Vivaldi vs Opera vs Chrome

LongLife

So out of curiosity I did a little test where I compared page load/render times of those 3 browsers. I noticed that Vivaldi was a bit slower and I thought that Opera was a bit faster than Chrome so I wanted to check.

I cleared all browsing data completely on each browser before testing and I used incognito mode with only one extension enabled and that is Page Load Time which I used to measure load times.

Browser versions:

Opera 42.0.2393.94
Google Chrome 56.0.2924.59
Vivaldi 1.6.689.40

Sites on which I measured load time:

Every page was loaded 10 times. So I opened the page, wait for it to load, close the page and repeat 10 times.

Computer specs:

OS: Windows 7 Ultimate (x64)
CPU: Intel Core i5-4690K
GPU: AMD Radeon HD 5570
RAM: 8GB DDR3
HDD: WD Blue 1TB

Test results:

SUM of all load times

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All load times in milliseconds

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NOTE: I did this completely for fun and out of curiosity just to get some rough results. I don't know how credible are these results because there are certainly a lot of factors that could've potentially affect the load times. I also don't know if the extension that I was using to measure the load times is measuring load time correctly. So don't take this results for granted.

cenon415

@LongLife Nice comparison. I've always wondered, and imho this comparison is somewhat pretty accurate. I've done some tests in the past myself and have had similar results as yours, in terms of speed. I wonder if it has something to do with the Adaptive Interface Color changing feature, since it has to register the color of the webpage then to match the interface with the webpage which may affect load times. Not sure though. Just a wild guess lol

LongLife

@cenon415 said in Vivaldi vs Opera vs Chrome:

I wonder if it has something to do with the Adaptive Interface Color changing feature

I actually turned off that feature while I was testing.

What I noticed is that Vivaldi has noticeably slower initial load times and after that it has fairly consistent load times but a bit slower than the Opera and Chrome.

naggy63

Really, I don't care. I'm glad to be here because I'm fed up with google associates poping up when I want to access the web. I only kept my gmail, mainly because it will be a hassle to transfer all my contact here, when I don't have much time.

But if you are playing online, that's different from browsing. So I guess the speed aspect is going to count

mtaki14

@dLeon Pretty sure he meant he doesn't care about the speed aspect.

naggy63

@mtaki14
Right about that, and it's a she

The truth is I love Vivaldi (my favorite composer), and while I was looking for a new browser, I keep going back. I've been here since, no IE or Google or firefox. In the 90's I was using netscape. AND I use duckduckgo as my search engine.

zigojacko

I know this is an old topic but why is Vivaldi so much slower and laggier than Chrome when it also runs on the same Chromium framework...? I've actually had to switch to Chrome for development on one website purely because it just keeps locking up Vivaldi every time I switch between tabs - yet exactly the same is perfectly fine in Chrome.

zigojacko

@Gwen-Dragon said in Vivaldi vs Opera vs Chrome:

@zigojacko Chrome uses own licensed codecs to display media. Vivaldi has to use the ones of the OS which causes be slower or laggy display of media and trouble while codecs missing a interface in most OS.
Chrome uses binary coded user interface. Vivaldi uses React to build a HTML, JS and CSS driven UI which can be configured and enhanced easier.

Oh, I see. Thanks for the information, I never knew this.

So in short then, Vivaldi is never going to perform as well as Chrome then...?

zigojacko

@Gwen-Dragon said in Vivaldi vs Opera vs Chrome:

@zigojacko said in Vivaldi vs Opera vs Chrome:

I've actually had to switch to Chrome for development on one website

See this may be fixed

[Developer Tools] Docked tools unresponsive to cursor interactions on breakpoint hit (VB-54268)
— https://vivaldi.com/de/blog/news/minor-update-3-for-vivaldi-desktop-3-0/

I will find out today and advise if any better.

zigojacko

@zigojacko said in Vivaldi vs Opera vs Chrome:

@Gwen-Dragon said in Vivaldi vs Opera vs Chrome:

@zigojacko said in Vivaldi vs Opera vs Chrome:

I've actually had to switch to Chrome for development on one website

See this may be fixed

[Developer Tools] Docked tools unresponsive to cursor interactions on breakpoint hit (VB-54268)
— https://vivaldi.com/de/blog/news/minor-update-3-for-vivaldi-desktop-3-0/

I will find out today and advise if any better.

I can confirm that today's update has not made a blind bit of difference at all.

It is particularly affecting one website. A website we are currently developing in Wordpress. Switching between tabs on that website literally causes the entire browser to freeze for approx 10 seconds each switch and sometimes, the entire browser just goes black and you can't see anything at all. Not just the window in which you see the website but the controls, address bar, menu, everything - and when this happens, you can move the cursor around and see that it is rolling over links on the page still, but you just can't see anything at all and the only way to overcome this is to end the task.

It generally seems not to perform well with Wordpress' backend at all in general but this particular website is severe and I can work with the same website (frontend and backend) perfectly fine in ANY other browser (Chrome, Firefox, Edge, Opera, Brave).

I am wondering if it might be of use if I could share the URL with a Vivaldi developer so they can test for themselves. I don't want to share the URL publicly as the website is under development.

The homepage of said website does use a large HTML5 video on the homepage but this Vivaldi issue is apparent with any page of the website. And like I say, it's fine in any other browser.

zigojacko

@Gwen-Dragon said in Vivaldi vs Opera vs Chrome:

@zigojacko said in Vivaldi vs Opera vs Chrome:

It is particularly affecting one website. A website we are currently developing in Wordpress.

Please open a extra thread for this at Vivaldi browser forum.
I am interested what may be the cause of the issue as i debug in my Wordpress JS, HTML and CSS, too.

I can share the URL privately with you if you wanted to take a look for yourself.

But I have started a new thread here.