Firefox 4 download speed vs Chrome download speed

Hi there folks,

At the moment I am using Chrome v. 11.0.696.68. Today I decided to give the new Firefox 4 a go, and I was very impressed. The speed is very fast, maybe even faster than Chrome. However, I am finding the download speed of Firefox 4 to be a let down. Firefox is downloading files at less than 50% the speed than Chrome is.

For example. As a test I decided to download the Shutter Island Game demo from macgamefiles.com. Chrome downloaded this file at about 2,3 mb/sec. Firefox 4 was downloading it at 800kb/sec. I did a few other tests and came up with the same result.

Are other people experiencing this? I am thinking about switching, but the slower download speeds are a huge let down.

Thanks in advance! PS : Sorry for any English mistakes. :)

asked May 19 '11 at 10:47

Hanhart
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edited May 19 '11 at 10:48

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1	I cap out in both at around 200kB/s but get ~300kB/s if I use jdownloader. answered May 19 '11 at 16:49 Illusion Slayer (suspended)

Assuming Firefox and Chrome on your computer use the same connection methods and servers, they should download at roughly the same rate. It's simply a lengthy HTTP connection. I'm fairly certain you'd reach your bandwidth cap before reaching the software's limitations.

answered May 19 '11 at 17:25

kmark937
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0	Thanks for the answers guys. I'll just stick to Chrome for now. :) answered May 21 '11 at 04:48 Hanhart 6.5k●29●55●126

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