A new speed milestone for Chrome

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Post by twapi » Tue, Mar 08, 2022, 3:35 AM UTC

A new speed milestone for Chrome
blog.chromium.org

Re: A new speed milestone for Chrome

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Post by underyx » Tue, Mar 08, 2022, 4:29 AM UTC

My Speedometer results on an M1 Mac are:

- Chrome v99: 204

- Safari: 266

How come I fall so far short of the post's advertised fastest-of-any-browser 300?

Edit: Running in incognito got me a 251, so some of the slowdown must be from extensions.

Edit 2: Seems like 1password and uBlock Origin decrease the score by around 30 each, I got a 276 with both disabled.

Re: A new speed milestone for Chrome

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Post by notRobot » Tue, Mar 08, 2022, 4:37 AM UTC

underyx wrote: post #2

My Speedometer results on an M1 Mac are: - Chrome v99: 204 - Safari: 266 How come I fall so far short of the post's advertised fastest-of-any-browser 300? Edit: Running in incognito got me a 251, so some of the slowdown must be from extensions. Edit 2: Seems like 1password and uBlock Origin decrease the score by around 30 each, I got a 276 with both disabled.

Can you maybe also do a test for Firefox on your machine? I'm very interested in seeing how it holds up.

Re: A new speed milestone for Chrome

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Post by etaioinshrdlu » Tue, Mar 08, 2022, 4:42 AM UTC

I'm guessing there was renewed urgency for responsiveness due to 120fps displays on M1 mac's - which made lower frame rates compared to Safari more noticeable.

Re: A new speed milestone for Chrome

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Post by selectodude » Tue, Mar 08, 2022, 4:47 AM UTC

notRobot wrote: post #3

underyx wrote: post #2

My Speedometer results on an M1 Mac are: - Chrome v99: 204 - Safari: 266 How come I fall so far short of the post's advertised fastest-of-any-browser 300? Edit: Running in incognito got me a 251, so some of the slowdown must be from extensions. Edit 2: Seems like 1password and uBlock Origin decrease the score by around 30 each, I got a 276 with both disabled.

Can you maybe also do a test for Firefox on your machine? I'm very interested in seeing how it holds up.

I get sub-150 on an M1 Pro in Firefox.

Re: A new speed milestone for Chrome

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Post by zamadatix » Tue, Mar 08, 2022, 4:49 AM UTC

underyx wrote: post #2

My Speedometer results on an M1 Mac are: - Chrome v99: 204 - Safari: 266 How come I fall so far short of the post's advertised fastest-of-any-browser 300? Edit: Running in incognito got me a 251, so some of the slowdown must be from extensions. Edit 2: Seems like 1password and uBlock Origin decrease the score by around 30 each, I got a 276 with both disabled.

I get ~304 (all extensions disabled) but that's on an M1 Max. Other differences might be the amount of background apps/tasks - I usually keep mine pretty slim.

Re: A new speed milestone for Chrome

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Post by fabrice_d » Tue, Mar 08, 2022, 4:53 AM UTC

notRobot wrote: post #3

underyx wrote: post #2

My Speedometer results on an M1 Mac are: - Chrome v99: 204 - Safari: 266 How come I fall so far short of the post's advertised fastest-of-any-browser 300? Edit: Running in incognito got me a 251, so some of the slowdown must be from extensions. Edit 2: Seems like 1password and uBlock Origin decrease the score by around 30 each, I got a 276 with both disabled.

Can you maybe also do a test for Firefox on your machine? I'm very interested in seeing how it holds up.

I get 240 with Firefox nightly (no addons) on a Mac Air M1.

Re: A new speed milestone for Chrome

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Post by zamadatix » Tue, Mar 08, 2022, 4:54 AM UTC

etaioinshrdlu wrote: post #4

I'm guessing there was renewed urgency for responsiveness due to 120fps displays on M1 mac's - which made lower frame rates compared to Safari more noticeable.

Seems like an unlikely driver in it's own, especially considering those didn't show up until near the end of this time period. Meanwhile Chrome has been needing to run more power efficiently at similar refresh rates and pixel counts on Android devices all the same. Of course ARM Android devices don't have Safari to compare to nor are they a new platform ripe with as many low hanging fruit optimizations so it's not going to be the lead topic here.

The truth is this is the same kind of stuff Chrome (and any browser) has been working on since the software launched. Regardless of which devices come out nobody has ever said "I like that this browser is slower and less efficient than the other".

Re: A new speed milestone for Chrome

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Post by pronlover723 » Tue, Mar 08, 2022, 5:00 AM UTC

underyx wrote: post #2

My Speedometer results on an M1 Mac are: - Chrome v99: 204 - Safari: 266 How come I fall so far short of the post's advertised fastest-of-any-browser 300? Edit: Running in incognito got me a 251, so some of the slowdown must be from extensions. Edit 2: Seems like 1password and uBlock Origin decrease the score by around 30 each, I got a 276 with both disabled.

I got Chrome v99: 290, Safari v15.3: 279 on M1Max MPB I suspect it might go faster if I turn off scaling.

Re: A new speed milestone for Chrome

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Post by ziml77 » Tue, Mar 08, 2022, 5:01 AM UTC

underyx wrote: post #2

My Speedometer results on an M1 Mac are: - Chrome v99: 204 - Safari: 266 How come I fall so far short of the post's advertised fastest-of-any-browser 300? Edit: Running in incognito got me a 251, so some of the slowdown must be from extensions. Edit 2: Seems like 1password and uBlock Origin decrease the score by around 30 each, I got a 276 with both disabled.

Saw about the same impact of 1p and uBO in Firefox.