Chrome uses 10x more RAM than Safari on macOSNo surprises there then...
What you need to know
New research from the creator of Flotato suggests Chrome uses 10x the amount of RAM that Safari does on macOS.
In one stress test it was as high as 24x...
New research from Flotato creator Morten Just has revealed Chrome uses 10x more memory than Safari when browsing on macOS.
In a recent blog post Just stated:
I reached a point where I could barely hear the podcast I was trying to listen to. That's how loud the fan was. Then I closed down all open Chrome windows, and a few minutes after, the fan went silent. So I decided to see if it was just me.
I ran the 2-tab test in a completely fresh macOS install on a virtual machine. Then I ran the 54-tabs test on my own Big Sur installation, but with all extensions disabled. To record a usage snapshot ~250 times per second, I used psrecord.
The results
Testing the browsers by visiting Twitter, opening a new tab with Gmail and then checking an email, Just found the following ...
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Chrome uses 10x more RAM than Safari on macOS
