[Request] Dev Alpha vs PlayBook Browser Fight!

**q649** · 05-08-2012, 02:06 PM

I'm surprised no one has done this yet... or if so hasn't published the results.

I'm curious to see a head-to-head browser speedtest, and to a lesser degree scrolling performance (checkerboarding), and pinch to zoom.

I know the dev alpha CPU isn't what we're going to see in the first BB10 phone, but we have plenty of time to kill before then.

Cheers! (and someone setup the fight).

**SCrid2000** · 05-08-2012, 03:02 PM

Here you go, HTML5 test and speed test.
Both tests were run with the devices sitting side by side on the same WiFi network.

**q649** · 05-08-2012, 04:37 PM

Thanks SCrid2000 (very much!)

I may have not been clear, could you also perform a load time test of crackberry.com (full website) with the development alpha and the playbook in a head to head test?

I'm curious how it compares.

**SCrid2000** · 05-08-2012, 04:40 PM

The speed test should be equivalent to a webpage test.
My guess is the DA would be milliseconds faster.

**BBThemes** · 05-08-2012, 05:22 PM

Originally Posted by SCrid2000

Here you go, HTML5 test and speed test.
Both tests were run with the devices sitting side by side on the same WiFi network.

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hmmm, thats interesting, have you loaded any browser .bars onto the alpha? as i get 391+10 bonus points on my dev alpha

**SCrid2000** · 05-08-2012, 05:25 PM

Yeah, and I've deleted the extra languages too. Good to know you have a higher html5 result

**BBThemes** · 05-08-2012, 05:35 PM

Originally Posted by SCrid2000

Yeah, and I've deleted the extra languages too. Good to know you have a higher html5 result

yup

just added my pics up there, also interesting to note my wifi is faster on dev alpha too

**SCrid2000** · 05-08-2012, 05:37 PM

Lol, that just means your wifi doesn't suck as bad as mine

**BBThemes** · 05-08-2012, 05:40 PM

Originally Posted by SCrid2000

Lol, that just means your wifi doesn't suck as bad as mine

haha, no the playbook is a little slower than my dev alpha, and dev alpha matches what i get on ethernet based PC`s at mine too, so if anything its a slower issue with PB, for me at least.

and i wish i had ur upload speed lol, mine kills me when i upload stuff

**ignites** · 05-08-2012, 09:30 PM

they did mention at the BB 10 Jam sessions that the BB 10 devices have secretly been popping up on the html5 top 10 scores for a while prior even to the BB10 jam event.. they said no one noticed hahhaha

**ignites** · 05-08-2012, 09:31 PM

PS BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.1 is currently at 381 +10 bonus points

**SCrid2000** · 05-08-2012, 09:40 PM

Originally Posted by BBThemes

haha, no the playbook is a little slower than my dev alpha, and dev alpha matches what i get on ethernet based PC`s at mine too, so if anything its a slower issue with PB, for me at least.

and i wish i had ur upload speed lol, mine kills me when i upload stuff

I'm actually on my parents net right now (can't get an apartment worth paying for for just 3 months) the wireless at college is abysmal.

Originally Posted by ignites

they did mention at the BB 10 Jam sessions that the BB 10 devices have secretly been popping up on the html5 top 10 scores for a while prior even to the BB10 jam event.. they said no one noticed hahhaha

Lol, some people have noticed

just not much to say about it.

Originally Posted by ignites

PS BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.1 is currently at 381 +10 bonus points

Excellent.

**sjefferson21** · 05-09-2012, 12:35 AM

When you said "browser fight", it made me think of Kevin Garnett screaming "bar fight" to the sports reporter lmao!!!

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**UrbanGlowCam** · 05-09-2012, 01:07 AM

My scores are pretty consistent with yours BBThemes

**q649** · 05-09-2012, 06:02 AM

Originally Posted by SCrid2000

Lol, that just means your wifi doesn't suck as bad as mine

Hmmm, if you read your post quickly, "wifi" looks like another word, and results in an entirely different meaning, lol.

**sjefferson21** · 05-09-2012, 10:31 AM

Originally Posted by q649

Hmmm, if you read your post quickly, "wifi" looks like another word, and results in an entirely different meaning, lol.

lol i second that

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**q649** · 10-19-2012, 09:33 AM

Thought I'd resurrect this thread.

Calling out to Crackberry! Let's see a browser comparison between the Dev Alpha B and the PlayBook. HTML5 and sunspider scores are nice, but they don't always relate to the browser experience (scrolling speed, checkerboarding, etc).

It appears that the Dev Alpha B is the final hardware, so let's see a video comparison of the two (please and thank you).

**xsacha** · 10-21-2012, 06:15 PM

Dev Alpha's browser just knocks Playbook out of the park right now.

From html5test.com:

OS	Score	Bonus
1. Tizen 2	485	16
2. Blackberry 10	484	11
Playbook	399	9

**q649** · 10-22-2012, 08:01 AM

Thanks Xsacha,

But as my previous post says, I'm more interested in real-life usability (load speed, scrolling, zooming, checkerboarding, etc).

**moa999** · 10-26-2012, 12:49 AM

Latest update taken my PB2.1 to 411 +9
(notably it fails on WebCam which the browser can access)

**nmbrjack** · 10-26-2012, 12:57 AM

I'd try , and had this for result....

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**aha** · 11-04-2012, 10:06 PM

Originally Posted by q649

Thanks Xsacha,

But as my previous post says, I'm more interested in real-life usability (load speed, scrolling, zooming, checkerboarding, etc).

I am more interested in the usability too. html5test is just a html5 compliance test, tells nothing about performance. Please at least post some sunspider scores.

**redk** · 11-12-2012, 10:26 AM

The test results look great and all but as others above have mentioned it doesn't tell the whole story. The playbooks HTML 5 scores are superior then apple yet the Ipad is faster at loading webpages and rendering. That's what we want to see, an actual real world comparison of the browser. I'm personally more interested in the dev alhpa B since that's closer to final hardware.

**q649** · 11-12-2012, 04:32 PM

Originally Posted by redk

The test results look great and all but as others above have mentioned it doesn't tell the whole story. The playbooks HTML 5 scores are superior then apple yet the Ipad is faster at loading webpages and rendering. That's what we want to see, an actual real world comparison of the browser. I'm personally more interested in the dev alhpa B since that's closer to final hardware.

Exactly. It would be nice if someone would perform a side by side comparison of a playbook and Dev Alpha B, but it would appear that no one is interested.