ASE2020

Energy wars - Chrome vs. Firefox: which browser is more energy efficient?

João de Macedo, João Aloísio, Nelson Gonçalves, Rui Pereira, João Saraiva

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Abstract

This paper presents a preliminary study on the energy consumption of two popular web browsers. In order to properly measure the energy consumption of both environments, we simulate the usage of various applications, which the goal to mimic typical user interactions and usage.