On Wed, 04 Dec 2019 02:03:36 +0000, bob prohaska wrote:

> Now that it's been out for a while, does anybody have a comparision of
> the Pi4 to the Pi3 as a platform for web browsers like chromium, firefox
> and any others that come to mind?
>
Disclaimer: I am not (yet) using a Pi 4, but here are one or two comments
which I hope are relevent:

- if you get a Pi4, be sure to upodate it to the latest firmware release.
  This has been shown to reduce its operating temp (and power
  consumption?).

- browsers are surprisingly big and complex. ATM I have the current
  X86-64 Firefox running on an 8GB Lenovo T440 i5. It is using 35% of
  available memory and 0.6% of CPU - and its just sitting there doing
  nothing! Most of the memory (2.2GB) and CPU is being used by its Web
  Extensions process.

- you may want to see if PaleMoon has been ported to Raspbian - its an
  older Firefox clone. It uses slightly less memory and about half the
  CPU load imposed by the current Firefox.

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