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Microsoft Edge Beats Chrome By Over Three Hours In New Battery Usage Test (bleepingcomputer.com)

Posted by msmash on from the browsers-war dept.

An anonymous reader writes: With the launch of the Windows 10 Creators Update and Edge 40 (EdgeHTML 15), Microsoft has released a new battery usage test that, naturally, trashes the company's competition. This new test shows that Edge uses less power than both Chrome 57 and Firefox 52, and is bound to draw a response from its competition, especially Google, who doesn't like it when Microsoft takes a jab at Chrome's efficiency. The same thing happened last year, in June, when a similar test showcasing Edge's longer battery life was met with responses from both Google and Opera.

The most recent tests were performed for the launch of Windows 10 Creators Update. Two tests were carried out until a laptop's battery gave out. For each browser, a minimum of 16 iterations were recorded per test. The first test measured normal browsing performance and the second ran a looped Vimeo fullscreen video. In the normal browsing performance test, Microsoft claims Edge used 31% less power than Chrome 57, and 44% less power than Firefox 52. In the second test, Edge played a looped Vimeo video in fullscreen for 751 minutes (12:31:08), while Chrome lasted 557 minutes (9:17:03) and Firefox for only 424 minutes (7:04:19). That's a whopping three hours over Chrome, and five hours above Firefox.

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  1. Nobody by MightyMartian · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Nobody believes you, MS. And even if it were true, Edge sucks so fucking bad that I'd rather have a shorter battery life and a decent browser than that worthless piece of shit browser you've produced.

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    1. Re: Nobody by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

      And yet the numbers are clear that Edge is superior. There's no denying that Edge drains the battery a lot less. You would rightly criticize anyone who denied the facts that humans are causing global warming. Why, then, do you get to deny these facts?

    2. Re: Nobody by MightyMartian · · Score: 5, Insightful

      MS's numbers are clear. I'm not really going to simply believe what MS says about their own browser. They've spent fifteen years exaggerating the wonders of their shitty browsers. As it is, unless battery life is your only concern, Edge just fucking sucks in every other way. The whole browsing experience in Edge just stinks, and the numbers don't lie there either, people simply don't use Edge.

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    3. Re: Nobody by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

      It wouldn't surprise me if MS has added code into Windows 10 to drain a battery faster if certain conditions are met.
      Its not unusual behavior for MS. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

    4. Re: Nobody by whoever57 · · Score: 5, Insightful

      And yet the numbers are clear that Edge is superior.

      ... because Microsoft would never cheat? Microsoft would never pick a set of tests that favour its own browser, or even put code into its OS to make the competition less efficient?

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    5. Re: Nobody by imgod2u · · Score: 5, Insightful

      "Superior" is a subjective term not at all equivalent with "drains battery less". I do in fact acknowledge that for Vimeo video playback and a "normal browsing" set of tasks Microsoft has come up with, Edge drains less battery than Chrome.

      That, in and of itself, doesn't automatically confer the label "superior" to Edge for me. As I value the usability features of Chrome much more than Edge.

    6. Re: Nobody by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Insightful

      How did such a psychotic and delusional comment as the parent one is end up modded to 5?! That comment is zealous, unsubstantiated nonsense from beginning to end. And that's ignoring the Tourette's level of swearing in it.

  2. Screw with the numbers by rahvin112 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I'm sure the test was perfectly fair and they didn't do anything like ensure Chrome was loading and running flash on a video loop while their own used HTML5 and refused to autoplay. No way Microsoft would be that underhanded.

  3. Ad blocker by fred6666 · · Score: 1, Insightful

    In real world, any gain in battery life made by using Edge is more than lost for not having an ad blocker.

  4. Vendor Paid Test by Luthair · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Favours vendor in a shocking twist.

  5. 3 hours! by Chas · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Yes! By completely fucking off on security, we've extended run time by three full hours!

    Too bad it only takes someone 15 seconds to break in and corn-hole your device (by accident) or 5 seconds (if they're actually trying).

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