Comparing the speed of Xenforo to the big 4

[Marcus]

When comparing second visits, vbulletin 4 is first starting render in less than 1 second where xenforo takes more than 1.6 seconds. This is more than 60% slower.




This is vb4 second view. And this is xenforo second view:

 

[kkm323]

using Page Speed in firebug by firefox

xenforo turns to be #1

 

[Claudio]

Marcus, if vbulletin cant optimize their own website its sad...

you never cant obtain a better result than the official vbulletin forum, unless you customize your forum a lot (deleting code)

 

[mark a]

If I don't execute subforums on my xf install, start render time is reduced to 1.6 !!! I removed this from template node_forum_level_2

 <xen:if is="{$renderedChildren} AND {$level} == 2">
<div class="Popup subForumsPopup">
<a href="{xen:link forums, $forum}" rel="Menu" class="cloaked" data-closemenu="true"><span class="dt">{xen:phrase sub_forums}:</span> {xen:number $forum.childCount}</a>
 
<div class="Menu JsOnly subForumsMenu">
<div class="primaryContent menuHeader">
<h3>{$forum.title}</h3>
<div class="muted">{xen:phrase sub_forums}</div>
</div>
<ol class="secondaryContent blockLinksList">
<xen:foreach loop="$renderedChildren" value="$child">
{xen:raw $child}
</xen:foreach>
</ol>
</div>
</div>
  </xen:if>

This seems interesting. How do I do this? Do I simply remove the code from /install/data/templates.xml?

 

[Marcus]

This seems interesting. How do I do this? Do I simply remove the code from /install/data/templates.xml?

you just remove the code from template node_forum_level_2 in your admin control panel.

 

[mark a]

Found it thanks.

 

[Marcus]

Please write here if you find a speed improvement. In xenforo debug modus you see on the end of each page the time it takes to deliver the page.

 

[mark a]

I definitely found a visual speed improvement as I have over 9000+ forums on my site. (yeah I know!)

I didn't remove the entire code snippet, but just the drop down as I still wanted the count to be shown, here it is: http://www.medisherpa.com/community/. See under 'United States Forums.'

I'll look up how to turn on xenforo debug mode and get back to you with some numbers.

 

[mark a]

Before:
Timing: 10.1150 seconds
Memory: 198.324 MB
DB Queries:9

After:
Timing: 6.7003 seconds
Memory: 192.335 MB
DB Queries: 9

If removed completely:
Timing: 6.3870 seconds
Memory: 192.324 MB
DB Queries: 9

 

[Digital Doctor]

Before: Timing: 10.1150 seconds Memory:198.324 MB DB Queries:9
After: Timing: 6.7003 seconds Memory: 192.335 MB DB Queries: 9

Cool. Thanks for the stats.

 

[CTXMedia]

That's quite a reduction!!

 

[psTubble27]

All things being equal, there's only one forum that's of comparable speed with XF: myBB. It is incorrect to posit IPB as anywhere close to fastest; in all of the equivalent tests I've seen ,IPB comes in 3rd, right in front of VB, which makes sense, as IPB developers have aimed for a 'jack-of-all-trades, master-of-none' approach, whereas we know that Kier and Mike have gone for a grippingly optimized next-generation approach.

 

[Marcus]

My tweaked vb4 could produce my forum home page in 0.04-0.06 seconds whereas my tweaked xf takes more than 0.1 seconds. Hundreds of forums slow down xf. xf is much faster on topic pages.

 

[Claudio]

My tweaked vb4 could produce my forum home page in 0.04-0.06 seconds whereas my tweaked xf takes more than 0.1 seconds. Hundreds of forums slow down xf. xf is much faster on topic pages.

Publish the tips to tweak xf buddy