![]() I don’t know about Opera, but Chrome/Google is known to be a pack rat. The choice between Opera and Chrome also depends on what user activity each browser retains for its own uses. Finally, for comparison between users, your internet connection may influence results, although that should be roughly similar for the various browsers. I noticed for instance that Safari loaded the Guardian page almost as fast as the other browsers after I had quit and reloaded it for another test the Google Maps test was still as slow as in the initial tests, about half as fast as the other browsers. And if you repeat the test, make sure to empty browser caches. If running a ‘clean browser’ is not possible, your measurements aren’t clean—and hence comparable—either, but if the browser is still faster, that only emphasizes the difference. When running these tests, it’s important to disable potentially speed affecting variables like certain Safari extensions (and similar add-ons installed for Opera and Chrome), and Little Snitch. ![]() ![]() While the difference in the initial tests was a significant 60-100%, this is actually not too bad in seconds. ![]() After some manually timed tests I * too have the impression that the latest versions of both Opera and Chrome are faster than Safari (8.0.7) with either task, with Firefox (39.0) a close second.
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