Google Chrome Gets ‘Highest Ever’ Speedometer Score; Company Reveals Optimisations Behind Improved Performance

Google Chrome has obtained the “highest score ever” on the Speedometer 3 take a look at, the corporate introduced in a weblog put up. The benchmark is designed to check browser efficiency, and the strongest performers are often browsers which can be primarily based on Google’s open supply browser engine. Google says that the efficiency of its Chrome browser has improved by 10 % since August 2024. It’s value noting that Speedometer 3.1 has now changed the model utilized by Google, as the newest model of the benchmarking instrument.

Google Chrome Performance Improved by 10 Percent Since August 2024

Thomas Nattestad, a Chrome Product Manager mentioned in a weblog put up that the corporate centered on “refining fundamental rendering paths across the entire stack”, including that these efforts have resulted within the browser’s efficiency enhancing by 10 % on the Speedometer 3 take a look at since August 2024. Google’s open supply Blink rendering engine can also be utilized by different browsers together with Microsoft Edge, Opera, and Vivaldi.

Chrome’s efficiency throughout latest variations on the Speedometer 3 take a look at
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The newest Chrome 137 (secure) model scored 51.43 factors on the Speedometer 3 benchmark take a look at, whereas the Chrome 138 (beta) and Chrome 139 (dev) variations scored 51.83 and 52.35 factors, respectively. A graph shared by the corporate displaying the efficiency of latest variations reveals a step by step growing rating.

According to the corporate, the Speedometer 3 benchmark was run on a MacBook Pro with an M4 chip, operating on macOS 15. The benchmark take a look at that measures browser efficiency is developed by a gaggle of companies together with Apple, Google, Intel, Microsoft, and Mozilla. However, not all browser makers publish their Speedometer scores recurrently.

In order to optimise Chrome’s efficiency, the corporate says it checked out workloads on the Speedometer 3 take a look at, which measures the responsiveness of a browser’s rendering engine. Google additionally studied the capabilities through which Chrome spent essentially the most time.

This allowed the corporate to make “targeted optimisations” to Chrome’s browser engine, enhancing rubbish assortment, specializing in the precise code, and optimising workloads. Technical customers can learn extra concerning the firm’s enhancements within the weblog put up. 

As a results of these enhancements, the browser’s rating elevated by 10 % since August 2024. The firm additionally revealed that Chrome’s Speedometer 3 rating has elevated by 72 % since May 2022. It’s value noting that Google has but to publish particulars of Chrome’s efficiency on Speedometer 3.1, which supersedes the Speedometer 3 take a look at.