But of course Edge! Microsoft has run a series of new benchmarks to determine the most energy-efficient proletterof browsing on Windows 10 and as expected, Edge beat all its competitors.
Redmond says the Edge was specifically designed to "prioritize energy efficiency and deliver longer battery life without any special power saving mode or changes to the default settings."
So to prove that a new browser is far ahead of 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 laboratory environment and using dedicated tracking equipment, trying to determine which browser needs more energy for typical activities such as opening web pages, scrolling through articles, playing videos, and other activities.
The tests were performed on the same websites as each browser (Facebook, Google, το YouTube, Amazon και η Wikipedia).
As expected, Microsoft Edge was at the top of the charts with 2068 points, while Chrome had 2819 points (the fewer points the better). Firefox was the worst browser in these tests with 3161 points.
Microsoft then used the telemetry data (the information i.e. collected from Windows 10 PCs from around the world) to compare her results with the data of real life. Edge was indeed found to be the most energy efficient browser, followed by Firefox and Google Chrome.
According to data, Microsoft has managed to deliver from 17 up to 70% more battery life than its competitors in a streaming video test.
And while these elements could actually make the Edge browser quite attractive, there is another reason why you should not be tempted to replace Google Chrome and Firefox: the lack of features.
Not to mention that the investigation was carried out by Microsoft.
