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Memory Usage Comparison (Edge Canary vs Google Chrome)
yellowdogvn and HotCakeX
I found it curious how Edge-Chromium and Chrome handle pages when they open.
Look at the picture, it looks like Edge "reads" all pages when it opens, while Chrome "reads" only the pages "it deems necessary". And maybe that's why Chrome uses less memory when it reopens with multiple pages, but consumes a lot more memory when each TAB is clicked to reload its pages.
Next week: Edge Canary versus Chrome Canary
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here is how the built-in task manager of both browsers look like:
Edge insider Version 79.0.280.0 (Official build) canary (64-bit)
Google Chrome Canary Version 79.0.3920.0 (Official Build) canary (64-bit)
Used the same tabs on each browser. ran each browser separately.
Spent the same amount of time on each browser (measuring from the time I launched the browser, opened the tabs and took the screenshot).
switched between each browser's tabs the same way in both browsers.
Wooooow!
I am really very impressed with your Chrome Canary test. They seem to be doing their homework. I installed Chrome Canary Sunday morning but haven't used it yet, just installed it. Tomorrow, calmly, I'll see how this new version behaves.
- Yeah well Google is competitive. this competitiveness between Microsoft and Google will be good for us end users
I guess if you really wanted to tested it, you can compare Edge Canary to Chromium (the raw version that becomes before Canary which is bare bones). Although technically Chromium doesn't auto update like Chrome and Edge, ,but it makes for good testing and/or comparing.
https://download-chromium.appspot.com/
