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Microsoft Edge vs Chrome

Microsoft Edge vs Chrome

Posted on September 11, 2020 by Mel Hawthorne 1 Comment

Google Chrome is the most popular browser, with Statista statistics from June 2020 reporting it as having 69% of the browser market. Microsoft’s new Chromium-based Edge browser has a 4% market share, making it the third most popular browser after Firefox, with 8.5%.

While a 4% market share may not sound impressive, especially when compared to Chrome’s dominant position, it’s still a respectable figure for a browser that was only released six months prior, in January 2020.

Part of the uptake is due to the fact that Microsoft pushed the new update to all Windows 10 computers. Still, users are switching to Edge and this is because it’s a reasonable competitor to Chrome and Firefox. Being newly based on the Chromium browser, that Google Chrome is also based on, there are a lot of similarities, but this is not a bad thing.

Day-to-day usage

In terms of specifically loading webpages, it’s hard to tell the two browsers apart. The interface is very similar between them with the appearance of the right-click menu being one of the few real standout differences. One of the big benefits of Edge now being built on Chromium is that it now supports all of the extensions in the Chrome web store. This means that you don’t have to give up any of your extensions when switching from one browser to the other.

Both browsers integrate well into their respective developer’s product suites. Nevertheless, the Google product suite is still well-integrated when used on Edge, and Microsoft’s product suite is similarly functional in Chrome.

Privacy

Microsoft Edge includes a tracking prevention function that Chrome just doesn’t offer. The feature automatically blocks many tracking scripts and is available by default rather than relying on any extensions. The tracking prevention feature is prominently visible at the top of Edge’s privacy settings.

Performance

In two different browser benchmarks, Speedometer2.0 and Speed-Battle, both browsers were very similar in performance with Edge having a slight lead. The difference isn’t enough to notice in day-to-day browsing, however, so it’s not too much of an issue.

To achieve this performance Edge does use fewer system resources. Chrome is known to be very heavy on RAM usage, and while Edge isn’t lightweight, it isn’t as RAM hungry. If you’re on a lower-powered device, Edge’s reduced system resource requirements may make an appreciable performance difference.

Availability

While Chrome is available on all platforms, and Edge is available on most; Edge doesn’t yet have a Linux client. This may discourage Linux users from switching yet, although Microsoft intends to have a Linux client released in Q4 2020, so Linux users shouldn’t have to wait too long.

Conclusions

There isn’t much to choose between the two browsers with both being fast and reliable. The main reason it’s hard to choose between them is that they’re both based on the same Chromium browser, making them very similar. Choosing a superior browser will likely come down to fine-grain personal preferences related to everyone’s individual use cases. One thing is for sure, you shouldn’t just ignore the new Edge browser completely, it’s certainly worth trying out.

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  1. Wanda Kidd says

    September 24, 2020 at 2:54 am

    Microsoft Edge & Google have been at war with me! Actually, I’ve been upset about this war on my computer. I’ve read your material on comparing the two & I understand more, now. I Thank You for posting your comparison article on these two browsers.
    I really like & enjoy using Google, although I may decide to give Microsoft Edge a try. The one thing about Google that I don’t like is the 3″ X 3 1/4″ square of notifications that appear & stay on the lower right corner of my screen, most of which I could care less about. I’ll be ordering or working on something & it blocks me from seeing what I’m doing for several minutes at a time. HP told me they couldn’t remove it & AdBlock doesn’t work with it either. It has become very annoying. For this reason alone I am willing to try Microsoft Edge, after I’ve read your article.
    Thanks Again,
    Wanda Kidd

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