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Microsoft

Aug 29, 2019

Have feedback on the memory/CPU usage on Edge? We're Listening!

Greetings Microsoft Edge Insiders! My name is Allison and I am a PM working on improving the performance of the new Microsoft Edge browser. Previously, your feedback let us know that ther...

olavrb

Brass Contributor

Jun 23, 2020

Edge applications (Menu -> Apps -> Install this site as an app) seems to always consume more CPU than it should. Like, easily 5% CPU usage (i7-8665u), just by idling in the background.

Chrome with 10+ open tabs consumes less CPU. At least as many extensions installed in Chrome as well.

Is this a known issue/ a pattern others observe as well?