In this article, . I know there are more (Vivaldi, Opera, Arc, etc.), but I wanted to focus on the most popular ones to avoid making the article too long. I will compare the main and most popular browsers The versions tested are as follows: Safari 17.4 Chrome 123 Brave 1.64 (Chromium 123) Edge 122 Firefox 124 First, using the website and summarize the differences. Differences in features that have been rejected or replaced by more modern ones will be ignored. I will test the supported features of HTML5 html5test.com Then, with YouTube loaded, with all extensions disabled. I’ll look at the memory each browser is using Let’s go! HTML5test scores (from best to worst) : 581 Chrome : 581 Edge : 576 Brave : 555 Safari : 546 Firefox Differences in elements Safari   Chrome    Brave   Edge    Firefox

ping attribute on the a element     ✅       ✅       ✅      ✅       ❌

accessKeyLabel attribute            ✅       ❌       ❌      ❌       ✅ Differences in forms Safari  Chrome   Brave   Edge   Firefox  

input type=month               ❌      ✅      ✅     ✅      ❌

input type=week                ❌      ✅      ✅     ✅      ❌ Differences in sensors Safari   Chrome    Brave   Edge    Firefox  

Generic Sensor API             ❌       ✅       ✅      ✅       ❌

Accelerometer                  ❌       ✅       ✅      ✅       ❌

Gyroscope                      ❌       ✅       ✅      ✅       ❌

Linear Acceleration            ❌       ✅       ✅      ✅       ❌

Absolute Orientation           ❌       ✅       ✅      ✅       ❌

Relative Orientation           ❌       ✅       ✅      ✅       ❌ Differences in hardware Safari   Chrome    Brave    Edge   Firefox 

Web Bluetooth                  ❌       ✅       ✅      ✅       ❌

Web USB                        ❌       ✅       ✅      ✅       ❌ Differences in peer to peer Safari   Chrome    Brave    Edge    Firefox 

ObjectRTC API for WebRTC       ✅       ✅       ✅      ✅       ❌

Access the webcam              ✅       ✅       ✅      ✅       ❌

Screen Capture                 ✅       ✅       ✅      ✅       ❌

Enumerate devices              ✅       ✅       ✅      ✅       ❌ Differences in performance Safari  Chrome   Brave   Edge   Firefox 

window.requestIdleCallback     ❌      ✅      ✅     ✅      ✅ Differences in resource loading Safari   Chrome    Brave    Edge    Firefox 

link rel=prefetch              ❌       ✅       ✅      ✅       ✅ Differences in payments Safari   Chrome    Brave    Edge    Firefox 

Web Payments                   ✅       ✅       ✅      ✅       ❌ Differences in video Safari   Chrome    Brave    Edge    Firefox 

Audio track selection          ✅       ❌       ❌      ❌       ❌

Video track selection          ✅       ❌       ❌      ❌       ❌

MPEG-4 ASP support             ✅       ❌       ❌      ❌       ❌

H.265 support support          ✅       ✅       ✅      ✅       ❌

Ogg Theora support             ❌       ❌       ❌      ❌       ✅

WebM with AV1 support          ❌       ✅       ✅      ✅       ✅ Differences in audio Safari   Chrome    Brave    Edge    Firefox 

Speech recognition             ✅       ✅       ✅      ✅       ❌

Dolby Digital support          ✅       ❌       ❌      ❌       ❌

Dolby Digital Plus support     ✅       ❌       ❌      ❌       ❌

Ogg Vorbis support             ❌       ✅       ✅      ✅       ✅

Ogg Opus support               ❌       ✅       ✅      ✅       ✅

Ogg FLAC support               ❌       ✅       ✅      ✅       ✅ Differences in streaming Safari   Chrome    Brave    Edge    Firefox 

HTTP Live Streaming / HLS            ✅       ❌       ❌      ❌       ❌

TS with H.264 support                ✅       ❌       ❌      ❌       ❌

WebM with AV1 support                ❌       ✅       ✅      ✅       ✅

MP4 with Dolby Digital support       ✅       ❌       ❌      ❌       ❌

MP4 with Dolby Digital Plus support  ✅       ❌       ❌      ❌       ❌ Differences in 2D graphics Safari   Chrome    Brave    Edge    Firefox 

Blending modes                 ✅       ✅       ❌      ✅       ✅

WebP support (export)          ❌       ✅       ✅      ✅       ✅

HEIC support                   ✅       ❌       ❌      ❌       ❌ Differences in 3D and VR Safari   Chrome    Brave    Edge    Firefox 

Web GPU                        ❌       ✅       ✅      ✅       ❌

Web XR                         ❌       ✅       ✅      ✅       ❌ Differences in web applications Safari   Chrome    Brave    Edge    Firefox 

Custom scheme handlers         ❌       ✅       ✅      ✅       ✅ Memory consumption after loading YouTube In this test I open the YouTube trending page, rejecting all cookies, in a private window with all extensions disabled. On Windows I have excluded Chrome, because my system is ARM and there is not a stable version for ARM yet. Browser macOS Ventura Windows 11 Chrome 571 MB Edge 682 MB 463 MB Safari 831 MB Brave 865 MB 435 MB Firefox 1122 MB 526 MB I’m surprised to see the difference in memory consumption between macOS and Windows. I don’t know why. They are very different systems, and in the end, all browsers work well on both systems, but the numbers are twice as high on macOS. On the other hand, the consumption is very stable in macOS, while on Windows, a process can use 300 MB and, in a few seconds, jump to double, then go down a little, then go up again, etc. I found it easy to get an average in macOS, but on Windows, they are very changeable values. So after about 10 seconds, I wrote down the average value that seemed more stable to me. Conclusion One browser has come out the clear winner in both tests: Chrome. Although it has the same score in HTML5, its memory consumption is lower. So, , with the Blink engine developed by Google, Meta, Microsoft, Opera, Adobe, Intel, IBM, and Samsung, . if you want the best browser based on Chromium that browser is Chrome , which already integrates this functionality, and you will save memory. If ad blocking is very important to you, instead of installing an extension, I recommend Brave It has unique options, such as Bing Chat support or screen splitting to load two websites in the same tab. Edge is a unique option, being ideal if you use Microsoft services. Safari keeps up quite well, rubbing shoulders with Chromium-based browsers. Remember that if you are in the Apple ecosystem and pay for this service. Safari is the only one that integrates with iCloud+ in the HTML5 test. It also consumes the highest amount of memory on macOS. With its Gecko engine, Firefox is the lowest rated Also published . here

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