Web browser benchmarks are mainly used to compare the performance of different browsers, or different versions of the same browser), but they can also be helpful to check general web browsing speed on a given device. Now there’s a new benchmark you can try: Speedometer 3.0.
Speedometer has been one of the most popular web benchmarks since the first version was released in 2014. It’s designed to measure web app responsiveness by simulating user actions, like clicking a button or opening a menu, unlike some other benchmarks that test raw CPU or GPU performance. Speedometer 2.0 was released in 2018, using a different mix of common web libraries and frameworks, and now Speedometer 3.0 has arrived.
The BrowserBench team explained in a blog post, “Today’s release of Speedometer 3.0 marks a major step forward in web browser performance testing: it introduces a better way of measuring performance and a more representative set of tests that reflect the modern Web.” The new benchmark is a collaborative effort between the developers for Blink (the engine in Google Chrome and Chromium-based browsers), Gecko (the engine in Firefox), and WebKit (the engine in Apple Safari).
Speedometer 3.0 adds several new tests based around rendering canvas and SVG charts, code editing, text editing, and reading news sites. Many of the existing tests have been updated, and more complex versions have been added to “more closely emulate the page weight and structure from popular webapps today.” It also more accurately measures browser rendering time.
You can try Speedometer 3.0 in your web browser today to see how your device and browser stacks up. There are no public rankings like Geekbench and other popular benchmark tools, since it’s more intended for software developers than anyone else, but you can find people posting their scores on social media. It’s a great way to see which browser performs the best on your device—just turn off any extensions and only run one test at a time for the most accurate results.
The WebKit team said in a blog post, “Speedometer 2.0 has been an exciting collaboration between browser vendors. We would like to build on this collaboration in future iterations of the benchmark by working more closely with framework authors and the developer community to identify broadly-used patterns, frameworks, and tools for which browser engines could be optimized.”
Source: BrowserBench, WebKit
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