Batu69 Posted June 23, 2016 Share Posted June 23, 2016 Which browser is the fastest? When Google introduced Chrome, one area the company put a lot of emphasize on was performance. Google ran benchmarks regularly showing that the browser's performance was way better than that of other browsers such as Firefox or Internet Explorer which were dominating the landscape at that time. Today, Chrome is the leading browser used by many. Microsoft tries to regain some control of the market with Microsoft Edge, Opera reinvented itself after its move to using the same engine as Chrome, and Mozilla is working on major changes in Firefox as well. And Google? It seems that the company has lost some of its edge in the browser world. That does not mean that Chrome is not working well for the majority of users who run it, but that Google for the most part seems to have taken a more conservative stance in regards to development priorities. Which browser is the fastest? Being fast is not the only thing that counts, obviously. There is web standards support, support for features that assist users in day to day tasks, privacy or security related features, perceived performance, and extensions support which all play a role when it comes to picking a browser. We will be looking exclusively at browser performance though, as everything else comes down to what each individual user requires of a browser. The browsers We ran benchmarks on two different Windows 10 operating systems, one running the latest stable version of it, the other the latest Insider Build. Machine 1 (Win 10 Stable) Google Chrome Dev (version 53.0.2767) Microsoft Edge Stable (version 25.10586) Mozilla Firefox Nightly (version 50.0a1) Opera Developer (version 40.0.2267.0) Vivaldi (1.3.501.6) Machine 2 (Win 10 Insider) Google Chrome Stable (version 51.0.2704.103) Mozilla Firefox (version 47.0) Microsoft Edge (version 38.14371) Opera (version 38) Vivaldi (version 1.2) The benchmarks We used the following benchmarks to check the performance of all test browsers. JetStream Octane 2.0 Speedometer Each benchmark was run twice and without background activity. The results Machine 1 JetStream Octane 2.0 Speedometer Google Chrome Dev (version 53.0.2767) 80.98 14103 63.38 Microsoft Edge Stable (version 25.10586) 147.41 21609 22.6 Mozilla Firefox Nightly (version 50.0a1) 96.07 13942 29 Opera Developer (version 40.0.2267.0) 110.09 17112 33.94 Vivaldi (1.3.501.6) 110.25 18697 55.7 Machine 2 JetStream Octane 2.0 Speedometer Google Chrome Stable (version 51.0.2704) 155.55 28205 88.16 Microsoft Edge (version 38.14371) 208.91 30084 32.49 Mozilla Firefox Stable (version 47) 155.72 25691 41.1 Opera Stable 155.02 27497 57.96 Vivaldi (version 1.2.490.43) 158.16 26455 82.79 So which browser is the fastest? The results are somewhat surprising. Chrome's performance on machine 1 is not good in two of the three benchmarks, especially when compared to Vivaldi or Opera which use the same engine. This could be caused by an issue in that particular build of Chrome. Microsoft Edge did best in JetStream and Octane, but not so good on the Speedometer benchmark. It is rather surprising that there are huge differences between browsers that use the same engine. Chrome did worse on JetStream and Octane than Opera and Vivaldi, but beat the two in the Speedometer benchmark. Vivaldi on the other hand did a lot better in the Speedometer benchmark than Opera. The picture is similar on machine 2. Microsoft Edge was fastest in the first two benchmarks, but came last in the Speedometer benchmark. Chrome Stable performed about the same as Opera and Vivaldi in the first two benchmarks this time, and Opera's Speedometer performance once again was not close to Vivaldi's or Chrome's. The takeaway Google Chrome is not the uncrowned king of browser performance anymore. On machine 2 for instance, it is performing at least as good as all the other browsers in the test, and in the Speedometer benchmark better than them all. The result on machine 1 paints a different picture but needs verification once newer Dev versions of Google Chrome are released. It is more likely that a bug crept in that caused the lower scores than a major change. There is no dominating browser anymore, as Edge and Chrome are doing best in different benchmarks. All in all, it is clear that JavaScript performance, and that is what these benchmarks test after all, is not all that different anymore. Perceived performance, how fast a browser reacts to user input and page loading times, is more important. Article source Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visualbuffs Posted June 23, 2016 Share Posted June 23, 2016 The king will still be a king = microsoft the biggest software developer = microsoft Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batu69 Posted June 23, 2016 Author Share Posted June 23, 2016 23 minutes ago, visualbuffs said: The king will still be a king = microsoft the biggest software developer = microsoft What is related the king, the microsoft, the biggest software developer with browser speed, browser fastest, browser performance, benchmark? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven36 Posted June 23, 2016 Share Posted June 23, 2016 43 minutes ago, Batu69 said: What is related the king, the microsoft, the biggest software developer with browser speed, browser fastest, browser performance, benchmark? Edge is soon too get addons and chrome already have them for years, these change browser performance a lot even some security software will make them perform worse . They need to focus on making them fast with lot of addons to sell power users on it . Always the same here Firefox runs faster with lots of addons than chrome ones do Addons seem to slow chrome browsers down a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visualbuffs Posted June 23, 2016 Share Posted June 23, 2016 54 minutes ago, steven36 said: Edge is soon too get addons and chrome already have them for years, these change browser performance a lot even some security software will make them perform worse . They need to focus on making them fast with lot of addons to sell power users on it . Always the same here Firefox runs faster with lots of addons than chrome ones do Addons seem to slow chrome browsers down a lot. the benchmark result are no any add ons so add ons here was not the issue they benchmark the performance of browser with clean state 1 hour ago, Batu69 said: What is related the king, the microsoft, the biggest software developer with browser speed, browser fastest, browser performance, benchmark? because they had the power to create powerful browser in the planet no microsoft no google Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
truemate Posted June 23, 2016 Share Posted June 23, 2016 opera Developer Chrome IE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steven36 Posted June 23, 2016 Share Posted June 23, 2016 26 minutes ago, visualbuffs said: the benchmark result are no any add ons so add ons here was not the issue Duh , its sort of like testing Antivirus they can't reproduce the same results in every persons system,, not many people uses just a stock browser any more without addons , I cant stand ads i will be done installed ad blocker addon in a NY minute . Millions of people use addons . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batu69 Posted June 23, 2016 Author Share Posted June 23, 2016 1 hour ago, visualbuffs said: because they had the power to create powerful browser in the planet Their power to create powerful browser not improve yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAMVN Posted June 23, 2016 Share Posted June 23, 2016 Chrome faster but i used Firefox because of its addons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pc71520 Posted June 23, 2016 Share Posted June 23, 2016 I've never seen any significant Speed difference among Firefox, Edge, and Chrome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strikerfox Posted June 23, 2016 Share Posted June 23, 2016 i think it AVAST Brouwser and adware free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
visualbuffs Posted June 23, 2016 Share Posted June 23, 2016 4 hours ago, steven36 said: Duh , its sort of like testing Antivirus they can't reproduce the same results in every persons system,, not many people uses just a stock browser any more without addons , I cant stand ads i will be done installed ad blocker addon in a NY minute . Millions of people use addons . ahhh so test it yourself hahaha! you love google marry them! benchmark can be called benchmark if u bench test it in same machine no any differences no antivirus etc so if u win in a benchmark with clean state then you probably win even not in clean state of machine the issue here is the speed not the stability together with antivirus add ons etc. check the TITLE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dac Posted June 23, 2016 Share Posted June 23, 2016 Final result must be use the one you are most comfortable with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator DKT27 Posted June 24, 2016 Administrator Share Posted June 24, 2016 Last time I checked, it was surprisingly Firefox which was winning this. The problem with Firefox when compared to Chrome and such browsers is that Firefox's UI is quite slow, even if the page loading might not be so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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