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		simondotau 5 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Apple M5 chip Honestly the only Apple Silicon e-waste has been their 8GB models. And even those are still perfectly good for most people so long as they use Safari rather than Chrome.

runlaszlorun 5 months ago [–]

Does Safari use less RAM?

throwaway31131 5 months ago | [–]

Data maybe somewhat dated and I haven’t measured it myself but,

“Per his findings, Chrome used 290MB of RAM per open tab, while Safari only used 12MB of RAM per open tab.”

https://www.macrumors.com/2021/02/20/chrome-safari-ram-test/

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