Chromium Blog: Octane: the JavaScript benchmark suite for the modern web

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Octane: the JavaScript benchmark suite for the modern web

Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Octane

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’ Mandreel compiler, 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).

set of benchmarks

Octanesource codeOctane siteFAQ pageBeside glue logic and emulation of canvas / DOM interaction where necessary.
Posted by Stefano Cazzulani, Product Manager