GOOGLE'S CHROME BROWSER COMES IN FIRST IN BROWSER TESTS FOR WINDOWS

Google's Chrome browser annihilated the competition in a Windows browser test conducted by Ars Technica.  The test was done on a Asus laptop running a fresh install of Windows 7 Ultimate.  The Ars Technica team compared IE8, Opera 10, Firefox 3, Chrome 6 and Safari 5.  They also tested the betas of these browsers IE9, Firefox 4 beta, Chrome 7 dev, a WebKit nightly (Safari beta) and Opera 10.70.

The tests included the SunSpider JavaScript Benchmark, the V8 Benchmark Suite and Peacekeeper: The Browser Benchmark, testing JavaScripting performance.  They also used the Nontroppo General Browser Load-Time test, testing page load times.

In 6 out of the 8 tests, Chrome came in first.  In many instances by a wide margin.  In those tests where it did not come in first it was a close second.

Google's Chrome team goal is to release a new version approximately every six weeks, so the competition has its work cut out for it, but the Chrome team can't rest on its laurels since the other developers are also working on newer versions to un-crown the current king. [Ars Technica]