A Mozilla developer has tested multiple versions of the browser and found that the current beta version improves startup times by over 90% and reduces memory usage by 75% when compared to the latest stable version. While these results are specific to the extreme test profile and operating system used, they show that we can expect a positive performance improvement from the next release of Firefox.
https://www.notebookcheck.net/Firefox-55-reduces-startup-time-by-90-percent-and-memory-usage-by-75-percent.237000.0.html