Browser Use vs Kernel
Browser Benchmark Comparison · Updated October 30, 2026
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Kernel was ahead in both shared browser benchmarks.
Head to head
- Browser lifecycleTotal lifecycle time · lower is betterKernel faster1.52x
Browser Use
0.33sKernel
0.22s - Browser throughputActions per second · higher is betterKernel higher throughput1.56x3.76 actions/s5.86 actions/s99%
Browser lifecycle
Median total lifecycle time over time
Browser UseKernel
Browser throughput
Browser Use
100% success · October 9, 2026Median
3.76 actions/s
p95
4.89 actions/s
p99
5.11 actions/s
Kernel
99% success · October 30, 2026Median
5.86 actions/s
p95
7.33 actions/s
p99
7.42 actions/s
Median actions per second over time
Browser UseKernel
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Methodology
- One workload, every provider. The same script, payload, and model hit every provider, addressed the way its own API expects. Nobody gets a tuned or special path.
- Repeated on a schedule. Every suite runs many iterations per provider, automated on a recurring schedule, so results reflect steady state rather than one lucky request.
- Raw results published. Every run is committed as JSON to the public benchmarks repo, next to the code that produced it. Nothing is cherry-picked or held back.
- How this comparison is built. Each benchmark compares the two providers' medians; results within 5% count as roughly even. A comparison is published only when both providers completed at least 50% of runs in 2 or more shared benchmarks run in the last 30 days. If a provider’s latest run of a benchmark failed, its most recent successful run from that window is used instead.
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Kernel was ahead in both shared browser benchmarks. In Browser lifecycle (October 30, 2026), Kernel had a median total lifecycle time of 0.22s versus 0.33s for Browser Use, 1.52x faster. In Browser throughput (October 9, 2026), Kernel had a median actions per second of 5.86 actions/s versus 3.76 actions/s for Browser Use, 1.56x higher throughput.
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