Google on Thursday announced that Chrome has set a new record for the highest score ever on the Speedometer 3 browser benchmark.
Speedometer 3 is a benchmark developed by browserbench.org, in collaboration with Google, Apple, Mozilla, and others, that aims to measure real-world web browser performance. It tests web application responsiveness across different workloads in the browsing pipeline, including HTML parsing, JavaScript and JSON processing, pixel rendering, and more.
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According to Google, optimizations and improvements to Chrome during the past year have resulted in the browser achieving a 10% improvement in Speedometer 3 scores since August 2024 — the highest recorded on the benchmark.
The record-breaking scores were measured on an M4 MacBook Pro with macOS 15.”That 10% improvement leads to better browser experiences, higher conversions for businesses, and deeper enjoyment of what the web has to offer,” said Google.
“If each Chrome user used Chrome for just 10 minutes a day, these improvements collectively save 58 million hours or roughly 83 lifetimes worth of waiting around for websites to load and do things.”
Google noted that its Chrome team spent the past year focused on improving rendering paths across the entire web browsing experience. In particular, the changes have resulted in faster web browsing thanks to more efficient memory usage and improved CPU cache utilization. Back in October, Chrome debuted new performance tools to help users boost browsing speed and refine resource management.
The news comes as Google’s ownership of Chrome faces regulatory scrutiny, with the tech giant in danger of being forced to sell off the browser due to antitrust concerns.
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Doesn't matter, even if true (which I doubt). Many are switching to Firefox or other Chromium Forks because of Google's implementation of MV3 which is basically designed to prevent adblocking and users from seeing YouTube ads.