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Forget the potato, Opera 10.6 speeds past Google Chrome 6
Potatoes shooting out of tubes... A browser racing against boiled spuds... It's all good for a lighthearted laugh, but you're probably more interested in how a browser performs against non-tuber.
A while back, Opera 10.5 briefly snatched away the speed crown from Google Chrome on my system. Chrome's been comfortably in the lead for quite some time now when it comes to performance, but that may be about to change with the arrival of Opera 10.6.
I put the newly-released Opera 10.6 snapshot build up against both the Chrome 5 beta and Chrome 6 dev channel builds, and the results were pretty astounding: Opera 10.6 posted a Peacekeeper benchmark almost 25% higher than Google Chrome 6.0.408.1 (my results here). Sebastian's numbers were a bit closer, but Opera 10.6 still won (+14%).
That's pretty substantial, and the difference is noticeable while browsing web sites and tackling my usual daily tasks in apps like Gmail, Google Reader, and Seesmic Web. Opera 10.6 appears ready to reaffirm the fact that Opera has every intention of competing with the big boys.
Maybe Opera was poking fun at more than the original Google ad. Perhaps they were dropping a not-so-subtle hint about 10.6 turning up the heat on Chrome, so to speak...
A while back, Opera 10.5 briefly snatched away the speed crown from Google Chrome on my system. Chrome's been comfortably in the lead for quite some time now when it comes to performance, but that may be about to change with the arrival of Opera 10.6.
I put the newly-released Opera 10.6 snapshot build up against both the Chrome 5 beta and Chrome 6 dev channel builds, and the results were pretty astounding: Opera 10.6 posted a Peacekeeper benchmark almost 25% higher than Google Chrome 6.0.408.1 (my results here). Sebastian's numbers were a bit closer, but Opera 10.6 still won (+14%).
That's pretty substantial, and the difference is noticeable while browsing web sites and tackling my usual daily tasks in apps like Gmail, Google Reader, and Seesmic Web. Opera 10.6 appears ready to reaffirm the fact that Opera has every intention of competing with the big boys.
Maybe Opera was poking fun at more than the original Google ad. Perhaps they were dropping a not-so-subtle hint about 10.6 turning up the heat on Chrome, so to speak...
Comments
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Subscribe to commentsAemonyJun 1st 2010 8:04AM
@Joker:
That's exactly the problem. I don't want all that shit in my web browser when I have much better external programs for that. Let me customize Opera more and get rid of all the extra unnecessary functions, while giving me thousands upon thousands free add-ons and I'd choose Opera over any other browser.
Until then, Firefox and Chrome are my choices.
niehJun 1st 2010 10:26AM
@Aemony
you're assuming that all these functions you deem unnecessary slow the browser. it really doesn't. how else would it speed past chrome?
and it's not like you're being forced to use any of them. they're all hidden away as well. sometimes a tad too hidden, like the userscript & css support.
PallabJun 1st 2010 11:58AM
Adblock+Flashblock for Opera: http://www.pallab.net/2009/12/20/opera-fix-the-webs-biggest-annoyances/
WOT userjs implementation is also available.
laeroJun 1st 2010 4:55AM
Being able to customize the ui via css makes up for the extra seconds every page takes to load. So to me, Firefox is still a winner.
PseudoKnightJun 1st 2010 8:46PM
This is possible in Opera too.
Sebastian AnthonyJun 1st 2010 7:46AM
Someone ran a benchmark using my link! And scored over 15,000!
That sounds like a new record for Opera 10.6... :)
havrahaJun 2nd 2010 1:32PM
The amount of Chrome and Firefox users who are simply uninformed in these comments may be a strong reason as to why Opera is not higher in the food chain when it comes to browsers.
KualaBeeJun 2nd 2010 3:22PM
@ havraha, actually that is rather simplistic view on why people don't use Opera. I don't know much about Opera 10.5, but I used Opera 9.1 to 9.6 for a long time at work, b/c at that time, some sites I visited blocked Firefox.
While I thought the rendering engine was first class and was much more reliable than Firefox or IE in terms of not timing out ( a must for visiting the more obscure sites based oversees), it was the little things about Opera that made it the "work only" browser while I home I used Firefox or IE.
The most grating thing is the non intuitive GUI, was pretty frustrating back then, and from testing 10.5 today still frustrating now. Their design philosophy seems to be "the more clicks required to do something the better." This is the brilliant thing about Chrome and to a lesser extent Firefox and then IE. You can do everything in a few clicks in intuitive menu that one picks up after a few uses.
You make a browser that only techheads can use comfortably, then only techheads will use it. Speed benchmarks aren't everything. Thus you see that 1 percent browser share number.
AlexicovJun 4th 2010 2:43PM
You see, from the default setup, some things MAY take more clicks than Chrome or even Firefox, but Opera is so customizable that you can create a button to pretty much ANYTHING in any toolbar, including buttons that link to UserJS/UserCSS scripts. The problem is that there is no single knowledge base containing the thousands upon thousands of customizations, mouse gestures, keyboard shortcuts, buttons, Scripts, etc etc available. That is what I see the only downside to opera's superb customization potential.
saudrapsmannJun 4th 2010 11:34AM
Sadly, it's not the case for the Linux port, it seems.
When trying out Opera 10.60's port for Linux on Ubuntu 10.04, even Firefox was significantly faster.
I'll have to test this out the next time I'm on Windows.... Whenever that will be.
JakurbJun 4th 2010 12:18PM
I used Opera occasionally about a year ago since it was so lightweight, but since Opera 10, it's actually been using more RAM than Firefox (for me at least).
I don't notice any speed differences between the two, and there lots of little things which annoy me about Opera, or features that it doesn't include (some of these can probably be fixed/added but I can't be bothered and that still leaves the rest): the autoscrolling, things happening on mouse-clicks rather than mouse-releases, not being able to right-click on the back button, the size and layout of the navigation bar/tabs, context menus appearing for highlighting things, not being able to drag and drop highlighted things etc, and I prefer having very few features to start with, and being able to add anything I want to having quite a few features (very few of which I use) and not being able to add much (although I would actually even prefer Firefox vanilla to other browsers).
gregzengJun 17th 2010 2:55AM
Start up times are for kids who do NOT use computers, except to impress novice kids.
Web browsers are used for hours of browsing, closing, then returning to the last browsing situation. Since most computers use M$ Window$ IE, compatibility, out-of-the-box with IE is essential.
This means saving & reading IE file formats: MHT, HTM, HTML, ... Safari, Mozilla's rubbish, Google's Chrome - are not compatible with most web sites - on line nor saved for off-line reading.
I'm looking forward to the day these children grow up.
Greg Zeng, Australian Capital Territory.
pristy.siteJun 6th 2010 1:23PM
Opera still got billion bugs, speed is debatable, Chrome is 3x faster under Data so get away get away from Opera it's better for all.
BuggerJun 6th 2010 7:19PM
You expect an Alpha to work like a Final? Guess what, it's not even buggy for an Alpha!
Speed is not debatable.
Data is the only test in which Chrome beats Opera in Peacekeeper. Opera is way faster in Rendering, Test Parsing and DOM Operations.
BugMeNotJun 6th 2010 7:21PM
Google Chrome's Adblock is just an element hider. It doesn't stop the advertisement from downloading.
On the contrary, Opera's built-in advertisement blocker works very nicely. Opera all the way for me. :)
pristy.siteJun 7th 2010 12:34AM
Some say that only works at night with lights switched on and on a Concorde plane, all we know it it's called the Opera.
rells009Jun 8th 2010 10:10AM
I can't wait for another 6 months when somebody passes 9000.
Lee MathewsJun 8th 2010 10:10AM
FWIW, Seb's score is already....
OVER NINE THOUSAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAND.