<![CDATA[Chromium-based browsers take up way too much CPU processing power on Linux compared to Windows]]>Chromium-based browsers are all unnecessarily taking up too much CPU processing power. I pressed shift+esc on both Windows and Linux within the browsers and I found that Brave was taking up way too much CPU processing power compared to Windows. So I compared two websites Benchmark Your Graphics Card On Linux and WhatsApp Web

CPU use for Brave for Windows

Benchmark Your Graphics Card On Linux

Idle: 1-4
Scrolling: 30-40

WhatsApp Web

Idle: 0
Scrolling: 30-60

GPU Process (for Benchmark Your Graphics Card On Linux website)

Idle: 0-3
Scrolling: 18-48

CPU use for Brave for EndeavourOS

Benchmark Your Graphics Card On Linux

Idle: 17
Scrolling: 140-160

WhatsApp Web

Idle: 0
Scrolling: 153

GPU Process (for Benchmark Your Graphics Card On Linux website)

Idle: 2-5
Scrolling: 110

So I am not too sure why on Linux Chromium-based browsers are taking up more CPU processing power compared to Windows, if anyone knows what is going on I would love to know. Thanks 🙂 Note that this applies to all chromium-based browsers, not just for Brave. Even with Opera I was getting similar results.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/topic/38682/chromium-based-browsers-take-up-way-too-much-cpu-processing-power-on-linux-compared-to-windowsRSS for NodeMon, 20 Apr 2026 17:05:16 GMTSat, 29 Feb 2020 12:08:15 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Chromium-based browsers take up way too much CPU processing power on Linux compared to Windows on Tue, 03 Mar 2020 23:03:22 GMT]]>@ultravio1et I have done that it is still laggy.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/201409https://forums.opera.com/post/201409Tue, 03 Mar 2020 23:03:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Chromium-based browsers take up way too much CPU processing power on Linux compared to Windows on Tue, 03 Mar 2020 18:40:23 GMT]]>@joe232 i would try it again with it set to 'off' in Opera and see if theres any difference. no harm seeing if the results differ in anyway

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/201355https://forums.opera.com/post/201355Tue, 03 Mar 2020 18:40:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Chromium-based browsers take up way too much CPU processing power on Linux compared to Windows on Mon, 02 Mar 2020 23:19:31 GMT]]>@ultravio1et Hi, hardware acceleration was set to on. I have an i915 intel driver and I have an integrated intel HD graphics card.

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/201244https://forums.opera.com/post/201244Mon, 02 Mar 2020 23:19:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Chromium-based browsers take up way too much CPU processing power on Linux compared to Windows on Mon, 02 Mar 2020 23:13:08 GMT]]>Was your test with Opera with hardware acceleration set to on or off?

]]>https://forums.opera.com/post/201243https://forums.opera.com/post/201243Mon, 02 Mar 2020 23:13:08 GMT