In addition, it has an excellent user interface and optimal performance even if you are using a low-end computer. However, it went down due to lack of optimization, but it came back and challenged Chrome as it brought Firefox Quantum. Microsoft Edge comes pre-installed on Windows It is one of the best and fastest browsers for Windows If your browser takes a long time to load, try this one.
It has excellent privacy tools and many customization options. This is one of the lightest browsers and very easy to use for Windows Compared to other browsers for Windows 10, Microsoft is the fastest one. The best thing about this browser is that it warns you of dangerous websites while you browse, so it is also considered the safest browser to use.
Opera is probably, one of the oldest web browsers available right now. As Google Chrome was successful, Opera users were decreased.
Some of its features are usually designed for smartphones like battery savers and data compression mode. Other unique features of Opera are in-built ad-blocker, screenshot tool, VPN service, currency converter, etc. For Opera, more than extensions are available. One of the best things is installing Chrome extensions because Opera uses the same engine as Chromium.
Brave browser is a fast, private, and secure web browser for PC, Mac, and mobile. You can enjoy an ad-free browsing experience. It is packed with many great features like faster browsing, multi-platform support, and understandable interface, incognito mode, multiple tabs management, and more.
Apart from all this, Brave can earn for browsing. It has an in-built ad-tracker and ad-blocker that speed up the page loading. Tor is free and open-source software that allows anonymous communication. It is one of the best web browsers to use without revealing your complete identity. It does have a browser for Android and iOS devices also. So you can surf all types of websites. Even block sites can be used without any restrictions. However, the interface is not good, and the bandwidth speed is low.
There is no doubt that Google Chrome is the most popular web browser, but there would be no Chrome without Chromium. Chromium is an open-source project that comes under the Chrome browser. It is similar to Chrome in look and feature-wise.
However, even on my browser benchmarks , it was just awful. I took a quick look at it, and I decided that between Microsoft getting ready to retire it and its dreadful performance, I wouldn't waste time benchmarking it. If you're still using IE, just stop already. You'll be better with anything else. Firefox was followed by Opera This was originally a Norwegian-based browser, but it was acquired by a Chinese private-equity company in Next is Brave 1.
This open-source browser's owners claim to do the best job of protecting your privacy. Still, in they admitted to sharing default autocomplete answers with an affiliate cryptocurrency exchange. Finally, there's Vivaldi 4.
This was started by Opera expatriates, who missed the original Opera's community and look-and-feel. Although all of these browsers, except Firefox, are clone brothers, they do not have the same performance.
Each vendor has changed the Chromium code to make them quite different from each other. With everything ready and the PC cleaned up of all non-essential software, it was time for testing. First up was JetSteam 2.
This JavaScript and WebAssembly benchmark suite focuses on advanced web applications. It rewards browsers that start up quickly, execute code quickly and run smoothly. Higher scores are better on this benchmark. Chrome won this competition easily with a score of Opera, somewhat to my surprise, came in second with Behind it was Edge with Next was Vivaldi with The real surprise, though, was Firefox with a dismal Speedometer is a newish web browser benchmark.
To do this, it uses demo web applications to simulate user actions such as adding to-do items. Once more, higher scores are better on this test. Most people use Google Chrome as their default browser. But privacy is another matter for the online ad giant.
Once more, Chrome comes out comfortably on top with a score of Only Edge came relatively close to Chrome by scoring Dropping way back, Chrome and Edge were followed by Opera at Then, there's another considerable dropoff in performance to Vivaldi at Next up: Kraken 1. This benchmark, which is based on the long-obsolete SunSpider, measures JavaScript performance. To this basic JavaScript testing, it added typical use-case scenarios.
Mozilla, Firefox's parent organization, created Kraken. With this benchmark, the lower the score in milliseconds ms , the better the result. You would think that Firefox should ace this benchmark. It doesn't. Chrome took first place here with Opera came in a distant second with Behind it came Edge at Then, and only then, does Firefox make a last-place appearance with a pathetic ms.
Octane 2. Octane is not Chrome-specific. For example, it tests how fast Microsoft's TypeScript compiles itself. In this benchmark, the higher the score, the better. On this Google benchmark, Chrome took the blue ribbon with a score of 39, Behind it there's a pile-up for second place with Opera at 37,, Vivaldi at 36,, Brave with 37, and Edge with 37,