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Apple, Google, Mozilla, and Microsoft teamed up on a new web browser benchmark test.

Gecko (Firefox), Blink (Chrome / Edge), and WebKit (Safari) are the engines behind most web browsers, and the developers who make them have collaborated on a new benchmark to measure performance with browsing and web apps.

Announced in December 2022 and already used to optimize the browser engines listed above, Speedometer 3.0 is now available to test “key scenarios” like rendering a news site — if that’s the kind of thing you enjoy doing.

Correction March 11th, 4:29PM ET: An earlier version of this post incorrectly swapped the browser engines for Chrome and Firefox, it has been correct. We regret the error.

Screenshot of Speedometer 3.0 browser benchmark showing a simulated news site titled The Daily Broadcast, with placeholder text articles and blank spaces for images.
The Daily Broadcast, a test news site browsers render as part of the Speedometer 3.0 test.
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