IE8 RC1 gains ground in JavaScript race

From InfoWorld: The newest version of Internet Explorer 8 is still the slowest big browser when it comes to JavaScript. But it has significantly closed the gap since last summer's second beta, benchmark scores show.

According to tests run by Computerworld , Internet Explorer 8 Release Candidate 1 (IE8 RC1) lags behind its four major competitors in rendering JavaScript -- at times, by large margins.

Mozilla's Firefox, Google's Chrome, Opera Software's Opera and Apple's Safari all posted better SunSpider JavaScript benchmark scores, with Chrome leading the pack. It was four times faster than IE8 RC1, while Firefox and Safari were nearly twice as fast.

Computerworld ran the SunSpider suite in Windows XP three times for each browser, then averaged the scores. In SunSpider, smaller numbers are better. The results were: Chrome 2.0.159.0 -- 1275; Firefox 3.0.5 -- 3037; Safari 3.2.1 -- 3050; Opera 9.63 -- 4139; and IE8 RC1 -- 5573.

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