most battery efficient browser?

ive read that ie9 seems to be the most battery effeicient browser. however when comparing it (non-scientifically) to my default chrome with adblock, chrome seems to last longer on battery.

what is the most efficient stock browser and what is the most efficient browser with extensions atm?

Reply 1 : most battery efficient browser?

Extensions are a whole other variable.



IE9 should be the best. Firefox comes up second, Chrome third, Opera close behind Chrome and equal/ahead in some cases.

Reply 2 : most battery efficient browser?

According to the Opera dev team, some pretty significant tweaks were made to improve power efficiency in the most recent revision (11.10), so I'm not sure how accurate those numbers are. IE9 does seem to have the best hardware acceleration I've seen so far (at least on my X120e), so I wouldn't be surprised if it did turn out to be the most power-efficient.

Reply 3 : most battery efficient browser?

Those tweaks are likely linked to GPU acceleration, which was just introduced in Opera.



And yeah, IE9 has the best GPU acceleration and I'd say Chrome has the worst.

Reply 4 : most battery efficient browser?

ah gpu acceleration.

i think ie9 is indeed leveraging my gpu and in doing so it ends up using more power.

my gpu idles quite well but im guessing that when flash uses it, it causes a significant power draw.

i think that and the use of adblock in google chrome seem to be the reason why i get much better battery life with chrome...

Reply 5 : most battery efficient browser?

Yeah, AdBlock might play a big part in this. Either disable it on Chrome for the comparison, or get an ad blocker for IE as well, otherwise you're comparing apples to oranges.

Reply 6 : most battery efficient browser?

maybe but im thinking gpu acceleration might have a bigger impact



and i dont think ie9 has an adblock or any ad filter out yet

Reply 7 : most battery efficient browser?

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Originally Posted by trvelbug and i dont think ie9 has an adblock or any ad filter out yet

Not officially, but you can find a few different options if you Google for it.



Also, for Opera users, note that there is Flash-blocking built-in, which will definitely help battery life. Press Ctrl + F12, go to the Advanced tab, select Content, then tick "Enable plugins only on demand." Then, Flash elements will be replaced by a "play" symbol that you click once to activate.

Reply 8 : most battery efficient browser?

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Originally Posted by MidnightSun Not officially, but you can find a few different options if you Google for it. Also, for Opera users, note that there is Flash-blocking built-in, which will definitely help battery life. Press Ctrl + F12, go to the Advanced tab, select Content, then tick "Enable plugins only on demand." Then, Flash elements will be replaced by a "play" symbol that you click once to activate.

i did search for an ie9 solution but the reviews and comments were mostly negative.

im waiting for a more effective solution, does ie have an official website where you can d/l tried, tested and secure extensions like you can for ff and chrome?

Reply 9 : most battery efficient browser?

ok i just installed simpleadblock as it seems like the safest and most popular ie9 ad blocking solution. it gets soso reviews though but ill see how it goes...