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by codedokode 1440 days ago
Also in this case memory consumption will be lower because JIT'ed code takes space. I think that it is a good idea.
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Has anyone produced meaningful benchmarks on real world websites? If I go to arstechnica, or NYTimes, or gmail — what will the difference be between JIT and non-JIT for page load and common operations?
Edge did some benchmarks with their "Super Duper Secure Mode" and found that disabling JIT improves performance more often than not: https://microsoftedge.github.io/edgevr/posts/Super-Duper-Sec...
> and found that disabling JIT improves performance more often than not

Well, kind of...

>> We find that disabling the JIT does not always have negative impacts. Our tests that measured improvements in power showed 15% improvement on average and our regressions showed around 11% increase in power consumption. Memory is also a mixed story with negatively impacted tests showing a 2.3% regression, but a larger gain on the tests that showed improvements. Page Load times show the most severe decrease with tests that show regressions averaging around 17%. Startup times, however, have only a positive impact and no regressions.

Most people are going to care about page load times more than anything else by far, and that's the one that quite clearly took a hit without JIT. It's great that no JIT makes Edge open faster, but how many times a day do you have to quit and restart your browser?