The Chrome team also noted that more telemetry from Chrome running on version 2004 was needed to pinpoint the impact of the commit. A response from Microsoft acknowledges that its own testing also displayed a delta in CPU performance. The tests also showed that the impact was higher on machines with higher cores. 85 running on the latest Windows 10 build 19041.329 and noticed an average of 9.3% increase in CPU usage. A common reason for High Memory usage by Microsoft Edge browser is due to multiple Edge browsing tabs being left open on the computer. After closing Microsoft Edge, you can follow the steps below to reduce CPU Usage on your computer. The Chrome team ran tests on a Chrome beta version. If it is consuming high amount of CPU, right-click on Microsoft Edge and click on the Close option. The Chrome team began tracking the bug early this month, and have now decided to disable the segment heap feature in the browser by default ( spotted by Techdows). However, tests have shown that improved memory performance adversely affect CPU usage, with the changes leading to anywhere between 10% to 13% degradation in CPU performance. It was also introduced to the Chromium open source project for implementation in the Chrome browser for testing, last month.

The feature leads to improved memory usage for Win32 applications and promised up to a 27% improvement in Edge.

With the release of the Window Update, Microsoft touted some improvements to memory usage on Edge thanks to the enhancements to the ‘Segment Heap’ feature in the OS.

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