This probably points to psutil not being able to see all Safari's child processes, but only the main ones - despite the fact that Activity Monitor is able to group them. As we can see, the two browsers heat up the computer almost to the exact same level - Safari even getting slightly warmer. So no, it's most likely not as bad as it looks, but that doesn't change the fact since switching to Safari, I almost forgot what my fan sounds like.Īnd then there's this chart.
MacOS likely tries to tell Chrome to take it easy, and Chrome likely does take it easy. That's great if you're not running any other macOS apps than Chrome, effectively using Chrome as your operating system, and macOS as a kind of bootloader.īut when you're using Sketch, Final Cut, Photoshop next to Chrome, that seems to be a problem. I'm sure Chrome is going out of its way to manage its memory usage across tabs, keeping the current tab fast and responsive. Thats what Ive found over the last couple of years.
I tested on my Asus Z240IC 4K touch-screen all-in-one PC with a 2.8GHz Core i7-6700T processor running Windows 10. And you've got to hand it to Chrome: it is fast! by Brooke Crothers Firefox has a CPU usage issue and, consequently, can cause overheating problems in some laptops, particularly ultraportables. Chrome, Edge, Firefox, Opera, or Safari: Which. Firefox 6 uses 168MB of ram, chrome uses 103MB of ram, 65. It's not a terrible thing that an app actually uses your computer. Two browsers, one website opened and task manager to see which one uses more ram and cpu usage.
The graphs don't tell the full storyīut it's probably not as bad as it looks.
I came to the conclusion that apple handicapes firefox and chrome when it comes to watching videos on youtube.
Maybe it was the virtual machine blocking Chrome's direct access to my Macbook's* GPU? I decided to run the next test, the one with 54 tabs directly on my own Big Sur installation. Apple browser cpu usage (safari vs chrome vs firefox) I have compared the cpu usage of 3 browsers (safari, chrome, firefox) on my mac. Chrome was using way more memory than I thought it would. For many, the go-to web browsers are Google Chrome, Opera, Safari, Edge, and Mozilla Firefox, all of which do an excellent job of supporting your.