Microsoft Edge 20 % faster on Apple computers

Microsoft Edge is a relatively fast browser that has a lot of tricks up its sleeve to compete with its main competitors and in some areas offers an even better user experience. But there's always room for improvement, and that's what Microsoft did with its latest update, bringing much-needed improvements to macOS and M2-based Macs in the first place.

The company published a post on the official Windows Blogs website detailing recent optimizations for the Edge browser on Macs with Apple Silicon processors. Microsoft says it recently turned on profile optimization, which allowed the % to perform up to 20 times better in browser benchmarks (JetStream, MotionMark...), which should also affect overall performance.

Profile optimization is not new in the world of browsers. This build technique tracks the most frequently used functions and prioritizes them over other, less used processes. As a result, users benefit from more efficient use of resources and better overall performance.

Almost eight years ago, in Chrome version 53 on Windows, Google introduced optimizations that increased the new tab load time to 14.8 %, the page load time to 5.9 %, and the startup time to 16.8 %. For Microsoft Edge on Windows, Microsoft added profile optimization in March 2020 with Edge 81, followed by connection time optimization in Edge 83.