The invention provides a browser and a method for rendering the same by means of hardware acceleration. A graphics card of a terminal where the browser is installed has a graphics processing unit (GPU) hardware acceleration function. The method for rendering the browser by means of hardware acceleration includes steps of searching hardware acceleration mapped data items corresponding to the graphics card in a preset hardware acceleration mapping table according to information of the graphics card; determining the types of hardware acceleration supporting web page elements of the graphics card in the corresponding hardware acceleration mapped data items; performing GPU hardware acceleration for rendering pages displayed on the browser according to the determined types of the web page elements. According to the technical scheme, the browser and the method have the advantages that the types of the hardware acceleration supporting web page elements can be matched by the aid of the actual hardware configuration information of a browser side, so that the web page elements for actual acceleration can be matched with hardware configuration, the usability of the GPU hardware acceleration in browser rendering can be improved, and phenomena of blue screen or breakdown of the browser due to hardware acceleration can be prevented.