Chrome achieves highest score ever on Speedometer 3, saving users millions of
a year ago
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- Chrome has achieved the highest score ever on the Speedometer benchmark, with a 10% improvement since August 2024.
- Speedometer measures web application responsiveness and tests critical components of the Blink rendering engine.
- Optimizations include refining memory layouts of internal data structures, improving string handling, and enhancing caching mechanisms.
- The improvements save significant time for users, with potential savings of 58 million hours annually.
- The team focused on optimizing fundamental rendering paths, including DOM, CSS, layout, and painting components.
- Enhancements in font shaping, particularly for Apple Advanced Typography, have improved text rendering performance.