According to the available data, depending on the platform, Chrome can free up to 100 MB of memory per tab, which in some cases is 20%. On macOS, it saves up to 8% of the memory used. Chrome for macOS has also made changes to improve its Energy Impact score for background pages by up to 65%, which, according to the company, ” keeps your Mac cooler and your fans quieter .”

On Windows and Android, the browser uses a more advanced memory allocation method to reduce memory consumption and improve performance. On Windows, according to Google, there are significant memory savings: up to 22% in the browser process, up to 8% in the renderer, up to 3% in the GPU. Overall browser responsiveness increased by 9%.  

Chrome for Android has also received several improvements, thanks to which the amount of memory consumed has been reduced by 5%, the launch speed has increased by 7%, and the speed of opening pages has increased by 2%. It is also noted that a tangible increase in performance and smoothness should be observed when using Chrome on devices with 8 GB of RAM and current versions of Android.