From d1c23c67fd7bbc3305850cee00398420926a50d1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Raymond Hill Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2014 19:28:47 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?Updated=20=C2=B5Block=20vs.=20ABP:=20efficiency?= =?UTF-8?q?=20compared=20(markdown)?= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit --- µBlock-vs.-ABP:-efficiency-compared.md | 14 ++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+) diff --git a/µBlock-vs.-ABP:-efficiency-compared.md b/µBlock-vs.-ABP:-efficiency-compared.md index d210a78..4eb6f78 100644 --- a/µBlock-vs.-ABP:-efficiency-compared.md +++ b/µBlock-vs.-ABP:-efficiency-compared.md @@ -1,5 +1,19 @@ +Here is a quick illustrated comparison of efficiency using various angles. + ### Own memory footprint +These screenshots show the memory footprint of ABP and µBlock _after_ they have gone through this rather [demanding benchmark](https://github.com/gorhill/uBlock/wiki/Reference-benchmark). Once the benchmark was completed, I forced the browser to garbage collect the memory in each extension by clicking the trash icon a couple of times -- this is an _important step_, or else the shown memory footprint is not too reliable. + +##### Adblock Plus +![ABP](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gorhill/uBlock/master/doc/img/abp-own-mem.png) + +##### µBlock +![uBlock](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gorhill/uBlock/master/doc/img/ublock-own-mem.png) + +Both extensions had _EasyList_, _EasyPrivacy_, _Peter Lowe's Ad Server_ list, and malware protection (there are more filters in µBlock for this last one). + +#### + ### Added overhead to each net request ### Added memory footprint to web pages \ No newline at end of file