Safari 4.0 1.03 s
Chrome 2.0 1.39 s
Opera 9.6 2.62 s
Firefox 3.5 2.95 s
Internet Explorer 8 3.28 s

Performance measured in seconds and milliseconds. Testing conducted by Apple in August 2009 on a 2.8GHz Intel Core 2 Duo-based iMac 24-inch system using Windows Vista SP2 and configured with 2GB of RAM and an ATI Radeon HD 2600 PRO with 256MB of VRAM. HTML and JavaScript benchmarks based on VeriTest’s iBench Version 5.0 using default settings and the SunSpider Performance test. Testing conducted with the following versions of the browsers: Safari 4.0.3, Chrome 2.0.172.39, Opera 9.64, Firefox 3.5.2 and IE 8.0.6001.18813. Performance will vary based on system configuration, network connection, and other factors.