Microsoft Edge vs FireFox which uses the most resources?

[DRDNA]

I'm finding in All cases that EDGE browser is way less resource intensive. I find FF uses more Ram and also utilizes the hard-drive where Edge does not. Here is a screen shot of Task Manager while streaming the exact same things (LIVE) same settings.

Windows 10 Creators

FF is using twice the Ram and utilizing the hard-drive (unneeded wear) and has way MORE CPU usage too! BAD!

 

[FordGT90Concept]

I'm guessing the video is GPU accelerated in Edge where it is not in Firefox.

 

[fullinfusion]

Tbh I use Edge all the time and works great for me.

I used to use FF faithfully on w7 but on w10 I didn't bother changing browsers.. however W10 creator version I didn't like the changes to Edge and rolled back to the anniversary version.

 

[DRDNA]

I love the fact that it (EDGE) loads everything in to the Ram and not using the hard drive. Nice!

 

[RejZoR]

Edge is more integrated into an OS. So, it's not comparable because there are things behind the scenes you're not even seeing. I do have to give credit to Edge for accelerating everything properly where EVERYONE else use some god damn GPU blacklists which are total garbage and make browsers run on CPU which could also be the reason for high resource usage (as already mentioned).

 

[DRDNA]

Edge is more integrated into an OS. So, it's not comparable because there are things behind the scenes you're not even seeing. I do have to give credit to Edge for accelerating everything properly where EVERYONE else use some god damn GPU blacklists which are total garbage and make browsers run on CPU which could also be the reason for high resource usage (as already mentioned).

Yeah but even if not all resources are showing for EDGE, the total resource usage is far higher with FF than EDGE and there is no hiding that.

 

[Halo3Addict]

I used FF exclusively maybe 2-3 years ago, then it started locking up constantly while watching videos and was incredibly annoying.

Now I use Opera, but it's still not the best. Was thinking of giving Vivaldi a try but I don't think I could live without the extensions.

 

[DRDNA]

I wish MS had offerings for EDGE on other platforms so I could test it on something other than Windows 10. It would show an even clearer over view.

 

[TheMailMan78]

I dunno why any of you use ANYTHING but, Edge. Best browser on the market hands down.

Chrome is a MASSIVE rescores hog.
Firefox was good like 15 years ago.

Guys let go of the past. Use Edge.

 

[DRDNA]

I dunno why any of you use ANYTHING but, Edge. Best browser on the market hands down.

Chrome is a MASSIVE rescores hog.
Firefox was good like 15 years ago.

Guys let go of the past. Use Edge.

I have no choice but to agree with you 100%!

 

[jboydgolfer]

how does one go about changing the Default search engine for Edge?? i see the option to change it, but it just shows Bing, and the options to remove/change, but i cant get anything to happen, the option are shaded out or something isnt right...

*edit*

it turns out You have to actually navigate to the site for the search engine You want to use... i.e. www.google.com for google, etc. for those who find themselves in a similar situation.

 

[ERazer]

Edge is amazin if you have kiddos, limit/track what they see.

 

[ERazer]

I dunno why any of you use ANYTHING but, Edge. Best browser on the market hands down.

Chrome is a MASSIVE rescores hog.
Firefox was good like 15 years ago.

Guys let go of the past. Use Edge.

but whose gonna use my ram its gonna be wasted

 

[jboydgolfer]

Heres a little Comparison of YouTube on FF & edge @ the same time. notice the performance of Edge as compared to FF in Dropped frames. bandwidth is lower on FF. odd, dunno if it makes any difference, tho. ill have to run em for a while each and see for real/

I watched a 4K video for 10 or so minutes, and never saw a single dropped frame. buffer health is Excellent on Edge TBH too. I have to admit my "fear" of M$ flavored browsers (mainly fueled by a decade of Internet Explorer) aside.... I cant lie.....Edge is pretty damn decent. 10/10 bananas

 

[Tsukiyomi91]

should compare Firefox & Chrome, then we'll see a good comparison. Still on Anniversary Update here. Creators Update didn't impress me.

 

[FordGT90Concept]

I wish MS had offerings for EDGE on other platforms so I could test it on something other than Windows 10. It would show an even clearer over view.

Edge runs on the Universal Windows Platform which relies heavily on Windows Presentation Foundation. WPF never even got ported into Mono because it relies heavily on DirectX. In other words, there's virtually zero chance it will ever get ported to any platform other than Windows.

Heres a little Comparison of YouTube on FF & edge @ the same time. notice the performance of Edge as compared to FF in Dropped frames. bandwidth is lower on FF. odd, dunno if it makes any difference, tho. ill have to run em for a while each and see for real/

I watched a 4K video for 10 or so minutes, and never saw a single dropped frame. buffer health is Excellent on Edge TBH too. I have to admit my "fear" of M$ flavored browsers (mainly fueled by a decade of Internet Explorer) aside.... I cant lie.....Edge is pretty damn decent. 10/10 bananas

UWP natively supports GPU accelerated MP4 AVC1 which you were watching there.

 

[natr0n]

Firefox 64bit work great never have issues. People who have issues most likely from unstable systems.

 

[DRDNA]

should compare Firefox & Chrome, then we'll see a good comparison. Still on Anniversary Update here. Creators Update didn't impress me.

Honestly my motive is more about bringing awareness to the fact of how good EDGE really is. I would have included Chrome in the comparison but I refuse to install it on my rig.

Firefox 64bit work great never have issues. People who have issues most likely from unstable systems.

True but at the expense of added resources compared to EDGE.

 

[TheMailMan78]

Been saying Edge was awesome since day one. But, since I said it....and its MS no one wanted to listen. You guys understand if I am not trolling I am telling the truth. I don't just make up shit......unless I'm trolling. Very few can tell the difference. Clue is what I say can be backed up by third party sources that are legit. Not some random blog. You know I aint trolling when people that normally don't chime in agree with me.

LEARN THE DIFFERENCE PEOPLE!​

 

[jboydgolfer]

Ill never forgive myself for not taking @TheMailMan78 seriously. . Please excuse me , im going to put my hand in the blender as penitence

 

[TheMailMan78]

Ill never forgive myself for not taking @TheMailMan78 seriously. . Please excuse me , im going to put my hand in the blender as penitence

Just accept the power that is Mailman. His knowledge will heal you. Bask in the glory of DEEZ NUTZ and be saved.

 

[REAYTH]

Ill never forgive myself for not taking @TheMailMan78 seriously. . Please excuse me , im going to put my hand in the blender as penitence

youtube please

 

[Countryside]

I have seen Firefox use twice as that amount you are having with only 3 tabs in use.

A while ago they had a problem with nasty memory leaks its seems that they have not learned form it.

I remember the times when my browser used 30mb of ram oh that was long time ago.

 

[FordGT90Concept]

30 MB? Psssh, IE5.5 didn't use more than 5.

 

[NdMk2o1o]

I disagree, edge looks like crap, sick of them pushing this horrid look with big simplistic cartoony looking buttons through everything these days but I guess it does make it easier for idiots which makes up 90% of their demographic, also I have edge open with 2 tabs and it's using 6 processes and close to 500Mb RAM....