Browsers Benchmark tests

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I did the MotionMark 1.3.1 test in Edge with 3 extensions:

AdGuard AdBlocker = 802.02

uBlock Origin Lite + Ping Blocker = 709.25

uBlock Origin = 704.80

uBlock Origin is the extension that is last.

Little difference,with the 3 extensions, to the Speedometer 3.0 test.

So it seems that AG v.5.x increases the performance of the graphics system of my Chromium-based browser.

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@NotHereToPlayGames

Have you ever done Spectre and Meltdown test to see if your processor has very good performance?
I remember that in some PCs disabling the patches allowed for better performance.

https://www.grc.com/inspectre.htm

[NotHereToPlayGames]

I've never done before-and-after comparisons, but I do DISABLE Spectre/Meltdown "preventions" on my machines.

And when Microsoft or Google or Apple or Mozilla or whomever else is "responsible" for 'patching' against these "vulnerabilities", I make absolute certain to NOT INSTALL THEM!

"To each their own", of course.

I cannot remember the name of the program that DISABLES these "preventions", but I know I run one at home to intentionally DISABLE Spectre/Meltdown "prevention".

[NotHereToPlayGames]

Not for everyone, of course.  NET SAVVY, know what to click, where to click, when to click, et cetera.  I really DO NOT SUPPORT the whole ideology of somebody else (Microsft "updates", browser "patches", etc) playing the role of Nanny State all in the "guise" of 'security'.

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The software at the link above allows,when possible of course, the disabling of patches........................................

Another possibility the use of the Power Plan Ultimate.

For verification:

Command Prompt

powercfg /list

Edited January 15 by Sampei.Nihira

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Betterfox would make Firefox faster than unmodified Firefox.
Yokoffing on its website would highlight an old test that improves speed by 31%.
I have also noticed,visually, this improvement.

[NotHereToPlayGames]

That OLD TEST that cites 31% is over two years old according to the link where it compares some popular forks.

I compared these "fasterfox" and "betterfox" user.js Placebo Effects just a month or two ago in IceCat v115 and COULD NOT CONFIRM any such performance increase.  Nowhere near 31%.

However, IceCat is based on v115 and I have no doubt that anything v128 or higher would give better results.

Due to embedded telemetry, IceCat is the only Mozilla Fork I would ever consider using.  I have been waiting for a v128 but it is still not here last I checked.

"To each their own."

32 minutes ago, Sampei.Nihira said:

visually

You know better than that.    Your former professor colleagues would be disappointed.  

Without a before and after quantifiable and REPEATABLE test, then any performance increase is nothing more than Placebo Effect.  Sorry, that's just SCIENTIFIC, keep your "vision" and your "gut" out of the equation.  

Edited January 22 by NotHereToPlayGames

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I think I wrote,even visually.

I have already demonstrated in this thread that my Firefox is faster than my Edge.

But it is difficult to do a before/after test without Betterfox because there are the necessary (for me) browser updates that might introduce a speed increase.

Another variable is the presence of an adblock extension (essential in my opinion) that could bring speed improvements in Firefox but not in Edge.

And these extensions would be different because with Edge I would test with AdGuard Adbocker and with Firefox with uBlock Origin.

As you see too many variables,but maybe after June 2025............

 

P.S.

I put the smiley face because many of my former professorial colleagues are now retired colleagues.
Many of the new ones I don't even know.....but I think that's the problem for everyone like me.
Only once did I get into college,but too many memories,even bad ones, but it seems strange then as time goes by you realize that even those were necessary, I would get tears in my eyes.

I don't think I will return there spontaneously,different is the case if someone calls me.
But I think this possibility will become rarer and rarer as time goes on.

 

 

Edited January 22 by Sampei.Nihira

[NotHereToPlayGames]

2 hours ago, Sampei.Nihira said:

I have already demonstrated in this thread

I recall.  You didn't have before and after and I tried to replicate.  I could not.  But my only reference was IceCat v115 versus Chromium v122.  Which wasn't really a fair comparison.

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Now my Edge is faster than Firefox on Speedometer 3.0 test:

Edge:

Firefox:

I am satisfied.

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uBlock Origin Lite improves performance on Speedometer 3.0 test of my primary browser compared to uBlock Origin:

[NotHereToPlayGames]

I still kind of find your benchmark scores "confusing".  ie, they don't seem, to me at least, to "agree" with majority of publicly shared scores.
By that, I do specifically refer to your ability, in the past at least, to score higher scores in Firefox than Edge.  Your most recent post does report what I would expect - a higher score in Edge than in Firefox.

I cite that as a newfound Big Fan of IceCat - but I cannot for the life of me to get it to score anywhere near as good as Chrome/Chromium forks - NOWHERE NEAR.

I found this site interesting as far as benchmark historical trends - 

 

Source Link - https://arewefastyet.com/win11/benchmarks/raptor-desktop-speedometer3?numDays=365

You can even see some "bump-ups" in the historical trend.
Early Nov 2024 bump-up for Firefox would be right around v132 and v133.  So tests from v131 through v134 would prove interesting.
There's another Firefox slight bump-up in mid Feb 2025.  Would be right around v135.  So perhaps directly comparing v130 to v135 would also prove quite interesting.

Chrome's July 2024 bump would be approx v127.
Chrome's Nov 2024 bump would be approx v130.
Chrome's Feb 2025 bump would be approx v132/v133.

[NotHereToPlayGames]

I should also add that when I first trial-ran "arkenfox" several months ago, I did not do so in a brand-new fresh-and-clean profile.

I have since revisited and without arkenfox, IceCat (v115 ESR) Speedometer 3.0 scores range from 5.06 to 5.10.

With arkenfox, my scores range from 6.00 to 6.17.  I'll cite that as a significant improvement.

And while IceCat does not yet have a v128 ESR branch (I patiently await), the v115 scores are HALF that which I get in an Ungoogled Chromium Fork (Huiaei v131) which range from 12.3 to 12.6.

Before finding the Huiaei fork, my Official Ungoogled v122 only scored 9.3 to 9.7.

Edited March 1 by NotHereToPlayGames

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Test scores cannot appear confusing because they report mathematical values,it would be like saying that the math itself is confusing and questionable.

The Speedometer 3.0 test score (before the changes I made in Edge) in Firefox higher than Edge is due to the fact that I have,in a nutshell,decreased Edge's security in favor of speed.
uBlock Origin Lite makes the browser inherently less secure even though the lower CPU + memory consumption and content blocking done by the browser itself compared to the MV2 extension evidently provide a speed surplus.
Same with the reduction in security for visited websites,a change I made in Edge.
I have recovered such security in other ways.
I do not mention the specific steps because no one is interested and I do not waste time.

The confusion is due to the fact that others probably do not have the ability to do the same.
This, however, is not my problem.

The tests done by others do not have my specific settings.
Example.
If we take the tests done by PrivacyTestOrg every browser is tested to default it is easy to say that Edge is inferior in privacy compared to Brave or LibreWolf.

However, this does not mean that all browsers Brave and Librewolf always outperform (any browser) Edge in privacy.

 

 

Edited March 1 by Sampei.Nihira