Have You Updated Your Chrome Browser?

The update promises better performance. Here is a benchmark comparison using V8 Benchmark Suite (tested using an older version of the suite):

Earlier
2.0.172.8
4.0.249.89 b

Score
1448
2022
2431

Richards
1690
1847
2411

DeltaBlue
1655
1621
1900

Crypto
1358
2056
2426

RayTrace
2320
2413
3295

EarleyBoyer
2873
2798
4334

RegExp
137
732
789

Splay
3835
4541
4003

It’s faster, isn’t it? (Please say “Yes, it is, Master”).
How is this possible? In gist:

Property access vs. hash table.
JIT compilation.
Some garbage collection voodoo.

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