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Is Google Chrome faster than Safari?
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roadbloc
macrumors G3
miles01110
macrumors Core
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&...=hp1&q=chrome+versus+safari&aq=f&oq=&aqi=g-c1
Nobody is going to notice which one is faster though.
Nobody is going to notice which one is faster though.
latest Opera pre-alpha is meant to be faster than everything
http://9to5mac.com/caraken-opera-browser-49695
Not tried it myself yet though...
http://9to5mac.com/caraken-opera-browser-49695
Not tried it myself yet though...
MisterMe
macrumors G4
Safari and Chrome are both WebKit-based browsers. The easiest way for one to be faster than the other is to remove functionality. Until the most recent public version of Chrome, it lacked significant features that I expect in a browser. One of the older feature-challenged development versions of Chrome was benchmarked in the tests mentioned above.
I have tried both plus Firefox. And I really enjoy Safari. Plus Chrome kept asking me for permission and making sure I really wanted to read the NY Times(I hate that, my browser should not behave like my mother)
Safari is superior to all. And I cannot appreciate a speed difference.
Safari is superior to all. And I cannot appreciate a speed difference.
SnowLeopard2008
macrumors 604
Safari is faster than Chrome, but only by a hair. It's more full featured than Chrome so hence why Safari is my main browser.
Firefox, although not part of the OP, is roughly 3-4 times slower than Safari overall w/ any add-ons. Once you add on the add-ons, the speed tanks like a rock in the air.
Firefox, although not part of the OP, is roughly 3-4 times slower than Safari overall w/ any add-ons. Once you add on the add-ons, the speed tanks like a rock in the air.
MisterMe
macrumors G4
This is not the reason that Firefox is slower. Firefox is slower because it is not a binary app. Firefox is an XUL-interpreted app built on top of a small runtime engine. In this regard, Firefox has something in common with Java-based apps and Visual BASIC apps. If you prefer Gecko to WebKit and you also want binary app speed, then you should give Camino a try.
I'd say speeds between Chrome and Safari (at least on OS X) are almost equal. However, Chrome doesn't have as much functionality as Safari so Safari would win in my opinion. But when it comes to Windows, Chrome beats Safari hands down (in terms of speed).