14 DAY TRIAL // Microsoft rolled out a series of tests earlier this year to demonstrate that its brand-new Edge browser is more energy-efficient and faster than rivals Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, and Opera, and the company is now conducting the same benchmark once again after a recent update that Google made to its own browser.
Specifically, the recently-released Google Chrome 53 comes not only with material design but also with significant speed improvements, and the search giant claims that its new browser is much faster than a one-year-old version.
And because Google praised the performance of its browser, Microsoft decided to conduct a new series of tests to determine the most battery-efficient app at the moment.
“We’re thrilled to see improvements across the board, but the trend may look familiar! Microsoft Edge remains the most efficient browser on Windows 10, offering 24%-43% more efficiency across a sample of typical activities including video playback, multi-tab productivity, shopping, social media, and more,” Microsoft said after this new series of tests performed on the same devices running Windows 10 Anniversary Update.
In Microsoft’s browser efficiency test on Windows 10, Edge got a better score than both Google Chrome 53 and Opera 39. Firefox 37 got the worst score here, according to the chart you can see above.
Beating Google in its own tests
Microsoft also performed a test similar to Google’s and used the same methodology to compare Chrome 53 with Edge in Anniversary Update. And the results pretty much speak for themselves: Edge lasted for more than 13 hours, according to Microsoft, and managed to beat Chrome by approximately one hour. Furthermore, it offered five hours more than Firefox.
“Regardless of which test you choose, the conclusion is the same: Microsoft Edge lets you browse and watch longer, so you can get more out of your devices without worrying about finding an outlet,” Microsoft explains.
Edge also achieved the best performance in real-world power consumption tests, scoring better than Firefox and Chrome. “These numbers are from actual Windows 10 (version 1607) devices used in the real world, not artificial tests or hypotheses. People using Microsoft Edge continue to get more out of their battery every day,” Microsoft says.
Of course, Microsoft used this occasion to praise Edge and highlight the features that are part of the Anniversary Update, suggesting that more improvements would come in the next releases too, including the Redstone 2 update due in spring 2017.
