Mozilla has announced a new JavaScript benchmark, which will focus on realistic workloads and forward-looking applications. This new browser benchmark, Kraken, is better in terms of reflecting realistic workloads for pushing the edge of browser performance forward, says Mozilla developer Rob Sayre.
Robert describes Kraken as: "We believe that the benchmarks used in Kraken are better in terms of reflecting realistic workloads for pushing the edge of browser performance forward. These are the things that people are saying are too slow to do with open web technologies today, and we want to have benchmarks that reflect progress against making these near-future apps universally available. Kraken will evolve quickly over the coming weeks and months as we build out its test suite and continue to push forward the capabilities of the open Web, as we make the workloads more realistic and varied. Of course, as with everything we do, Kraken will be free and open source and we welcome contributions and participation from the wider community."
On Kraken benchmark, Firefox 4 nightly build is 2.5 times faster than the existing stable version 3.6.9. Mozilla hopes that Kraken will give a new insight over the existing browser benchmarks including Google V8 and Sunspider. Kraken is available online here: krakenbenchmark.com.
Also see: JägerMonkey: Mozilla’s New JavaScript Engine
