Of course Edge! Microsoft conducted a series of new benchmarks to determine the most energy-efficient browser on Windows 10, and as expected, Edge beat all its competitors.
Redmond says that Edge was specifically designed to “prioritize energy efficiency and deliver longer battery life, without any special power-saving modes or changes to default settings.”
So to prove that the new browser is far ahead of rivals Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, and Opera, the company conducted a series of tests on a Surface Book.
The first benchmarks were conducted in a controlled lab environment and using special monitoring equipment, trying to determine which browser requires the most power for typical activities, such as opening web pages, scrolling through articles, playing videos, and other activities.
The tests were performed on the same websites with each browser (Facebook, Google, YouTube, Amazon and Wikipedia).
As expected, Microsoft Edge topped the charts with 2068 points, while Chrome had 2819 points (the lower the score, the better). Firefox was the worst browser in these tests with 3161 points.
Microsoft then used telemetry data (information collected from Windows 10 computers around the world) to compare its results with real-life data. Edge was indeed found to be the most energy-efficient browser, followed by Firefox and Google Chrome.
According to the data, Microsoft managed to deliver between 17 and 70% more battery life than its competitors in a video streaming test.
And while these elements could indeed make the Edge browser quite attractive, there's another reason why you shouldn't rush to replace Google Chrome and Firefox: the lack of features.
Not to mention that the research was conducted by Microsoft.
