerende forbedringer!

For det første var jeg interesseret i at sammenligne de forskellige versioner af Internet Explorer og se, om der er større forbedringer i version 10. Jeg ville også lære om de forbedringer, der er foretaget mellem Consumer Preview og Release Preview .

Som vi kan se fra denne første test, giver Internet Explorer 10 meget mere understøttelse af HTML5 - standarden og specifikationer. Consumer Preview leverede en imponerende forbedring på 122 % i forhold til Internet Explorer 9^{(Internet Explorer 9)} , Release Preview tog forbedringen til 126 %, mens den endelige version af Internet Explorer hævede den til 127 %. Et godt stykke arbejde fra Microsofts^(Microsoft) side med at understøtte moderne funktioner, der findes i HTML5 - standarden.

Lad os se ydeevnen af ​​den nye browser. Heldigvis ser vi også her en ret stor forbedring. Både den moderne brugergrænseflade^{(Modern UI)} og desktopversionen^(Desktop) af ​​Internet Explorer 10 leverer bedre ydeevne.

In SunSpider, the Desktop version of Internet Explorer 10 delivers a 41% improvement vs. Internet Explorer 9 while the Modern UI version delivers a 38% improvement.

Det er også imponerende at se, at browserens ydeevne, i dette benchmark, er forbedret meget med hver testudgivelse. Kudos til Microsoft for at levere så store forbedringer i JavaScript- behandling.

PeaceKeeper benchmark^{(PeaceKeeper)} afslørede nogle uventede resultater. Mens ydeevnen af ​​Internet Explorer 10 er meget bedre sammenlignet med Internet Explorer 9 , er resultaterne faldet mellem Consumer Preview og Release Preview af Internet Explorer 10 . Jeg er ikke sikker på, om dette er et resultat af ændringerne foretaget af Microsoft i udviklingsprocessen af ​​Internet Explorer 10 eller ændringer foretaget af PeaceKeeper i dets evalueringsalgoritmer.

In PeaceKeeper, when compared to Internet Explorer 9, the Desktop version of Internet Explorer 10 delivers 29% better performance while the Modern UI version delivers 25% better performance.

BEMÆRK:^(NOTE:) Jeg har bemærket, at ældre versioner af Chrome fik højere vurderinger i PeaceKeeper end nyere versioner. Sandsynligvis har dette "fald" noget at gøre med, at PeaceKeeper opdaterer deres testmetode og vurderingsalgoritme.

Dernæst brugte jeg Googles^(Google) V8-benchmark. Desværre testede jeg ikke Consumer Preview - versionen af ​​Internet Explorer 10 i V8.

Som du kan se i skemaet ovenfor, in the V8 benchmark, the Desktop version of Internet Explorer 10 delivers 108% better performance vs Internet Explorer 9, while the Modern UI version delivers 67% better performance.

En stor forbedring, som endnu en gang bekræfter Microsofts^(Microsoft) store arbejde .

The Modern UI version of Internet Explorer 10 continues to deliver performance similar to its Desktop counterpart. With the exception of the V8 benchmark, the differences in performance are small enough not to be noticeable by most people: 6% lower performance in SunSpider and 4% in PeaceKeeper. However, V8 reveals a difference of 20% in performance between the two.

Internet Explorer 10 vs. Chrome , Firefox og Opera

For at sætte tingene i perspektiv og forstå, hvor relevant Internet Explorer 10 vil være i browserkrigene, har jeg foretaget de samme sammenligninger som ovenfor med dets hovedkonkurrenter.

I HTML5-testen ligger Internet Explorer 10 på en fjerdeplads, i stor afstand fra Google Chrome 22, som giver den bedste overensstemmelse med HTML5-standarden.^{(In the HTML5 test, Internet Explorer 10 sits in fourth place, at a big distance from Google Chrome 22, which provides the best compliance with the HTML5 standard.)}

Jeg var glædeligt overrasket over at se Internet Explorer 10 indtage førstepladsen i SunSpider benchmark.

In SunSpider, the Desktop version of Internet Explorer 10 is 19% faster than Google Chrome 22 and 22% faster than Firefox 16.

PeaceKeeper benchmark afslørede dog^{(PeaceKeeper)} forskellige resultater. Denne gang tog Chrome føringen med stor margin. Opera er andenpladsen, mens Internet Explorer 10 er fjerde.

In PeaceKeeper, Chrome 22 delivers 84% better performance compared to the Desktop version of Internet Explorer 10.

Som forventet afslørede V8-benchmark Google Chrome som vinderen, med en stærk margin. Firefox er en fjern andenplads og Internet Explorer 10 tredje, men foran Opera .

In the V8 benchmark, Google Chrome 22 is 120% faster than Internet Explorer 10.

Internet Explorer 10 : Bedst i Sunspider , tredje^(Third) i V8 og fjerde^(Fourth) i PeaceKeeper

Det er tydeligt, at Microsoft har investeret mange kræfter i at gøre sin browser bedre. Internet Explorer 10 kan ende med at blive den mest konsekvente opgradering nogensinde lavet af Microsoft . Dette er fantastisk for alle Windows -brugere, for webudviklere og for internettet generelt. Personligt kan jeg ikke vente med at se det distribueret til Windows 7 -brugere også, engang i løbet af de næste par måneder.

Med denne nye version har Microsoft endnu en gang bevist, at vittigheder om Internet Explorer , og hvor slemt det er, burde blive en saga blot, ikke længere repræsentative for browserens reelle ydeevne.

Browser Wars: Is Internet Explorer 10 a Relevant Browser?

One of the things I was interested to learn about Windows 8 is whether Internet Explorer 10 is a good browser or not. Is it worthy to use as your main browser? Does it offer good enough performаnce to be considered a relevant browser in the future? I ran a few tests and also comрared it with Google Chromе, Firefox and Opera. Also, І compared the data from my previous tests with Windоws 8 Consumer Preview, the Release Preview and I have noticed some very interesting changеs. Let's see what I have learned.

The Benchmarks Used for Testing

I decided to go for the following benchmarks: HTML5 test, SunSpider JavaScript Benchmark and Peacekeeper.

To quote their website, "The HTML5 test score is an indication of how well your browser supports the upcoming HTML5 standard and related specifications. Even though the specification isn't finalized yet, all major browser manufacturers are making sure their browser is ready for the future. Find out which parts of HTML5 are already supported by your browser today..."

The SunSpider JavaScript Benchmark measures JavaScript performance on tasks relevant to the current and near future use of JavaScript in the real world, such as encryption and text manipulation. This is one of the few benchmarks where it is important to receive a lower mark. The lowest results mean faster speed and better performance.

The Peacekeeper benchmark measures the browser's performance by testing its JavaScript functionality and its ability to handle commonly used JavaScript functions. If you want to know more about what it tests, check their FAQ page.

V8 benchmark - version 7 - is a JavaScript test suite by Google, used to optimize the Google Chrome web browser. It contains a suite of pure JavaScript benchmarks that is used to tune Google Chrome performance. Obviously, Google Chrome will have the highest score in this benchmark. However, it serves to compare the performance with other browsers according to what Google considers to be relevant in terms of JavaScript performance.

SunSpider, Peacekeeper and V8 were run three times on each browser. The results you see below represent the average of the scores obtained by each browser in each test.

The Test System

I used my personal desktop to make these tests, which has the following hardware components: an AMD Phenom II X4 905 (2.5 GHz) processor, a Gigabyte GA-MA785GT-UD3H motherboard, the memory is Corsair XMS3 DHX 6GB DDR3 1600 MHz, a Gigabyte Radeon HD6870 OC 1GB DDR5 video card, an 120GB RunCore Pro V 2.5" SATA III SSD drive.

The tests for Internet Explorer 9 were run on Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit with Service Pack 1 installed and all the latest updates.

Previously, I tested Internet Explorer 10 in the Consumer Preview and the Release Preview of Windows 8 on the same computer. Finally, I also tested the final version of Windows 8.

To make sure the tests are as unbiased as possible, I disabled all the add-ons and modules in Internet Explorer. The other browsers had no modules installed either. Also, no special configuration was made. All browsers used their default settings.

I tested the following browsers: Internet Explorer 9.0, Internet Explorer 10 Consumer Preview, Internet Explorer 10 Release Preview, Internet Explorer 10 final, Firefox 16, Chrome 22 and Opera 12.

All browsers except Internet Explorer 9 were tested in the final version of Windows 8.

Internet Explorer 10 vs. Internet Explorer 9 - Impressive Improvements!

First, I was interested to compare the different versions of Internet Explorer and see if there are major improvements in version 10. I also wanted to learn about the improvements done between the Consumer Preview and the Release Preview.

As we can see from this first test, Internet Explorer 10 provides a lot more support for the HTML5 standard and specifications. The Consumer Preview delivered an impressive 122% improvement over Internet Explorer 9, the Release Preview took the improvement to 126% while the final version of Internet Explorer raised it to 127%. A great job on Microsoft's part to support modern features existing in the HTML5 standard.

Let's see the performance of the new browser. Luckily we see a pretty big improvement here too. Both the Modern UI and Desktop versions of Internet Explorer 10 deliver better performance.

In SunSpider, the Desktop version of Internet Explorer 10 delivers a 41% improvement vs. Internet Explorer 9 while the Modern UI version delivers a 38% improvement.

Also, it is impressive to see that the performance of the browser, in this benchmark, has improved a lot with each test release. Kudos to Microsoft for delivering such major improvements in JavaScript processing.

The PeaceKeeper benchmark revealed some unexpected results. While the performance of Internet Explorer 10 is a lot better when compared to Internet Explorer 9, the scores have decreased between the Consumer Preview and the Release Preview of Internet Explorer 10. I am not sure if this is a result of the changes made by Microsoft in the development process of Internet Explorer 10 or that of changes made by PeaceKeeper in its evaluation algorithms.

In PeaceKeeper, when compared to Internet Explorer 9, the Desktop version of Internet Explorer 10 delivers 29% better performance while the Modern UI version delivers 25% better performance.

NOTE: I noticed that older versions of Chrome received higher ratings in PeaceKeeper than newer versions. Most probably this "decrease" has something to do with PeaceKeeper updating their testing methodology and rating algorithm.

Next, I used Google's V8 benchmark. Unfortunately I did not test the Consumer Preview version of Internet Explorer 10 in V8.

As you can see in the chart above, in the V8 benchmark, the Desktop version of Internet Explorer 10 delivers 108% better performance vs Internet Explorer 9, while the Modern UI version delivers 67% better performance.

A great improvement which confirms once again the great job done by Microsoft.

The Modern UI version of Internet Explorer 10 continues to deliver performance similar to its Desktop counterpart. With the exception of the V8 benchmark, the differences in performance are small enough not to be noticeable by most people: 6% lower performance in SunSpider and 4% in PeaceKeeper. However, V8 reveals a difference of 20% in performance between the two.

Internet Explorer 10 vs. Chrome, Firefox & Opera

To put things into perspective and understand how relevant Internet Explorer 10 will be in the browser wars, I have made the same comparisons as above against its main competitors.

In the HTML5 test, Internet Explorer 10 sits in fourth place, at a big distance from Google Chrome 22, which provides the best compliance with the HTML5 standard.

I was pleasantly surprised to see Internet Explorer 10 taking first place in the SunSpider benchmark.

In SunSpider, the Desktop version of Internet Explorer 10 is 19% faster than Google Chrome 22 and 22% faster than Firefox 16.

The PeaceKeeper benchmark revealed different results though. This time Chrome took the lead with a big margin. Opera is second place while Internet Explorer 10 is fourth.

In PeaceKeeper, Chrome 22 delivers 84% better performance compared to the Desktop version of Internet Explorer 10.

As expected, the V8 benchmark revealed Google Chrome as the winner, by a strong margin. Firefox is a distant second and Internet Explorer 10 third, but ahead of Opera.

In the V8 benchmark, Google Chrome 22 is 120% faster than Internet Explorer 10.

Internet Explorer 10: Best in Sunspider, Third in V8 and Fourth in PeaceKeeper

It is evident that Microsoft has invested a lot of effort into making its browser better. Internet Explorer 10 might end up being the most consistent upgrade ever made by Microsoft. This is great for all Windows users, for web developers and for the web in general. Personally, I can't wait to see it distributed to Windows 7 users too, sometime in the next few months.

With this new version, Microsoft has proved once again that jokes about Internet Explorer and how bad it is should become a thing of the past, no longer representative of the real performance of the browser.

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