Google’s latest Chrome for Mac update is faster than Safari–for now<div id="link_wrapped_content">
<body><section class="wp-block-bigbite-multi-title"><div class="container"></div></section><p>Google on Monday <a href="
https://go.redirectingat.com/?id=111346X1569486&url=https://blog.chromium.org/2022/03/a-new-speed-milestone-for-chrome.html&xcust=1-1-619908-1-0-0&sref=https://www.macworld.com/feed" rel="nofollow">announced[/url] that its latest version of its <a href="
https://go.redirectingat.com/?id=111346X1569486&url=https://www.google.com/chrome/index.html&xcust=1-1-619908-1-0-0&sref=https://www.macworld.com/feed" rel="nofollow">Chrome[/url] browser for Mac, version 99, has recorded the highest speed score of any browser in the <a href="
https://go.redirectingat.com/?id=111346X1569486&url=https://browserbench.org/Speedometer2.0/&xcust=1-1-619908-1-0-0&sref=https://www.macworld.com/feed" rel="nofollow">Speedometer[/url] benchmark—an Apple-created speed test.</p>
<p>Google revealed that in their testing, Chrome 99’s Speedometer score of 300 was possible in part by implementing <a href="
https://go.redirectingat.com/?id=111346X1569486&url=https://research.google/pubs/pub47584/&xcust=1-1-619908-1-0-0&sref=https://www.macworld.com/feed" rel="nofollow">ThinLTO[/url], a build optimization technique that prioritizes code focused on browser speed. This is on top of other optimizations Google has been doing, including a new V8 Sparkplug JavaScript compiler with short built-in calls that optimize the placement of generated code inside of the device’s memory.</p>
<p>According to Google, Chrome 99 is 7 percent faster than Safari. We ran Speedometer on both Safari 15.4 (using WebKit version 17613.1.14.1.7) and on Chrome 99.0.4844.51 on a
14-inch MacBook Pro with a 10-core M1 Pro and 32GB of RAM. We also decided to throw in the <a href="
https://go.redirectingat.com/?id=111346X1569486&url=https://developer.apple.com/safari/technology-preview/&xcust=1-1-619908-1-0-0&sref=https://www.macworld.com/feed" rel="nofollow">Safari Technology Preview[/url], a beta version of the browser that Apple uses to test new features. We used Release 141 of STP, which includes Safari 15.4 and WebKit 17614.1.3.8. Here’s what we got.</p>
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<p>While we were able to replicate Chrome’s 300 score, we didn’t get the 7 percent boost reported by Google—our increase was over 4 percent. Interestingly, the Safari Technology Preview closed the gap tremendously with a score of 297. We should note that Google’s results were achieved using Chrome version 99.0.4812.0 and Safari 15.4 (17612.3.6.1.6), and a 14-inch MacBook Pro with a 10-core M1 Max and 64GB of RAM.</p>
<div class="extendedBlock-wrapper block-coreImage undefined"><figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img loading="lazy" src="
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https://b2c-contenthub.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/safari-tech-preview-speedometer.jpg?resize=150%2C100&quality=50&strip=all 150w" width="1200" height="800" sizes="(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px" /><figcaption><p>While we saw an average score of 300 for Chrome 99, the Safari Technology Preview was not far behind, with a 297 average in Speedometer.</p></figcaption></figure><p class="imageCredit">IDG</p></div>
<p>We also ran Speedometer on Safari 15.4 and Chrome 99 on a 14-inch MacBook Pro with an 8-core M1 Pro and 16GB of RAM, and the two browsers essentially had the same performance: Chrome scored 269, while Safari scored 267. </p>
<p>So, based on what we’ve seen, Chrome is the faster browser, but we wouldn’t recommend dumping Safari just yet. Based on the latest beta, it’s likely to catch up very soon.</p>
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Google’s latest Chrome for Mac update is faster than Safari–for now
