IE's Chalkboard test was also requested but doesn't make much sense to test since PM24 (and FF ESR 24) will be significantly faster than FF31 since they're based on an earlier version of the Gecko rendering engine and don't support all the CSS3 abilities the test is trying to run on them. UPDATE (): Someone asked about HTML5 Benchmark and Browsermark, so I added them in but with the current versions of the browsers. Firefox's 圆4 branch (which is what PM is) is not ready for prime time and will often score lower on some benchmarks. UPDATE (): Since someone asked, PM 圆4 24.6.2 scored 1560 on PeaceKeeper. Responding to a query from a user on reddit, Kontos said that the existence of Waterfox Classic depends on whether security fixes from Firefox ESR91 can be ported to the Classic version. PM scored 1575 while FF hit 2139 (higher is better). Waterfox Classic could be coming to an end, says Alex Kontos, the developer of the Firefox-fork. UPDATE (): To see if the above still holds, I tested PM 24.6.2 and FF 31.0 on the same hardware as the above with PeaceKeeper. UPDATE: I added CyberFox 28.0 (CF) as well. I figured I'd post the comparison in case anyone wanted to see it side by side. Firefox is missing flexibility, and that’s exactly what Waterfox offers. Therefore, it can be considered a stripped-down version of Firefox that gives you the same feeling of using Firefox, yet with better speed and more privacy. And you sacrifice accessibility, compatibility, Firefox Sync, and quite a few languages in the process. The biggest difference between Firefox and Waterfox is that Waterfox is built for speed. So, Pale Moon doesn't seem to offer anything that Firefox doesn't already have.
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Here are the results for three popular browser benchmarks:įF 31.0: 7295, Total CPU Time: 14.46s, Total Lag: 168ms
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#WATERFOX VS FIREFOX INSTALL#
It's a fresh install of each before each test is run. The result is that Pale Moon is slower than Firefox.Īs an example, here is a comparison of the current releases of each, Pale Moon Portable 24.4 vs Firefox Portable 28.0. Pale Moon attempts to achieve speed by sacrificing some important bits like accessibility, but fails to achieve this goal by pinning to the outdated ESR branch of Firefox. We've had a few requests over the years to make Pale Moon available.