Firefox Snap VS Flatpak
Page responsiveness measued with Speedometer2
- Ubuntu 21.10
- Firefox 98.0.2
- Fullscreen
- No background apps
- No configuration or extensions
No other version of Firefox was installed during the tests. All packages updated as of 2022-04-03.
Desktop
Ryzen 9 5900X (12 cores), 32GB 3200MHz, RTX 3080. Live boot.
Higher is better
| Round | Snap | Flatpak | deb |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 130 | 161 | 136 |
| 2 | 133.4 | 166 | 133 |
| 3 | 135 | 168 | 138 |
| 4 | 133 | 159 | 134 |
| 5 | 130 | 164 | 133 |
| 6 | 132 | 167 | 135 |
| 7 | 131 | 168 | 135 |
| 8 | 136 | 159 | 134 |
| 9 | 136 | 164 | 135 |
| 10 | 136 | 168 | 135 |
| Average | 133.24 | 164.4 | 134.8 |
| % | - | +23.38 | +1.17 |
Laptop
Ryzen 7 5700U (8 cores), 16GB 3200MHz, fully charged and charger plugged in. Live boot.
Higher is better
| Round | Snap | Flatpak | deb |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 87.2 | 110 | 88.1 |
| 2 | 87.53 | 113 | 87.7 |
| 3 | 87.6 | 112 | 88.1 |
| 4 | 87.1 | 105.9 | 88.4 |
| 5 | 83.2 | 106 | 87.9 |
| 6 | 88.3 | 106 | 88.6 |
| 7 | 83.29 | 112 | 88.2 |
| 8 | 87.8 | 112 | 88.81 |
| 9 | 87.27 | 112 | 89.1 |
| 10 | 87.8 | 107 | 89.4 |
| Average | 86.709 | 109.59 | 88.431 |
| % | - | +26.38 | +1.98 |
Server
Xeon Silver 4110 (8 cores), 8GB 2400MHz (ECC), Virtual Machine. OS newly installed for this purpose.
Higher is better
| Round | Snap | Flatpak | deb |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 45 | 60.3 | 49.8 |
| 2 | 49.9 | 60 | 49.6 |
| 3 | 45.3 | 60.2 | 49.3 |
| 4 | 49.7 | 59.4 | 49.3 |
| 5 | 49.8 | 59.8 | 49.4 |
| 6 | 44.6 | 59.1 | 46.6 |
| 7 | 45 | 51 | 48.1 |
| 8 | 45.1 | 59.1 | 49.1 |
| 9 | 50 | 59.8 | 49.1 |
| 10 | 50.1 | 59.1 | 49.3 |
| Average | 47.45 | 58.78 | 48.96 |
| % | - | +23.87 | +3.18 |