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Chrome Sets Browser Speed Records on M5 MacBook Pro

Friday June 5, 2026 10:38 am PDT by Juli Clover<br>Google's Chrome browser hit new records on browser benchmarking tools Speedometer 3.1 and JetStream 3, Google said today.

Chrome earned a score of 61 on Speedometer, a five percent improvement since last year. It earned a 469 on JetStream 3, a 10 percent improvement since the beginning of 2026. Tests were done on an M5 MacBook Pro running macOS 26.0.1.

Google says it holds a dual record across all browsers, beating every other Mac browser, including Safari.

Google reworked JavaScript handling to boost its benchmarking scores, skipping unnecessary execution steps and inlining asynchronous operations. Inlining "fast paths" for common operations resulted in speed gains across multiple daily tasks.

Improvements were also implemented for WebAssembly workloads and the Blink rendering engine, with details available on Google's Chromium blog.

Google says the benchmarking wins translate into a "meaningfully faster" browsing experience for Chrome users.

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Top Rated Comments

letsGoOn2<br>1 day ago at 10:43 am

Great. Fastest browser, fastest privacy invader!<br>I replaced it with Firefox as my secondary browser and won't go back

When it comes to chrome, the only spec I really care about is how quickly it can be (completely) uninstalled.<br>Score: 51 Votes (Like | Disagree)

jz0309<br>1 day ago at 10:41 am

Great. Fastest browser, fastest privacy invader!<br>I replaced it with Firefox as my secondary browser and won't go back<br>Score: 46 Votes (Like | Disagree)

germanbeer007<br>1 day ago at 10:55 am

now do memory usage<br>Score: 28 Votes (Like | Disagree)

Graphikos<br>1 day ago at 10:45 am

I don't recall the last time I thought my browser was "slow".... any of them. That's about true for lots of things.<br>Score: 28 Votes (Like | Disagree)

963852741<br>1 day ago at 10:50 am

There is nothing in this world or the next that would make me touch it.<br>Score: 15 Votes (Like | Disagree)

burgman<br>1 day ago at 11:06 am

Google's Chrome browser hit new records on browser benchmarking tools Speedometer 3.1 and JetStream 3, Google said today ('https://blog.google/chromium/a-double-victory-for-web-speed-chrome-breaks-records-again-on-speedometer-31-and-jetstream-3/').

Chrome earned a score of 61 on Speedometer, a five percent improvement since last year. It earned a 469 on JetStream 3, a 10 percent improvement since the beginning of 2026. Tests were done on an M5 MacBook Pro running macOS 26.0.1.

Google says it holds a dual record across all browsers, beating every other Mac browser, including Safari.

Google reworked JavaScript handling to boost its benchmarking scores, skipping unnecessary execution steps and inlining asynchronous operations. Inlining "fast paths" for common operations resulted in speed gains across multiple daily tasks.

Improvements were also implemented for WebAssembly workloads and the Blink rendering engine, with details available on Google's Chromium blog...