When comparing Peacekeeper vs SunSpider, the Slant community recommends Peacekeeper for most people. In the question“What are the best browser benchmarks for JavaScript?” Peacekeeper is ranked 1st while SunSpider is ranked 3rd. The most important reason people chose Peacekeeper is:
Peacekeeper doesn’t test only for JavaScript, it also runs tests for Html5, WebGl, browser-based 3D graphics and video. It’s probably the most polished and complete tool out there.
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Pros
Pro Peacekeeper does not test JavaScript only
Peacekeeper doesn’t test only for JavaScript, it also runs tests for Html5, WebGl, browser-based 3D graphics and video. It’s probably the most polished and complete tool out there.
Pro Peacekeeper is very easy to use
Peacekeeper is easy to use, just go to their website and click on “Test your browser”, it will take approximately 5 minutes to give you the score based on how the tests went, then you can compare it to results in other machines. If you want to test different browsers in your computer you can repeat the process for each and compare the numbers.
Pro Peacekeeper is created by a neutral company
Peacekeeper is the most neutral benchmark tool out there. While other widely used benchmark tools are made by Microsoft, Google or Mozilla and the like, Peacekeeper is developed by a neutral party, this could mean that Peacekeeper is more unbiased in analyzing browser speed and javascript performance.
Pro No arbitrary numbers as results, this makes the tests easier to understand
This benchmark tool won’t show you any arbitrary numbers as a result, just the time it took to take each individual test. This is very helpful since it gives you a more detailed view of what is happening behind the scenes and how each browser handles each test.
Pro SunSpider focuses on real world problems
Unlike other benchmarking tools, SunSpider completely avoids using microbenchmarks, which attempt to test the performance of a "small" amount of code at a time. Instead, SunSpider mostly tries to focus on the problems developers face with JavaScript today, such as generating a tagcloud from a JSON input, 3D raytracer, cryptography tests, code decompression and many more.
Cons
Con Abandoned
Support for Peacekeeper was dropped in the summer of 2015.
Con As browsers get faster, tests may become too easy
Although considered by many to be the most comprehensive benchmark tool out there, the fact that it avoids using microbenchmark to test the code efficiency means that as browsers start to get faster at running day-to-day tasks, SunSpider's tests may start to become easier, especially compared to tools that use microbenchmarks.