According to Microsoft’s tests carried out on Edge in the Windows 10 Anniversary Update and Chrome 53, Edge still holds the battery life crown in the Windows 10 Anniversary Update. Chrome came next, at just over 6 hours, followed by Opera at 7 hours and 8 minutes. Any enthusiast that uses Chrome on a regular basis (and that includes the majority of the computing populace) knows that the browser is a resource hog, but Microsoft has been looking to spread the word around in an effort to prop up its competing Edge browser in Windows 10. So Edge has lasted 45% longer than Chrome, while Edge boosted 69% longer than Firefox. Other tests are closer, though – Chrome sucks just 11 percent more power on a Vimeo test, for example. Besides these tests. Microsoft actually has to add some more astonishing features to Edge to capture more users.
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Microsoft rolled out a series of tests earlier this year to demonstrate that its brand-new Edge browser is more energy-efficient and faster than rivals Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, and Opera, and the company is now conducting the same benchmark once again after a recent update that Google made to its own browser.
Attempting to drive even more nails in Chrome’s coffin, Microsoft will soon be releasing data from millions of machines that will point towards Edge as the more efficient browser of the two.
In a blog post, Microsoft presented some charts showing how Edge fared against the competition. The new test took the responses of the competitors into account but was still based on the same methodologies as before. The company says researchers also need to look to new places and methods for detecting malicious activity. Multiple tabs are used actively and in the background to simulate a natural browsing session for every kind of user.
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Microsoft was also quick to point out that in Google’s test, it chose to stream video from Vimeo instead of Netflix. Have you tried out Microsoft Edge with Windows 10 Anniversary Update? I’m sure they fooled some people. This allows anyone to run the lab test on their own devices, externally validating Microsoft’s results. Also worth noting is that these tests measure GPU, which most set-ups don’t have separately. All the major browser vendors have become passionately involved in a debate that directly improves the experience of users. At the end of the test, Microsoft would simply check how much battery life each of the identical devices had left, and conclude which of the browsers was the most efficient. A bit of healthy competition helps everyone out.
