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Real-World Performance: What the Tests Show

For this comparison, I loaded up the same 15 tabs in each browser—a mix of web apps (Asana, Notion, Google Docs, etc.), Gmail, YouTube, news sites, and social media. Nothing crazy; just what most people have open during a typical workday. Then I let them sit for a few minutes to settle and measured the memory usage.

The test was conducted on a fresh system restart with extensions disabled to ensure fair comparison. Memory usage was measured before and after loading all tabs, with a 30-45 second stabilization period for full page loading. Three memory readings were avera

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