I confirm this. Chunk generation is a lot slower than vanilla. I'm on a very fast computer though, so for me it is hardly noticeable, unless I use something like:
/c game.forces.player.chart(game.player.surface, {{x = -2000, y = -2000}, {x = 2000, y = 2000}})
Then I have to wait for a couple of minutes, barely able to walk.
*EDIT: Or rather, that happened before I enabled texture compression but not really anymore. Just a very slight lag, still for a couple of minutes.
I have some other mods affecting chunk generation too though, so I'm not sure it's Alien Biomes alone.
Try to enable HQ texture compression if you have it disabled, maybe? Strangely, it helped me with a similar stuttering when I was simply moving, not generating new chunks.