It’s almost a year now since Microsoft started to try really hard to convince users to switch from browsers like Chrome in favor to their new Windows 10 web-surfing solution named Edge. The software based company has also received a lot of criticism due to the lengths it went with its advertising campaign in order to gain deserters. Techniques like delivering pop-ups into the system tray when other browsers were used . Examples of such pop-ups include statements that Edge was a faster browser (fact that we can confirm at the moment) or that Chrome drains your machine’s battery faster – 70% faster to be more precise.

Months have gone by and Microsoft’s claims remained undisputed probably due to the fact that Chrome is notorious for eating up resources with each extra tab. The guys at Linus Tech Tips decided to test that claim and see for themselves how well the battery life is performing in 4 Dell machines that were running Chrome, Edge, Opera and Firefox. All systems were tested before the Creators Update as well as after the update, while other efforts included tests that aimed to mimic Microsoft’s own testing conditions.

If we talk about the results, they not that surprising if you were to ask us, but we must admit that they are quite interesting: First and foremost, the results between the laptops is quite big. The third tested laptop loses all tests except when Chrome was used, scenario where it managed to get barely get on the top. Linus Tech Tips stated that they tried to control all sorts of differences and variables that include system updates, the amount of software present on the machines or telemetry transmissions.

The average results that was compiled from all results and systems shows that Chrome drains less battery than Edge. To make it more painful, Opera also demonstrated better battery life than Edge. The part where Linus Tech Tips tried to replicate Microsoft’s experiment with Vimeo resulted in another defeat for Edge.

Although we sincerely think that the tests we’ve seen in the video below were influenced in some degree by the configuration of the systems, there is now way Microsoft’s claims regarding the battery life of Edge can be duplicated “in the wild”, not to mentions claims like “Chrome is draining your battery faster”

We invite you to take a look at the video below with the actual tests and let us know what is your personal opinion on this.