After a couple of requests, one thing stood out. People wanted me to test Mozilla Firefox and Opera. So I did.

Browser bench 2.0 test data:

• Firefox speed bench score: 153.1

• Opera speed bench score: 138

Panopticlick data:

Firefox | Some protection

• Tracking ad protection = Partial

• Invisible tracker protection = Partial

• Fingerprint protection = None

Opera | No protection

• Tracking ad protection = None

• Invisible tracker protection = None

• Fingerprint protection = None

Verdict remains:

Fastest browser: Safari

Best private browser: Brave