Does Safari on Sequoia feel faster than Chrome for you?

[VitoBotta]

I am trying it now and am not sure. What's your take? If you were using Chrome, will you switch to Safari? Do you believe the claim that Safari is once again the fastest browser on the planet?

 

[komuh]

Nope it still feels a lot slower but a bit faster compared to macOS 14

 

[VitoBotta]

Nope it still feels a lot slower but a bit faster compared to macOS 14

By slower you mean slower than Chrome, right?

 

[komuh]

By slower you mean slower than Chrome, right?

Yes slower than chrome, faster compared to safari on macOS 14

 

[VitoBotta]

Yes slower than chrome, faster compared to safari on macOS 14

Gotcha, thanks

 

[casperes1996]

I do not understand the "slower than Chrome" comment. To my, Safari has always, dating back many macOS versions, felt (and benchmarked often too) faster than Chrome. Also eats less memory and offers better battery life

 

[VitoBotta]

I do not understand the "slower than Chrome" comment. To my, Safari has always, dating back many macOS versions, felt (and benchmarked often too) faster than Chrome. Also eats less memory and offers better battery life

I haven’t used Safari in a while so I am asking here opinions. I haven’t decided if I want to switch yet, I just want a fast browsing experience

 

[Siliconpsychosis]

I haven’t used Safari in a while so I am asking here opinions. I haven’t decided if I want to switch yet, I just want a fast browsing experience

unless you are able to detect microseconds of difference, all modern browsers "feel" about the same. They are all well evolved, none are particularly slower in real world use than any others. Each one has different advantages but speeds arent really a big deal any more.

Even browser benchmarks are really kinda meaningless. Most of the time the bottleneck is connection bandwidth, DNS lookups and transporting the ever increasing size of modern websites

 

[Feek]

If we can be sure of one thing, it's that Safari will always get snappier.

 

[komuh]

unless you are able to detect microseconds of difference, all modern browsers "feel" about the same. They are all well evolved, none are particularly slower in real world use than any others. Each one has different advantages but speeds arent really a big deal any more.

Even browser benchmarks are really kinda meaningless. Most of the time the bottleneck is connection bandwidth, DNS lookups and transporting the ever increasing size of modern websites

You can always feel a difference, one browser is used to test 95% of the web and the other one is playing catch up (safari).

Safari was and is feeling a lot slower compared to chrome for most websites on the internet. Especially with extra extension installed and it is not a Safari developers fault that one browser dominates whole globe, i'm happy using safari on my mac and iOS as i hate Google and their shady business, but i'm not blind to a real world performance and limitation of Safari.

I can see somewhat theoretical website that is faster on safari then on chrome if developer is focusing on bringing best experience for Safari users but it almost never happens.

 

[davidwebca]

For me on my 2019 last i9 Intel MBP (maxed out everything), Safari is unsuferrably slow and muuuuch much slower than before on any website and will even make other apps hog and slow down if doing anything remotely useful like SCROLLING LMAO. No joke, the text buffers before it appears on some websites, especially if there are images or videos elsewhere on the page. I don't hold anyone to it because it's a beta after all, but something tells me that it is the forced end of life of my computer that's being signaled. I had made the move to Safari only a while ago for the better integration, even though I'm a web dev and the Chrome console is much better, but I can't tolerate working with this. I really hope it gets better. 🙏🏻

 

[soulreaver99]

well chrome and edge don't even work properly on B2 so of course safari is faster

 

[chevyboy60013]

I used chrome about 2 years ago and never again. The only browser I use on any of my Macs is safari. Didn't like Chrome on windows, and won't install it on any of my Macs.

 

[edjusted]

I generally prefer Safari, but I use a lot of Google Sheets for work and personal. Chrome is vastly superior for big/complicated Google Sheets. That'd be the one noticeable exception for me.

 

[SoYoung]

For me, Safari always feel faster and more responsive than Chrome on macOS for trackpad gestures like swiping back or pinch to zoom, especially chrome on Windows. But sometimes I have to use chrome for some websites that don't show well on Safari but other than that, Safari is my web browser of choice.

 

[n-evo]

For me on my 2019 last i9 Intel MBP (maxed out everything), Safari is unsuferrably slow and muuuuch much slower than before on any website and will even make other apps hog and slow down if doing anything remotely useful like SCROLLING LMAO. No joke, the text buffers before it appears on some websites, especially if there are images or videos elsewhere on the page. I don't hold anyone to it because it's a beta after all, but something tells me that it is the forced end of life of my computer that's being signaled. I had made the move to Safari only a while ago for the better integration, even though I'm a web dev and the Chrome console is much better, but I can't tolerate working with this. I really hope it gets better. 🙏🏻

Temped to say that’s an issue with your installation, hardware, setup or whatever because Safari has never been like that for me. Not even back in the PPC days.

 

[rebelo]

Hi, just my 2 cents as almost everyone has said the same with different words: for ages Safari has been faster than Chrome. Faster to load, faster to open anything and use less resources. If we get into battery usage, Safari is WAY better than Chrome on any Mac.