1. Go to chrome://gpu in Chrome

2. Check whether Canvas and WebGL(2) are hardware accelerated

If they are not hardware accelerated, follow this article to turn on hardware acceleration:

How to Turn Hardware Acceleration On and Off in Chrome

3. Check whether GL_RENDERER is set to your dedicated GPU (if you have one)

(Tip: use Ctrl + f to quickly find “GL_RENDERER*”** in the page)*

If GL_RENDERER is not set to your main GPU, check the settings of your operating settings and GPU.


<aside> ⚠️ Bug on Chrome for certain MacBooks with AMD GPUs

There is a bug in Chrome/MacOS which causes bad performance on certain MacBooks with AMD GPUs. If you have this kind of hardware and the web performance is bad, you should switch the ANGLE graphics backend.

  1. Go to chrome://flags
  2. Search for “ANGLE graphics backend”
  3. Set the value to “Metal” and restart Chrome </aside>