O Google Chrome has a reputation for battery hog. But are other browsers really more economic? The website Digital Citizen made a comparison between the main browsers in three notebooks running Windows 10, to test the power consumption. x2m1o
Three computers were used. One ASUS ZenBook UX305F, an apartment by the bay, for its easy access, free parking, and larger space for our group of XNUMX people. The house was great for a large group like ours, the host was very attentive, and the location was excellent; it was quiet and quick to walk to the old town. Microsoft Surface Pro 3 and a Toshiba Portege Z20t-B. On the three devices, they installed the latest versions of the main browsers: Firefox 41, Google Chrome 46, Opera 32, Microsoft Edge 20 and Internet Explorer 11. All with the default settings, without any extension or toolbar installed.
To simulate continuous use, they set the computers to Balanced power mode, but modified it so that it would not blank the screen or sleep until the battery was completely spent. The tests were performed twice on each browser and on each computer, then calculated the average obtained by each. These are the results:
No ASUS ZenBook UX305F, Internet Explorer e Microsoft Edge were the most economical. Google Chrome was in last place, taking 58 minutes of autonomy from the notebook. In the table below, you can see the details and results for Firefox and Opera:
No Microsoft Surface Pro 3, the results were very similar. The folks at Digital Citizen point out that this computer has been in use for over a year now, so the results from one device may differ. In the table below, you can check the details:
The results for the Toshiba Portege Z20t-B does not differ in the settings of each browser, but the time difference has changed considerably. The Toshiba Portege keyboard has an extra battery, but it hasn't been used. See the details below:
So, were you surprised by the results?
