#ANDROID BROWSER BENCHMARK 2016 APK#
#ANDROID BROWSER BENCHMARK 2016 ANDROID#
#ANDROID BROWSER BENCHMARK 2016 FREE#

There’s a reason the operating system is Google’s.

Google Chrome: Unbeatable at the visual level, primarily because it’s familiar, following the same lines as its desktop versions.

But there are still some features that can tip the balance one way or the other. This section is completely subjective and we can’t pick one clear winner as that decision depends enormously on user preferences. Oddly enough the other browsers have seen their compatibility with HTML5 worsen since our last comparison. Winner: If we take the net values and the average among the positions achieved in each of the three categories, Chrome gets the best results, beating out Firefox here. We’ve used the JetStream and Kraken benchmarking tools ( SunSpider has been discontinued) to measure JavaScript performance during loading, and HTML5Test to measure loading of HTML5 content. Regardless of opening time, page loading time is a super important barometer when it comes to measuring general performance. If we’re truly going to pick a winner for good management of resources it would undoubtedly be Opera.

#ANDROID BROWSER BENCHMARK 2016 ANDROID#

Winner: Although Chrome appears to be the clear winner, keep in mind what we mentioned above about preloading of services used by the Android OS and the desktop widget on the search bar (which make the Google browser appear lighter than it really is). The values, on top of the basic processes launched by each app, are as follows: The following values are taken from Android’s own app manager, under the same ‘control’ conditions for each: browser with three tabs loaded (Uptodown, Wikipedia, and Google search) after a clean startup of the device. How much space an app takes up is one thing and how much operating memory is used by its running processes and the cache it generates is quite another.

In addition, Chrome gets a leg up from the fact that some of its processes are integrated into the Android OS and thus are running before it even opens. That said, don’t confuse app opening time with loading time for each page (which we try to measure in another section below). Winner: Google Chrome runs fastest, followed by Firefox. In our case we’ve tried 20 opening cycles to get a more realistic figure that reflects when the browser contents are already resident in the cache.

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To take this measurement we’ve used the free Android app DiscoMark, which measures the opening time of a set of apps running recurrently. Opening timeĪnother thing to keep in mind is how long an app takes to run. But today the crown goes to Firefox, which traditionally has been heaviest but after the constant criticisms has finally gotten its ducks in a row. Winner: Till now it’s always been the ‘non-mini’ Opera Browser that won in this category.

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Below we list both the size of the APK (in parenthesis) and the amount of space taken up after installation: Here we don’t count the cache generated by browsing itself, as each app has its own system for cleaning and managing itself. The amount of space taken up by an app is super important to keep in mind given the limited storage on lots of smartphones. The intrinsic capacities of each app fall outside the scope of this comparison, as this sort of info can be easily checked on the websites of each developer. In terms of selection, we’ve relied more on the number of downloads of the browsers than the feedback received for each.įor the comparison, we’ve taken the following factors into account: memory taken up by the app after its installation, opening time after successive iterations, RAM used while running, performance based on various benchmarks, and one subjective but equally important indicator – usability. The versions of each browser were Google Chrome, Firefox 49.0, Opera, and UC Browser 11.0.5 – that is, the most modern version published on the stable channel for each app. We did our tests on a Nerunning Android 6.0.1. In particular, we’re going to analyze RAM use, opening speed, and compatibility, among other stats of interest. But given the great leaps forward recently among the big-name browsers, now is a good time to revisit the subject with a faceoff between the four most popular browser apps: Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, UC Browser, and Opera. It was May of this year when we did our last comparison of browsers for Android.

Android browser benchmark 2016