This was confirmed by both our own testing and LaptopMag (opens in new tab), who found that Edge has half the CPU and RAM draw of Chrome. As we noted in our Microsoft Edge review, Edge uses significantly fewer system resources than Chrome when running equivalent tasks. This is another camp where Edge sneaks out the lead, despite the similarities between the two web browsers. (Image credit: Future) Chrome vs Edge: Performance In reality though, there aren’t a huge number of them and they don’t offer anything you can’t get on Chrome, so we’ll call this one a tie.Ĭhrome vs Edge extensions winner: It’s a draw

What’s more, Edge actually has a few of its own extensions available through the Windows store, so technically it has more extensions than Chrome does. The only downside is that you’ll have to go to the Google Play store and download them manually, but that’s a minor inconvenience.

It feels like we’re banging the same drum over and over here, but again, as Edge is based on the same background architecture as Chrome, all of Chrome’s extensions work on Edge by default. Here we’d say Chrome has the edge, as it links with more ubiquitous and commonly used tools.īut overall, Edge has the better feature set precisely because it has everything that Chrome has, and a little extra bonus in the way of CollectionsĬhrome vs Edge features winner: Edge Chrome vs Edge: Extensions Edge offers a similar feature, connecting you to your Microsoft account, Outlook, Office and the like. That means you can link your Chrome to your Gmail, Calendar, Docs, Sheets, and Google Drive for easy access to all your content within that ecosystem. So if you’re searching for an anniversary gift for your partner, you could save all your ideas together in a single Collection.īoth Chrome and Edge feature integration with their respective creators' other online systems. This is amazingly useful when you’re researching a particular topic and want to group things together. Edge also has a feature called Collections, which allows you to save webpages, images, notes and other online content into a single folder.

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