diff --git a/µBlock-vs.-ABP:-efficiency-compared.md b/µBlock-vs.-ABP:-efficiency-compared.md index 57549ae..ceb055d 100644 --- a/µBlock-vs.-ABP:-efficiency-compared.md +++ b/µBlock-vs.-ABP:-efficiency-compared.md @@ -26,4 +26,16 @@ Below are the average time it takes for each extension to handle a net request i Fun fact: µBlock will actually execute more efficiently if you enable _ hpHosts’s Ad and tracking servers_, the timing of `chrome.webRequest.onBeforeRequest` goes below 185 ms when this list is enabled. The key is that filters made of plain hostnames are processed in a very efficient way in µBlock. -### Added memory footprint to web pages \ No newline at end of file +### Added memory footprint to web pages + +Extensions have their own memory footprint, but they also causes increased memory footprint in web pages. Below you can see the added memory footprint in a very simple web page, [Hacker News](https://news.ycombinator.com/). First screenshot is when no extension at all is used, so it's consider it is the reference memory footprint, other screenshots show the new memory footprint caused by each extension. + +##### No extension +![No extension](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gorhill/uBlock/master/doc/img/hn-alone.png) + +##### Adblock Plus +![ABP](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gorhill/uBlock/master/doc/img/hn-abp.png) + +##### µBlock +![uBlock](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gorhill/uBlock/master/doc/img/hn-ublock.png) +