What's the best windows browser for memory usage?

[Karl Masks]

With Opera running and nothing else but background/windows 11 processes I'm about 78% out of 8gb ram.

Is there anything that performs better?

 

[Fez909]

Edge: Which Browser Uses the Least RAM? (Updated 2022) | DeviceTests

 

[two sheds]

Memory usage the only criterion?

 

[gentlegreen]

I seem to alternate between Chrome and Firefox - which seem to alternate being crap and maxing out my 11 year old CPU.
Thankfully I have managed to make Chrome similar enough to FF - though I still use the latter for a few things for convenience...
With any other browser, the change in UI and loss of shortcuts ad saved logins is just too annoying.

I reckon I do OK for a boomer - albeit one who was in IT support for nearly 40 years.

 

[Karl Masks]

Memory usage the only criterion?

As far as I can tell. Is there anything I ought be concernred with?

 

[Karl Masks]

I seem to alternate between Chrome and Firefox - which seem to alternate being crap and maxing out my 11 year old CPU.
Thankfully I have managed to make Chrome similar enough to FF - though I still use the latter for a few things for convenience...
With any other browser, the change in UI and loss of shortcuts ad saved logins is just too annoying.

I reckon I do OK for a boomer - albeit one who was in IT support for nearly 40 years.

I'm currently using Opera. I think it's ok, except for the RAM usage. It's just a nuisance and if I can find a better browser then great

 

[two sheds]

As far as I can tell. Is there anything I ought be concernred with?

Dunno really - favourite browsers people?

Our pick of the best web browsers for 2022

The best web browsers for speed, privacy and customization

www.techradar.com

I use Firefox except for a few sites that don't run properly on it, then I use Chromium (which I presume is same as Chrome). I really like Mozilla which is why I like Firefox - lots of people seem to hate it though.

 

[JimW]

I'm currently using Opera. I think it's ok, except for the RAM usage. It's just a nuisance and if I can find a better browser then great

Found Opera alright for memory use but hate how it locks you in to certain search engines.

 

[platinumsage]

Lynx: LYNX – The Text Web-Browser

 

[cybershot]

With Opera running and nothing else but background/windows 11 processes I'm about 78% out of 8gb ram.

Is there anything that performs better?

The real question is, how many tabs do you have open?

 

[Karl Masks]

The real question is, how many tabs do you have open?

All of them. Six currently.

I tried Edge, didn't seem any different.

 

[Karl Masks]

Lynx: LYNX – The Text Web-Browser

Text?

 

[RoyReed]

Have you tried Vivaldi? I use it when I need something different from Firefox. It's made by the people who originally made Opera and it's very customisable.

 

[cybershot]

All of them. Six currently.

I tried Edge, didn't seem any different.

Are you sure its the browser using up all your RAM, post a snip of Task Manager Detailed view in memory usage order.

 

[MBV]

There is a tab suspend add on for Chrome which helps with memory usage. I will dig out name if it is of interest.

 

[ska invita]

With Opera running and nothing else but background/windows 11 processes I'm about 78% out of 8gb ram.

Is there anything that performs better?

ive used Opera for years and years - a fan
Not sure whats happened the last couple of months, the memory keeps maxing out
I did look it up and others are complaining and i even read some kind of explanation (forgot what). My experience over the years is if Opera ever gets buggy it gets fixed before too long, so Im going to ride it out
Its a new problem and it will get sorted im sure
Still by far my favourite browser and ive got loads installed
Brave is quite a good one btw

There is a tab suspend add on for Chrome which helps with memory usage. I will dig out name if it is of interest.

yes please

 

[MBV]

There is a tab suspend add on for Chrome which helps with memory usage. I will dig out name if it is of interest.

The Great Suspender

Make your computer run smoothly by suspending the tabs you aren't using

chrome.google.com

ska invita

 

[magneze]

Brave. It's excellent.

 

[ska invita]

The Great Suspender

Make your computer run smoothly by suspending the tabs you aren't using

chrome.google.com

ska invita

this is working a treat, thank you

 

[Puddy_Tat]

I find Firefox is occasionally freezing (and if I can get task manager up) it's using a heck of a lot of memory.

Rarely more than about 6 tabs open.

Happening on work laptop as well as at home, so can't be the add-ons I've got at home.



I have started using Brave now and then at home, as there's some things don't work properly on firefox any more

 

[two sheds]

Only time Firefox freezes for me is if I have Chromium open at same time.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

All of them. Six currently.

I tried Edge, didn't seem any different.

Not sure if different browsers have different settings to save memory automatically - at the last count I had 412 tabs open, and the laptop is currently using 9.7GB out of 16GB of RAM. I guess the browers I use (Firefox and Ghostery) must be doing some memory save thing in the background.

 

[Karl Masks]

Not sure if different browsers have different settings to save memory automatically - at the last count I had 412 tabs open, and the laptop is currently using 9.7GB out of 16GB of RAM. I guess the browers I use (Firefox and Ghostery) must be doing some memory save thing in the background.

I'm using about 6 out of 8gb with all those tabs open. Perhaps having more RAM in general helps