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Deleted
Sep 21, 2019

Memory Usage Comparison (Edge Canary vs Google Chrome)

Edge Chromium Canary: Version 79.0.280.0 (Official build) canary (64-bit)
Google Chrome: Version 77.0.3865.90 (Official Build) (64-bit)
Using the same 10 address pages

 

:flushed:(Sorry for posting this again,

I made a change to the previous post and ended up messing it up) :flushed:


a) First screenshots just after opening the browsers
b) Other screenshots just after clicking each tab to refresh them
c) Browsers Task Managers to comparison side-by-side

a)

 

Edge:

 

Chrome:

 

 


b)


Edge:


Chrome:

 


c)

6 Replies

  • Joshua1605's avatar
    Joshua1605
    Iron Contributor

    Hi! 

    This  is my figures. And it is not comparison between browsers but only canary Edge previous and current builds.

    Two tabs only (main pages, without login):

    • soundcloud
    • feedly

    Extensions:

    • Ghostery 
    • AdGuard AdBlocker
    • uBlock Origin

    Current Version 79.0.313.0 (Official build) canary (64-bit):

     

     

    Previous build:

     

    Some earlier builds even with 5-7 tabs showed 400-600 MB. May be better to stick with vanilla Edge canary when memory usage was 200-400 MB :smile:?

     

    Best regards,

    Joshua

  • Elliot Kirk's avatar
    Elliot Kirk
    Silver Contributor

    Hi Deleted, it looks like Chrome is delay loading content until the tab has been made active to save on memory usage, but also possibly using more because of it.  What behaviors would you prefer?  Thanks - Elliot

    • Behzad_A's avatar
      Behzad_A
      Brass Contributor

      Elliot Kirk wrote:

      Hi Deleted, it looks like Chrome is delay loading content until the tab has been made active to save on memory usage, but also possibly using more because of it.  What behaviors would you prefer?  Thanks - Elliot


      Elliot Kirk Browser should not loads tabs until tab has been made active; This behavior was one of reasons to stop using Edge HTML in many years ago for me, and sadly this issue still exist in Edge Chromium(Beta)

      • Joshua1605's avatar
        Joshua1605
        Iron Contributor

        Behzad_A I think this feature has been introduced even in Chrome not so long ago:

         

        And concerning my post above, this is my new values (same two tabs/same extensions):

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