Moving Image via Canvas vs CSS

Testing basic browser performance for this Stack Overflow question.

Testing on OS X on a 2.8GHz Core i7 MacBook Pro, with a visible browser window size of 1280x960*, I get:

Browser Move Image via Canvas Move Image via CSS Move Sprites via Canvas (full BG clear) Move Sprites via Canvas (sprite BG clear) Move Sprites via CSS
Safari v5.0.3 59 95 59 59 89
Firefox v3.6.13 59 95 59 60 90
Firefox v4.0b8 75 89 76 78 82
Chrome v8.0 108 230 119 120 204
iPad v1, Landscape 17 44 2 2 14
iPad v1, Portrait 4 75 2 3 15

* iPad results are on native hardware, using the native resolution of the device.