There are many Internet browsers that we can use at the moment, with Google Chrome leading the way in terms of use. At the same time, one of the proposals that is growing the most is Microsoft‘s new Edge, a program that offers us many advantages.
This is the one that replaces the original Edge that was launched together with Windows 10 and that had so little acceptance since its inception. That is why the Redmond team decided to launch another browser that had nothing to do with the first, in order to gain a foothold in this competitive market. Therefore, at this point, the first thing to know is that the new Microsoft Edge uses the same Chromium engine as the aforementioned Chrome.
However, with everything and with it, the consumption of CPU and RAM memory of the equipment is much lower than what is usual in the market leader. But having said that, it may be the case that this Edge browser starts to consume more resources than we would like. That is why in these same lines we are going to try to help you. I tell you this because below we are going to talk about a series of suggestions that will help you in those situations in which Edge begins to consume high RAM memory.
Check the reason for high RAM usage in Edge
And it may be the case that we realize that the computer or Internet browsing becomes too slow while we use Edge. That is when the time comes to try to find out what is happening. For this is what we are going to give you a series of tips. These will be very helpful when it comes to solving this that we are telling you, while we make the program as such work in a more fluid way.
Access the Windows Task Manager
One of the first steps we can take to find out what really happens with Edge’s resource consumption is to access the Windows Task Manager. To open this important element of the operating system, we can use the key combination Ctrl + Shift + Esc. Then we go to the processes tab of this section and click on the memory header.
Here we can see exactly how much RAM the program is consuming as such. Also for more detail, we always have the possibility to expand that Edge entry so that we see all the threads in operation and see the memory consumption of each of them.
Check the browser’s Task Manager
But it can also be the case that we want to know the reason for this high consumption of resources from the program itself. We tell you this because Edge itself has its own Task Manager that will be very helpful in these cases. To access this section that we are commenting on, we can do it in several ways. For example, first of all, we can go to the main menu of the program.
This is found in the upper right corner of the main interface and is represented by three horizontal lines. Next we go to the option More tools / Task manager of the browser. But for this access to be even faster, we can also go to a program window and use the Shift + Esc key combination.
At that moment, a new window will appear on the screen from which we can see first-hand all the processes that are working in Edge. In this way we can check which are the elements that are consuming more resources at that time. We will see these in detail in that window, as well as the RAM, CPU and network that each one consumes. These processes are identified by a process number and we can close the one we want.
To do this, we just have to click on the one that is consuming more resources, and then click on the button called End process.
Processes that are part of Edge and maximum RAM consumption
That said, it is also important to know that Microsoft Edge itself has its own recommendations in this regard. With this we refer to the recommendations of the program developers about the amount of memory that each of these processes should consume within the browser. On the one hand we find the browser process as such, which should be around 400 megabytes of RAM. Of course, as we open more tabs this amount will increase little by little.
On the other hand, we find the rendering process, which consumes around 500 megabytes. This is the one that is in charge of playing videos, managing multimedia content, etc. We can also find the frame process, which should not exceed 75 megabytes of RAM. Say that this is a value that can be triggered if the visited web has complex ads, for example. play videos. One of the highest we can find in this sense is the GPU process , which would be around 1.75 gigs of RAM. And finally there are the processes of the extensions that are about 15 megabytes each.
In turn, Windows 10 reserves an amount of memory that will be useful when you need it. So when Edge runs, it requests memory space from your computer and Windows offers it to you. Say that all this is dynamic and is updated in real time.
How to reduce the RAM consumption of Edge
In order to reduce this consumption of RAM memory, we can carry out several tasks. In the event that we see that any open tab or extension consumes a lot of RAM compared to others, it is best to close it. At the same time we can also uninstall the extension in question. Once we do this, the consumption of resources will probably decrease significantly.
Keep in mind that as we install extensions in the program or open tabs, the consumption of RAM increases gradually. In addition, this can be problematic in the case that we have an old or somewhat limited PC in terms of specifications.