WebKit Achieves 2.4× Faster PDF Operations Than Chrome
WebKit outperforms Chrome by 2.4× in PDF operations. Open-source benchmark harness available.
A developer maintaining a client-side file converter has open-sourced a benchmark harness for PDF operations, allowing for reproducible testing. The performance data shows that WebKit significantly outperforms Chrome in several tasks, highlighting the efficiency of client-side processing. This development may influence engineers to reconsider their choices in PDF handling.