Google Chrome now faster on Windows PCs
Google Chrome is now faster on Windows thanks to Microsoft’s Profile Guided Optimization technology.
Google said that with Chrome 53, the browser will be up to 15% faster on Windows.
“PGO uses data from runtime execution that track which functions are most common to guide optimisation,” said Google.
“The nightly build process now produces a special version of Chrome that tracks how often functions are used. PGO then optimises those high-use functions for speed, in some cases increasing the binary size of those functions.”
PGO also optimises less-used functions with smaller, slightly slower code, said Google, and optimises the memory location of the code.
Google said PGO impact was:
- New tab page load time – 14.8% faster
- Page load (time to first paint) – 5.9% faster
- Startup time – 16.8% faster
64-bit Chrome on Windows is using PGO as of version 53, and 32-bit Chrome is using it as of version 54.
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