Google hits high with new JavaScript benchmark suite it dubbed as Octane, added five new tests to Google’s V8 Benchmark Suits reflecting modern browser use. Octane works in a manner that delivers a score aiming to rank browser performance across all platforms. Here is an overview of the new tests:
- Box2DWeb runs a JavaScript port of a popular 2D physics engine that is behind many well-known simulations and web games.
- Mandreel puts a JavaScript port of the 3D Bullet Engine to the test with a twist: The original C++ source code for the engine is translated to JavaScript by Onan Games’ Mandreelcompiler, which is also used in countless web-based games.
- Pdf.js is based on Mozilla’s PDF reader and shows how Javascript applications can replace complex native browser plug-ins. It measures how fast the browser decodes a sample PDF document.
- GB Emulator is derived from an open source emulator of a famous game console running a 3D demo.
- CodeLoad measures how quickly a JavaScript engine can bootstrap commonly used JavaScript libraries and start executing code in them. The source for this test is derived from open source libraries (Closure, jQuery).
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