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Updated Who cares about efficiency, I have 8 GB and|or a quad core CPU (markdown)

gorhill 2014-12-26 16:02:39 -08:00
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Who cares about efficiency, I have 8 GB and|or a quad core CPU.md

@ -13,4 +13,10 @@ Memory and CPU cycles are finite resources. A sure way for a developer to **not*
Not convinced yet? Try [this online tool](http://www.numion.com/StopWatch/index.html) to compare how fast web pages load when using one blocker compared to another.
First with Adblock Plus. Refresh many times. Notice the result. Then try with µBlock. Refresh many times. **Do you see the difference?**
If you have a multi-core CPU, and hence plenty of spare CPU cycles, granted, there may not be such a noticeable difference in page load, but other popular blockers will definitely make use of plenty of whatever spare CPU cycles available (see below) to perform the same job as µBlock.
CPU overhead<br>
![CPU overhead](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gorhill/uBlock/master/doc/benchmarks/cpu-usage-overall-chart-20141226.png)
Memory overhead<br>
![Memory overhead](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gorhill/uBlock/master/doc/benchmarks/mem-usage-overall-chart-20141224.png)