IE7 vs Chrome (SunSpider Javascript Benchmark)

If it were a boxing match, IE7 would have been KTFO'ed Amir Khan style. Chrome came out the runaway winner, significantly outpacing IE7 in almost all aspects of the SunSpider benchmark test. This is a clear-as-day indication that Chrome is best suited for ajax-heavy websites. I've been consistently using these two browsers for the past few days and noticed a noteworthy speedier access to Yahoo mail (and gmail, of course) when using Chrome; however, it does not render well asp.net menus (some Community Server forums, for example) and Silverlight-laden sites.




Ah, but Microsoft is not sitting idle as far as the browser race is concerned. Early last month, Internet Explorer 8 Beta has been released. I'm going to give this Chrome-worthy contender a spin in the coming days and see how it fares.